Curtis Wylde lion mark Curtis Wylde The Lion of the Lou

Press & media

The story
they kept covering.

A masked-heat villain on Saturday and a delegate on Monday. National outlets could not leave the contradiction alone — and that is exactly the point.

HuffPost Profile of the professional wrestler bringing his fight into Democratic politics. Read the piece → Salon “A wrestling villain by night, a Berniecrat politician by day.” 2017. Read the piece → The Missouri Times Coverage of his candidacy announcement for House District 107. Read the piece → Medium On serving as a 2020 superdelegate while wrestling full time. Read the piece →

For media

Booking press
& interviews.

Curtis is available for interviews, podcasts, panels and commentary — on wrestling, on politics, on reinvention, or on what it actually takes to keep getting back up.

For photos, a short or long-form bio, or booking details, get in touch directly and it will come back the same week.

Request an interview → Email direct
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Short bio

Curtis Wylde is a professional wrestler of 25+ years, motivational speaker, author of four titles and founder of WyldeVision, LLC. A featured star of Southern Illinois Championship Wrestling, he twice ran for Missouri State Representative and served on the Democratic National Committee.

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Topics he speaks to

Resilience after trauma · reinvention and second careers · independent wrestling and St. Louis territory history · grassroots politics · building a business from scratch.