{"id":39509,"date":"2019-02-28T20:22:06","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T01:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=39509"},"modified":"2019-03-03T22:46:05","modified_gmt":"2019-03-04T03:46:05","slug":"two-southern-indie-wrestlers-heading-to-wwe-tryout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2019\/02\/28\/two-southern-indie-wrestlers-heading-to-wwe-tryout\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Southern Indie Wrestlers Heading to WWE Tryouts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Face 2 Face Wrestling<\/strong>, the Georgia-based wrestling school, and indie promotion owned by WWE Superstar <strong>Heath Slater<\/strong> and WWE Hall of Famer <strong>Teddy Long<\/strong>, announced earlier this month that they had facilitated WWE Tryouts for two of its workers, revealing that <strong>Joey Lynch<\/strong> and <strong>Lizzie Fortner<\/strong> were heading to the WWE for tryouts this month.<\/p>\n<h1>Two Southern Indie Wrestlers Heading to WWE Tryouts<\/h1>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fface2facewrestling%2Fposts%2F2124476167632650&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"764\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Lizzie Fortner<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39510\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39510\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39510\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/02\/33676453_10214769675028386_8517381371621015552_n-e1551402420805.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39510\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Facebook<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Originally from Tennessee, Lizzie Fortner has been working with Face 2 Face for a year or so now. Not much is known of her career as of yet, but the young athlete has impressed well enough to earn herself a WWE Tryout at the next round.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Joey Lynch<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39511\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/02\/32256438_2044794869177776_9099011976058634240_n-e1551403264834.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"442\" height=\"500\"><\/p>\n<p>The more well known of the pair, Joey Lynch is a 32-year old 17-year veteran of the Southern indies. A standout with Atlanta&#8217;s <strong>Empire Wrestling Entertainment<\/strong> for years until the company&#8217;s demise, he&#8217;s more recently been a regular with the likes of <strong>ACTION Wrestling<\/strong> (Georgia), <strong>Next Generation Wrestling<\/strong> (Tennessee), <strong>Anarchy Wrestling<\/strong> (Georgia), <strong>Southern Underground Pro<\/strong> (Nashville) and more. Last year <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2018\/08\/06\/joey-lynch-wins-2018-scenic-city-invitational-tournament\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">he won the <strong>Scenic City Invitational Tournament<\/strong><\/a>, and in June, worked an enhancement match for the WWE on <em><strong>205 Live<\/strong><\/em> against <strong>Akira Tozawa<\/strong>, under the name <strong>Steve Irby<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"FULL FREE MATCH - Jonathan Gresham vs Joey Lynch - Powerbomb.tv&#039;s FUTURES\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6O9yNSS4OuE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Akira Tozawa vs. Steve Irby: WWE 205 Live, June 12, 2018\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8hk8E-6aLMg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Face 2 Face Wrestling, the Georgia-based wrestling school, and indie promotion owned by WWE Superstar Heath Slater and WWE Hall of Famer Teddy Long, announced earlier this month that they had facilitated WWE Tryouts for two of its workers, revealing that Joey Lynch and Lizzie Fortner were heading to the WWE for tryouts this month. 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