With no names or egos and just  passion and a love for Professional
Wrestling, The New York Wrestling Connection (NYWC) was born. The NYWC
Training Academy was opened in 2003 and started running shows in Deer Park, NY later that
year. In the beginning these shows were made up of the NYWC students and
other hungry athletes from the northeast. These athletes were fortunate to
be under the tutelage of wrestlers who came from great wrestling schools
such as Founder/Co-Owner John Curse from ECW's House of Hardcore and Crusher
Doogan from Dean Malenko's Wrestling Academy in Tampa, Fl.

As the months went by the buzz about the NYWC grew into an explosion in June 2004 when ECW Triple Crown Winner Mikey Whipwreck arrived . With Mikey on board it was time for the NYWC to take things to a new level. In the months and years to follow, wrestlers
like Al Snow, Marty Jannetty, Danny Doring, Chris Chetti, Mick Foley, Tommy
Dreamer, Jerry Lynn, Spike Dudley, the Dudley Boyz, Matt Striker, Ultimo
Dragon, Roadkill, Nunzio, Joey Mercury, Nick "Eugene" Dinsmore, Luke
Williams, Dave Taylor, and Terry Funk would make their presence felt in the
NYWC. Mikey and these special guests helped to elevate the younger talent
and teach them valuable lessons that would help bring them to the "Big
Stage". That "Big Stage" would be the WWE.

The first home grown talent to leave the NYWC and go to the WWE was Mike "Livewyre"
Mondo. Mondo became Mikey from the Spirit Squad and cheered his way to the
tag team titles. The next to follow in Mondo's footsteps were Brett
Matthews and Brian Myers. Renamed The Majors Brothers these two young
athletes made a name for themselves and it wouldn't be long before they
stood side by side with the Rated R Superstar Edge. A new alliance brought
new names yet again for Brett and Brian, and Zack Ryder and Curt Hawkins
were born. These two talented competitors would do the same as Mondo and win
WWE tag team gold. Next to make the move to the WWE was Plazma. Plazma is
now turning heads and training hard down in WWE's developmental territory
Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW). As a major part of FCW Plazma was renamed
Trent Barretta and continues to follow in the footsteps of his NYWC brothers
Mondo, Matthews and Myers.

In 2009 the NYWC took their game to the next level in many ways. They
kicked off the new year with a bang when they opened the brand new 5000 sq.
foot NYWC Sportatorium. Months later they debuted at the Elks Lodge in Port Jefferson Station.
The following month the NYWC teamed up the with the Luis Jimenez
Show to film an episode for Univision's EL TV Show titled "Gran Lucha
Latina", which will air later this year. That same month NYWC announced that
they will be running in Woodside, Queens. The NYWC continues to grow day by
day and year by year. This growth was possible because of a great foundation
that was built by passionate athletes such as Tyler Payne, Dickie Rodz,
Mason Raige, Dan Barry, Spyder, Tony Burma, Ru Starr and Nuke, and continues
to grow as new stars are born.

Only time will tell what's next for the NYWC, but if history is any
indication, it looks like the sky's the limit.