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HBK's wrestling academy

rey619Posted on 10/23/05 at 22:32:04

Who was trained by Shawn Michaels Wrestling academy? Matt Bentley, American Dragon, Spanky, Ronnie Stevens.. who else?
americamamushiPosted on 10/23/05 at 22:53:48

Paul London & Lance Cade
Critic of the DawnPosted on 10/24/05 at 05:59:41

Matt Bentley, American Dragon, Spanky, Ronnie Stevens, Paul London, Lance Cade, Ikaika Loa, Oz, Chris Marvel, Don Juan, Bio-Hazard, and Fast Eddie Vegas all come to mind.

There have been more since from the same school, but Rudy Boy Gonzales has completely taken over since HBK returned to WWE.  I THINK that the above guys all got at least some training time with HBK.

Eric "Critic of the Dawn"
rey619Posted on 10/24/05 at 13:33:20

Yeah, I was thinking about the famed first class of Michaels for a planned storyline I'm planning... have Loa, Oz and Marvel wrestled much really? Or did they fall through?
KoulatichPosted on 10/25/05 at 01:54:49

On 10/24/05 at 13:33:20, rey619 wrote:Yeah, I was thinking about the famed first class of Michaels for a planned storyline I'm planning... have Loa, Oz and Marvel wrestled much really? Or did they fall through?
Marvel took a huge bump in one of the very first ROH shows and had a career ending injury of some kind I believe.
Critic of the DawnPosted on 10/25/05 at 02:52:00

Marvel suffered a Sid-esque broken leg after taking a dive badly from Paul London, but I gather that he's still rattling around in the indy scene - I know that he was doing Wildside in 2004, for example.

Haven't heard anything about Ikaika Loa or Oz, however.  Hard to say, really.

Eric "Critic of the Dawn"
PulsarPosted on 10/27/05 at 03:21:18

I could be wrong, but weren't Tony Stradlin and Todd Sexton trained there too?
americamamushiPosted on 10/27/05 at 04:06:39

On oww it lists Stradlin as trained by UPW's Ultimate University, but then says that he started wrestling for HBK's Texas Wrestling Academy so you could be right
zackarcherPosted on 10/27/05 at 07:22:26

The third ROH DVD has a Heartbreak Guantlet Match including John Hope as well....