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Seasoned host, MC, presenter, wedding officiant, actor, and more
- Berkeley, CA
- Emcee
- Travels nationwide
- $500 and up
Overview
With 12+ years of hosting just about every type of live event you can imagine, A.J.’s warm authenticity, poise under pressure, and grounded on-stage presence make him a master of harnessing and amplifying the energy of any event in a way that elevates the audience's experience exponentially.
Thus far in 2024, A.J. has hosted at the Super Bowl, presented at CES (tech's biggest convention), hosted the StocktonCon comic-con, and was the officiant at his 24th wedding ceremony, all on top of hosting/announcing at multiple monthly combat sports events.
If you want your event to engage and invigorate your audience, there is no one better equipped to be in the driver's seat than A.J. Kirsch.
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We enjoyed having AJ Kirsch at our show so much that we brought him back with no hesitation, as he is very easy to work with. The man has such a deep passion for what he does and it shows. Our Sac Gamers Expo 2023 show was our first-time having AJ as our host/announcer, and he did not disappoint. If you are a showrunner and are on the fence about spending the money for AJ as your host, trust me, it’s worth it, and your attendees will love him.
Arts/Entertainment Speaker
Response from Seasoned host, MC, presenter, wedding officiant, actor, and more:
I so appreciate the kind words, Chris, thank you! I had a blast last year and I'm already counting down the days until Sac Gamers Expo 2024!
Working with A.J. is such a pleasure! He's professional, punctual, passionate, and just a joy to be around. His energy is infectious. You can see it and feel it ripple out into the audience when he's on stage. Whether he's interviewing celebrity guests, introducing performers or speakers, running contests, or making informative announcements over the PA, I absolutely know A.J. is going to crush it every time. In short, A.J. is a truly exceptional host of outstanding reliability and character.
Athlete/Sports Speaker, Narrator
Booking Info
Price Range: $500 and up
Gig Length: 10 - 720 minutes
Languages: English, Spanish
Website: Visit website
About
What started out as the pursuit of a dream to become, of all things, a pro wrestler with WWE has evolved into a career that spans across multiple avenues of entertainment, including speaking roles in major movies, national commercials, leading roles in TV shows, voice acting, motion capture for video games, modeling for advertising campaigns, broadcasting televised events, and more than anything else, a vast variety of work as a live event host, MC, announcer, and presenter, a role in which his confident and steady poise, naturally warm and welcoming demeanor, and readiness to adapt on the fly makes A.J's presence on stage - ANY stage - nothing short of irreplaceable.
With 12+ years of experience hosting just about every genre of live event you can imagine, A.J. never met a crowd he couldn't gently command. From hyping up fans, conducting giveaways, and running trivia contests at the Philadelphia Eagles stage and the San Francisco 49ers stage at the two most recent Super Bowls on game day prior to kickoff, to announcing headlining acts in front of thousands at music festivals, to introducing the competitors at electrifying and explosive combat sports events, to hosting live worldwide pro wrestling broadcasts, A.J. is a master of harnessing the energy of any type of live event and amplifying it in a way that makes the audience's experience exponentially more exciting.
In 2024 alone, in addition to not only hosting the 49ers stage at the Super Bowl itself, but being hand-picked by iconic football and sporting goods manufacturer Wilson to host their stage at the Super Bowl Experience fan-fest the days leading up to the Super Bowl, A.J. has continued to conquer stages in a vast variety of arenas. He has presented at CES, tech's biggest convention, for the second consecutive year. He contributed as host, PA announcer, and panel moderator at StocktonCon, one of the biggest pop culture conventions on the west coast. He was host, ring announcer, and live commentator at New Japan Pro Wrestling halfway across the world in Auckland, New Zealand. He hosted an "Alice in Wonderland-themed fundraiser in San Francisco. And he was the officiant for a wedding ceremony for the 24th time, which also marked his first-ever Indian wedding. All this in addition to hosting multiple monthly west coast-based pro wrestling events and a weekly Oakland, CA bar trivia event.
Please see below for a complete list of A.J.'s hosting projects, including but not limited to corporate fundraisers, music festivals, combat sports events, stand-up comedy, fan rallies, charity events, conventions, expos, street festivals, televised hosting, and more.
A.J.'s mastery of the mic has even earned him very public praise from Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson on multiple occasions, once on the 2011 reality show "WWE Tough Enough" and again several years later when Dwayne crowned A.J. the first-ever "Rock the Promo" champion, the top honor of a trash-talk tournament evaluated by pro wrestling legends with The Rock himself judging the final round.
If you want to invigorate your event in a way that will send both the audience and event organizers home happy, there is no one better equipped to be in the driver's seat than A.J. Kirsch.
FESTIVALS, FUNDRAISERS, WEDDINGS, STAND-UP COMEDY, AND MORE
• CountryFest (music festival) • Main stage host • Tucson, AZ
• Make-A-Wish (fundraiser) • Host, ring announcer, commentator • Oakland, CA
• Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation Pool Toss (corporate fundraiser) • MC • San Francisco, CA
• Married By A.J. weddings • Writer, wedding officiant (24 ceremonies) • All over California, New York City
• Mick Foley’s Nice Day (comedy) • Host/MC/opening act • San Jose, CA
• Circus with a Purpose (circus troop) • Self (host, narrator) • Managua, Nicaragua
• Bearrison Street Fair (festival) • Wrestling stage host, commentator • San Francisco, CA
• Twitch HQ Travelpalooza Trivia • Host, MC • San Francisco, CA
• King Trivia (weekly bar trivia) • Host, quizmaster • San Francisco, Oakland, and Alameda, CA
• Wooden Nickel Circus • Host, ringmaster • San Francisco, CA
• Hubba Hubba Revue (burlesque) • Host • San Francisco, CA
• Showtyme Entertainment Revue • Host • San Jose, CA
• Sizzling Sirens Burlesque • Host, performer • Sacramento, CA
SPORTS AND PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING
• Super Bowl LVII, LVIII • Eagles stage host, 49ers stage host • Glendale, AZ in 2023, Las Vegas, NV in 2024
• Hoodslam • Host, ring announcer, commentator • Oakland/San Francisco/Sacramento/Los Angeles, CA
• Impact Wrestling • Host, ring announcer, correspondent • Newark, CA & Salinas, CA
• Major League Wrestling • Host, broadcaster • Nationally televised, touring across U.S. & Mexico
• Olympic Club Fight Night boxing • Host, ring announcer • San Francisco, CA
• Babyface Boxing • Host, ring announcer • San Francisco, CA
• New Japan Pro Wrestling • Host, ring announcer, live commentator • Auckland, New Zealand
• All Pro Wrestling • Host, ring announcer, correspondent • Daly City, CA
• DOA Wrestling • Host, ring announcer, live commentator • Portland, OR
• Freakshow Wrestling • Host, ring announcer, live commentator • Las Vegas, NV
• Best of the West Wrestling • Host, ring announcer, commentator • Fresno/Merced/Visalia/Santa Cruz, CA
• Versus Pro Wrestling • Host, commentator • Las Vegas, NV
• Legends of Slam • Host, ring announcer • Lake Tahoe, NV
• Bumps and BREWSes • Host, ring announcer, live commentator • Los Angeles, CA
• Cactus League Wrestling • Host, ring announcer, live commentator • Tucson, AZ
• Headlock on Hunger food drive • Host, ring announcer • Sparks, NV
• Castle Power Pull-Off tractor pull • Host, announcer • Fresno, CA
CONVENTIONS and EXPOS
• Super Bowl Experience (fan-fest) • Title sponsor stage host • Phoenix, AZ in 2023, Las Vegas, NV in 2024
• CES (tech’s biggest convention) • DisplaceTV presenter • Las Vegas, NV 2023 & 2024
• The Fit Expo (largest fitness expo on west coast) • Host/MC/moderator • San Jose, CA & Los Angeles, CA
• Sac Gamers Expo (video game expo) • Host/MC, moderator, social media presence • Sacramento, CA
• StocktonCon (comics convention) • Host/MC, announcer, social media presence • Stockton, CA
• LvlUp Expo (video game expo) • Versus Pro Wrestling host/commentator • Las Vegas, NV
• LodiCon (comics convention) • Host/MC, moderator, social media presence • Lodi, CA
TELEVISED AND ON-CAMERA HOSTING
• America’s Got Talent • Ring announcer, commentator • NBC
• Penn & Teller’s “Fool Us” • Ring announcer, commentator • The CW Network
• Major League Wrestling: Fusion • Host, broadcaster, correspondent • BeIN Sports Network
• Impact Wrestling • Host, ring announcer, correspondent • Anthem Sports & Entertainment
• Hoodslam • Host, announcer, commentator • Continental Club
• HydroFarm: Out of the Box • Unboxing host • B. Hamady Productions
• Tough Talk with A.J. Kirsch podcast • Host, interviewer • Buzzsprout
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson declared me “Rock the Promo” champion on his Rock the Promo YouTube show
• Hosted events leading up to and at Super Bowl LVII and Super Bowl LVIII
• Debut with Major League Wrestling was as one-half of their broadcast team on their first-ever live worldwide pay-per-view
• Interviewed by Larry King on 2013 episode of Larry King Now
• Raised $25,000+ for after-school programs in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district as celebrity MC for TNDC Pool Toss
EDUCATION
• California State University, Chico • May, 2005 • B.A. in Communications • GPA within major: 3.65
• Earned four-year degree in three years • Nominated to speak at commencement ceremony • Dean’s list final three consecutive semesters
Services Offered
Setup Requirements
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