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Who is Phil Ryder?

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Offline FxcesittingFxghts

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Who is Phil Ryder?
« on: June 02, 2025, 02:27:20 AM »
I have been waiting to ask this question the longest but I need to know. I understand that Phil is the founder of TPC wrestling and Festelle site but I have so many questions I want to ask him. I understand he is old and is off the grid for a good reason but I want to know if anybody has any great stories that they can share about him.
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Offline Ian270446

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Re: Who is Phil Ryder?
« Reply #1 on: June 04, 2025, 02:57:48 AM »
Quote from: FxcesittingFxghts on June 02, 2025, 02:27:20 AM
I have been waiting to ask this question the longest but I need to know. I understand that Phil is the founder of TPC wrestling and Festelle site but I have so many questions I want to ask him. I understand he is old and is off the grid for a good reason but I want to know if anybody has any great stories that they can share about him.

Your understanding is not quite correct. Festelle was started by Phil Ryder and Phil B, and they ran it in partnership for a number of years. It got to a point where they had a difference of opinion on the direction to take the company. Phil R wanted to go down the more erotic route with their productions, while Phil B wanted to stick with wrestling. As a result, they decided to go their separate ways, with Phil Ryder keeping Festelle, and Phil B started TPC. TPC later also established a link with a group in the USA.
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Offline Soulsville

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Re: Who is Phil Ryder?
« Reply #2 on: Yesterday at 12:06:45 AM »
I would also be interested in hearing how the business got started. Where did they find the ladies to form their stable of wrestlers ? some of them obviously had some vestiges of wrestling training with the skills on show.

Lena & Ayeshia being the two that stick most in my mind  ;D.

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I've been a devotee of female combat for the majority of my 65 years. Never been lucky enough to see one IRL so thanks to the Internet for widening my horizons somewhat and altering my early misconception that it was a somewhat solitary fetish.
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Offline Ian270446

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Re: Who is Phil Ryder?
« Reply #3 on: Today at 01:45:24 AM »
Prior to Festelle there was a group in UK called Sportsfighters. It was run by a guy by the name of John Brotchie, who, as I understand it, had a martial arts background. John married a girl from New Zealand and moved there and started another Sportsfighters group there. I have no idea if either of the Phils were involved with the UK Sportsfighters in any way, but they may well have been and that could have been the precursor to Festelle.

Somewhere I have a report from a NZ magazine/newspaper on John Brotchie which I will see if I can dig out and post.
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