We are joined today by former EPW tag team champion, Dan Moore. Dan, thanks for joining us.

Now we’ll get to more recent events shortly, first off we’d like to ask. Three and a half years ago, you were EPW’s head referee. What made you want to make the transition to being a wrestler?

To be honest, initially I didn't think that I had what it took to be an Explosive Pro Wrestling competitor but I really wanted to be involved somehow. Refereeing was a great option and as a fan I got to watch most of EPW's defining matches from right inside the ring! Eventually though my desire to compete got the better of me and I knew that I would regret not making the most of this opportunity. So after a sleepless night I bit the bullet and started training. Iit was the best decision I've ever made in my life! It's been a hard road though, I spent a good year and a half training before I finally got to debut against Tyler Jakobs at a Members Only House Show.

You started out, like your tag team partner, Chase Griffin, as part of the Jurahnauts with Jamie Jurah. What was it like learning your craft under Jamie’s tutelage?

Interesting, to say the least. I was friends with Jamie Jurah and he wanted to help me out as I clearly had a long way to go. So we teamed up and Jamie helped me understand how to strategise for an upcoming match and make the most of your strengths as well as training and conditioning. Although I can't say I always understood what was going on. Jamie wrestles with, and especially at that time, an incredibly unique style. Standing there on the apron watching him, I would think "this is never going to work", but somehow it almost always did! As you know, things turned sour toward the end there but I can't deny that I owe Jamie for a fair chunk of the wrestler I am today.

Describe how it felt becoming the EPW tag team champions.

It was incredible. Chase and I somehow found ourselves with a spot at Evolution 2008 Night One in the Tag Team Title four way. The match itself was chaotic, the tension was high, bodies were everywhere and Brad West was causing trouble at ringside. I found myself in the ring with Ferguson Block, who was just getting to his feet. I ran up and gave him a Victory Roll and before I knew it I was one half of the new tag team champions. Chase and I were both still officially rookies at that point and couldn't believe our luck! I knew we could win that match, after all anything can happen in Pro Wrestling, but I dreamed that we would.

Yourself and Chase have enjoyed one of the most successful tag title reigns in EPW history. But this year has been a trying one as you guys showed the first real signs of stress as you were confronted by the possibility of losing the gold. Do you think that defeat changed you both?

Everything is mental in Pro Wrestling. Can I make it to the corner to tag out? Can I get back in the ring before the 10 count? Can I kick out of this pin? Should I even try to kick out of this pin and keep fighting?! Chase Griffin and I are a high flying team with good team work. That's what set us apart from the teams we were defending the titles against for the last year and it's what got us over the line on most occasions. Then we come up against Shane Haste and Alex Kingston, who are better high fliers than us and have just as good team work. Our strength had just become our weakness. You have no idea what holding the EPW Tag Team Titles meant to Chase Griffin and I and when you see them slipping away from you, it's heart breaking.

At Battle for Supremacy you will be part of a tag team tournament to earn the right to face the Blitz Team in EPW’s very first TAG TEAM LADDER MATCH. How important is it to you both to be a part of that match?

Chase and I are driven to regain those EPW Tag Team Titles from Haste and Kingston. We've made a massive gamble nominating for the Tag Tournament at Battle For Supremacy. We need to not just prove to ourselves that we can beat the Blitz Team and but that we are good enough to beat them at their own game. I understand completely why Davis Storm offered Bobby Marshal a title shot at Goldrush 2009. A champion isn't someone who can win a belt. It's the guy that can defend the belt. Davis Storm needed to have that match with Bobby Marshall the same way that we need this match against the Blitz Team.

Having said that, we have a huge hurdle in front of us at Battle for Supremacy. Davis Storm has nominated with Jay Taylor for a place in the tournament and we'll meet them in the first round. I watched Davis Storm tear apart the tag team of GST when they were at their peak, and with Jay Taylor under his tutelage it could be a very early night for Chase and I! But we’re not planning to go in there and put on a good showing. We will be there for one reason and one reason only.

To win the tournament and go on to Evolution to make history and beat the Blitz Team

Dan Moore, thank you for your time and good luck at Battle for Supremacy.

You're Moore than welcome. Get it? Cause of my name... Dan Moore. No but seriously, you're welcome!

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