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Joel Gertner

Joel Gertner is an American professional wrestling announcer, color commentator, and manager. He is best known for his appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling from 1995 to 2001. Gertner debuted in professional wrestling in 1992 at the age of 17, making appearances at a local wrestling federation as a heel announcer under the nickname "Joey Jaguar". He would threaten the wrestlers and usually get beat up for his actions. Gertner attended Poly Prep Country Day School in Brooklyn, New York and started attending Cornell University in 1993. After his professional wrestling bookings started to interfere with his schoolwork, he dropped out of Cornell in the spring of 1996. Gertner was one year short of a bachelor's degree. Gertner also worked for the Cornell radio station. Gertner began working for the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based promotion Extreme Championship Wrestling as a ring announcer in the summer of 1995. Soon after, Shane Douglas influenced Gertner to become a heel and Gertner started taunting and making fun of the babyface wrestlers during their introduction and as a result, the face wrestlers usually made Gertner pay for his insults. He was then given the position of a color commentator by Taz and Bill Alfonso to counterbalance the influence of announcer Joey Styles, who they regarded as being biased against them. He also hosted a segment on ECW's weekly television program entitled Gertner Vision. During this time, Gertner became popular with the fans for his introductions, which would consist of limericks containing multiple sexual innuendos. Gertner later became the manager and ring announcer for The Dudley Boyz, even going as far as to be called "Studley Dudley". At Barely Legal, the Dudleys faced The Eliminators for the ECW World Tag Team Championship. During the match, Gertner was hit by The Eliminators finishing move, the Total Elimination, and as a result he began wearing his now infamous neckbrace and continues to do so. The Eliminators would go on to win the match and the titles as well. Joel involved himself in a six-man tag team match at 1998 Heat Wave, between Tommy Dreamer, The Sandman and Spike Dudley taking on D-Von, Big Dick and Bubba Ray, insulting head ECW referee John Finnigan. Later in the match Joel was hung in the tree of woe and Finnigan baseball slide a steel chair into his face. Despite the 'injury', Joel led the Dudley Boyz to a record eight ECW Tag Team Title reigns until they left for the World Wrestling Federation. Upon the Dudleys departure, Gertner then became a broadcaster on ECW on TNN alongside Joey Styles. Upon doing so, Gertner turned face and began feuding with The Network's representative Cyrus, and got unlikely support from broadcast partner (and former nemesis) Joey Styles. The feud came to a head at Anarchy Rulz in which Gertner faced Cyrus in a one on one match. Gertner won the match and ended the feud after assistance from The Sandman. Gertner remained with ECW until its closure on April 4, 2001. Gertner showed up on ECW's last pay-per-view Guilty As Charged where he began to cut a promo before being attacked by Cyrus and Da Baldies. He returned later during the main event attacking Cyrus and helping Rob Van Dam perform a Van Terminator on Jerry Lynn.


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Born:
Sep 20, 1975 In Brooklyn, New York, United States
Movie/TV Credits:
13
First Appeared:
In the series ECW Hardcore TV 1993-04-06
Latest Project:
Movie Hardcore Homecoming 2005-06-10
Known For
Poster of ECW Living Dangerously 1999
Poster of ECW November To Remember 1997
Poster of ECW Hardcore Heaven 1997
Poster of ECW Hardcore TV
Filmography
Movie Hardcore Homecoming Joel Gertner (Appearance) 2005-06-10
Movie ECW Anarchy Rulz 2000 Joel Gertner 2000-10-01
Movie ECW Living Dangerously 1999 Joel Gertner (Manager) 1999-03-21
Movie ECW CyberSlam 1999 Joel Gertner (Manager) 1999-04-02
Movie ECW Guilty as Charged 1999 Manager 1999-01-10
Series ECW on TNN 1999-08-27
Movie ECW Heat Wave 1999 Joel Gertner 1999-07-18
Movie ECW CyberSlam 1998 Joel Gertner (Manager) 1998-02-21
Movie ECW Heat Wave 1998 Manager 1998-08-02
Movie ECW Barely Legal 1997 Joel Gertner (Manager) 1997-04-13
Movie ECW Hardcore Heaven 1997 Joel Gertner (Manager) 1997-08-17
Movie ECW November To Remember 1997 Manager 1997-11-30
Series ECW Hardcore TV 1993-04-06
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