1 Called Manders

Steven Manders better known by his ring name 1 Called Manders is an American professional wrestler, currently working for Major League Wrestling (MLW) where he is a former MLW World Tag Team Champion.

He is also known for his time with American promotions Game Changer Wrestling (GCW), IWA Mid-South and AAW Wrestling.

Manders made his professional wrestling debut in SCW Strike II, an event promoted by Scott County Wrestling on April 22, 2017, where he fell short to Joe Acer in singles competition.

Among his main field promotions, Manders also shared brief or longer tenures with various other promotions from the American independent scene such as IWA Mid-South, AAW Wrestling, Beyond Wrestling and many others.

Manders made his debut in IWA Mid-South at IWA Crowning A Champion 2017 on September 9, an event which hosted a tournament for the vacant IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Championship in which he defeated Dante Leon in singles competition outside of the tournament.

Manders made his debut in Game Changer Wrestling at GCW – Lights Out on July 21, 2019, where he competed in a seven-way match won by Shane Mercer and also involving AJ Grey, Alex Zayne, Allie Katch, JJ Garrett and Logan Stunt.

He chased for several championships promoted by GCW.

At GCW Find You Again on April 22, 2022, he teamed up with Levi Everett to unsuccessfully challenge Bussy (Allie Katch and Effy) for the GCW Tag Team Championship.

He competed in various signature events of the promotion.

At GCW Fight Club on October 8, 2022, he teamed up with Mance Warner and Matthew Justice to defeat Wasted Youth (Jimmy Lloyd, Dyln McKay, and Marcus Mathers).

In the Joey Janela's Spring Break branch of events, Manders made his debut at GCW Joey Janela's Spring Break 6 on October 18, 2023, where he competed in the traditional Clusterfuck Battle Royal, bout won by The Second Gear Crew stablrmates AJ Gray, Mance Warner and Matthew Justice, and also involving many other notable opponents such as Billie Starkz, Blake Christian, Dante Leon, Dark Sheik, Joey Janela, Josh Barnett and others.

At Joey Janela's Spring Break: Clusterfuck Forever on April 8, 2024, he competed in the same type of match, this time won by Microman and also involving Nick Gage, Mike Bailey, Colin Delaney, Jordan Oliver, Man Like DeReiss, Shane Douglas and others.

Manders made his debut in Major League Wrestling at War Chamber 2023 on April 6, where he teamed up with Alexander Hammerstone and "The Second Gear Crew" stablemates Mance Warner and Matthew Justice in a losing effort against The Calling (Rickey Shane Page, Delirious, Akira, and Dr. Cornwallus) in a War Chamber match.

At MLW Fusion #172 on April 8, 2023 (broadcast on July 7), where he teamed up with Mance Warner to unsuccessfully challenge The Samoan SWAT Team (Juicy Finau and Lance Anoa'i) for the MLW World Tag Team Championship.

At Battle Riot V on April 8, 2023, Manders competed in the traditional 40-man Battle Riot match for a future MLW World Heavyweight Championship match won by Alex Kane and also involving various other notable opponents such as Jesus Rodriguez, Willie Mack, Lince Dorado, Sam Adonis, John Morrison, and many others.

At Never Say Never on July 8, 2023, Manders teamed up with Mance Warner to defeat The Calling (Delirious and Dr. Cornwallis) and The Samoan SWAT Team (Lance Anoa'i and Juicy Finau).

At Fury Road on September 3, Manders competed twice in two bouts taped for MLW Fusion.

In the first one, he teamed up with Matthew Justice to defeat The Calling (Cannonball and Talon), and in the second one, he fell short to Matt Cardona.

At MLW Slaughterhouse on October 14, 2023, Manders unsuccessfully challenged Rickey Shane Page in a Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal: Falls Count Anywhere match for the MLW National Openweight Championship.

At Fightland on November 18, 2023, Manders teamed up with Matthew Justice and defeated The Calling (Akira and Rickey Shane Page) to win he MLW World Tag Team Championship.

At Kings of Colosseum on January 6, 2024, Manders and Justice successfully defended the MLW tag team titles against World Titan Federation (Tom Lawlor and Josh Bishop).

At Superfight on February 3, 2024, Manders fell short to Davey Boy Smith Jr..

At Intimidation Games on February 29, 2024, Manders and Justice dropped the MLW tag team titles to Davey Bot Smith Jr. and Tom Lawlor.

At War Chamber on March 29, Manders teamed up with Matthew Justice and CozyMax (Shigeo Okumura and Satoshi Kojima) in the traditional War Chamber match.

At MLW Azteca Lucha on May 11, 2024, Manders and Justice fell short to Kojima and Okumura in a bout disputd for the vacant tag team titles.

Manders made his debut in Westside Xtreme Wrestling at the 2023 edition of the wXw World Tag Team Festival where he teamed up with Mance Warner and fell short to Astronauts (Fuminori Abe and Takuya Nomura) in the first rounds.

As for the 16 Carat Gold Tournament, he made his first appearance at the 2024 edition of the tournament where he defeated Luke Jacobs in the first rounds, Stephanie Maze in the quarterfinals, then fell short to Laurance Roman in the semifinals.

He competed in one of the promotion's signature events, the Ted Petty Invitational in which he made his only appearance at the 2020 edition where he fell short to Vincent Nothing in the first rounds.

Manders often works for The Wrestling Revolver, especially in cross-over events promoted alongside various other promotions.

At REVOLVER x HOG, a cross-over event promoted by The Wrestling Revolver and House of Glory on April 5, 2022, Manders unsuccessfully challenged Carlos Ramirez for the Crown Jewel Championship.

At REVOLVER Cage Of Horrors on Julu 9, 2022, he unsuccessfully challenged Mike Bailey for the Impact X Division Championship.

At REVOLVER Tales From The Ring 5, a cross-over event promoted alongside Impact Wrestling on September 17, 2022, he unsuccessfully challenged Josh Alexander for the Impact World Championship.