Brief Bio:
Along with other neo-fossils, I came to the site in early August '02 looking for...
what else? GTA3 codes. At the time, I was under my flagship account,
bri89, which I would maintain directly from August 2002 to July 2004.
I started out in the Pro-wrestling community considering I was getting into pro-wrestling at the time, and have really never moved anywhere else. I've seen many good faces come and go, and somehow I manage to squeeze myself into the community after all these years.
About five years ago, people (especially the old-schoolers) mainly knew me as "Bri" (that's Br-I, not Br-EE), which is a spinoff of my real name, Brian and a tribute to my first account. When Redemption re-established the name change, I paid the $10 to finally occupy THIS account name. It's been smooth sailing ever since.
Another important part of my time on the site has been wrestling role-playing. It is where I developed mostly all of my writing skills and the reason I flew through papers in college. It also gave me something to do and really brought me through some challenging times in my real life. Thanks to outside circumstances, I was able to pour my heart and soul into WRPing, and I had a successful run, if I'm being honest. Look no further than the titles I racked up by the time I was inducted into the Wrestling RP Hall of Fame in 2005's inaugural class.
I semi-retired from RPing in 2006 after losing my final World Championship, only to make a comeback the following year, helping win the TWE Cup. I occasionally returned in subsequent years, but let me tell you...it gets pretty hard to keep a creative flame going, it just gets so stale. I officially retired in December 2011, and it seems that the genre has also folded, which makes me very sad, but it's fitting to know that I was there from the beginning to the end, and what a fuc*ing amazing run it was. Though...never say never.
Now a bit about my moderating stint. I had been running TNE as Chairman when I decided to make a run for moderator. The Ex-mod demoted, giving me an opening. In March, I became a moderator for IRP. I must say it was a blast moderating, and I'd like to say I was decent with anyone that needed to be dealt with. Most of the dirty work went to Slim though, lol. I picked up a temp spot and later the PS2 Sports and Racing section, which was a rather interesting experience (by that I mean a bit of a pain in the ass) as well. Towards the end, I began to severely neglect my positions and was forcibly demoted in 2011. Real life responsibilities and a lack of interest for Neo overall has left me with little to no time for the site, but you'll still see me pop in on a mafia game or thread or two.
A. Interactive Role-Playing - March 25th, 2006 - May 1st, 2011.
B. WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2008 (
temporary) - April 16th, 2007 - April 30th, 2007
C. PS2 Sports & Racing - January 1st, 2008 - May 1st, 2011
Random:
Pro-Wrestlers I have met...
• Natalya - COOL AS F. She loved my Bret Hart t-shirt and really seems to care for the fans.
• JTG - let me pose for a pic with his chain.
• Epico, Primo and Rosa Mendes - Cool guys...BUT I tried to kiss Rosa Mendes, and that ended in supreme failure. No details.
• Hulk Hogan...who dissed my Triple H shirt >.>
• Mick Foley, who questioned my father why the hell a 15 year old boy [me] would want to read "Tietam Brown." After reading it recently...I see why exactly...I wouldn't recommend it to anyone over the age of 30 without a huge stash of cashis nearby >.<
• Chris Benoit...LOL! I shook one of the hands that would later choke Nancy and Daniel. That somewhat disturbs me.
• Rey Mysterio, who was to my amazement, shorter than me.
• John Cena before he became a fronting white boy wankster.
• Booker T...okay, so my dad met him on my behalf. Idiots at WWF New York made us pick between him and Hogan, and I wanted both autographs.
• Rhyno...who hit on my mom. No, seriously.
• Terri Runnels, whose hand was the coldest I have ever held. She must spend a lot of time in a freezer trying to iron out her wrinkles.
• Dawn Marie, whom I actually don't remember meeting. But I know I did meet her, she was with Rey!
• X-Pac, who was a real cool guy.
• William Regal, who was a british teabag to me, but he was probably in character.
• Kenny Wallace (Stacker 2 Racecar Driver, 2001), who got dissed when my mom didn't recognize him. LOL!
