Darren Young (wrestler)

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Darren Young
Ring name(s) Bonecrusher Sampson[1]
Darren Young[1]
Fred Rossen[2]
Fred Rosser[1]
Fred Sampson[1]
Fred Sanford[1]
Frederick of Hollywood[2]
Officer Sampson[2]
Billed height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[3]
Billed weight 242 lb (110 kg)[3]
Born 2 November 1979 (1979-11-02) (age 33)[1][4]
Union City, New Jersey[1]
Billed from Hollywood, California[4]
Miami, Florida[3]
Trained by Kevin Knight[2]
Debut 2002[5]

Frederick "Fred" Rosser[1] (born November 2, 1979)[1] is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), where he wrestles on the Raw brand as Darren Young. He was in the first season of WWE NXT in early 2010. He was a part of The Nexus when they debuted on the June 7th Raw, but was kicked out after he lost a match against John Cena and was attacked by the rest of the Nexus.

Before signing with WWE, Sampson wrestled under several ring names, including Frederick of Hollywood, Fred Rosser, and "Bonecrusher" Fred Sampson. He has competed in Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic independent promotions including Chaotic Wrestling,[6] East Coast Wrestling Association,[7] Independent Wrestling Federation and the National Wrestling Alliance.

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 "Darren Young". Online World of Wrestling. http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/d/darren-young.html. Retrieved 2010-04-27.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "Cagematch profile". Cagematch. http://www.cagematch.de/?id=2&nr=2040. Retrieved 2010-03-04.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Darren Young Bio". World Wrestling Entertainment. http://www.wwe.com/superstars/raw/darrenyoung/bio/.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Martin, Josh (December 2006). "Superstar Spotlight on Frederick of Hollywood". ECWAProWrestling.com. http://www.ecwaprowrestling.com/main/superspotlight/ss-frederickhollywood-12-2006.html.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "The 18th Annual PWI 500." Pro Wrestling Illustrated. Oct. 2008: 112+.
  6. "Big Rick Fuller & Fred "Bonecrusher" Sampson". Chaotic Wrestling Profiles. ChaoticWrestling.com. 2008. http://www.chaoticwrestling.com/profiles/fuller_sampson.htm.
  7. "Frederick of Hollywood". ECWA Current Roster Biographies & Photo Gallery. ECWAProWrestling.com. 2008. http://www.ecwaprowrestling.com/main/bios/frederick_of_hollywood.html.
  8. Keller, Wade (2010-03-02). "Keller's WWE NXT Report 3/2: Competition explained, Cornfed Meathead debuts, Punk, Hardy, Regal, Jericho, Miz appear with Rookies". PWTorch. http://www.pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/TV_Reports_9/article_39503.shtml. Retrieved 2010-03-04.
  9. Bauer, Michael (2010-02-23). "411's WWE NXT Report 2.23.10". 411Mania. http://www.411mania.com/wrestling/tv_reports/130807/411%5C%5Cs-WWE-NXT-Report-2.23.10.htm. Retrieved 2010-03-04.