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Fred Rosser
Rosser in 2016
Birth name
Frederick Douglas Rosser III
Born
(1983-11-02) November 2, 1983 (age 40)[1] Union Township, New Jersey, U.S.[2]
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 Chaotic Wrestling, East Coast Wrestling Association, Independent Wrestling Federation and the National Wrestling Alliance. Rosser signed with WWE's developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling in 2009 and participated in the first season of NXT in 2010. Later that year, he debuted on the main roster as part of The Nexus. In 2012, Young formed The Prime Time Players with Titus O'Neil, with whom he is a one-time WWE Tag Team Champion. Rosser was the first openly gay wrestler to compete in WWE.
^Powell, Jason (November 4, 2013). "WWE Raw in Greenville, S.C. (correspondents needed), Dot Net Audio, Raw dark main events, Ariane "Cameron" Andrew, Dawn Marie, Queen Sharmell, Darren Young, Larry Cameron, Ryan Nemeth". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
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^ ab"Cagematch profile". Cagematch. Retrieved March 4, 2010.
^ abc"Darren Young Bio". WWE. Retrieved December 28, 2011.
^"The 18th Annual PWI 500." Pro Wrestling Illustrated Oct. 2008: 112+.
^Lio Rush was the man Friday! | STRONG backstage, retrieved July 4, 2021
Frederick Douglas Rosser III (born November 2, 1983) is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where...
DKC 9:13 Tom Lawlor Pin Tom Lawlor Pin Hikuleo 8:58 Jordan Clearwater 7:57 Hikuleo Pin Hikuleo Pin FredRosser 6:22 FredRosser Pin J. R. Kratos 14:16...
made his New Japan Pro-Wrestling debut teaming with Shota Umino and FredRosser, in a winning effort against Team Filthy (Tom Lawlor and West Coast Wrecking...
loss to rival, FredRosser, and that he shook his hand afterwards. When Team Filthy lost at the 2024 Battle in the Valley against Rosser, Shota Umino,...
album included Rory Bennett, James Mtume, Jorge Corante, Mike Smoov, FredRosser, Jeff Redd, Joey Wlias, Laney Stewart, Gerald Baillergeau, DeVante Swing...
Filthy (Tom Lawlor and J. R. Kratos) faced Alex Coughlin, Callihan, FredRosser, and PCO. The latter won after Callihan delivered a low blow and a Spike...
teamed up with Clark Connors in a losing effort against Alex Zayne and FredRosser. One year later at the 2021 edition, from August 16, he teamed up with...
following month at Multiverse United, Coughlin teamed with Sami Callihan, FredRosser and PCO to defeat Eddie Edwards, Joe Hendry, Tom Lawlor and J. R. Kratos...
contender to the NWA World Television Championship, which was won by FredRosser. On the April 20 episode of NWA Powerrr, he had another chance at the...
the street fight match between Juice Robinson and FredRosser, aiding Robinson in defeating Rosser, after getting physically involved during the match...
Haste Guzzo, Gisberto (January 22, 2022). "NJPW STRONG Results (1/22): FredRosser, Juice Robinson, Tom Lawlor, And More In Action". Fightful. Retrieved...
January 13 at Battle in the Valley, Umino teamed with Jacob Fatu and FredRosser to defeat Team Filthy (Tom Lawlor, Jorel Nelson and Royce Isaacs) in...
15, 2009, he made his debut match as Eli Cottonwood where he defeated FredRosser who would later become Darren Young. The gimmick of being recently reintroduced...
IL 1 29 29 2 This was a four-corners tag team match also involving FredRosser and Tom Lawlor and West Coast Wrecking Crew (Royce Isaacs and Jorel Nelson)...
Dickinson Team Filthy (J. R. Kratos, Royce Isaacs and Tom Lawlor) vs. FredRosser, Alex Coughlin and The DKC April 9 Hyper Battle '22 Ryōgoku Kokugikan...
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