Matt Striker

Not to be confused with Matt Stryker.
Matt Striker

Striker in August 2008
Birth name Matthew Kaye
Born (1974-06-26) June 26, 1974[1]
Queens, New York City,
New York, United States[2]
Residence Ossining, New York,
United States[3]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Matt Lachey[3][2]
Matt Martel[1]
Tyler Max[1]
Matt Striker[1][4]
Muscles Marinara[5]
Stryker[2]
The Ultimate Striker[1]
Billed height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[3]
Billed weight 224 lb (102 kg)
Billed from Bayside, New York[4]
Trained by Johnny Rodz[4]
Debut 2000[3]

Matthew Kaye[3][2] (born June 26, 1974)[1] is an American professional wrestler, producer, actor, director and English language professional wrestling commentator working under the ring name Matt Striker. He is currently an English language commentator primarily for Lucha Underground but also frequently provides English commentary for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) PPV events in Mexico and New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) PPV events in Japan. He also wrestles on the United States independent circuit and works as a producer and director for Paragon Pro Wrestling (PPW) in Las Vegas. He is best known for his time in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) as both a wrestler and commentator. He is also a sporadic actor in film and a former high school teacher.[6]

After obtaining a Master's degree in educational psychology, Kaye began working as a high-school teacher. He also began a career in professional wrestling, and made his debut in 2000 after being trained by Johnny Rodz. In early 2005, Kaye quit his full-time teaching job at Benjamin N. Cardozo High School, when the school board found out that he had been using sick days as a way to pursue his wrestling career.

Kaye signed a contract with WWE in mid-2005, calling himself Matt Striker, and quickly developed a persona of a heel (villainous) teacher. He started out on the Raw brand, where he hosted a segment known as Matt Striker's Classroom, before moving to the ECW brand in 2006. There he joined the New Breed alliance and was involved in a feud with the ECW Originals. After this, he began managing wrestler Big Daddy V until 2008. In August 2008, Striker began working as the color commentator on ECW and, alongside his commentary partner Todd Grisham, won the 2008 Slammy Award for Announce Team of the Year. Striker was then moved to the SmackDown brand where he commentated from October 2009 to January 2011. He then served as color commentator on Superstars until his departure from the company in 2013.[4]

High school teaching career

After obtaining a bachelor's degree in history and a master's degree in educational psychology, Kaye began working as a high school teacher.[1] He worked part-time as a substitute, filling in when other teachers were on leave.[4] In mid-2004, he was hired full-time as a social studies teacher at Benjamin N. Cardozo High School in Queens, New York, but wrestled part-time during his vacation time and on weekends.[1][7] He resigned from his position as a teacher, however, when the school found out that he was using sick days as an excuse to keep up with his wrestling commitments.[7][8] According to the school system's Special Commissioner of Investigation, Kaye falsely claimed 11 sick days in December 2004 and February 2005, during which time he was actually wrestling in Japan for Pro Wrestling Zero1.[4][7][8] Kaye later said in an interview that he would have taken personal days instead of sick days, but he "didn't know there was a difference."[7][8] The Special Commissioner of Investigation recommended Kaye's dismissal and also recommended that he should be considered ineligible for future employment in the public schools. Kaye, who was not tenured, chose to resign in April 2005 upon advice from his lawyer.[1][7]

Professional wrestling career

Early career (2000–2005)

Striker in the ring in 2005

After being trained by Johnny Rodz at Gleason's Gym in New York City, Kaye made his debut in 2000.[3][1] He initially worked for small independent promotions and quickly achieved success, winning 10 different championships during his first year.[1] He also participated in the King of the Ring 2002 commercials.

He wrestled for World of Unpredictable Wrestling (WUW), where he won the WUW Continental Championship, Total Professional Wrestling, where he won the Light Heavyweight Championship and held the Tag Team Championship with Red Flair, and the East Coast Wrestling Association, where he won the ECWA Tag Team Championship with Ace Darling in February 2003. The pair held the championship for seven months, until losing it in September. He also worked for Connecticut Championship Wrestling, and won the promotion's main championship in February 2004, by winning a tournament. Also in early 2004, he teamed with Josh Daniels to win the PWF Tag Team Championship, and with Simon Diamond to win the USA Pro Wrestling's tag team championship. On June 19, Striker and Diamond lost the USA Pro Wrestling Tag Team Championship at a USA Pro Wrestling Show. A few hours later that same night, he appeared at a Pro-Pain Pro Wrestling (3PW) show as "The Ultimate Striker", an impersonation of the Ultimate Warrior and teamed with Rob Eckos in a loss to "Slyck" Wager Brown and April Hunter. He also appeared for 3PW impersonating "The Macho Man" Randy Savage, The Sandman, Sabu, Hulk Hogan, and Ric Flair. On August 21, 2004, he and Eckos entered a tag team battle royal as The Bushwhackers, The Road Warriors, and the team of The Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff.[1]

While working full-time as a teacher in 2004, he continued to wrestle during his vacation time and weekends, and using sick days.[1] On December 16, 2004, Striker began a tour of Japan with Pro Wrestling Zero1, and was later invited back for an extended tour in early 2005.[9] After resigning from his teaching position, he continued to wrestle around New York, and on April 30, 2005, won the New York Wrestling Connection (NYWC)'s Heavyweight Championship by defeating Mike Mondo.[1][10] A few weeks later, on May 21, while still the Heavyweight Champion, he defeated Joey Braggiol to win the NYWC Interstate Championship, but only held the championship for two weeks, before losing it back to Braggiol on June 4.[1][11] He made a few appearances for Ring of Honor in mid-2005, before returning to NYWC to lose the Heavyweight Championship to Jerry Lynn on July 30, after holding it for four months.[1][10] He continued to wrestle for independent promotions throughout mid-2005, until he signed a contract with WWE.[1]

World Wrestling Entertainment

Various feuds (2005–2006)

Striker in 2005

Kaye wrestled Kurt Angle, using the name Matt Martel, in an invitational match on the February 24, 2005 episode of SmackDown! in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[12] After the revelation that Kaye was a teacher appeared in mainstream news publications, Kaye made a WWE second appearance on the July 11, 2005 episode of Raw to face Angle for a second time, again using the name Matt Martel.[13] His news coverage was played up by Angle, who told the audience that Martel was really Striker, and Angle defeated him again in under three minutes.[13] The following week, he appeared on Raw again, still claiming to be called Matt Martel, and challenged Angle again. Angle exposed him as Matt Striker again, before defeating him for the third consecutive time.[14] Striker went on to compete on Heat and appear in WWE's developmental territory, Deep South Wrestling.[1]

Striker developed a heel (villainous) teacher gimmick, calling WWE his school and hosting a segment called Matt Striker's Classroom on Raw, which debuted on December 12.[15] During the segment he ridiculed the audience, and treated the crowd as intellectual inferiors.[15] During a match against Lance Cade at an untelevised event on December 18, Striker suffered a shoulder injury.[3] He was out of action until January 23, 2006, when he continued his Classroom segments once again, and then appeared mainly on Heat for several weeks.[3]

Striker would reappear on Raw on April 17 for another classroom segment where he claimed that "school is cool". Carlito, another wrestler, took exception to Striker's statement, and spat an apple in Striker's face, in keeping with Carlito's gimmick.[16] Striker returned to Raw in-ring action on April 24 and participated in a six-man tag team match, in which he, Chris Masters and Shelton Benjamin were defeated by Carlito, Rob Van Dam, and Charlie Haas.[17] During the Backlash pay-per-view, Striker hosted an edition of his classroom segment, with Eugene, who in storyline was mentally impaired, as his guest. Eugene attacked Striker during the segment, which led to Striker attacking Eugene with a dictionary the following night on Raw.[18][19] The scripted feud between the two also involved Carlito, who attacked both Eugene and Striker after Eugene inadvertently caused Carlito to lose a match to Striker by Disqualification on the May 8 episode of Raw.[20] The feud between the two ended when Eugene gained a mentor in "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan and defeated Striker, after losing to him only two weeks before.[21][22] Following his loss to Eugene, Striker attacked him, but was stopped by Duggan, and ran away.[21]

Striker appeared only rarely on Raw throughout June and July, and his final match for the brand was on July 31, when he was quickly defeated by John Cena.[23]

Matt Striker's classroom and The New Breed (2006–2008)

See also: New Breed

We at WWE apologize for the remark alluding to the death of Steve Irwin which was made on ECW on Sci Fi Tuesday night. The remark was, in the least, disrespectful to Mr. Irwin's fans and family.

World Wrestling Entertainment, September 2006[24]

At the end of August 2006, Striker left the Raw brand to join ECW, making his debut on August 23.[25] He continued his Classroom segment on ECW, which provoked a feud with The Sandman as Striker insulted him.[26][27] During one Classroom segment on September 5, 2006, however, Striker made a controversial remark that alluded to the death of Australian wildlife expert Steve Irwin, who had been killed by a stingray 36 hours earlier.[27] Due to the outrage caused by the remark, the incident was edited out of the replayed Australian broadcast and WWE Chairman Vince McMahon released a public apology on WWE's official website following the incident.[24] Striker made his in-ring debut for the brand on the September 19, 2006 episode of ECW, teaming up with Mike Knox and Test to face Tommy Dreamer, Sabu, and The Sandman.[28] Striker, Knox, and Test lost the match by disqualification due to Test pushing the referee.[28] Striker continued his feud with The Sandman until the October 17 episode of ECW, when The Sandman defeated Striker in a Singapore Cane on a Pole match.[29][30] At the December to Dismember pay-per-view, Striker faced Balls Mahoney in a "Striker's Rules" match, which meant that no eye gouging, hair pulling, top rope attacks, or foul language was allowed.[31] Despite the match being of his own creation, Striker was pinned by Mahoney.[31] Striker and Mahoney continued their rivalry until December 19, when Striker defeated Mahoney on ECW.[32][33]

Striker (left) talking down to Kelly Kelly at an ECW live event

On February 6, Striker aligned himself with Mr. McMahon's New Breed stable (faction), along with Elijah Burke, Kevin Thorn, and Marcus Cor Von.[34] The New Breed immediately engaged themselves in a feud with the ECW Originals (Rob Van Dam, Tommy Dreamer, Sabu and The Sandman).[35][36] Different members of the New Breeds wrestled members of the ECW originals over several weeks, leading up to WrestleMania 23.[37][38] At WrestleMania, the New Breed was defeated by the ECW Originals in an 8-man tag team match, but won a rematch on the following episode of ECW.[39][40] In the midst of the feud with the ECW Originals, tension began to appear between the leader Elijah Burke and Striker, after Striker and Cor Von were defeated by the debuting Major Brothers.[41] As a result, Striker began trying to avenge the loss to the Major Brothers, and defeated Brett Major on the May 22 episode of ECW.[42] The feud with the Originals lost momentum, however, as Sabu was released from his WWE contract in mid-May, and at the One Night Stand pay-per-view, the feud ended when Striker, Cor Von, and Burke lost to Dreamer, Sandman, and CM Punk in a tables match.[43][44]

On June 12, Striker was defeated by The Boogeyman in a singles match, and two weeks later, The Boogeyman attacked him during an edition of Piper's Pit, both times dropping worms from his mouth into Striker's.[45][46] On July 10, Striker invited Boogeyman to the ring to educate him on worms, only to bring out the debuting Big Daddy V to attack Boogeyman.[47] Striker then formed an alliance with Big Daddy V that lasted until March 2008, and acted as Big Daddy V's manager, regularly accompanying him to the ring.[3][48][49] In November, Striker and Big Daddy V started a feud with Kane, after Kane attacked Striker.[50] The feud saw Striker and Big Daddy V take on Kane in a handicap match, and also saw the pair align briefly with Mark Henry.[51] Henry helped Big Daddy V win a match against Kane on the November 27 episode of ECW, and in return, Striker refereed a match between Henry and The Undertaker, and refused to count a pinfall against Henry.[52][53]

During this time, Striker hosted a weekly segment on WWE's official website called "Best WWEek Worst WWEek".[54]

Commentator (2008–2013)

As part of the 2008 WWE Supplemental Draft in June 2008, Striker was drafted back to the Raw brand.[55] Once the SmackDown color commentator, Mick Foley, was storyline injured by Edge, however, Tazz moved to SmackDown to fill in for Foley, who had actually left the WWE in real life, and Striker returned to ECW to take over Tazz's duties as color commentator, thus turning Striker face and ending his in ring career at the same time.[56] He made his commentary debut on the August 5 episode of ECW.[57] Striker and his commentary partner, Todd Grisham, won the 2008 Slammy Award for the Announce Team of the Year.[58] On the April 7, 2009 episode of ECW, Grisham and Striker's commentary partnership came to an end when Josh Mathews debuted as the new play-by-play commentator, to replace Grisham who was moved to the SmackDown brand.[59][60] In addition to commentating on ECW on SyFy and ECW pay-per-view matches, Striker and Mathews represented the ECW brand on WWE Superstars every week, which started with the inaugural episode on April 16, 2009.[61]

On October 27, 2009 it was announced that Striker would move from commentary on ECW to SmackDown, reuniting with Grisham. The move was made to help accommodate Jim Ross, who had been taking time off to deal with his recent Bell's palsy attack.[62] In November, Striker replaced Jerry Lawler on commentary for Raw for one night, after Lawler was attacked by Sheamus, and in storyline, was unable to continue.[63] Matt also became the commentator representing the SmackDown brand from Survivor Series. This ran until Royal Rumble (2011) when he was replaced by Booker T at the following Elimination Chamber event. On June 7, 2010, Striker appeared on Raw for the "viewers choice" episode, announcing the results of the votes. At the end of the show, Striker was attacked by the season one NXT rookies, along with the commentators and Justin Roberts, the ring announcer.[64] In October, Striker and Grisham were joined by Michael Cole on SmackDown, forming a three-man announce team.[65] Striker remained a SmackDown commentator until he was replaced in early February 2011 by Booker T.[66]

Host of NXT and departure (2010–2013)

On the inaugural episode of NXT on February 23, 2010, Striker was announced as the host of the show and he conducted an interview with wrestler Daniel Bryan.[67] In March 2011, Striker gained a co-host for the fifth season of NXT in the form of Maryse.[68] On the June 2, 2011 episode of Superstars, Striker appeared as the new agent of Tyson Kidd and managed Kidd for that single episode of Superstars.[69]

Striker wrestled his first match in three years on the August 2, 2011 episode of NXT, teaming with Titus O'Neil in a winning effort against Derrick Bateman and Darren Young in a tag team match, turning face for the first time since his debut.[70] He fought Young in the next two weeks, but Young emerged victorious both times.[71][72] Striker later teamed up with William Regal to face Young and JTG, but Striker and Regal were unsuccessful in winning the match.[73] On the October 18, 2011 episode of SmackDown Striker participated in the biggest battle royal in WWE history.

Striker was reunited with his former broadcast partner Josh Mathews on the November 10, 2011 episode of Superstars, commentating on both the Raw and SmackDown portions of the show.[74] The Mathews/Striker tandem are the only announce team to call Superstars for all brands Raw, Smackdown and the former ECW brand since the show's inception in April 2009.[75]

Meanwhile, as NXT host, Striker was frequently bullied and even assaulted by troublemakers Curt Hawkins and Tyler Reks,[76] eventually forcing him to hand over match booking responsibilities to William Regal on the February 29, 2012 NXT Redemption, although Striker would remain as NXT host.[77] On the March 21 episode of NXT Redemption, after Maxine and Johnny Curtis knocked out Striker with chloroform, Striker was kidnapped (kayfabe) by unknown persons,[78] later revealed to be Hawkins and Reks, who intended to blackmail Maxine into using her charms to get Regal to leave them alone.[79] Despite apparently being kidnapped, Striker continued to commentate on Superstars, with the explanation given being that to keep his kidnapping a secret, WWE hired a body double to assume Striker's duties.[80] Striker was rescued by Derrick Bateman and Kaitlyn on the April 11 episode NXT Redemption.[81] Striker ceased his role as NXT host with the conclusion of the NXT Redemption as NXT became the show of WWE's rebranded developmental territory.[82][83][84]

After hosting NXT, Striker began interviewing WWE employees on Raw and SmackDown. During the summer of 2012, Striker became the host of WWE Afterburn for international broadcasts. On the October 12 SmackDown, Striker tried to interview Team Hell No (Kane and Daniel Bryan), but they both attacked him.[85] On the October 15 episode of Raw, Striker demanded that he receive an apology and was instead forced to face Kane in his final WWE match, which Striker lost.[86] On June 20, 2013, Striker departed from WWE after the company opted to not renew his contract.[87]

Independent circuit (2013–present)

On June 21, Striker made his first post-WWE appearance, by appearing on Family Wrestling Entertainment iPPV, FWE Rumble in Queens, New York as a color commentator.[88] On September 14, Right Coast Pro announced that Striker would face Billy Bax at the promotion's October 12 event.[89] On October 21, 2013, Striker was defeated by Justin Credible in NYWC's House of madness. After the match, Striker nailed Credible and legitimately busted him open hardway. Backstage, Striker tried to apologize but Credible cursed him out in the locker room and stormed off.[90] On July 2013, Championship Wrestling from Hollywood announced Striker as the new announcer of the promotion on MAVTV.[91] On November 2, 2013, Striker made his in ring debut for Championship Wrestling from Hollywood, against Scorpio Sky for the CWFH Heritage Heavyweight Championship[92] but was unsuccessful as Sky retained the title.[93] On November 17, 2013 Striker appeared at the Fairfield Halls in Croydon, England where he faced British legend Johnny Kidd with special guest referee, the former World Lightweight Champion Johnny Saint for the revival of iconic British wrestlings World of Sport (under the banner of LDN Wrestling). This match was filmed for television.

On June 13, 2014, Striker faced JR Kratos in a losing effort at All Pro Wrestling's #FridayThe13th event in Burlingame, CA.

House of Hardcore (2013–2014, 2015)

On November 9, 2013, Striker debuted at House of Hardcore 3, defeating Lance Anoai. On June 6, 2014, Striker faced Little Guido in a losing effort at House of Hardcore 4. On June 14, Striker teamed with Gangrel to face Rikishi & X-Pac in a losing effort at House of Hardcore 6 at Harrah's Resort Southern California located in Valley Center, California.

Westside Xtreme Wrestling (2014)

On March 14, 2014, Striker took part in German promotion Westside Xtreme Wrestling's 16 Carat Gold weekend. During the second day on March 15, he and Trent? defeated Hot & Spicy (Axel Dieter Jr. and Da Mack) to win the wXw World Tag Team Championship.[94] They re-lost the title to Hot & Spicy the next day.[95]

Pro Wrestling Noah (2014)

From July 18 to August 2, 2014, Striker took part in Pro Wrestling Noah's 2014 NTV G+ Cup Junior Heavyweight Tag League, where he and Super Crazy finished with a record of two wins and two losses, failing to advance to the finals.[96]

Lucha Underground (2014–present)

On September 5, 2014, it was reported that Striker had signed with Lucha Underground as the lead English language announcer, alongside Vampiro.[97] Striker and Vampiro provided English language commentary for the entire first season of the show, with the season finale airing on August 5, 2015. The first season was met with highly positive reviews.

On September 21, 2015, Lucha Underground confirmed via Twitter that the show would return for a second season, with Striker and Vampiro returning for English commentary.[98] The first four episodes of the second season were taped in November[99] and December.[100] The first episode of season two aired on El Rey Network on January 27, 2016.[101]

Paragon Pro Wrestling (2015–present)

In 2015, Striker took over as a producer and director for Paragon Pro Wrestling. He has made several appearances during televised events of the program, announcing D'Lo Brown vs. Caleb Konley, and announcing the American Championship tournament at the February 12, 2016 PPW TV taping.[102]

Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (2015)

Striker, along with Vampiro, served as one half of the English language commentators for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración's Lucha Libre World Cup internet pay-per-view on May 24, 2015.[103]

On August 9, 2015, Striker returned to AAA English language commentary alongside Hugo Savinovich for AAA's Triplemanía XXIII pay-per-view, which was heavily criticized due to many audio issues on the English language feed throughout the show, as well as the pay-per-view suddenly going off air in the final ten minutes during a major storyline angle involving Konnan, Myzteziz and Los Perros del Mal.[104]

New Japan Pro Wrestling (2015, 2016)

Striker and Jim Ross served as the English language commentators for New Japan Pro Wrestling's Wrestle Kingdom 9 in Tokyo Dome pay-per-view on January 4, 2015.[105] On October 12, Striker returned to NJPW to provide English commentary on King of Pro-Wrestling, this time working alongside long-time Ring of Honor commentator Kevin Kelly.[106]

Striker returned to NJPW English commentary at Wrestle Kingdom 10 in Tokyo Dome on January 4, 2016, again working alongside Kevin Kelly as well as NJPW wrestler Yoshitatsu.[107]

Personal life

He played hockey and football.[1] In college, Kaye earned a Bachelor's degree in History and went on to obtain a Master's degree in educational psychology.[1]

Other media

Kaye was a child actor, and had roles in the films Wise Guys and Child Savers.[1] In 2011, Kaye appeared in the films Big Fat Gyspy Gangster and Tezz in uncredited roles. He started to appear on a channel called "WrestlingFiguresCom" in June 2013. On February 25, 2014 episode of WWE Countdown Striker appeared to talk about past and current superstars.

In wrestling

Striker applying a single leg Boston crab on CM Punk
Striker performing an ankle lock

Championships and accomplishments

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