Fred Rosser
Fred Rosser | |
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Birth name | Frederick Douglas Rosser III |
Born | [1] Union Township, New Jersey, U.S.[2] | November 2, 1983
Alma mater | Fairleigh Dickinson University |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Darren Young[2] Fred Rosser[2] Fred Sampson[2] Fred Sanford[2] Frederick of Hollywood[3] Officer Sampson[3] |
Billed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[4] |
Billed weight | 239 lb (108 kg)[4] |
Billed from | Miami, Florida[4] |
Trained by | Kevin Knight[2] Florida Championship Wrestling[2] |
Debut | September 11, 2002[5][6] |
Frederick Douglas Rosser III (born November 2, 1983) is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he is a former Strong Openweight Champion. He is best known for his time with WWE under the ring name Darren Young.
Prior to signing with WWE, Rosser competed in Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic independent promotions including
Early life
Rosser was born in Union Township, New Jersey. He began watching professional wrestling during the mid-1980s and became interested in becoming a professional wrestler as a teenager, wrestling in several backyard wrestling federations. He attended Union High School in New Jersey, where he played American football, both offensively and defensively.[7] He attended Fairleigh Dickinson University, where he played football for a year before deciding to focus on his academic studies and professional wrestling.[7]
Professional wrestling career
Training and independent circuit (2002–2004)
Rosser became interested in becoming a professional wrestler as a teenager, wrestling in several
Rosser made his professional debut on September 11, 2002, and spent several years on the independent circuit, including wrestling for the Independent Wrestling Federation and
on September 18, 2004. He lost the title to Nick Malakai less than two months later.World Wrestling Entertainment/WWE (2005–2017)
Early appearances and Florida Championship Wrestling (2005–2010)
During 2005 and 2006, Rosser made several appearances for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on its weekly programs
The Nexus (2010–2011)
On February 16, 2010, it was announced that he would compete as part of the first season of WWE NXT, mentored by CM Punk.[14]
On February 23, 2010, Young made his debut on NXT with a character described as a "South Beach Party Boy", losing his debut match to David Otunga. His storyline had mentor CM Punk showing apathy towards him, claiming he had no idea why he's in NXT and did not want to train Young unless he accepted his Straight-edge lifestyle.[15] Despite this, Punk and his disciples, Luke Gallows and Serena, helped Young win his rematch against Otunga the following week.[16] Young was ranked eight in the first Pros' Poll. After the pros' poll, Young decided to join Straight Edge Society in an attempt to improve, only to change his mind before getting his hair shaved off. CM Punk decided to forgive him for standing up to him when he defeated Luke Gallows with Young's own hair on the line. Because of this victory, CM Punk had then been interested in Young's potential, but in turn started feuding with a jealous Luke Gallows. On May 11 in the second Pros poll, Young was ranked fifth out of the six remaining contestants and narrowly escaped elimination.[17] The following week, however, Young was eliminated from the competition.[18]
The week following the Season 1 finale, Young, along with the other season one NXT rookies turned heel and interfered in the main event match on Raw between John Cena and Young's former Pro, CM Punk, and attacked both wrestlers, the announce team and the ring announcer Justin Roberts, and dismantled the ring area and surrounding equipment.[19] On the June 14, 2010, edition of Raw, the rookies attacked general manager Bret Hart, when he refused to give them contracts.[20] The following week on Raw, Vince McMahon fired Hart and announced that a new general manager had been hired, one that had signed all seven season one NXT rookies to contracts.[21] The following week, the group was named The Nexus.[22] On the July 5 episode of Raw, The Nexus tried to attack John Cena as he confronted Wade Barrett during their "truce" with one another. The segment ended with The Nexus leaving without Young, when other Raw wrestlers arrived to aid Cena, and Young was assaulted by Cena to end the show. Due to Cena's actions, the new general manager booked Cena in a 7 on 1 handicap match against The Nexus scheduled for the following week.[23] Young did not participate due to injuries caused by Cena the previous week but The Nexus won the match.[24] He returned at Money in the Bank with the rest of The Nexus, sporting a new haircut and costing Cena the WWE Championship against Sheamus. After the match, Cena attacked Young and fellow Nexus teammate, Michael Tarver.[25] The Nexus continued to feud with Cena and the Raw roster, resulting in a seven-on-seven elimination tag team match at SummerSlam. Young was the first person to be eliminated from the match, when he submitted to Daniel Bryan in under a minute, and The Nexus lost the match.[26] On the next episode of Raw the members of The Nexus fought in individual matches against members of the victorious Team WWE with the stipulation that losing a match would have them exiled from the group. Young chose to face John Cena, but failed to win and was exiled and attacked as a result.[27]
Young returned on the September 6 episode of Raw, distracting Barrett and costing him a match against Randy Orton thus turned Young face.[28] On the October 4 episode of Raw, Young participated in a battle royal to determine the number one contender to the WWE Championship, but was eliminated by The Nexus.[29] Young had his first singles match since leaving The Nexus on the October 7 episode of Superstars, losing to William Regal.[30] Young had his first win in singles competition on the October 14 airing of Superstars defeating Primo.[31] Young teamed up with Tatsu in a losing effort against The Usos in mid November on two occasions. Young got his first victory of 2011 when he teamed with Primo, Yoshi Tatsu and David Hart Smith to defeat Zack Ryder, William Regal and The Usos on the January 13 episode of Superstars.[32]
Return to NXT (2011–2012)
In March 2011, Young was selected as one of six former NXT contestants to return to the show in its fifth season,
Young was suspended for 30 days on October 5, 2011.[40] Following his suspension, Young returned on the November 16, 2011, episode of NXT and assaulted Titus O'Neil.[41] Young was then able to get the better of O'Neil twice in tag team matches.[42][43] The conclusion to Young's feud with O'Neil came when O'Neil defeated Young in a no disqualifications match.[44]
The Prime Time Players (2012–2014)
O'Neil then turned heel and formed an alliance with Young. Young and O'Neil feuded with Percy Watson and Alex Riley in February 2012, defeating them twice.[45][46] In March, while he and O'Neil were feuding with the Usos, Young started chasing the affections of Tamina.[47]
On the April 18 episode of NXT, Young and O'Neil were signed by
Prime Time Players received their title shots at
The face turn had been speculated about for some months, especially after Young's real-life coming out the previous week which received mainstream media coverage.[59] The team gained a push, challenging for the WWE Tag Team Championship, but lost a match to the Shield. The duo also sided with other face wrestlers from the active roster, only to get punished by COO Triple H for preventing Daniel Bryan from being critically injured by Randy Orton.The Prime Time Players were amongst the select few ordered to battle The Shield in separately sanctioned 3 on 1 handicap matches on the September 20 edition of SmackDown, as punishment for their intervention.
Singles competition (2014–2015)
On the January 31, 2014, episode of SmackDown after Young was pinned in a tag team match against RybAxel (
The Prime Time Players reunion (2015–2016)
On the January 5, 2015, episode of Raw, Young appeared with the rest of the WWE roster in the opening segment. His official return came on the February 16 episode of Raw, where Young and an unnamed independent wrestler, Kevin Kross, were scheduled to face The Ascension, but were attacked by them before the match, leading to Young's former tag team partner Titus O'Neil making the save.[61] This turned O'Neil face again and the Prime Time Players reunited. On the February 23 edition of Raw, The Prime Time Players defeated The Ascension to hand them their first loss as part of the main roster, only to then being attacked by the two. Young participated in the 2nd Annual André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal at WrestleMania 31, where he was eliminated by Ryback.[62]
At
Towards the end of 2015, O'Neil and Young began focusing on singles careers. Young teamed with Damien Sandow on the Royal Rumble 2016 Kickoff Show in a Fatal 4-Way tag team match in a losing effort. On the February 2, 2016, taping of Main Event, the duo returned to team with The Usos to defeat the Ascension, Stardust and Tyler Breeze.[65] They have since quietly disbanded when O'Neil received a 60-day suspension after the February 8 episode of Raw after an alleged physical altercation with Vince McMahon. At WrestleMania 32, Young entered the third André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal and came within the final three, being eliminated by Kane.
Bob Backlund's protégé and departure (2016–2017)
On the May 5 episode of SmackDown,
Young began a feud with his former tag team partner Titus O'Neil on the August 1 episode of Raw. O'Neil questioned Young's motives on being "great again". Later that night, he defeated Young when he pinned him while grabbing Young's tights. Afterwards, he got into a backstage altercation with Backlund before Young came to the defense of Backlund by attacking O'Neil.
In January 2017, Young suffered an arm injury in a match against Epico on Main Event.[74] On October 29, 2017, Young was released from his WWE contract without him reappearing on television.[75]
Chikara (2018)
On March 2, 2018, it was announced that Rosser, along with former Nexus co-members
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (2020–present)
On August 27, 2020, it was announced that Rosser had signed with New Japan Pro-Wrestling and would make his debut on the September 4 episode of Strong.[76][77] In his first match, Rosser teamed up with Alex Zayne to face The DKC and Clark Connors, which Rosser and Zayne won.[78] On October 24, Rosser faced Clark Connors in Connors' first match since winning the Lions Break Crown; Rosser won the match.[79] In June, it was announced Rosser signed a contract with NJPW.[80]
National Wrestling Alliance (2021–present)
On March 23, 2021, Rosser made his
Other media
Young appears in the video games WWE 2K14,[81] WWE 2K15,[82][83] WWE 2K16,[84] WWE 2K17,[85] and WWE 2K18[86]
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2013 | Total Divas | Himself | |
2013 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Himself |
Personal life
Rosser has cited Shawn Michaels and Ricky Steamboat as his favorite wrestlers.[13]
In an interview released on August 15, 2013, he publicly came out as
On April 26, 2017, Rosser disclosed that his mother is a lesbian during his interview with Afterbuzz TV.[93]
Championships and accomplishments
- Chaotic Wrestling
- East Coast Wrestling Association
- ECWA Heavyweight Championship (2 times)[96]
- 1 time)[97]
- Independent Wrestling Federation
- National Wrestling Superstars
- NWS Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Bulldog Collare[2]
- New Japan Pro-Wrestling
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Feud of the Year (2010) The Nexus vs. WWE[101]
- Inspirational Wrestler of the Year (2013)[101]
- Most Hated Wrestler of the Year (2010) As part of The Nexus[101]
- Ranked No. 89 of the top 500 wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2013[102]
- Rolling Stone
- Most Deserved Push (2015)[103] As a member of The Prime Time Players
- World Wrestling Entertainment / WWE
- WWE Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Titus O'Neil
- Slammy Award for Shocker of the Year (2010) The debut of The Nexus[104]
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter
- Worst Feud of the Year (2016) vs. Titus O'Neil[105]
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External links
- Fred Rosser on Twitter
- Darren Young on WWE.com
- Fred Rosser III at IMDb
- Fred Rosser's profile at Cagematch.net , Wrestlingdata.com , Internet Wrestling Database