Pointless Trivia About Bingo Ballance:

** I don't like mushrooms!

** I used to play football, badminton and Gaelic football (as a goalkeeper)

** The name of my finisher (the G-17) is derived from the initial of my first name (my REAL first name-- sorry to break it to you, guys, but "Bingo" is not my real first name  Heh heh!) and the day of the month I was born in.

** I LOVE horror films (and films in general, really, but the horror genre is my favourite.)

** I supported Queens Park Rangers (QPR) as a boy. They were good when I was young!

** I made my début under the name Matt Richards.

** my favourite chocolate bar is Yorkie.

** my favourite TV shows these days are Supernatural, Boston Legal, One Tree Hill, Prison Break, Bones, 24, Lost, and Heroes.

** I detest sparkling water. Satan's backwash it is!

** my favourite film is Se7en.

** some of my pet peeves include rude service (cashiers putting my change on the counter really irks me), people talking during films, skangers/pikeys/scallies (whatever they're called), Ugg boots, arrogance, and parents who don't control their kids in public places.

** unlike the rest of the world, I've no real interest in going to Australia. I'd rather check out the US & Canada, at some stage.

** as a trainer in the IwW Training School in Dublin, one of the most unfortunately common things I've seen over the past while has been ass crack. Pant-descension has been alarmingly frequent! I despair...

** I don't make New Year's Resolutions, but I do set myself goals.

** I am quite a stickler for good spelling and grammar. "Txt spk" irritates me to no end! Can't stand it.

** the worst injury I've had thus far has been either a bad case of whiplash (lost the range of motion in my neck for about three weeks) or a very stiff shoulder (lost range of motion for four months).

** my website is www.bingoballance.com

** I'm not a nightclub person. I prefer a quiet chat amongst friends.

** I passed my driving test on the first go.

** I don't drink regularly, or smoke. (I will, however, have a tequila or sambuca on special occasions.)

** I do a reasonable impression of the Evil Monkey from Family Guy, and incorporate this into my monkey flip/corkscrew legdrop combo.

** I have, thus far, wrestled twice in my hometown of Clontarf, with IwW.

** my entrance music is (at present) Map of the Problematique by Muse, or Everyday Combat by Lostprophets. I also used Plug-in Baby by Muse, in the past.

** I don't like raisins, and usually pick them out of Danish pastries (which I otherwise enjoy.)

** I started watching wrestling in 1992, when I was just 8 years old.

** I was once told I looked like James Marsden (Cyclops from X-Men) but I can't see the resemblance, personally! I was also told I look like Muse singer Matt Bellamy.

* I'm a Libra, but don't really believe in horoscopes.

* my favourite subjects in school were English and French.

* I won my first championship (the IwW Zero Gravity Title) on January 14th, 2007.

(more to come)