Hey There (Again!)

[theprdragon]

It has been YEARS… What can I say? Firstly, Hi! My name is Tye.
i was formerly FPR Gamer/FPRG on the FireProClub forums and ThePRDragon on the FPWArena boards back in the day. I ran a zillion e feds and burnt myself out my entire teen years for 8 years straight haha.

I haven’t been on these boards in 4 years, Wow! Sorta disappeared outta nowhere in the middle of Covid lockdown. Reason for that, is I’m also an independent pro wrestler and have been in the business for the past 10 years. When COVID lockdown struck in 2020, I was sort of handed the book for my buddy’s local promotion he was booking. We were doing closed set filmings for weekly YouTube episodes of that promotion. It sort of happened by accident. I was originally creative assistance and then one day I found myself writing out and booking every match and segment/promo for the 26 weeks of “TV” via YouTube release for this promotion. The 6 months turned into 2 years and it took up a lot of my time. Ran a few more shows for them from til July 2022 where we had a live crowd show with 400 plus in a large venue for the 2 year anniversary of the shows I was booking, in a great sendoff.

I got fucked over by the owners of that company and they stole all the money that night from me and all the boys in the locker room so I never went back. I focused on starting my own promotion from the ground up and did just that with “OROCHI Pro Wrestling”! We ran several events last year and took a break this year while we rebuild but reception has been red hot even with the downtime this year. Who knew all those years of e-fedding on these same Fire Pro boards Would actually turn me into a pretty decent booker in real life? LOL

Aside from that, I am also a graphic designer as well and videographer and video editor doing freelance work. I design logos for fellow wrestler merchandise, promotions, podcasts, I design gear, you name it. I do other freelance stuff on Fiverr along with that though for the social media influencers and the YouTubers and whatnot as well. I own and run my wrestling promotion where I handle everything from the editing, the audio, the match graphics, the flyers, everything. It’s my passion project and my baby. Haha.

And I also have recently started a clothing company and merchandise line and online store, called “Swagger & Soul Apparel”, which spreads messages designed to hopefully change some lives for the better. It’s more urban style streetwear, however there is something for everybody, the men and the women. All manner of clothing as well as patches, stickers, phone cases, wallets, caps, etc. You name it, we have it. Each Swagger & Soul crafted design is unique and designed from the ground up. A lot of the designs feature slogans attached, giving each one a true meaning behind the art. These will touch on various topics of the average day to day person. Life after loss, suicide awareness, mental health awareness, boosting confidence for those that need it, etc.
Empowering the youth, and even adults of today. So that maybe, just maybe, I can help just ONE person not feel completely alone in the world.

I also became a father of legitimate children aside from my wrestling promotion LOL. I celebrated the births of my son and daughter. So I became a family man for a little while. Now I’m out here doing the single dad thing. Why does this sound like I am writing a match.com ad? Smh that was weird I dunno why I said that sorry. 😂🤣🤣 But honestly, fatherhood turned my life around into a complete 180 and it’s the most amazing job in the world. My favorite thing I’ve ever ever did in this life.😁

I started on the FireProClub forums when I was -shoot- 13. 😳 Now I’m 28, I’ll be 29 by the end of the year, and just living life one day at a time whilst striving for success in all avenues of my life, currently.

But yeah I have a lot going on at all times these days to keep myself busy. And it’s been very rewarding.

Don’t know that I’ll be jumping back into e-fedding myself (as in running my own anymore), but anyone with my edits from years back are always more than welcome to use them. I’m gonna try to stay up to date with those though, I was looking back on a bunch of old stuff today after stumbling across some old files and folders I came across on the computer and I knew I had to check in and see how you all have been the last few years!

If you’re in the SE PA/NJ/NY area, and want to catch a show sometime, shoot me a message, I’ll talk more on the promotion itself later if anyone wants to know about it but our branding and marketing strategy and game plan is going to set us a cut above all the other ABCD independent wrasslin shows around the tri state area.

Looking forward to catching up with you all again!

Fire Pro For Life!

[OrochiGeese]

Huge welcome back, my friend 😁

You've always been one of the most passionate FP fans and creative e-fedders I ever worked with! 

I'm so glad to hear what you have done over the past few years.  Congratulations on becoming a father and for all of the other great things that you have accomplished too. It's cool to see how multi-faceted you are!

And "OROCHI" Pro Wrestling sure sounds like a catchy name too 😉

All of your edits, especially Tyler, are always welcome in my feds 😎

[theprdragon]

Aug 14, 2024 17:09:33 GMT OrochiGeese said:

Huge welcome back, my friend 😁

You've always been one of the most passionate FP fans and creative e-fedders I ever worked with! 

I'm so glad to hear what you have done over the past few years.  Congratulations on becoming a father and for all of the other great things that you have accomplished too. It's cool to see how multi-faceted you are!

And "OROCHI" Pro Wrestling sure sounds like a catchy name too 😉

All of your edits, especially Tyler, are always welcome in my feds 😎

Muchas gracias, my fine-feathered friend!

Thank you very much on the congratulations! Just trying to stay busy so I don’t get too complacent.lol

OROCHI Pro, basically was named because that’s what god mode level rage in gaming? Super pissed of OP type boss rage anger?
Thats what myself and a lot of the other workers were when we all got shafted after all the years of hard work we put in elsewhere. So most of them did end up just following right behind me, and we were determined to get something new up and off the ground that I could actually have some legitimate control over. I was paying for everything and everyone for my brand’s events for 2 straight years myself, anyway. So the actual “promoters” pulling rank whenever they felt like it wasn't normally a problem, but when it started to become one, it was always pretty sucky and became an issue after awhile for the boys and I do we set out to start and kick off something new and unique and set an example
to other promoters out there on how a true professional wrestling independent promotion should run. Behind the scenes and in front of the camera. I’ve dealt with so many promoters over the last 10 years just initially from my first 7 years in strictly as an in ring talent. I have worked some of the nicest promoters, and some of the shadiest of shady carnies. And my reputation in the industry as a professional, it is apparently -I say this with the most humblest of brags- highly respected, according to my peers and others within the industry and that’s honestly something I am super proud of myself for. I put the time and work in to build that spotless reputation to life. So taking on the full blown ownership role from the ground up was a process from that side of things but it wasn’t too difficult of a transition. I wanted to run a promotion that does business the right way. And leads by example. So I have a great rapport with the boys in the back, already as a legit one of their own. Everybody is so hungry and dedicated to making this thing so much bigger than we first anticipated. And that is a great feeling to have a crew like that behind me. I feel like Mutoh in 2011 with the WRESTLE-1 exodus of All Japan or something. 😂😂

Took this year off on hiatus to prepare us for a return next spring. Last year was the initial year and it was cool but the vibe and direction I wanted to take it in, we couldn’t get the event dates lined up with the talent availability to get us to where we wanted to be as far as shift in presentation. So in 2024, we took a seat, but are still on the big 3 of social media platforms (FB/IG/X) and YouTube!

And since I know you’re gonna want to ask…Yes, we chose the name for that reason I stated above….but also it was indeed my way of paying a slight homage to you, my dear friend. 😎🪿
I actually do a lot of that in the industry, believe it or not,pay homage to my old buddies from here in the community! 🤗🤘🏼🔥