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Youtube Terminates Joey Ryan’s Youtube Channel
Joey Ryan’s official Youtube channel has been terminated due to multiple claims of copyright infringement.
The channel, which hosted over 1000 videos, featured independent matches, including bouts from his Bar Wrestling promotion.
Over the last several months, promoters and independent wrestlers have publicly spoken out against Ryan using footage attached to their name.
If you stumble across this video on YouTube please do not watch it. Please report it.
We do not give Joey Ryan permission to use our content for his profit and we do not support Joey Ryan in any way. @JoeyRyanOnline please delete the video immediately. pic.twitter.com/azjcspoLCe
— Prestige Wrestling (@WrestlePrestige) October 4, 2020
According to SoCalUncensored, stats on Ryan’s channel stopped being reported sometime last month.
Surprised no one had noticed, but Joey Ryan's YouTube, which had 600k subscribers making it one of the largest wrestling channels, was shut down because of copyright infringement sometime last month. March 13 is the last date SocialBlade lists any stats. pic.twitter.com/Q5i1MpJDKC
— SoCal UNCENSORED (@socaluncensored) April 5, 2021
As of October 2019, Joey Ryan's YouTube, which was also Bar Wrestling's YouTube, was the 5th most popular wrestling channel per Flagged Sports. Bigger than NJPW, ROH, and AAA.https://t.co/nJdPpJkMQ7
— SoCal UNCENSORED (@socaluncensored) April 5, 2021
Joey Ryan was at the center of the Speaking Out movement last summer, with a number of serious allegations levied against the former IMPACT Wrestling star. Ryan filed several lawsuits, the majority of which have since been dropped.