50 minutes | Thursday, 24 April 2025
Max Voltage was the very first wrestler through the curtain on a War on the Shore in Morecambe, 20 years ago. Then a fresh-faced 17-year-old FWA Academy trainee, Max has gone on to have a stellar career as an actor, writer and comedian. The real-life Max Olesker is one half of double act Max and Ivan, the duo behind 'The Wrestling' at the Edinburgh Fringe and whose wrestling-based 'Clash of the Comics' show is taking the comedy world by storm. Max also co-wrote the ITV British wrestling sitcom 'Deep Heat' and has performed all over the world to great acclaim. But even after all that success, he still has a soft spot for his one and only appearance in Morecambe Wrestling!
Topics include:
The OG
Prince Naseem flip
An unlikely start
Portsmouth wrestling history
Kris Kay
Roller blades
The youngest and smallest
Training Drew McIntyre
Peers at the FWA Academy
Delusional adolescent fantasies
Seeing Paul Burchill develop
VHS tape trading
Johnny Saint meets Lucha Libre
The path to Morecambe
FWA British Uprising 1
Stinky cars with old KFC boxes
James Tighe vs Raj Ghosh vs Jack Xavier
Oh My F-ing Ghosh!
AJ Styles vs Jonny Storm
The Roger Federer of professional wrestling
Up on the York Hall roof
Cable tying the FWA Title
Jody Fleisch's balcony moonsault
Clocked in the face
Mark Sloan
Enjoying the opener
Glossy 8x10s
Rey Mysterio, Mistico and Shawn Michaels
Michinoku Pro with Great Sasuke
Michael Christmas and The Sloan Clones
The Open Invitational Disaster
The worked promo that was secretly a shoot
The easiest man to wrestle
Cynical Broxbourne
Hospital with Drake 'Spud' Maverick
The Morecambe fans
British Wrestlers' Reunion
Edinburgh Festival
Max and Ivan
Deep Heat
Pleather Power Ranger shoulder pads
Clash of the Comics
Ed 'The Gambler' Gamble vs Phil Wang
Progress
Rosie Jones channels Eddie Guerrero
Nish Kumar through a table
Greg James
SilentMark wants a gig
Photo credit: Rachel Sherlock