Hey everyone, I'm OG and today I'm going to be talking about a young local talent from my country (Israel) and his name is Tyler Mann.
Tyler Mann wrestling for the IWL (Israeli Wrestling League) , and he's a young prospect who looks to be wrestling's next upcoming star, he's a great dude with a motivating attitude, I suggest you to check him out guys, also he's a very friendly human, it's really fun catching up with him.
Tyler is an upcoming talent here in our country's wrestling scene, a very energized and a skilled dude, he began his wrestling career a year ago, as he joined an organization called AWO, he left the AWO few months ago, and after he left he joined the IWL league, Tyler says that the IWL is his new home, he believes he found there his new home. And he looks to make a name for himself in the league.
Few days ago I got the chance to talk with Tyler and I asked him few questions about his career's progress, his gimmick and his future goals, here are the answers.
1st Question : who inspired you to begin with wrestling?
Answer : " Okay, my story with wrestling is a bit funny, the first time I saw wrestling I recorded an episode of WWE on TV, because I heard it's a thing to watch, I skipped to a match between Sheamus and Wade Barrett, and without giving a chance to the show I just didn't connect to it, few weeks later I got a suggestion on Youtube for a highlight to a PPV called "Breaking Point" which included a match between Legacy and D-Geneartion X , and I fell in love with it. After that I started to explore more about the business, and I explored about Edge and his Rated R Character, and about CM Punk who I think is amazing, specially with his Straight Edge character and his way of talking, as someone who likes to talk, I really liked that. And I discovered I have things in common with Punk, then I started to explore about Roddy Piper, who is Punk's favorite wrestler, by the time I explored about Roddy he became one of my all time favorites, if you ask me from who I take an inspiration in the ring, I will say Dolph Ziggler, he's one of my favorites to watch nowadays. "
2nd Question: what's the background story behind the idea of the "Second Thought" persona?
Answer : " My Character? I'll keep it real with you, Tye Clodd, Sean Tyler Mann are the same
Person, all funny and fun and coming with a positive attitude to the ring and with a 'let's have fun' mentality, but if someone dares to piss me off or ruin my way and ruin the show for the crowd who expect to see me in the ring, that's where the fun ends, I have just one thought on my mind to be honest, and the 2nd thought is that I see everything as 'my business' and if someone touches my clients which's the crowd, I'll probably force him to think again about it, and that's the story of Second Thought . "
3rd Question: your finisher, Second Thought is very effective, what made you think about such a great variation for a DDT maneuver ?
Answer: "wow, that move goes way back, about 4 years ago, we were a group of three kids who love wrestling, one of the kids were Oscar Vice who's a good friend of mine, so he purchased a trampoline and I invented that move and used it as my finisher since the trampoline days, when I started wrestling I didn't had a way to show or express the move, so I got into a video of a wrestler called BT Gunn, he executed a variation to the move which's familiar to mine, so I went to the organization I was at that time and asked if I can use it as a finisher, they said 'No, you too small', and I gave up on the finisher, I looked for an alternative, and I thought about Coast to Coast, Cardiff Bridge, Zig zag and I even considered the Destino for my finisher, I didn't found the move that made me feel like "holy shit that's the move I want to use I love it" , then later I moved to the IWL where I found my new home with a very impressive crew and people that support me and helped me to develop myself, and help me to get into a better shape, I remember at that time I have seen "NXT TakeOver" and I have seen Valveteen Dream execute the move which reminds me of my variation for the move, some people say it's the same move that I used on the trampoline, then I remembered that I didn't ask since I moved to the IWL about using that as my finishing move, so I talked to my trainer, and since then "S e c o n d T h o u g h t " . I see that move as something that's also a full circle, from the trampoline days, to where I'll go in my future, I hope it'll be as far as it can be, but let's not be "overconfident", about the name, cool name isn't it ? "
If you ask me Tyler, It's a very cool name in my opinion. And a cool background story.
4th Question: what are your future goals? If there are any
Answer : " you ask about what are my goals and expectations for the future, and I ain't going to lie, the goals are far. My target is clear, I put myself a target which's to start Monday Night Raw, to open the most weekly episodic television show in history!!! And I'm not going to lie, I would be very happy to become Champion one day! "
5th and final Question : where you see yourself going in the future?
Answer : "where I see myself go ? I hope I come to a situation when I enter the ring, people expect to see me hit my finisher "S e c o n d T h o u g h t" during my match, like Austin with his Stunner or Randy with his RKO, but I don't want to be a 'one move wonder' I want to be more then that. I also expect myself to reach my main goal and to Open Monday Night Raw.
So that's it folks, this is Tyler, I really suggest you to see him wrestle. And catch up his highlights when you can.
Tyler's Instagram ; https://instagram.com/tye_clodd?utm_source=ig_profile_share&igshid=v78l3x87vopo Tyler's Finisher : https://www.instagram.com/p/BpUN1xXAXkS/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=7eij5atq83s0
Thank you all I hope you enjoyed , for more information on Tyler, check his Instagram: Tye_Clodd
Thank you all for reading I hope you enjoyed. #SecondThought