Satu Jinn is a wrestler that stands out even on a deathmatch
wrestling show with a ton of unique characters.
He seems to bring that old school violence of an Abdullah the Butcher or
Mad Man Pondo, but adds the new school deathmatch style along with it. He states that the inspiration for his look
comes from Abdullah the Butcher, The Sultan and Haku/Meng, with an outside of
wrestling influence from Dragonball Z’s Majin Buu. Satu has been wrestling since 2015 but has
really made a name for himself this past year in promotions like IWA Mid-South,
ICW No Holds Barred and No Peace Underground.
Satu says that he was not a wrestling fan growing up, but
instead wrestling was something that found him.
About his start in wrestling he says, “I attended my first indie show
when I was 20. Watching that show seeing people I now call friends on that
stage killing it was what drew me to this business. So I set out to find a
wrestling school and to get trained on my 21st birthday I began training under
a wrestler by the name of Cash Flo. I trained for 2 years before finally making
my debut and wrestled locally for about a year until I met up with other vets
in the business such as Randy West, Joseph Schwartz, Neil Diamond Cutter and
the Hooligans. Those individuals are the
ones who helped me get on the road, get my foot in the door with promotions and
wrestle as many matches as possible with a variety of opponents and crowds in
order to get my proper seasoning. It wasn't until I started riding with John
Wayne Murdoch and the rest of The Rejects that I came to realize my love for
Deathmatch wrestling.”
Satu is part of The Rejects, which consists of some of the best
and biggest stars in death match wrestling today. Along with Satu in The Rejects is also The Deathmatch
Samurai, AKIRIA, who burst on the scene last summer with an unforgettable dive
off a roof and has since won the 2021 Master of Pain tournament and the AWR Asylum
Deathmatch Tournament. The other members
of The Rejects are the veterans and trainers of AKIRA, John Wayne Murdoch and
Reed Bentley. By God Reed Bentley has
been wrestling for 11 years and has held the IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Championship
on 3 different occasions and also had multiple tag championships with John
Wayne Murdoch. JWM is someone who many
consider the best deathmatch wrestler in the country, so it is always good to
have him by your side, however getting him riled up may be one of the favorite activities
of the other members of The Rejects while on the road. Satu says, “It's a group effort but our
favorite pastime on the road is hyping up & pissing off John Wayne
Murdoch. Poking the bear until he
reaches his boiling point is pure entertainment. Followed by the even more entertaining
process of calming him down before he stabs some random unsuspecting pedestrian
who has no clue what they've gotten themselves into.”
Satu says that the Deathmatch community are some of the most
supportive and embracing people that he has ever met in the wrestling
business. Whenever you look at deathmatch
wrestling a lot of people may see it as toxic masculinity or a form of violence
that may not be accepting to a queer wrestler, but I asked Satu what it is like
being a queer wrestler in the deathmatch scene and he said that it has never been
an issue or even brought up. He says
that he is so nonchalant about being queer that most people forget that it is
even a thing. However, one thing that
Satu is not nonchalant about is inflicting pain and that is something that he
did at No Peace Underground’s “Fear the Gay Agenda” show, whenever he entered
MV Young’s Twink Gauntlet. MV, or
whoever put this match together, must have a very different definition of what
a twink is than what I do, because looking at Satu Jinn that is definitely not
something I would call him. In that match Satu Jinn was one of the largest competitors
and it took 4 of the other opponents to eliminate him. This was a show that Satu really wanted to be
part of. He said, “Fear the Gay Agenda
was all about representation. I'm an up-and-coming queer Deathmatch wrestler so
it seemed only fitting to have me on an all LGBTQ Deathmatch wrestling event.”
This year Satu Jinn has really shown a lot more people what
he is capable of, whether it is as part of The Rejects or on his own. He made it to the finals of the IWA MS Double
Death Tag Team tournament with JWM before falling to 44OH. He has gone to battle with fellow Rejects, JWM
and AKIRA, but I feel that his biggest win this year was in a Four Way Home Run
Derby Death Match, as he was in the match with 3 veterans, Casanova Valentine,
Danny Demanto and Tank, and came out on top.
Satu Jinn is not all about the violence. He loves the camaraderie of his fellow wrestlers
and is also said to be a fantastic cook.
I had to ask him what his best meal is, and he said that is doesn’t really
have a dish that he considers his best but his specialty and what he started
out cooking is southern soul food. He
also says that he makes “a mean ass Shepard’s Pie.” He says that cooking and fighting are the 2 things
that he seems to be good at. I feel like
we are going to be seeing a lot more of Satu fighting and maybe he can follow
in Spyder Nate Webb’s shoes and eventually get a cooking show on IWTV.
The next big match for Satu is a literal nightmare, where he
will team with Neil Diamond Cutter against the stars from W*NG, Nightmare
Freddy and Headhunter. This will be in
the chains for ICW No Holds Barred in San Antonio TX on August 14. You can keep up with Satu Jinn on twitter at
@satujinnuncivil or Instagram at satujinn.
*Photo by Earl Gardner @EarlWGardner