MANILA, Philippines - Sometimes it's the crowd who gets swerved, and sometimes it's the performers who swerve each other.
Joey Ryan, a California-based pro wrestler, used the most public and surprising setting to propose to his girlfriend Laura James. A wrestling ring. While they were wrestling a match. Against one another.
The intergender match on Sunday, February 21 Manila time looked to be heading towards a controversial finish when the referee was "knocked out" and a potential winning pin was squandered. Ryan snuck away to the corner to look for what seemed to be a weapon. Instead, it was a wedding ring and a microphone.
"We've been talking about it so much that I feel like this was the only way to surprise you," said Ryan, who bent down on one knee and proposed.
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Still, there was a match to be won, and Ryan used the distraction of a kiss to roll his now fiancee up for the 1-2-3.
After the bell was rung, Ryan returned to the previous matter.
"But yeah let's get married," Ryan said, to which James replied "OK." – Rappler.com