Fred Rosser

Who they were

Personal life Rosser has cited Shawn Michaels and Ricky Steamboat as his favorite wrestlers. [ 1 ] In an interview released on August 15, 2013, he publicly came out as gay . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] While Pat Patterson , Chris Kanyon , and Orlando Jordan ( bisexual ) came out after either leaving the company or retiring, Rosser is the first professional wrestler ever to publicly come out while still signed to WWE. [ 4 ] [ 5 ]

Frederick Douglas Rosser III is an American professional wrestler and trainer. He is signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where primarily performs on the Strong brand. He is also a trainer at the NJPW Academy and a former Strong Openweight Champion. He is best known for his time with WWE under the ring name Darren Young.

Early life

Educated at: Union High School and Fairleigh Dickinson University.

Early life Rosser was born in Union and was 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. [ 1 ] He attended Fairleigh Dickinson University , where he played football for a year before deciding to focus on his academic studies and professional wrestling. [ 1 ] ^ a b Varsallone, Jim (April 26, 2010).

Path and career

Professional wrestling career Training and independent circuit (2002–2004) Rosser became interested in becoming a professional wrestler as a teenager, wrestling in several backyard wrestling federations. He researched a number of wrestling schools before deciding on Camp IWF in West Paterson , New Jersey. This was due in part to his employer, whose uncle was a friend of a local wrestler training there at the time, and helped him enroll in the wrestling school. [ 1 ]

Why this date

Fred Rosser appears on our November 2 calendar for 1983 as a birth entry.