Despite how big WWE has grown since Vince McMahon purchased the company back in 1982, the basic foundation for the business remains the same. The sports-entertainment genre has always been an athletic endeavour in which characters are portrayed as being at odds with one another and settling their differences in the squared circle. Simply put, it's good vs. bad and it's settled in a 20x20 ring. Along with babyface vs. heel, another staple of the pro-wrestling business has been the element of heat. Whether it's the heel that is being pushed or the babyface, building heat is a crucial component to professional wrestling and it's what drives the story of good vs. evil. Heat helps remind the crowd just exactly what makes the bad guy so evil and how dangerous they can be. Acts of dominance, relentless beatings, verbal abuse, remorseless actions, gang-style attacks, and the use of weapons are all examples of ways to build heat, and the babyface must fall to these tactics for the crowd to rally behind them. If heat is absent from the story then usually so is any emotional investment from the audience. Without darkness there can be no light and without heat there can be no comeback and, thus, no payoff.
A former stuntman for Paramount Pictures, Matt enjoys sports, water skiing, driving fast, the beach, professional wrestling,
technology, and scotch. At the same time, whenever possible.
Having attended many famous (and infamous) shows including WrestleMania XV, In Your House: Mind Games, and the 1995 King of the Ring, Matt has been a lifelong professional sports and wrestling fan. Matt's been mentioned in numerous wrestling podcasts including the Steve Austin Show: Unleashed, Talk Is Jericho, and Something To Wrestle With Bruce Prichard.
As a former countywide performer, Matt has been referred to as Mr. 300 for his amazing accomplishments in the world of amateur bowling. He is also the only man on record to have pitched back-to-back no hitters in the Veterans Stadium Wiffle Ball League of 2003.
