Joel Gertner

Known for ActingBorn 1975-09-20 (age 50)Brooklyn, New York, United States

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 WWE. 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Hardcore Homecoming

ECW Heat Wave 1999

ECW CyberSlam 1998

ECW Heat Wave 1998

ECW It Ain't Seinfeld

ECW Living Dangerously 1998

ECW Barely Legal 1997

ECW The Buffalo Invasion

ECW As Good As It Gets

ECW Hardcore Heaven 1997

ECW Living Dangerously 1999

ECW CyberSlam 1999

ECW Wrestlepalooza 1998

ECW November To Remember 1998

ECW House Party 1998

TNA Hardcore Justice 2010

ECW Guilty as Charged 1999

ECW November to Remember 1997

ECW Hardcore Heaven 1999

Battleground Championship Wrestling Presents ECW Reunion Show: A Tribute To The Extreme 2

ECW Fan Cam: December 15, 2000

ECW Anarchy Rulz 2000

ECW: Extreme Evolution

ECW Fan Cam: May 29, 1999

ECW Fan Cam: February 6, 1999

ECW Crossing The Line 1999

The Best of The Eliminators

ECW Fan Cam: March 7, 1998

ECW A Matter of Respect 1998

ECW Wrestlepalooza 1997

ECW Born To Be Wired

ECW Fan Cam: April 4, 1997

ECW Fan Cam: May 2, 1997 (Barely Legal II)

ECW Fan Cam: May 3, 1997

ECW Fan Cam: May 16, 1997