MMP Hall of Fame: The Ryno

THE RYNO

Bio

You may call the Ryno the most hardcore man on the planet and he'd probably agree with you. But it wasn't always that way. Coming from one of the most boring places in the United States, the state of Ohio, Ryno was pretty much an outcast. He was somewhat a weakling that was ignored throughout school. This would bring about some anger and the way he discovered to deal with his pent up frustration was to break things and hit himself. His irratic behavior would confuse and sometimes scare people. He was a huge wrestling fan ever since the day he was born so one day he decided to become a professional wrestler at all costs. After graduating high school at 17, he took the next year and a half to train and get hired by federations. At about 19 1/2 he was hired by the HWA and before his 20th birthday he was hired by the MMP. The rest, you can say, is history.

MMP Career History

After participating in Chaos on the Coast as a member of the Hardcore Wrestling Alliance, Ryno eventually signed an MMP contract in early June. His first match as an MMP wrestler was a win over Psychotic Sam that ignited one of the hottest feuds the MMP has ever seen. Before the rematch could take place at BattleGround (Ryno would lose the rematch), Ryno was double-crossed by fellow Disposable Heroes member Jeremy Grieve who turned on Ryno during a tag match to join Mr. Marvellous and High Society, Ryno's arch-rivals from the HWA. After BattleGround, Ryno took a month off from active competition to prepare for a Desert Death match with Grieve at Apocalypse in Arizona. Ryno went on to defeat Grieve for the universal championship and held the title from mid August until late November, defending it against such top challegners as Virus Richards, Mr. Marvellous, and Wolverine. Ryno was the last man to be eliminated from the giant MMP/GWF battle royal at the Best of the Best PPV and challenged the winner, Patrick O'Conner, to a return match, putting the universal title on the line. O'Conner tossed Ryno over the top rope again to win the title. Ryno met Masochrist at Season's Slayings for the world title, but was pinned by Masochrist after getting dropped into a dumpster filled with broken glass. Attempts to win the vacant midwestern and extreme titles in early 1999 failed, and Ryno began teaming with O'Conner when a tournament was held to fill the vacant tag team championships in early '99. After advancing to the second round of the tag team tournament, Ryno achieved the ultimate goal, capturing the world title in a ten man tag team match at Main Event Madness that featured the top ten wrestlers in the MMP at the time. Ryno and O'Conner would advance to the finals of the tournament before losing to Harbinger and The Destroyer in the final round after interference from Aries. In the weeks following Ryno's title win, a mysterious man calling himself "Son of Slam" and "Sarah's Secret Admirer" began taunting Ryno, challenging him for the world title. That man revealed himself to be Masochrist at March Mayhem as the two battled to a no contest. The two met again at Homicidal Tendencies in a Last Blood Match that Masochrist won to take the title. After apparently quitting the MMP, Ryno made his return at The Parade of Champions, facing O'Conner for the world title in the final match of the three-day event. O'Conner won the match, but that didn't stop Ryno from joining O'Conner's "Untouchables" stable at the end of the night. Ryno quickly took up the Untouchables cause, launching a series of attacks on members of The Syndicate that saw him knock Inferno out with a parking meter and send Virus Richards through a glass door. He finally managed to get a match signed with universal champion The Bootlegger, but outside interference helped Bootlegger retain the title at Chaos on the Coast. Believing that Bootlegger couldn't beat him without help, Ryno campaigned to get another title shot. He lost key matches against Steve Simon and The Regulator, but eventually earned another title shot against Bootlegger and Psychotic Sam at BattleGround 2. Little did Ryno know, the match was a setup with his two opponent double teaming him before escaping the match together. His quest for one more shot at Bootlegger continued into August. He managed to get a Jailhouse Match against Bootlegger, only to have the match end in a forfeit when Bootlegger no-showed for the match. Ryno did score a measure of revenge, teaming with Captain Patrick O'Conner to defeat Bootlegger and Virus Richards in the main event of MMP Apocalypse. After the break-up of The Syndicate, Ryno pulled out of The Untouchables to go it on his own, but fell into a losing streak around this time, dropping matches to Onyx Cooper, The Destroyer, and The Bootlegger. He joined The Congregation in October, but the losing eventually became too much for Ryno to deal with, and the former world champion attempted to commit suicide by hanging just prior to a scheduled match against Virus Richards. He was then committed to a mental institution that forced him to not only miss his scheduled tag title shot at the Moonlight PPV event, but almost all of the remainder of 1999. His only contact with the MMP came in the form of tapes of therapy sessions sent to the MMP by Ryno's psychiatrist, Dr. Patton. Dr. Patton, feeling that it would help Ryno's progress, did grant Ryno the chance to return to the ring at Season's Slayings. Ryno, who did not know he had a match until the day of the event, was signed to face The Joker's Child, a man who had tormented not only Ryno, but also Ryno's former ally Mack, for the better part of the year. He broke his losing streak with a win over Joker at the PPV, but the full time return didn't come until March 2000, when Ryno defeated Mr. Beumont. His return to action brought with it an unlikely ally, as Ryno soon became the full time tag team partner of his hated rival Masochrist, forming the latest incarnation of The Congregation. The team failed in several attempts to capture the tag team championship, and after Super Cupid returned to the MMP Masochrist turned against Ryno at WrestleFest 2000 during a tag title match, leaving the former world champion to stand alone once again. He feuded with Twisted Steel and Adam Kogler throughout the summer, but had little success. After capturing the extreme title Ryno found himself back in the world title hunt, receiving two chances at the belt on pay per view, however he was unable to unseat The Cult Master as champion. A feud with Andrew Peters, the referee who had cost Ryno his first title shot, proved unsuccessful, as Peters defeated Ryno in their only one-on-one encounter. At the final MMP event, Final Judgment, Ryno lost the extremt title to Psychotic Sam, who captured his sixth extreme championship in that match.

Match Summary
Running total of overall record in parenthesis

1998

*MMP Chaos on the Coast: Involved in MMP/HWA battle royal;pinned by Gargoyle Z in Four Corners of Death Match also involving Diamond King and Blitzkrieg. (0-1)
*June 13: Beat Psychotic Sam by disqualification. (1-1)
*June 20: Beat Killa Blade on referee's discretion. (2-1)
*July 4: Participated in battle royal. (2-1)
*July 18: With Jeremy Grieve, pinned by The Cosmic Connection. (2-2)
*MMP BattleGround: With The Ironman, Pot Head, and Darkson, beat "Massacre" Mark Allyn, Havoc, Daethtaker, and Psychotic Sam in a Chicagoland Massacre Elimination Match;pinned by Psychotic Sam in a Barbed Wire Cell of Fire Match. (3-3)
*MMP Apocalypse in Arizona: Beat Jeremy Grieve in a Desert Death Match for the universal championship. (4-3)
*August 29: Beat Lenny Shaw by disqualification. (5-3)
*September 12: Pinned Virus Richards. (6-3)
*MMP Suicidal September: Pinned The Regulator. (7-3)
*October 3: Pinned Pot Head in a Death Match. (8-3)
*October 10: Pinned by "Massacre" Mark Allyn in a Chicagoland Massacre Match. (8-4)
*October 17: Pinned Machine Head. (9-4)
*October 24: With Jeremy Grieve and Wolverine, pinned by Mr. Marvellous & Colossus in a No Disqualification Handicap Match. (9-5)
*MMP Moonlight: Pinned Mr. Marvellous in a Parking Lot Match. (10-5)
*MMP/GWF Best of the Best: Pinned Wolverine;participated in MMP/GWF battle royal. (11- 5)
*November 21: Pinned Chris Myers in a Falls Count Anywhere Match. (12-5)
*November 28: Lost universal championship in a two-man battle royal against Captain Patrick O'Conner. (12-6)
*December 12: Beat The Saint by forfeit. (13-6)
*MMP Season's Slayings: Pinned by Masochrist in Triple Threat Match also involving Mr. Marvellous. (13-7)

1999

*January 16: Participated in battle royal for the vacant midwestern championship. (13-7)
*MMP WrestleStorm '99: Participated in Break-In Match for the vacant extreme championship. (13-7)
*February 6: Pinned Dr. No Limit in a Falls Count Anywhere Match. (14-7)
*February 13: With Captain Patrick O'Conner, pinned "The Canadian Pimp" Ouija Lullabye & Mr. Beumont. (15-7)
*February 20: No decision in Wal-Mart Match involving "Corrupt" John Korso, Gemini Killer, and "The Canadian Pimp" Ouija Lullabye. (15-7)
*MMP Main Event Madness: Beat Mr. Beumont by countout;with Diamond King, Captain Patrick O'Conner, Gemini Killer, and The Ghettoman, pinned Super Cupid, Aries, Mr. Marvellous, Masochrist, and Psychotic Sam, winning the vacant world championship. (17- 7)
*February 27: With Captain Patrick O'Conner, pinned Aries & Dr. No Limit. (18-7)
*March 6: Pinned Beholder in a Steel Chair on a Pole Match. (19-7)
*MMP March Mayhem: With Captain Patrick O'Conner, pinned by Harbinger & The Destroyer for the vacant tag team championship;went to a no-contest with Masochrist. (19- 8)
*March 27: Pinned Gemini Killer in a title vs. title Super K-Mart Match for the extreme championship. (20-8)
*April 3: With Gemini Killer and The Ghettoman, lost by submission to The Congregation (Mack was the special referee). (20-9)
*April 17: With Mack, pinned by The Congregation in Hell in a Cell. (20-10)
*April 24: With Captain Patrick O'Conner, pinned Virus Richards & The Bootlegger. (21-10)
*MMP Homicidal Tendencies: Lost world championship to Masochrist in a Last Blood Match. (21-11)
*MMP WrestleFest: The Parade of Champions: Pinned by Captain Patrick O'Conner. (21-12)
*MMP Chaos on the Coast: Pinned by The Bootlegger in Hell in a Cell. (21-13)
*July 3: Pinned by "Stunning" Steve Simon in a Weapons Match;participated in a Battle Royal. (21-14)
*July 10: Pinned by The Regulator in a Hellfire Match. (21-15)
*MMP BattleGround 2: With Captain Patrick O'Conner, Dr. No Limit & George Achica (who failed to appear for the match), lost to The Bootlegger, Virus Richards, The Regulator, and "Stunning" Steve Simon in an Elimination Match;lost to The Bootlegger and Psychotic Sam in a Triple Threat Water Tank Match. (21-17)
*August 14: Beat The Bootlegger by forfeit in a Jailhouse Match. (22-17)
*August 21: Pinned Daark. (23-17)
*MMP Apocalypse: With Captain Patrick O'Conner, pinned Virus Richards & The Bootlegger in a Dangerous Game Match. (24-17)
*August 28: Lost a Triple Threat Ladder Match against The Bootlegger and Daark. (24-18)
*September 4: Pinned by Onyx Cooper in a Falls Count Anywhere Match. (24-19)
*September 18: Pinned by The Destroyer in a No DQ Match. (24-20)
*MMP Vindication: With Harbinger, pinned by "Corrupt" John Korso & Psychotic Sam in a first tier Genocidal Warfare match. (24-21)
*October 2: Pinned by The Bootlegger in a Lumberjack Match. (24-22)
*October 23: Lost to Virus Richards by forfeit. (24-23)
*MMP Moonlight: With Masochrist, lost to Upstanding Citizens by submission (Ryno did not appear for the match). (24-24)
*MMP Season's Slayings: Defeated The Joker's Child in a Straight Jacket Match. (25-24)

2000

*March 11: Pinned Mr. Beumont. (26-24)
*March 18: With Masochrist, pinned by Virus Richards & The Bootlegger. (26-25)
*March Mayhem: Lost to Virus Richards in a noose match. (26-26)
*April 1: Pinned Crimson in a falls count anywhere match. (27-26)
*April 8: Lost to The Destroyer by submission. (27-27)
*April 15: With Masochrist, lost by submission to Crimson in a no disqualification handicap match (Virus Richards was the special referee). (27-28)
*April 22: With Masochrist, pinned by Death & Wolverine. (27-29)
*Homicidal Tendencies: Lost all three falls in a three-fall four-way ladder match against Death & Wolverine, Benjamin Childs & George Achica, and Harbinger & The Destroyer. (27-32)
*May 13: Lost a four way elimination no disqualification match against Masked Man X, Benjamin Childs, and Crimson (Virus Richards was the special referee). (27-33)
*May 20: With Masochrist, pinned by The Front Line. (27-34)
*WrestleFest 2000: Participated in survivor's cup rumble (May 30); defeated by Benjamin Childs in a barbed wire table match (May 31); with Masochrist, pinned by Harbinger & The Destroyer. (27-36)
*June 17: With Ryan North, participated in a body count match; pinned Death. (28-36)
*June 24: Pinned by Twisted Steel in a crowbar on a pole match. (29-36)
*Chaos on the Coast: With Ace Manley, defeated The Congregation in an inferno match. (30-36)
*July 8: Won a desert storm ladder match; pinned by Death. (31-37)
*July 22: Defeated Twisted Steel by DQ. (32-37)
*BattleGround 3: Pinned Aries in a no DQ match for the extreme championship; with Ace Manley & Shannon Shag-Nasty, lost to Twisted Steel, Adam Kogler & The Congregation in a handicap elimination match. (33-38)
*August 5: Defeated by Harbinger in an anything goes match. (33-39)
*August 12: Went to a no contest with Aries in Hell in a Cell. (33-39)
*August 19: With Aries, lost to Virus Richards & Twisted Steel by DQ. (33-40)
*Apocalypse: Pinned by The Cult Master ("Amazing" Andrew Peters was the special referee). (33-41)
*September 16: Pinned The Punisher. (34-41)
*Vindication: Pinned by The Cult Master in a triple threat match also involving "Amazing" Andrew Peters. (34-42)
*October 15: Defeated by "Amazing" Andrew Peters in a no DQ match. (34-43)
*Final Judgment: Lost a four corners elimination falls count anywhere barbed wire/vanity match against Psychotic Sam, The Destroyer, and Benjamin Childs for the extreme championship. (34-44)

They Said It...

"I first 'met' this man in the MMP/GWF Battle Royal. Although I was victorious in that battle I instantly respected his skill and tenacity. A truely hardcore competitor, the Ryno has always fought for what he thought was right. He has held the top three Championship belts in our federation, the World, Universal and the Extreme. A warrior with heart." -- Captain Patrick O'Conner

"The Ryno has a fair amount of talent. He's massive and powerful but agile and very quick for a man his size. He's a skilled brawler but he'll occassionally suprise you with a masterful technical display. While his skills are simply not on my level, he has compiled an impressive record here in the MMP and gained the respect of his peers." -- "Corrupt" John Korso

"Despite his false claims of being the greatest extreme wrestler in the MMP, The Ryno stands as one of the greater competitors in the MMP. He always presents a challenge and is never to be taken lightly........." -- The Destroyer

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