Brian Myers Talks Everything From WWE To Impact And Beyond!

Brian Myers has been making a name for himself all over the world for the past decade if not longer. Formerly, Curt Hawkins, Myers is now a part of the Impact roster and has been embroiled in a rivalry with his long-time friend now foe, Matt Cardona.

The Beginning of Brian Myers

“The first time I saw it, I was just so captivated by it,” says Myers, when asked about his first time watching wrestling. “There was just something special about it.” He also recalled his brother renting Wrestlemania six and being introduced to wrestling with that show.

As Myers got older, all of his friends were getting excited about college, “I knew that was something that I didn’t want to do. I was obsessed with one thing my whole life, and that one thing is professional wrestling,” says Myers. “I applied myself to sports and never grew out of my obsession, it was what I wanted to do so I just went for it.”

Brian Myers also spoke about his feelings going into his first match. “I don’t like telling myself I’m nervous, I just say I’m overly excited, even still to this day.” Wrestling in his first match meant the world to Myers and he just wanted to put on a good performance, which he always wants to do, to this day. “I got pretty far for a guy who rented a tape when he was five.”

Brian Myers met his now good friend, Matt Cardona at NYWC wrestling school, under the tutelage of Mikey Whipwreck, where he trained. “Matt and I didn’t really like each other. We saw each other as competition but luckily NYWC didn’t see it that way. NYWC saw it differently and made us partners,” Myers said.

Brian Myers recalled winning his first tag team championship with Cardona at NYWC. “No matter how big or how small, when you win a championship it means the company has trust in you and that will never get old. If anyone tells you otherwise, they’d be lying to you.”

Brian Myers Time With WWE

“It all happened so fast,” expressed Myers. “We (Brian Myers and Matt Cardona) had a tryout that we thought we bombed. Tommy Dreamer called us a week later and we just couldn’t believe it. We worked our butts off and tried so hard to impress. It just paid off so fast.”

Very soon after signing with WWE, Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder were paired up with arguably the top guy in the company in 2008, Edge. They formed the Edgeheads and got to work under Edge’s oversight. “They (WWE) had nothing for us, so we pitched the Edge thing and they liked it. It shaped my whole career,” says Myers. “It was a once-in-a-lifetime learning experience with the best wrestler in the world. We learned a lot from him. In 2008, he was the best wrestler in the world and I would love to have a debate with anyone who thinks otherwise. It was an unbelievably privileged opportunity.”

A lot of stuff happened before Wrestlemania 35, but arguably the next biggest moment of Myers’ career took place at Wrestlemania 35 in the backyard of Hawkins’ and Ryder’s hometown, New Jersey. This was the night that Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder won the WWE Raw Tag Team Championships.

“The whole thing was pretty surreal to me,” says Myers. “I saw the losing streak coming and thought it would be fun. I felt it would put me in a more interesting spot so I decided to run with it. It went longer than I ever imagined and it ultimately paid off in a way bigger than I ever would have imagined. If you would have told me how it paid off, winning at Wrestlemania in front of my hometown with my best friend, I would say no way. Working hard and having patience really paid off for me.”

Brian Myers Goes To Impact Wrestling

When Myers got released in 2020, this came as a surprise as he just signed a new deal with WWE. “Tommy Dreamer called me within the first week, I had just signed a five-year deal so it was pretty shocking, to say the least,” says Myers. However, shortly after he was released he continued his wrestling journey, just on a new night, and channel. This time, he was back on TV on Impact Wrestling.

“I had worked with Scott D’Amore before at Global Force. It’s so much fun and so much freedom there (Impact). They’re allowing me to be the best version of myself. It’s the perfect mix, following the rules still but having more freedom,” stated Myers. He is also very happy to have fewer days on the road so he gets to be home with his wife and daughters more.

“I encourage people to seek out Impact. It’s free on Twitch and easily watchable. People have a bad taste about Impact from years past but it’s so different now than it was in that era,” says Myers. Almost immediately after debuting on Impact, Myers got put in a program with one of their top guys, Eddie Edwards.

“I love Eddie,” Myers says. “I knew him from my first time there with Global Force. He was the guy I really wanted to work with. He is one of my all-time favorite opponents and I was thrilled to have a match with him again.” Shortly after working with Eddie, an old friend debuted on Impact, Matt Cardona. They got to have singles match on the last pay-per-view.

“It was an opportunity we have never been given,” says Myers. “I know wrestling has changed, I don’t believe anyone believes we hate each other because we really don’t. He’s my best friend. We have a podcast together and I probably talk to him more than my wife. That being said I think you enjoy wrestling like you would a movie,” states Myers. “Brian Myers on Impact is a scum of the earth, cheater, cheapskate, piece of trash. However, Brian Myers in real life, who fans see on my podcast and social media is a homebody and family man running around with troll wigs on to make his daughters smile and happy.”

Brian Myers And Matt Cardona Create The Major Wrestling Figure Podcast

“I never wanted to start it,” Myers said. “Matt kept pushing me too because we literally had these conversations in the car when on the road anyways. I figured why not, let’s just start recording them. It was one of the best decisions of my life. It’s grown into something unbelievable.”

“In no way did I ever see it becoming what it did,” says Myers. “We thought it would be funny and just something fun to do. It’s been so unbelievable and still growing too. Neither of us thought it would be where it is today. Over the pandemic, our podcast just exploded while so many people were sitting at home. It makes people happy and sentimental and that’s what our hopes were starting it.”

Create-A-Pro Wrestling Academy

In March of 2014, Brian Myers and Pat Buck opened up a wrestling school in Hicksville, NY called Create-A-Pro Wrestling Academy, CAP for short. “It came from a very selfish place actually,” says Myers. “WWE wasn’t booking me and you can’t replicate professional wrestling without just doing it. I hate not being in a ring.”

“My buddy, Pat Buck said he would start a school with me and I said screw it, let’s do it,” says Myers. “I envisioned doing it as an old man, not now. However, this was another awesome decision that changed my life and so much good has come from it.”

“It’s Pat’s and I’s baby in a way. If someone has a bad attitude we get rid of them. This place couldn’t be further from a cash grab and we don’t really care about making money,” says Myers. “If you want to do something like this to make money it probably won’t work out for you. It’s a blessing, such a tight-knit community with a great group of guys,” Myers says. “I’m actively pursuing my own career and I’m inside that ring taking all the bumps with the guys which is different than a lot of schools as well.”

CAP has had a lot of success come out of their school. “Everyone goes to MJF, but there are also people like Kris Statlander, Bear Bronson, Max Caster, and a lot of guys on the way too. There are also castaways too, people who didn’t start training with us but have been here ever since doing their thing like VSK, Eric James, Johnny Silver, and Alex Reynolds,” says Myers. “We don’t just put a stamp on people. You have to put in the work here. Everyone must do 2 years minimum and we decide if you’re ready to graduate.”

What’s Next For The Most Professional Wrestler?

“My immediate goals are to keep growing the Major Wrestling Figure Podcast and to have more live shows and more FWF shows,” says Myers. “My other goal is to be the World Champion on Impact and I’m on my way.”