Perhaps an odd choice for Star of the Month considering what went down at Source Wrestling recently and that no one is more hate-able than ‘The Boss’, but hear us out…

Canyon has been rubbing people the wrong way for a very, very long time. Mainly due to his over-inflated ego and his doing whatever it took to get back the Scottish title. That desire led him to making a lot of enemies, gave him a tainted win and has ultimately set him on a self destructive downward spiral after he gave away his legal rights as the company’s owner in pursuit of the belt. But, in a moment of admiration, we have to tip our hat to Canyon for one thing; he’s good.

In the closing months of 2011 Canyon lost the Scottish title to Andy Anderson and his Money in the Bank cash in as well as lost the SWA tag Team Championship to John Graham and Nathan Black. His bad luck – or just deserts as we like to see it – has put him in the bad books of SWA showrunner PJ Murphy.

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The votes have been counted!
Our Fantasy League might have taken a break over the holidays but as we come back we’re redy for the semi-finals after some frantic voting on our last round-one pairing between John ‘the Bomb’ Graham and the legendary Goldberg! Despite being out of action for a few years, it’s clear that Goldberg never fell from anyone’s favourites list as the votes in our poll showed that the former World Champion came just ahead of the race against The Bomb. But… adfter Bomb won the tag titles with Nathan Black in Motherwell (and that was the land of reality, not fantasy!) he’s not losing any sleep over it!

So now with four men whittled down to the fantasy league, we have Damien O’Conor and Joe Coffey in SWA’s camp while our legends remaining are the late Eddie Guererro and after the seasonal vote, Goldberg! So with two names still on each side, we’re putting two of the best and most gifted wrestlers against each other. Let’s look at the stats!

‘The Aggressive Technician Damian O’Conor
Still a young man in his twenties, O’Conor has already had a diverse and satisfying career in the six years since his debut. Having been a natural athlete from an early age, Damo moved to Scotland to train with SWA only to advance in leaps and bounds to become the head trainer of the Source Wrestling School, something he achieved thanks to his breaking out into the British scene and becoming one of the busiest home grown talents on the roster!
In his first year of wrestling, Damo gained notoriety by winning the SWA Tag Team Championship as part of the Shamrockers. He has since gained several more tag titles in SWA and beyond alongside partner Scott Renwick, become the W3L Champion in Fife and has had a stellar run as SWA Laird of the Ring Champion and his title campaigns are still only just beginning!
With a strong technical mind and a heavy base, Damo can switch between the most dazzling of holds to the most furious of strikes in the blink of an eye. In the past year we’ve seen the Irishman take more risks with power moves form the top and dives to the outside. He’s a relentless and volatile opponent to stand opposite the ring with.

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A couple of weeks shy of five years ago Source Wrestling (under a different name at the time for those who aren’t familiar with out history) had it’s first origins in Linwood, just down the road from our former training centre. In those five years a lot has changed and the entire brand has re-shaped itself in so many ways thanks to different leaders, creative minds and an overflow of some amazing emerging talent.

But through all the changes and different ways of running things, each person has brought their own stamp to the table when it comes to working behind the scenes of Source. When it comes to what happens in the ring, the talent has made their own fates by grabbing hold of every opportunity thrown at them. As we enter a new year and look back on 2011, we can’t help but look back and feel proud of one of Source’s roster not only taking his opportunity to shine, but smashing through the ‘glass ceiling’ to become the poster boy of Scottish wrestling as a whole.

Getting his foot in the door at what’s now known as the Source Wrestling School, Andy Anderson spent a lot of time working harder than everyone else to get his moment in the ring. When he started training he was still in school, working hard to pass his exams and set himself up with a bright future. At the same time, making sure never to neglect his studies, Anderson was finishing up his days in training and for almost two years he spent every waking moment preparing himself for that chance to get into the ring. Perfecting every move, timing every step, studying every old match he could get his hands on, Andy did everything he could to make sure he was spot-on perfect and wouldn’t miss a beat and when he finally got that chance to step in front of a crowd and wrestle for the first time, he could taste the desire to succeed.

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With the wrestling side to the year coming to a close for both Source and SWA, I’ve been left with nothing else to do but paperwork! Looking back threough all my notes, it’s been an interesting year all round and one of Source’s busiest to date.

Thanks to the wonderful team at the Source wrestling School, there’s been a lot of people advancing to the Source roster to test their training in front of a live crowd. Some of the most achieved this year include Christopher Saynt and Kirsty Love, who in their rookie year have managed to both breakout beyond source Wrestling, most notably with Love making her Pro Wrestling Eve debut and there have been several more to make an impact such as Tommy Daniels who gets better every match!

There have been many more such as Axl Simmons, Bobby Roberts and Craigy Miller plus we’ve also seen the womens division expand with Lindsay Turner and Carly making their first steps into the limelight.

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