Australian Suicide (wrestler)

Broderick Shepherd (born December 9, 1992) is an Australian professional wrestler, best known by the ring name Australian Suicide who currently working for Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), where he is the former AAA World Cruiserweight Champion. Before the arrival of Mexico, Shepherd has competed in other independent companies in both Australia and the United States such as Ryan Rollins.

Australian Suicide
Birth nameBroderick Shepherd
Born (1992-12-09) December 9, 1992
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Australian Suicide
Hexagon Dark
Ryan Rollins
Billed height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Billed weight70 kg (150 lb)
Billed fromMexico City, Mexico
Trained byCarlo Cannon
Gran Apache
Lance Storm
Debut2005

Professional wrestling career

Independent circuit (2005–2013)

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), Melbourne City Wrestling, Slam Factory Wrestling and among other promotions.

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–present)

On September 22, 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 March 16, 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 June 4, 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 January 26, 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 ACH and Shane Strickland.[9]

On August 3 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]

Personal life

Shepherd is in a relationship with fellow professional wrestler Jenyvalice Vargas Torres better known by the ring name Vanilla Vargas.

On July 7, 2020, Shepherd and she announced on her Twitter, that they were expecting their first child together.[11]

Championships and accomplishments

Luchas de Apuestas record
See also: Luchas de Apuestas
Winner (wager) Loser (wager) Location Event Date Notes
Daga (hair)Australian Suicide (mask)Monterrey, Nuevo LeónHéroes Inmortales XOctober 2, 2016[6]
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References
  1. "AAA Sin Limite « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
  2. "La Parka, Rey de Reyes 2014". Lucha Libre AAA World Wide (in Spanish). March 17, 2014. Archived from the original on March 17, 2014. Retrieved March 17, 2014.
  3. Zellner, Kris (March 17, 2014). "AAA Rey de Reyes 2014 results and more: The Lucha Report". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
  4. Zellner, Kris (18 August 2014). "Complete AAA Triplemania results and more: The Lucha Report". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  5. Ocampo, Ernesto (August 28, 2016). "Cobertura y Resultatdos: AAA Triplemania XXIV Pschyo Clow vs. Pagano, Regresa Rey Mysterio" (in Spanish). Súper Luchas. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
  6. "Australian Suicide sin máscara en Héroes Inmortales X" (in Spanish). AAA. October 2, 2016. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  7. "Dos máscaras cayeron en Verano de Escándalo". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). MSN. June 5, 2017. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
  8. "AAA Guerra de Titanes 2018 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
  9. "Sammy Guevara se convierte en el nuevo Campeón de Peso Crucero de AAA". solowrestling.com. 2018-08-26. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
  10. "AAA Triplemania XXVII live results: Cain Velasquez debuts". The Wrestling Observer Newsletter. August 3, 2019. Retrieved August 6, 2019.
  11. Ocampo, Ernesto (July 9, 2020). "Australian Suicide y Vanilla Vargas anunciaron su embarazo" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
  12. "CAGEMATCH » Wrestlers Database » Australian Suicide » Titles". cagematch.net. Cagematch. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
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