WATCH: Pro wrestler proposes to opponent girlfriend during match

MANILA, Philippines – Sometimes it’s the crowd who gets swerved, and sometimes it’s the performers who swerve each other.

Joey Ryan, a California-based pro wrestler, used the most public and surprising setting to propose to his girlfriend Laura James. A wrestling ring. While they were wrestling a match. Against one another.

The intergender match on Sunday, February 21 Manila time looked to be heading towards a controversial finish when the referee was “knocked out” and a potential winning pin was squandered. Ryan snuck away to the corner to look for what seemed to be a weapon. Instead, it was a wedding ring and a microphone.

“We’ve been talking about it so much that I feel like this was the only way to surprise you,” said Ryan, who bent down on one knee and proposed.

What a crazy match tonight! pic.twitter.com/YVpjSyAkTM

— laura james (@lauraclarejames) February 21, 2016

Still, there was a match to be won, and Ryan used the distraction of a kiss to roll his now fiancee up for the 1-2-3.

After the bell was rung, Ryan returned to the previous matter.

“But yeah let’s get married,” Ryan said, to which James replied “OK.” – Rappler.com