Matt Mathews

"Hollywood" Matt Mathews (born December 17, 1969) is a professional wrestler currently working in both the Universal Wrestling Leauge where he is a recognized UWL Tag Team Champion and in SPEAR Wrestling Syndicate where he is one-half of the SWS Tag Team Champions with Mark Moltres.

= Pre-Wrestling =

As a child Matt never had dreams of becoming a wrestler. It wasn't until he was 19, a sophmore attending Plymouth State University. He majored in Psychology, however he never put the degree to use. He spent five years training and went from weight roughly 150 pounds to about 220 in a matter of years. Matt's growth was recognized however he never opted to wrestling in school. He would not step into a ring until he was 28, almost a decade later.

= Career =

Early Career
Mathews entered wrestling at the age of 28. In an interview from 2006 he commented that he was about 10 years older than most of the "kids" in the federation, and that the closest person to him was 26. Mathews saw limited success, his character was over well with the fans however his in-ring abbilites were lacking. For a few years he struggled and wrestled in several federations in New England. At the age of 31 he was laid out with a shoulder injury.

After a successful recovery, Mathews returned to the ring at the age of 33, now looking stronger than ever. He dyed his haie black and introduced the New England Indies to his real-life and on-screen girlfriend, Kayla Stone. For a time Matt played the part of an intimidating good guy. At this point Matt weighed about 290 and he had alot of muscle mass.