Dean Ayass
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Dean Ayass is a semi-retired British wrestling manager and commentator
.
programme with his father. In the early 1990s, Ayass ventured into the world of tape trading after seeing an advert in Superstars of Wrestling magazine (later Power Slam
). Through his tape trading, Ayass made contact with wrestlers and trainee wrestlers, including Robbie Brookside
and Alex Shane
. It was Shane who got him into the business, when in the summer of 1993, he asked Ayass to join him at a trial training session at Andre Baker's Hammerlock School of Wrestling in Folkestone. Although Ayass decided that physical wrestling was not for him, he stayed in touch with Shane and Baker, and when Hammerlock started to promote shows locally to give trainees experience, they contacted Ayass and asked him to take on the role of ring announcer. Ayass acted as Hammerlock's ring announcer from 1993 until 1998, when he decided to leave the wrestling business.
) show in Portsmouth
, called No Surprises 3. After approaching his old friend Shane, he soon joined the FWA. Ayass joined the FWA officially on November 10, 2001, at FWA Back to School, when he jumped the guard rail after sitting in the audience and offered his managerial services to Justin Richards, whom he had known from their Hammerlock days. By the end of the night, both Ayass and Richards had joined the Old School faction.
Ayass continued to work as a manager in the FWA until 2006, when the promotion moved its base north to Morecambe, where Ayass's use was discontinued for what the FWA described as "geographical reasons". Ayass managed the Old School faction until 2003. The main stars of this faction were Flash Barker, who won the FWA British Heavyweight Championship at this time, Drew McDonald
, Dino Scarlo, Robbie Brookside
, Richards, Mark Sloan
and Karl Kramer.
Ayass was also a regular presenter on TalkSPORT
radio station's Talk Wrestling show on a Saturday night, along with Shane and Simon Lilsboy
. During this time, Ayass issued an on-air challenge to Jody Fleisch
for the forthcoming No Surprises 4 show in Portsmouth on July 28, 2002. Ayass said that if Fleisch could get to the venue before the final bell, then he could have a title shot against Barker, knowing full well that Fleisch would be travelling back from Japan at the time, where he was touring with Michinoku Pro Wrestling
. Barker defeated "Solid Gold" Scott Parker at that show, and as the final bell sounded, Fleisch appeared and had an impromptu match, which Fleish won. However, in the ensuing controversy over whether or not the final bell had sounded, the title was held up and a ladder match
was signed for the vacant title, for FWA's biggest show to date, British Uprising, at the York Hall
, Bethnal Green, on October 13, 2002. Ayass, suffering badly from flu at the time, was barred from ringside to minimise his involvement in the show, and Fleisch won the title officially this time. The Old School finally disbanded in 2003 at the New Frontiers show in Walthamstow on February 9, 2003.
promotion. It was to be a two-against-one handicap match with the team of Double Dragon (Ross Jordan
and Raj Ghosh). Before the match began, Ayass came out and announced that he had been sending Birchall down all along and that Birchall, who had never interfered in any Old School matches, was his new client. Birchall destroyed Double Dragon in a matter of minutes, with a dive from inside the ring to the floor, over the ringpost.
Ayass and Birchall soon became embroiled in a feud with Hampton Court, the team of the Duke of Danger and his butler Simmons, culminating in another handicap match at British Uprising 2 at the York Hall. Birchall remained undefeated in the FWA, with the exception of a countout defeat at FWA Carpe Diem at Brent Town Hall, caused by interference by Ayass's old client, Drew McDonald. McDonald was now a part of a new faction, The Family, led by another manager, Greg Lambert
.
Ayass and Lambert engaged in a war of words, with each man wanting to prove himself as the best manager in contemporary British wrestling. The feud culminated in a huge six-man tag team match at the FWA's British Uprising 3 event at the Coventry Skydome. Lambert's team was his stable, now called The Triad, of McDonald, Raj Ghosh and Thunder (Darren Walsh). Ayass's team was Birchall, Paul Travell and Terry Funk
. The guest referee for this match was Jimmy Hart
. Ayass's team won the match. Ayass and Birchall's last match together was at FWA Gold Rush in Broxbourne, on November 28, 2004, where he was pinned by Alex Shane, after copious interference from one of Shane's security, Stixx. Birchall then left the UK to head to America, leaving Ayass without a client.
, to "The Twisted Genius". Ayass debuted his new team of Stixx and Stone at FWA New Frontiers 2005 on February 26, 2005, where they crushed the Manchester Massive. Ayass soon led them to the FWA British Tag Team Championship at FWA NOAH Limits show in Morecambe on June 18, 2005, where they defeated Ayass's old foes, Hampton Court. Stixx and Stone defended the belts in a series of matches with former long-term champions, The New Breed, but eventually they were stripped of the belts by the FWA on October 20, 2006, after Stone was unable to commit to a mandatory defense the following month in Worcester, as he was already booked on a show for IPW:UK on that date.
, who had wrestled on the Tommy Boyd
promoted Revival show in Crystal Palace in 2002 on which Ayass commentated. When Steve Corino quit the promotion as both wrestler and booker following a falling out with Gauntley, Ayass was asked if he would like to take over as booker. As it turned out, Ayass only booked one show, Fight Club IV in Doncaster, on November 26, 2006, which saw PAC crowned as the inaugural 1PW Openweight Champion after winning a battle royal. On January 5, 2007, Gauntley announced that 1PW had gone into liquidation. In the aftermath, Ayass left 1PW following 3CW's "...Will Not Die" show and did not return when the company was resurrected, with both parties cited mutual reasons for the separation. At 1PW's Second Anniversary Show, Ayass returned to 1PW and said that he would be involved in the 1PW Tag Team Title Lumberjack match to manage the Dragonhearts against Damned Nation, who were usually accompanied by Gabriel Grey. Ayass promised to counteract the influence of Grey, but instead betrayed the Dragonhearts, aiding Damned Nation by hitting Spud with Grey's cane. Afterward, Ayass posed with Damned Nation following their official win of the Tag Team Title.
since August 2006 after promoter Len Davies heard his work on 1PW. Ayass continues to commentate for RQW alongside co-host Dann Read. Ayass has also managed regularly in Herts & Essex Wrestling (HEW) and managed Erik Isaksen to the WAW World Heavyweight Championship in his first appearance for WAW at their Fightmare show on May 12, 2007. Ayass managed Flash Barker on a TWA show in Southampton in 2002 to crown a Universal British Heavyweight Champion, and also managed Baxter Burridge (Darren Burridge
) on an All Star Wrestling show at the Fairfield Halls
in Croydon in the same year. Ayass also appeared in Hull
for an IWP show in 2004, managing Rob Hunter against Spud. He has also worked for Varsity Pro Wrestling previously in 2006, managing Joel Redman.
In May 2007, RQW appointed Ayass as their new Head Booker, with June 16 show at Colchester being his first in charge. In August 2007, as part of the working agreement between RQW and Sussex-based Premier Promotions, Ayass started working as the controversial manager of Martin Stone, who defeated James Tighe in his first match in Premier. At Premier shows, Ayass wears an Arabic headdress (a keffiyeh) with his suit and the pair has frequently required security escorts to get back to the dressing rooms at the end of a match. Stone won the Worthing Trophy in August 2008.
In June 2008, Ayass announced that he would be semi-retiring from wrestling at the end of the year, working only locally from that point onwards, which would mean that he would continue his work for Premier Promotions in Sussex. Ayass's last show outside of Sussex was commentating for IPW:UK in November 2008, although he did provide commentary for the UK release of the Dragon Gate
Invasion:UK show held in Oxford in October 2009.
Ayass also provided commentary for Pro Wrestling NOAH
's European Navigation tour in May 2011. Ayass made his return to management on 28 July 2011, managing Danny Garnell to success in Premier Promotions, winning the 2011 Rumblemania Trophy.
Ayass was voted the best British wrestling manager of all time by readers of The Wrestling Press magazine in August 2011, and number 13 in the world.
and Royal Holloway, University of London
, where he received an Honours degree in History (Medieval and Modern) and was one of the founder members of the award-winning student radio station, Insanity. Here, Ayass hosted the breakfast show "The Morning After", which once famously involved a prank phone call utilising the talents of contemporary André Walker
, which ended up inadvertently getting through to Downing Street. The show was originally going to be called "Dean Ayass's Breakfast Jihad" but the Royal Holloway Student Union refused to endorse this. Dean is still in contact with many alumni from Insanity such as Richard Clarke
, Matt Deegan, Hugh Willoughby and Jenny Monaghan.
Ayass later went onto work for Brighton-based radio station Juice 107.2
on their Saturday afternoon sports show from 2000-2004. He is a lifelong fan of Ipswich Town F.C.
. Ayass married FWA ring announcer Jane Childs in 2004, but the two divorced the following year.
Sportscaster
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.
Early career
Ayass grew up as a wrestling fan: in interviews, he has stated that some of his earliest memories involving watching wrestling on ITV's World of SportWorld of Sport (UK TV series)
World of Sport was a British television sport anthology programme which ran on ITV between 2 January 1965 to 28 September 1985 in response to competition from BBC's Grandstand...
programme with his father. In the early 1990s, Ayass ventured into the world of tape trading after seeing an advert in Superstars of Wrestling magazine (later Power Slam
Power Slam
Power Slam is an independent monthly non-kayfabe wrestling magazine published in the United Kingdom by SW Publishing, with co-publishers Findlay Martin and Colin Bowman. It began life as Superstars of Wrestling before altering to its current name after 30 issues in 1994. The magazine's UK-wide...
). Through his tape trading, Ayass made contact with wrestlers and trainee wrestlers, including Robbie Brookside
Robbie Brookside
Robert Edward Brooks , better known by his ring name Robbie Brookside, is a British professional wrestler. He has toured all over the world during his career including such countries as the United States, Japan, Germany, and Mexico...
and Alex Shane
Alex Shane
Alexander Daniel Spilling is a British professional wrestler who is best known by his ring name "The Ascension" Alex Shane. Spilling also works as a promoter and wrestling teacher.-Early career:...
. It was Shane who got him into the business, when in the summer of 1993, he asked Ayass to join him at a trial training session at Andre Baker's Hammerlock School of Wrestling in Folkestone. Although Ayass decided that physical wrestling was not for him, he stayed in touch with Shane and Baker, and when Hammerlock started to promote shows locally to give trainees experience, they contacted Ayass and asked him to take on the role of ring announcer. Ayass acted as Hammerlock's ring announcer from 1993 until 1998, when he decided to leave the wrestling business.
FWA
Ayass travelled with friends to an FWA (Frontier Wrestling AllianceFrontier Wrestling Alliance
Frontier Wrestling Alliance is a British professional wrestling promotion. Established in 1993 as the Fratton Wrestling Association it soon became the Frontier Wrestling Alliance six years later and until 2007 when it lost a scripted inter-promotional feud with International Pro Wrestling: United...
) show in Portsmouth
Portsmouth
Portsmouth is the second largest city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire on the south coast of England. Portsmouth is notable for being the United Kingdom's only island city; it is located mainly on Portsea Island...
, called No Surprises 3. After approaching his old friend Shane, he soon joined the FWA. Ayass joined the FWA officially on November 10, 2001, at FWA Back to School, when he jumped the guard rail after sitting in the audience and offered his managerial services to Justin Richards, whom he had known from their Hammerlock days. By the end of the night, both Ayass and Richards had joined the Old School faction.
Ayass continued to work as a manager in the FWA until 2006, when the promotion moved its base north to Morecambe, where Ayass's use was discontinued for what the FWA described as "geographical reasons". Ayass managed the Old School faction until 2003. The main stars of this faction were Flash Barker, who won the FWA British Heavyweight Championship at this time, Drew McDonald
Drew McDonald
Drew McDonald changed his name by deed poll to Drew McDonald is a Scottish professional wrestler. He is best known for wrestling on the independent circuit in the United Kingdom since the 1980s.-Professional wrestling career:...
, Dino Scarlo, Robbie Brookside
Robbie Brookside
Robert Edward Brooks , better known by his ring name Robbie Brookside, is a British professional wrestler. He has toured all over the world during his career including such countries as the United States, Japan, Germany, and Mexico...
, Richards, Mark Sloan
Mark Sloan
Mark Sloan is a British professional wrestler. Sloan is best known for his work with the Frontier Wrestling Alliance due to founding the promotion and being head trainer in the company's training academy, FWA Academy....
and Karl Kramer.
Ayass was also a regular presenter on TalkSPORT
TalkSPORT
Talksport , owned by UTV radio, is one of the United Kingdom's three terrestrial analogue Independent National Radio broadcasters, offering a sports and talk radio service broadcast from London to the United Kingdom....
radio station's Talk Wrestling show on a Saturday night, along with Shane and Simon Lilsboy
The LilsBoys
The LilsBoys, Simon and Richard, are online wrestling columnists for The Sun newspaper in the UK since June 2001.It is not known where their ring name comes from, but the close friends used it in E-Feds in the late 1990s and decided to take it with them to The Sun as their real names made them...
. During this time, Ayass issued an on-air challenge to Jody Fleisch
Jody Fleisch
Jerome Fleisch is an English professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Jody Fleisch. He is best known for his work with the Frontier Wrestling Alliance, One Pro Wrestling and Real Quality Wrestling...
for the forthcoming No Surprises 4 show in Portsmouth on July 28, 2002. Ayass said that if Fleisch could get to the venue before the final bell, then he could have a title shot against Barker, knowing full well that Fleisch would be travelling back from Japan at the time, where he was touring with Michinoku Pro Wrestling
Michinoku Pro Wrestling
Michinoku Pro Wrestling is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion, founded by The Great Sasuke in 1993. Michinoku Pro was the first independent wrestling promotion in Japan to not base its operations in Tokyo, but rather in Morioka, Iwate...
. Barker defeated "Solid Gold" Scott Parker at that show, and as the final bell sounded, Fleisch appeared and had an impromptu match, which Fleish won. However, in the ensuing controversy over whether or not the final bell had sounded, the title was held up and a ladder match
Ladder match
A ladder match is a type of match in professional wrestling that is most commonly used to describe a match where an item is hung above the ring, and the winner is the contestant who climbs a ladder and retrieves the item...
was signed for the vacant title, for FWA's biggest show to date, British Uprising, at the York Hall
York Hall
The York Hall is a health and leisure centre and one of Britain's best known boxing venues.The venue is situated on Old Ford Road in Bethnal Green, London, England. The hall, opened in 1929 with a capacity of 1,200, stages boxing as well as providing a gymnasium and swimming pool.The hall is owned...
, Bethnal Green, on October 13, 2002. Ayass, suffering badly from flu at the time, was barred from ringside to minimise his involvement in the show, and Fleisch won the title officially this time. The Old School finally disbanded in 2003 at the New Frontiers show in Walthamstow on February 9, 2003.
Managing Paul Birchall
During the latter half of 2002 and into 2003, a new competitor had been running in during other wrestlers' matches and laying out all competitors for no apparent reason, starting at No Surprises 4. It quickly became known that this man was Paul Birchall, a trainee of Mark Sloan's FWA Academy. Birchall was finally signed to an official match at the Frontiers of Honor show co-promoted with the American Ring of HonorRing of Honor
Ring of Honor ' is an American professional wrestling promotion, founded in 2002 by Rob Feinstein and Gabe Sapolsky. From 2004 to 2011, the promotion was under the ownership of Cary Silkin before being sold to the Sinclair Broadcast Group in May 2011...
promotion. It was to be a two-against-one handicap match with the team of Double Dragon (Ross Jordan
Ross Jordan
Ross Jones, better known by his ring name Ross Jordan, is a British professional wrestler. He is currently working under the ring name RJ Singh...
and Raj Ghosh). Before the match began, Ayass came out and announced that he had been sending Birchall down all along and that Birchall, who had never interfered in any Old School matches, was his new client. Birchall destroyed Double Dragon in a matter of minutes, with a dive from inside the ring to the floor, over the ringpost.
Ayass and Birchall soon became embroiled in a feud with Hampton Court, the team of the Duke of Danger and his butler Simmons, culminating in another handicap match at British Uprising 2 at the York Hall. Birchall remained undefeated in the FWA, with the exception of a countout defeat at FWA Carpe Diem at Brent Town Hall, caused by interference by Ayass's old client, Drew McDonald. McDonald was now a part of a new faction, The Family, led by another manager, Greg Lambert
Greg Lambert
Greg Lambert is a professional wrestling manager, journalist, promoter and ring announcer.-Early years:From 1990-1994, Lambert studied English and History at Keele University...
.
Ayass and Lambert engaged in a war of words, with each man wanting to prove himself as the best manager in contemporary British wrestling. The feud culminated in a huge six-man tag team match at the FWA's British Uprising 3 event at the Coventry Skydome. Lambert's team was his stable, now called The Triad, of McDonald, Raj Ghosh and Thunder (Darren Walsh). Ayass's team was Birchall, Paul Travell and Terry Funk
Terry Funk
Terrence "Terry" Funk is an American professional wrestler and actor known chiefly for the hardcore wrestling style he adopted in the latter part of his career that inspired many younger wrestlers, including Mick Foley...
. The guest referee for this match was Jimmy Hart
Jimmy Hart
James "Jimmy" Ray Hart is a professional wrestling manager, executive, composer, and musician currently signed with WWE. He is best known for his work in the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling under his nickname "The Mouth of the South." He has managed many professional...
. Ayass's team won the match. Ayass and Birchall's last match together was at FWA Gold Rush in Broxbourne, on November 28, 2004, where he was pinned by Alex Shane, after copious interference from one of Shane's security, Stixx. Birchall then left the UK to head to America, leaving Ayass without a client.
Stixx and Stone
Ayass soon found himself new clients, as ironically, Shane sold the contracts of two of his security team, Stixx and Martin StoneMartin Stone (wrestler)
Martin Harris, better known by his ring name Martin Stone is a British professional wrestler. He is best known for wrestling under Frontier Wrestling Alliance , International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom , Real Quality Wrestling and various other promotions throughout the United Kingdom,...
, to "The Twisted Genius". Ayass debuted his new team of Stixx and Stone at FWA New Frontiers 2005 on February 26, 2005, where they crushed the Manchester Massive. Ayass soon led them to the FWA British Tag Team Championship at FWA NOAH Limits show in Morecambe on June 18, 2005, where they defeated Ayass's old foes, Hampton Court. Stixx and Stone defended the belts in a series of matches with former long-term champions, The New Breed, but eventually they were stripped of the belts by the FWA on October 20, 2006, after Stone was unable to commit to a mandatory defense the following month in Worcester, as he was already booked on a show for IPW:UK on that date.
1PW
Ayass started commentating for Doncaster based promotion, 1PW, his first show being "Know Your Enemy" on May 26, 2006. He was originally joined by Joe Dombrowski but commentated on future events alongside MC, Stevie Aaron. Promoter Steven Gauntley had been looking for a British commentator and Ayass was recommended to him by Ulf HermanUlf Herman
Ulf Nadrowski is a German professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Ulf Herman. He is best known for his appearances in Extreme Championship Wrestling between 1998-1999 where he would join with the Full Blooded Italians faction...
, who had wrestled on the Tommy Boyd
Tommy Boyd
Timothy Leslie Boyd , better known as Tommy Boyd, is a British radio and television presenter who now lives in Chichester, West Sussex.-Early career:...
promoted Revival show in Crystal Palace in 2002 on which Ayass commentated. When Steve Corino quit the promotion as both wrestler and booker following a falling out with Gauntley, Ayass was asked if he would like to take over as booker. As it turned out, Ayass only booked one show, Fight Club IV in Doncaster, on November 26, 2006, which saw PAC crowned as the inaugural 1PW Openweight Champion after winning a battle royal. On January 5, 2007, Gauntley announced that 1PW had gone into liquidation. In the aftermath, Ayass left 1PW following 3CW's "...Will Not Die" show and did not return when the company was resurrected, with both parties cited mutual reasons for the separation. At 1PW's Second Anniversary Show, Ayass returned to 1PW and said that he would be involved in the 1PW Tag Team Title Lumberjack match to manage the Dragonhearts against Damned Nation, who were usually accompanied by Gabriel Grey. Ayass promised to counteract the influence of Grey, but instead betrayed the Dragonhearts, aiding Damned Nation by hitting Spud with Grey's cane. Afterward, Ayass posed with Damned Nation following their official win of the Tag Team Title.
RQW and Premier Promotions
Ayass has been the voice of Real Quality WrestlingReal Quality Wrestling
Real Quality Wrestling is a British professional wrestling organisation. Len Davies is the Owner and chairman of the company and their sister company, Spectrum Multimedia. The company began as an independent promotion, but soon became an umbrella promotion in 2007 with the self-stated aim to...
since August 2006 after promoter Len Davies heard his work on 1PW. Ayass continues to commentate for RQW alongside co-host Dann Read. Ayass has also managed regularly in Herts & Essex Wrestling (HEW) and managed Erik Isaksen to the WAW World Heavyweight Championship in his first appearance for WAW at their Fightmare show on May 12, 2007. Ayass managed Flash Barker on a TWA show in Southampton in 2002 to crown a Universal British Heavyweight Champion, and also managed Baxter Burridge (Darren Burridge
Darren Burridge
Greg Burridge is a semi-retired British professional wrestler. He is best known for his work on the independent circuit throughout the United Kingdom.-Professional wrestling career:...
) on an All Star Wrestling show at the Fairfield Halls
Fairfield Halls
Fairfield Hall is an arts centre in Croydon, London, England and opened in 1962. It contains a concert hall, the Ashcroft Theatre , the Arnhem Gallery civic hall and an art gallery....
in Croydon in the same year. Ayass also appeared in Hull
Kingston upon Hull
Kingston upon Hull , usually referred to as Hull, is a city and unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It stands on the River Hull at its junction with the Humber estuary, 25 miles inland from the North Sea. Hull has a resident population of...
for an IWP show in 2004, managing Rob Hunter against Spud. He has also worked for Varsity Pro Wrestling previously in 2006, managing Joel Redman.
In May 2007, RQW appointed Ayass as their new Head Booker, with June 16 show at Colchester being his first in charge. In August 2007, as part of the working agreement between RQW and Sussex-based Premier Promotions, Ayass started working as the controversial manager of Martin Stone, who defeated James Tighe in his first match in Premier. At Premier shows, Ayass wears an Arabic headdress (a keffiyeh) with his suit and the pair has frequently required security escorts to get back to the dressing rooms at the end of a match. Stone won the Worthing Trophy in August 2008.
In June 2008, Ayass announced that he would be semi-retiring from wrestling at the end of the year, working only locally from that point onwards, which would mean that he would continue his work for Premier Promotions in Sussex. Ayass's last show outside of Sussex was commentating for IPW:UK in November 2008, although he did provide commentary for the UK release of the Dragon Gate
Dragon Gate
is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion formerly known as Toryumon Japan. Most of Dragon Gate's wrestlers are graduates from Último Dragón's Toryumon Gym, and thus the promotion is based on a Junior Heavyweight style with varying emphasis on high flying maneuvers, flashy technical grappling,...
Invasion:UK show held in Oxford in October 2009.
Ayass also provided commentary for Pro Wrestling NOAH
Pro Wrestling NOAH
is a major Japanese professional wrestling promotion, founded in 2000 by former All Japan Pro Wrestling ace Mitsuharu Misawa. NOAH is broadcast weekly in Japan...
's European Navigation tour in May 2011. Ayass made his return to management on 28 July 2011, managing Danny Garnell to success in Premier Promotions, winning the 2011 Rumblemania Trophy.
Ayass was voted the best British wrestling manager of all time by readers of The Wrestling Press magazine in August 2011, and number 13 in the world.
Personal life
Ayass was born to an English mother and an Arabic father. He was educated at Brighton CollegeBrighton College
Brighton College is an institution divided between a Senior School known simply as Brighton College, the Prep School and the Pre-Prep School. All of these schools are co-educational independent schools in Brighton, England, sited immediately next to each another. The Senior School caters for...
and Royal Holloway, University of London
Royal Holloway, University of London
Royal Holloway, University of London is a constituent college of the University of London. The college has three faculties, 18 academic departments, and about 8,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students from over 130 different countries...
, where he received an Honours degree in History (Medieval and Modern) and was one of the founder members of the award-winning student radio station, Insanity. Here, Ayass hosted the breakfast show "The Morning After", which once famously involved a prank phone call utilising the talents of contemporary André Walker
André Walker
André John Paul Walker is a political and media figure from the United Kingdom.Walker was the presenter of Channel M television's political talk show, Gloves Off, in 2004...
, which ended up inadvertently getting through to Downing Street. The show was originally going to be called "Dean Ayass's Breakfast Jihad" but the Royal Holloway Student Union refused to endorse this. Dean is still in contact with many alumni from Insanity such as Richard Clarke
Richard Clarke (radio personality)
Richard "Rich" Clarke is a British radio presenter and DJ from Worcester, England currently employed by Global Radio as a presenter on Capital FM and The Vodafone Big Top 40.-Student radio:...
, Matt Deegan, Hugh Willoughby and Jenny Monaghan.
Ayass later went onto work for Brighton-based radio station Juice 107.2
Juice 107.2
Juice 107.2 is a Independent Local Radio station based in Brighton, UK, playing MOR dance music and commercial classics.It also has a sister station - the internet radio station, Totally Radio.Juice was formerly known as Surf 107....
on their Saturday afternoon sports show from 2000-2004. He is a lifelong fan of Ipswich Town F.C.
Ipswich Town F.C.
Ipswich Town Football Club are an English professional football team based in Ipswich, Suffolk. As of 2011, they play in the Football League Championship, having last appeared in the Premier League in 2001–02....
. Ayass married FWA ring announcer Jane Childs in 2004, but the two divorced the following year.