Australian Suicide (wrestler)
| Australian Suicide | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Broderick Shepherd |
| Born | 9 December 1992 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Australian Suicide El Australiano Hexagon Dark Ryan Rollins |
| Billed height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
| Billed weight | 70 kg (150 lb) |
| Billed from | Mexico City, Mexico |
| Trained by | Carlo Cannon[citation needed] Gran Apache Lance Storm |
| Debut | 2005[citation needed] |
Broderick Shepherd (born 9 December 1992)[citation needed] is an Australian professional wrestler, best known by the ring name Australian Suicide who is famous for have been working for Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), where he is the former AAA World Cruiserweight Champion. Before arriving in Mexico, Shepherd competed in other independent companies in both Australia and the United States under the name Ryan Rollins.
Professional wrestling career
[edit]Independent circuit (2005–2013)
[edit]Shepherd began fighting in various promotions under the name as Ryan Rollins during his early years in both Australia and other companies such as National Wrestling Alliance (NWA)[citation needed], Melbourne City Wrestling[citation needed], Slam Factory Wrestling[citation needed] and among other promotions.[citation needed]
In 2012, he was trained by Lance Storm while competing in Canada before he arrived on Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide in Mexico in 2013.[1]
Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (2013–2020)
[edit]On 22 September 2013, Rollins debuted in the largest promotion wrestling Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) as the luchador enmascarado (masked wrestler) as Australian Suicide teaming up with Angélico and Jack Evans defeating Eterno, Pentagon Jr. and Steve Pain. On 16 March 2014, at Rey de Reyes, Suicide competed for AAA Cruiserweight Championship where he lost to Daga in a four-way elimination match who was involved with Argenis and Super Fly.[2][3] At Triplemanía XXII, Suicide was part of a ten-way elimination match to unify the AAA Fusión and AAA Cruiserweight Championships.[4] At the end of 2015, Suicide had a feud against Daga during all AAA events, including in Triplemanía XXIV where Suicide won the Copa Triplemania against his rival and being attacked by the Daga himself after finishing the match.[5] On October 3 at Héroes Inmortales X, Suicide was defeated by Daga in a Lucha de Apuestas, hair vs mask match, where he was forced to take off his mask and reveal his name, Broderick Shepherd from Melbourne, Australia.[6] During the period of time after losing his mask, Suicide began to modify his character as a gang. On 4 June 2017 at Verano de Escándalo, Suicide teamed up with Bengala for the AAA World Tag Team Championship where La Secta (Cuervo and Scoria) was crowned.[7] On 26 January 2018 at Guerra de Titanes, Suicide won the AAA World Cruiserweight Championship defeating Lanzeloth for the first time in his career.[8] At Triplemanía XXVI pre-show, Suicide lost his title to Sammy Guevara in a four-way match, and which also involved A. C. H. and Shane Strickland.[9]
On 3 August at Triplemanía XXVII, Suicide teamed up with Vanilla Vargas for the AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship against Sammy Guevara and Scarlett Bordeaux, Niño Hamburguesa and Big Mami and Lady Maravilla and Villano III Jr., where they were crowned as new champions.[10]
All Elite Wrestling (2021)
[edit]On 12 January 2021, Suicide made his debut in American promotion wrestling All Elite Wrestling as El Australiano teaming with KC Navarro losing against The Dark Order (Alex Reynolds and John Silver).[11]
Personal life
[edit]Shepherd is in a relationship with fellow professional wrestler Jenyvalice Vargas Torres better known by the ring name Vanilla Vargas.
On 7 July 2020, Shepherd and she announced on her Twitter, that they were expecting their first child together.[12]
Championships and accomplishments
[edit]- Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide
- AAA World Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)[13]
- Copa Triplemanía XXIV (2016)[5]
Luchas de Apuestas record
[edit]| Winner (wager) | Loser (wager) | Location | Event | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daga (hair) | Australian Suicide (mask) | Monterrey, Nuevo León | Héroes Inmortales X | 2 October 2016 | [6] |
References
[edit]- ^ "AAA Sin Limite « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
- ^ "La Parka, Rey de Reyes 2014". Lucha Libre AAA World Wide (in Spanish). 17 March 2014. Archived from the original on 17 March 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
- ^ Zellner, Kris (17 March 2014). "AAA Rey de Reyes 2014 results and more: The Lucha Report". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
- ^ Zellner, Kris (18 August 2014). "Complete AAA Triplemania results and more: The Lucha Report". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
- ^ a b Ocampo, Ernesto (28 August 2016). "Cobertura y Resultatdos: AAA Triplemania XXIV Psycho Clown vs. Pagano, Regresa Rey Mysterio" (in Spanish). Súper Luchas. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ a b "Australian Suicide sin máscara en Héroes Inmortales X" (in Spanish). AAA. 2 October 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ^ "Dos máscaras cayeron en Verano de Escándalo". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). MSN. 5 June 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
- ^ "AAA Guerra de Titanes 2018 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
- ^ "Sammy Guevara se convierte en el nuevo Campeón de Peso Crucero de AAA". solowrestling.com. 26 August 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
- ^ "AAA Triplemania XXVII live results: Cain Velasquez debuts". The Wrestling Observer Newsletter. 3 August 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
- ^ "AEW Fallout: Kenny Omega best friends tease, AAA luchador debuting on Dark, more!". Cagesideseats. Manolo Has Pizzazz. 12 January 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
- ^ Ocampo, Ernesto (9 July 2020). "Australian Suicide y Vanilla Vargas anunciaron su embarazo" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- ^ "CAGEMATCH » Wrestlers Database » Australian Suicide » Titles". cagematch.net. Cagematch. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
External links
[edit]- Australian Suicide's profile at Cagematch.net, Wrestlingdata.com, Internet Wrestling Database
