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DARK RIDER ®

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About Me



Height: 5'8"
Weight: 220 lbs.
Date of birth: May 20
Hometown: Tombstone, Arizona
Pro debut: 1992
Trained by: American States Wrestling Alliance (Pro Wrestling) Training Center
Finishing move: Saddle Buster (Camel Clutch) and Flying Bulldog Headlock

BIOGRAPHY
♠ On May 9, 1992 Dark Rider had his first match in Crestline, Ohio, wrestling for Ohio Championship Wrestling.
♠ Debuted in Cleveland All-Pro Wrestling June 23, 1993.
♠ Dark Rider wins his first International Wrestling Conference Light Heavyweight Championship in November 1993.
♠ January 1, 1994 Dark Rider defeated American Patriot to become the OCW Light Heavyweight Champion.
♠ Won the American Wrestling Federation Light Heavyweight Championship, by defeating Buckeye Kid, on February 5, 1994.
♠ May 21, 1994 Dark Rider defeated “Psycho” Shane Byerly to become a 2 x American Wrestling Federation Light Heavyweight Champion.
♠ Defeated Shadow Belisarius in July 1994 for the American Wrestling Conference Light Heavyweight Championship.
♠ In Tiffin, Ohio, on August 6, 1994, the Dark Riders defeated J.T. Lightning and Brett Powers for the OCW Tag Team Championship.
♠ October 8, 1994 the Dark Riders debut in Bobby Fulton’s Big Time Wrestling.
♠ Dark Rider won his third AWF Light Heavyweight Championship in December 1994 after beating the Kamikaze Kid.
♠ April 23, 1995 Dark Rider leaves Ohio Championship Wrestling.
♠ Dark Rider and Mountain Man win the Ohio Wrestling Legion Tag Team Titles from Chris Serious and Terry Stiletto.
♠ June 25, 1995 was the first time Mad Dawg Mercy and Dark Rider wrestled each other.
♠ July 1995 was awarded Championship, after the Full Contact Wrestling Management declared Dark Rider would represent the company as its first ever Light Heavyweight Champion.
♠ In Fairmont, West Virginia, the Arizona Lynch Mob (Dark Rider and Biff Beverly) win the Full Contact Wrestling Tag Team Championships from “Devil Dog” Chris McCardle and Brett Powers, on October 11, 1995.
♠ Became World Wrestling Alliance United States Champion after pinning Rico Lewis, in December of 1995.
♠ After losing the FCW Tag Team Titles to White Lightning…. Dark Rider and Shane Byerly form the Tag Team called the Arizona Wrecking Crew and win the FCW Tag Team Championships on December 31, 1995.
♠ June 1996 Dark Rider beats Viper for his third run as FCW Light Heavyweight Champion.
♠ August 23, 1996 Dark Rider and Mountain Man win their second Ohio Wrestling Legion Tag Team Championship and lose it on the very same night to Ragnarok and Terry Stiletto.
♠ On August 1998 Dark Rider breaks his two year losing streak by defeating Justin Storm for the All-Star Wrestling Federation Light Heavyweight Championship.
♠ May 2002, Dark Rider outlasts “Untouchable” Tommy Stone in an “I Quit” match for the American Territorial Wrestling, US Championship in Prattville, Alabama.
♠ Won the 6-Man Top Contender Battle Royal in American Championship Wrestling to become the Independent Champion in June 2004.
♠ Captured the ACW Tag Team Championship with Biff Beverly in July 2004, while also still holding the ACW Independent Championship.
♠ Dark Rider won the ACW Independent Championship a second time, defeating Billy Bragg in February 2005.
♠ March 2005 Dark Rider Beat Mad Dawg Mercy and "Real American" Bill Mayhem in a 3-Way Ladder match to become the ACW American Champion. The ACW Independent and ACW American Championships were both on the line in this match. As Dark Rider won pulled down the ACW American Championship, Bill Mayhem pulled down the ACW Independent Championship.
♠ Dark Rider finally wins a Heavyweight Title in American Championship Wrestling, in May 2005, after beating “Nightmare Jimmie Lee and Mad Dawg Mercy in a Triple Threat Main Event.
♠ After defending the ACW Heavyweight Championship against Exodus, Dark Rider surrenders the title, and under goes four months of Physical Therapy to repair three aggravated disks in his neck.
♠ September 2005 Dark Rider returns from Physical Therapy and becomes the Ohio Appalachian Wrestling Heavyweight Champion by knocking out “Canadian Crusher” Brian Boucher.
♠ November 5, 2005 Dark Rider successfully defends the OAW Championship against Mad Dawg Mercy and “Canadian Crusher” Brian Boucher. After 10 years of feuding with each other it appears that Mad Dawg Mercy and Dark Rider have decided to end the rivalry.
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My Interests


Some of my intrests would include:
♠ Beautiful Women....
♠ Arizona Sunsets....
♠ Long Hot Showers....
♠ Straight Whiskey....
♠ Meeting Wrestling Fans....
♠ Professional Rodeo Events....
♠ Funny Poetry....
♠ Olympic Chew Spitting Contests!

I'd like to meet:

JECTOR and his brother ROBERT!

I'd also like to meet more Professional Wrestlers and Wreslting Fans from all around the world!

You are Stan Hansen You are probally the greatest Gaijin wrestler and
one of the greatest heels of all time.You are
the greatest brawler in wrestling and have won
many important titles during your brilliant
27-year career and you have the stiffest Lariat
in wrestling.

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Music:


I listen to a very wide range of music!
♠ My favorite ear candy is AC/DC, STAN SHOT MOLLY and other classic rock tunes....

Movies:


Some of my favorite movies would be:
♠ Tombstone....
♠ Young Guns II....
♠ Bad Boys I and II....
♠ North and South Mini Series....
♠ Sweet November....
♠ Pitch Black....
♠ A Man Apart....
♠ Friday the 13th Series.

Television:


I don't watch a lot of television but, I love:
♠ Family Guy....
♠ iMucha Lucha! ....
♠ Ultimate M.U.S.C.L.E. ....
♠ WWE Programming....
♠ Court TV....
♠ NYPD Blue....
♠ The Shield....
♠ C.S.I.

Books:


Books I read would include:
♠ Dark Sun novels....
♠ DragonLance novels....
♠ Forgotten Realms novels....
♠ Pro Wrestling Autobiographies (As well as other Pro Wrestling related books)....
♠ Pro Wrestling Illustrated Magizines....
♠ Raw and Smackdown! Magizines....
Last novel I finished:
♠ The Nomad
by:Simon Hawke

Heroes:

Some true heroes and outlaws I have admired in my life would include:
♠ "Canadian Crusher" Brian Boucher....
♠ Chico "The Latin Lover" Rodriguez....
♠ Mad Dawg Mercy....
♠ "Nightmare" Jimmie Lee....
♠ "Psycho" Shane Byerly.

My Blog

BURY ME NOT ON THE LONE PRAIRIE

Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie "O bury me not on the lone prairie" These words came low and mournfully From the pallid lips of the youth who lay On his dying be at the close of day. "O bury me not o...
Posted by DARK RIDER ® on Wed, 11 Apr 2007 10:48:00 PST

THE BUCKING BRONCO

The Bucking Bronco My love is a rider, wild horses he breaks, But he promised to quit it all just for my sake; He sold off his saddle, his spurs, and his rope, And there'll be no more riding, and tha...
Posted by DARK RIDER ® on Wed, 11 Apr 2007 10:46:00 PST

BLOOD ON THE SADDLE

Blood on the Saddle There's blood on the saddle and blood on the ground,And a great great big puddle of blood all around;A cowboy lay in it all covered with goreAnd he never will ride any broncos no ...
Posted by DARK RIDER ® on Wed, 11 Apr 2007 12:09:00 PST

BILLY THE KID

Billy the Kid I'll sing you a true song of Billy the Kid,And tell of the desperate deeds that he did,Out here in the West, boys, in New Mexico,When a man's best friend was his old Forty-four. When Bi...
Posted by DARK RIDER ® on Wed, 11 Apr 2007 12:06:00 PST

BACK IN THE SADDLE AGAIN

Back in the Saddle Again I'm back in the saddle again, out where a friend is a friend,Where the long horn cattle feed on the lonely jimson weedI'm back in the saddle again.Ridin' the range once more,...
Posted by DARK RIDER ® on Wed, 11 Apr 2007 12:04:00 PST

ARIZONA KILLER

Arizona Killer I killed a man in Dallas, And another in Cheyenne But when I killed the man in Tombstone I overplayed my hand I rode all night for Tucson To rob the Robles Mine And I left old Arizona ...
Posted by DARK RIDER ® on Wed, 11 Apr 2007 11:56:00 PST

A FAIR LADY OF THE PLAINS

A Fair Lady Of The Plains There was a fair lady who lived on the plains, She helped me herd cattle through hard stormy rains, She helped me one season all through the roundup, She would drink with me...
Posted by DARK RIDER ® on Wed, 11 Apr 2007 11:54:00 PST

WHICH MUPPET ARE YOU?

You Are Gonzo the Great "Is something burning in here? Oh, it's just me."You're a total nutball who will do anything for attention.The first to take a dare, you'll pull almost any stunt.You're on...
Posted by DARK RIDER ® on Wed, 04 Oct 2006 12:28:00 PST

DARK RIDERS TOP TEN PROMOTERS WORKED FOR

10. EDWIN BUD MOFFETT - Paid me extremely well in the beginning, in the end wrestlers had to hold him hostage to get a payoff. 9. "GENTLEMAN" JOE PERRY - You never knew where you'd be wrestling when ...
Posted by DARK RIDER ® on Wed, 16 Aug 2006 12:32:00 PST

DARK RIDER'S TOP TEN TRAVELING PARTNERS

10. ROGER ROSEBERRY- Man, I think Roger knew where every all-you-can-eat buffet was in Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky and Pennsylvania was, because we ate at all of them.   9. BRETT POWERS- All I ...
Posted by DARK RIDER ® on Sun, 13 Aug 2006 10:30:00 PST