Heirs of Wrestling

The Heirs of Wrestling

First Appearance

Latest Appearance

Tokyo PRO

Temptation: Sinning in Seattle

Federations

Sin City Championship Wrestling, Empire Pro Wrestling, the Squared Circle, All-Star Championship Wrestling (former), Tokyo PRO (former)

Age

23 (Silver, Brody)
21 (Gallway)

Birthplace

Seattle, WA (Silver)
San Saba, TX (Gallway)
Louisville, KY (Brody)

Finisher

Ascension (Silver/Gallway: Flatliner/Enzuigiri combo)
Coronation (Brody/Gallway: Elevated Double Chickenwing by Brody into Double-Knee Gutbuster from Gallway)
The Reign Supreme (Silver/Brody: Elevated Swinging Neckbreaker)

Wrestling Style

Freebird Tag Team

Championships

ACW Tag Team Champions, tSC Tag Team Champions (current), tSC Three Kings finalists

Handler

Seth Sheehan and Mike Spears

The Heirs of Wrestling are Freebird Style Professional Wrestling Stable currently wrestling in SCCW. Other non-PTC organizations they are apart of are the Squared Circle and Empire Pro Wrestling. Organizations they've formerly wrestled in are All-Star Championship Wrestling and Tokyo PRO.

History

In early 2008, Ryan Gallway and Frank Pierce actually met up in Japanese promotion Tokyo PRO. Ryan Gallway, at the time, had already been established as a young gaijin ace while Frank Pierce joined the promotion during a learning excursion. The two teamed infrequently in a series of traditional and six-man tag team matches, usually with Gallway scoring the win and wowing audiences with his signature death-defying style with Pierce provided the muscle. They'd won a series of matches together, which resulted in Pierce and Gallway earning a title shot against then-Tokyo PRO Champions, The Surgeons (Doc Nakano and Eiji "BONES" Yamamoto). However, before the match could offcially take place, Frank Silver was let go from the promotion for undisclosed reasons and went back to the United States. ACW wrestler Andy Sharp took Frank's place in the match, but the makeshift duo were unsuccessful.

All-Star Championship Wrestling

At the Legends II, Pay-Per-View, a hype video played for the Heirs of Wrestling, making their debut on the following Courage. On the 6-11-09 edition, the Heirs of Wrestling debuted with a victory over Pi in the Sky (Mr. Wrestling Pi/"The Aviator" Avis Flyfield). After employing the managerial services of Alexandria Malone, they soon entered into a feud with Mach 2 and soon after, his mentor Andy Sharp, scoring victories over both in consecutive weeks, respectively. The Heirs of Wrestling finally met Sharp and Mach 2 (The First Airbourne) at the July 2nd Outdoor festival. In a twenty-minute match that saw both teams wrestling out in the rain, the match stole the show and ended with a victory for the Airbourne.

Soon, a four-team Elimination Chase to The Wake to crown ACW's first Tag Team Champions of that new era. The Heirs, Airbourne, Unknown Elements (Shawn Arrows/Carlos Lopez) and The Sons of Anarchy (Mack and Butch Brody) wrestled in consecutive weeks, including a preview scramble match won by Mack. The Sons, followed by the Elements were left out of the chase, leaving the Heirs and Airbourne to have a return match at The Wake. In the following two weeks leading up to the PPV, the Heirs perpetrated a ficticious phone call that Andy Sharp's father got into a car accident, forcing him to leave the arena and scheduled six-man tag. After being left by Brian Spaes and Max Danger, this forced Mach 2 into a handicap match where he was defeated by the Heirs. Mach 2 pulled out an upset victory over Frank Pierce the following week, but at the Wake, the Airbourne were cheated out of the titles, thanks to Max Danger striking Andy Sharp with the ACW Championship belt.

The Heirs enterted into various programs after that, feuding with several teams, including title matches with ACW students John Sarsgaard and Orlando "OG" Grant, the SOBs (Sheamus/Selby O'Brien), RESPECT (Rory Hayes/Johnny Long) and The Misfit Toys (Jeremy Stevenson/Kati). They had successful title defenses over the latter three teams via various cheating methods. This lead to a four-corners match at End Game, which saw the Heirs of Wrestling retaining again. Shortly after the victory, the Heirs decided they'd no longer defend the titles, feeling that there were no teams left to challenge them.

After taking up a bounty being placed on the ACW Champion, Alias, they were to be booked into a match with Alias and a partner. The stipulations were that The Heirs put the ACW Tag Titles on the line with Alias putting up his ACW Championship. Should either Heir score the fall, that person would win the title and if Alias and his team won, they'd retain his ACW Championship as well as the Tag Titles. Thanks to interference from Keith Scott Zimmerman, Alias and mystery partner Karina Wolfenden won the ACW Tag Team Titles. This would be the final match that either man would have with the promotion as both men were signed to Empire Pro Wrestling and subsequently, Sin City Championship Wrestling.

Empire Pro Wrestling

In December 2009, the Heirs of Wrestling were signed to contracts after impressing officials with a pair of dark matches which saw one win over local talent and a loss from Anarky and Fusenshoff. On Aggression 49, a video package aired, decrying previous EPW Tag Team Titles, including a simulated dump truck dropping feces on pictures of all former EPW Tag Team Title holders. The Heirs of Wrestling were joined not only by manager Alexandria Malone, but by former rival, Mack Brody, making the Heirs of Wrestling a Freebird-style team where any two could wrestle on its behalf.

The Heirs of Wrestling debuted on EPW's 50th edition of Aggression, scoring what many considered to be an upset over HOPE members Anarky and EPW TV Champion Layne Winters.

At EPW's Black Dawn PPV, the Heirs of Wrestling defeated Anthology (represented by Sean Edmunds, Jared Wells, and Copycat) in a six-man tag to win the EPW Tag Team Championships.

Sin City Championship Wrestling

On the Sinning in Seattle edition of Temptation, The Heirs of Wrestling debuted against local talent. Rather than compete in a match, Frank Pierce (now Frank Silver, allegedly as to not confuse people with Alexandria "Desade" Pierce) cut a scathing promo against his own hometown of Seattle, decrying their competition. After another tirade from Ryan Gallway, he, Frank and Mack Brody assaulted their scheduled opponents, saying they would not compete unless given a true opportunity. At Defiance III, they would be given that opportunity against The Atomic Surf Dogs, MEDS, and Legion and Stigmata in a chance to win #1 Contendership for the SIN Championships.

In Wrestling

Moves

Singles

Frank Silver (Pierce)

• The Choke Artist (Cobra Clutch, Variants into a Slam or Suplex)
  • Get Bent (Gutwrench Bomb)
  • Eat My Ass! (Flying Hip Attack into the Corner)
  • The Bootlicker (Garvin Stomp)
  • Shutthef*ckUppercut (Flapjack into European Uppercut)
  • Sliding S Lariat (Sliding Lariat to Seated Opponent)
  • Break-Your-Damn-Backbreaker (Half-Nelson Lift into Backbreaker)

Ryan Gallway

• SUPERNOVA (Cascading Yoshi Tonic)
• Precision Lock (Chickenwing Armbar with Headscisors)
  • Precision Point (Spinning Headscissors into a Single Arm DDT)
  • Gate of Europa (Inverted 450 Splash)
  • The Tea Bag (Top Rope Diving Double Knees to a Standing Opponent)
  • Possum Kingdom (Rope Rebound Multiple Rotation Headscissors into a Flying Armbar)

Mack Brody

• The Midas Touch (Side Shoulder Mount Powerbomb)
  • Heart of Gold (Stiff Heart Punch)
  • The Golddigger (Exploder Suplex)
  • The 24K (Double-Arm Chokeslam)