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