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Brian Woermann (born June 21, 1979 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Matt Stryker.

Woermann should not be confused with fellow wrestler Matt Striker.

Career

Brian Woermann attended Milford High School, where he played basketball and dove. After graduating, Woermann obtained a job selling cars and attended college in his spare time.

In 1998 Woermann began training under Les Thatcher, proprietor of the Main Event Pro Wrestling Camp in Evendale, Ohio, much to the chagrin of his mother. He trained uner Thatcher for five months, suffering a knee injury in the course of his training. On November 7, 1998, Woermann wrestled his first match, facing "Bad Boy" Bobby Kane. He then chose the ring name Matt Stryker and began working for Thatcher's Heartland Wrestling Association.

Heartland Wrestling Association

Stryker was initially a heel, and defeated Pepper Parks for the vacant HWA Cruiserweight Championship on March 16, 2001. He lost the title to Parks on June 26, but regained the title on August 9 at the 2001 Brian Pillman
Memorial Show. Stryker's second reign lasted until September 2, 2001, when he lost to Jamie Knoble.

Stryker turned face in May 2002 after his tag team partner, Dean Baldwin, burned his eye with a cigar. Stryker immediately sought revenge, which led to Baldwin suing him for $55 million and imposing a restraining order on him for assault, stalking and defamation of character. After feuding with Baldwin throughout June 2002, Stryker set his sights on the HWA Heavyweight Championship.

Stryker defeated Cody Hawk for the HWA Heavyweight Championship on July 17, 2002 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He held the title until November 9, when he lost to Chet Jablonski in Batavia, Ohio. Stryker dominated the HWA Heavyweight Championship division from that point, winning the title twice more in 2003. He took the title a fourth time in 2005, defeating Shawn Osborne on March 25.

Cody Hawk and Stryker reconciled in 2004 and formed a tag team known as the HWA Icons. The Icons defeated TJ Dalton and JT Stahr for the HWA Tag Team Championships on April 2, 2004, dropping the titles to Benjamin Kimera and Shawn Osbourne on June 15. They took the titles a second time that year, defeated Foreign Intelligence on October 26. Hawk and Stryker were stripped of the titles later that year.

Ring of Honor

Stryker began appearing with Ring of Honor in September 2003. He won the Field of Honor tournament in 2003, defeating B.J. Whitmer in the tournament final on December 22 at Final Battle 2003. On February 14, 2004 he entered the ROH Pure Championship tournament, but was eliminated in the second round by the eventual winner, A.J. Styles.

In addition to his wrestling career, Stryker designs and manufactures wrestling ring attire.

Wrestling facts

Finishing and signature moves

Stryker Driver (Death Valley driver)
Stryker Lock (Inverted Indian deathlock)
Texas cloverleaf
Sharpshooter
Ankle lock

Managers

Ricky Steamboat

Quotes

"Fear the brow!"

Championships and accomplishments

Cleveland All Pro Wrestling

:*1-time CAPW Junior Heavyweight Champion

Heartland Wrestling Association

:*4-time HWA Heavyweight Champion :*2-time HWA Cruiserweight Champion :*4-time HWA Tag Team Champion (1-time with Rory Fox, 1-time with D-Lo Brown, 2-time with Cody Hawk)

Mad-Pro Wrestling

:*1-time MPW Heavyweight Champion (first)

Premiere Wrestling Federation

:*1-time PWF Tag Team Champion (with Josh Daniels)

Ring of Honor

:*ROH Field of Honor Winner (2003)

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