[Bernd Lorenz aka Tazzmaschine]

Q and A with Rhys Richards (The 10 Count)

Here can you ask Ryhs Richards from the UK your questions and he will anwser.

Please ask in english.

[Avril]

Hello,

how is your Childhood Wrestling Hero?


In Love
Avril

[Rhys_com]

I'm not sure i have one,
I was terrible as a kid, and would change my mind all the time

Bret was a Hero when i first started really watching wrestling regularly back in 95, I would have cut off an arm to be the kid in the front row that Bret gave his shades to.

As i got older i loved the new age outlaws, to an unhealthy level, and was constantly answering people with ÖH, you didn't know" And Foley was a hero around the Mr Socko era i remember being seriously scared for his health during the famous hell in a cell and his last man standing match with The Rock

But even before i used to watch wrestling on TV i had the action figures, and every year i would buy the new book and collect all the stickers.
Texas Tornado, British Bulldog and Jake the Snake seemed to be my favourites back then

[MastermindMaik]

First,thank you that you will be a part of the Q and A Corner for us Fans.


What was the reason that you say:I will be a Pro Wrestler?

[Rhys_com]

I should be thanking wrestling junkies for having me, I mainly work in Belgium and France so i didn't expect that there would be any interest from a German website.

I always wanted to wrestle, I'm not sure i could tell you that there was ever a specific time or experience that made me pursue wrestling but i guess there are one or two things worth telling.

I remember being about 8 maybe 9 and imagining with a friend in school that we were a tag team, We called ourselves the Rottweilers, He was Rocky (this is before Dwayne and we, or at least i hadn't heard of his father Rocky Johnson at that point) and i was Viler (Not very original i know) We were a total rip off of the Steiner bothers with him being this kick ass strong guy and me running round on all fours and barking between moves. we would fool about on the rugby field with a few other guys and i loved it, its my first memory of wanting to become a wrestler.

I never had sky TV which had been around a few years but around 1995 most homes in the UK were upgrading to cable, this meant sky sports which to me meant wrestling. I was also changing schools and by 96 had found a group of about 10 mates that were die hard WWE fans. we would meet up every Saturday about a mile from my house and have "backyard" wrestling matches, its not something that is not really very safe and i don't advise but i know no matter who tells you not to do it, wrestling fans will always wrestle, In front of the TV with your brothers or over the park with your mates, you'll do it somewhere.

People from outside our group started turning up just to watch and i became a favourite, we'd have all kinds of weird matches from casket (we made one out of an old bed frame to mattress which is another slightly more gross story for another time. Over the years we got into this i just realised that i was putting in more effort in the organisation, taking bigger risks in the matches, and that i really loved doing it, and that i was allot more athletic than many of the other guys in the group. I loved it so much that in 98 i actually contacted a school in LA who's website boasted that they had trained Ultimate Warrior and Sting. They agreed to let me train there and said they knew where i could get work washing dishes without a visa, and that i could sleep on the floor of one of there other students apartments while i was over there. I was 16, thin as a leaf and had no idea how the business worked or how life worked for that matter, My parents stopped me going and convinced me to go to college. I gave up in the end and studied sport and fitness so i could learn about my body and prepare for my wrestling career. (John Cena ended up coming out of that same place in LA, it's crossed my mind once or twice if it was him whose floor i would have been crashing on)

While i was in collage i started a band and we did quite well, toured a little and made some new friends and had a great time. (many of the guys i used to play with are big stars new in very popular rock bands). The music thing put me off the scent of wrestling, I'd never been someone that followed anything other than WWE and maybe a little WCW so i had no idea about independents or even Mexico or japan. I guess i kind of gave up, I didn't think that a kid from a small town in wales could ever become a wrestler for the WWE on the other side of the planet, it was just to impossible (Mayson Ryan proves that i was wrong)

I collect all the wrestling books, and one year my brother bought me Shawn michels book for Christmas. Theres a line in there about him asking his dad after he won the world title why he had given Shawn 3,000 dollars to train as a wrestler. Shawn wanted his did to say he always believed Shawn would be the greatest but his father actually said that he had paid the money so that Shawn never became a 40 year old man stuck in an unhappy marriage with too many bills and not enough money believing his life could have been different if only he could have followed his dreams and become a wrestler.

I read that line and realised that no matter what i did with my life and how successful or not i became i would always regret it if i never gave wrestling a chance, within a week i was training at NWA Wales, and i am so glad i made that decision.

That ended up a little longer than planned but i hope it answered your question and maybe threw a little extra in for intrest.

Keep em coming
Rhys

[Dennie]

First off, wanna wish you good luck on your recovery, since you've been out for quiet a while now. Second: Who's the best Dutch wrestler you've been in the ring with/wanna have a match with?

[Rhys_com]

Cheers for the well wishes

Its been quite an adventure Ive missed a lot of shows including my debut in America and Spain, the doctors actually made a few mistakes in my recovery but i finally had surgery in November and I'm already back in the gym preparing myself for a return to the ring.

That's a hard question about best Dutch wrestler. I'm going to have to split it up

Personal choice to watch would probably be Wesley Croton, he doesn't do as much these days as Tommy End, Emil, Mot van Kunder or Tengkwa (who all have to be considered as best dutch wrestler) but i think that Gowzer (sp?) is awesome and i know I'm not alone, he has a great balance between talented and Entertaining if you understand my meaning.

The best Ive been in the ring with ?
I think that would have to be Tengkwa

Which Dutchman do i want to have a match with ?

Between matches in Holland and Belgium Ive acutally already worked probably more than half the dutch roster. Im tempted to say Emil or even Ogar but purely for curiosity i would like to work a few of the guys from DPW, Ive been in Amsterdam 3 years and not met or spoken with any of these guys. I think Kenzo Richards, Max Damon or Joey Fields could all be interesting opponents for me especially if some kind of mixed promotional show was put together. I think the dutch fans would like that.

[Old School]

Your Favorite Wrestling Star?

Male?

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[Bernd Lorenz aka Tazzmaschine]

My Question:


What is your worst Nightmare in Wrestling?

[Desmond Wolfe]

Your Dreammatch? With you or without you.