Matt Striker – Life in the Classroom, Squared Circle, and Beyond

From tales of teaching in New York, his departure from WWE, achieving his childhood dream, and more, this unheard interview of Matt Striker is not to miss!

Before arriving in the WWE in February of 2005 as a know-it-all teacher named Matt Striker, Matthew Kaye learned from some of the very best on the independent circuit.

One of these men was Jody Hamilton, a man known in wrestling as Assassin #1.

As a young boy growing up in New York, Matt never imagined he would get the opportunity to meet and even less have a chance to sit under the learning tree with such a legend from the territories.

"Listening to his stories and just watching the way he moved, to me, it was a really unique opportunity," Striker admits. "I loved it and I’m grateful for it."

Striker is intelligent, friendly, and an often underappreciated talent with a great love of professional wrestling, which is on full display here.

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