Indie wrestler asks for help after car fire destroys merch, prevents AEW extra work & bookings
Indie wrestler Joseph Alexander is asking for help after escaping a car fire Tuesday on the way to do some AEW extra work and some weekend bookings — a fire that destroyed nearly all of his merchandise and made him miss the commitments.
Alexander shared the story and images on X Thursday, a situation he said was a traumatic experience that he initially was not going to share.
He was using his father’s car and was in Virginia when he heard a sound and then smoke followed by the car catching on fire while he was still inside (the aftermath pictured above). While he thankfully escaped before sustaining any physical damage, Alexander wrote that on Wednesday, he saw that “all my merch was destroyed, 8x10s, cards, stickers and most of my shirts.”
“As you know this stuff is very expensive and I just genuinely do not have all the funds to just whip up a new set of shirts and merch instantly,” he wrote, also noting that six shirts remained intact while sharing his CashApp (seen below) if anyone wanted to donate or buy the shirts to help.
Alexander was thankful for his safety and hopeful for future opportunities that he had to miss as a result.
“First and foremost I want to thank my lord and savior Jesus Christ for making sure I was safe unharmed and walked away alive. I hope there’s more opportunities to come with AEW and the other shows I would have done this weekend, but I am just grateful for my health. Again if you want a shirt please DM me, any donations again are greatly appreciated. Thank you!”
A pro since 2021, the 25-year-old also known as “A-Game” is a regular for Wrestling Open in addition to other New England indie promotions.
Since 2011, Josh has been a contributing editor to Wrestling Observer/F4WOnline.com and also hosts the Punch-Out podcast. He has also written for Fight Magazine, Bloody Elbow, Bleacher Report, and other websites. He's a 2000 graduate of the University of Maine, worked in pro sports, and once was an indie ring announcer.