Andre Dekker has gone from undesirable to Unforgettable! In this exclusive interview, the Odyssey Pro Wrestling Champion tells his inspiring story of how he rose from unremarkable beginnings to become the man in Morecambe Wrestling, as he prepares to defend his title for the first time at the 20th anniversary of War on the Shore.

Topics include: The origins of Dekker, Meeting Craig Kollins, Training with Grayson and Ryan Hunter, the Stunt School, RockStar Spud, Crisps-gate, the world's worst steward, the coldest venue of all, Charles Nelson Riley and AOW, the principles of Morecambe Wrestling, interrupting Marty Jones, a debut to forget, working with Sam Gradwell and James Drake, the Old Rookie, crafting a character, putting in the work, the Bottle and the Angry Drunk, Hellbound, Alton Thorne, playing the heel, Morecambe Wrestling fans, the demise of Alpha Omega, Target, the UK's most underrated, the Odyssey outsider, secret ways into the Alhambra, The Spotlight, the ultimate heel turn, T-shirts in the bin, becoming the babyface, poetry, resilience, Ready for War, and doing the title proud.

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In April 2004, an episode of the weekly FWA TV show was filmed at the Morecambe Dome to air on Sky TV's The Wrestling Channel. Greg Lambert reminisces on this show, while Silentmark experiences it for the first time. Does it hold up, 21 years on?

Topics include:Chris the ring announcer, Roughage, Morecambe's only undefeated pro wrestler Tyson Fury, Big Daddy's nephew worked with Youngy at BT, The Night The Pants Were Split, Morecambe newsagents and Power Slam magazine, Findlay Martin loves the plantpot incident, Big Daddy in a car, The James Greenwood Defence, One handsome boy and an old man, The Great Tony Knox, Andre Dekker - WWE Champion, Craig Kollins' chip, Greg's FWA history lesson, On a Thursday night, Alex Shane the grown-up, Out of body experience, Burchill's Monster Moments, Flaming crucifixes, Hardcore John Getting on Famously with They Might Be Giants, Two out of three falls, the Phoenix Club, The Dome manager and crowd barriers, Chris Curtis and the Camp of Pain, Five Star Flash, Chad Gable uses Doug's move, the Queen with tea and crumpets, the FWA website, Hade Vansen, the shopping trolley incident, Andy Quildan, Waitrose in Morecambe, doing something different, Alex Shane's Platoon sell, the story of the XPW European Championship, D'Lo Brown in Morecambe, the beautiful Dome ceiling, imports, our episodic Dad joke, The Young Doctors, booking tips for tag teams and much more!

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