Birth and FamilyAlthough virtually nothing emotional is known about The Reprobate, (including his real name) the story of his life is well documented among internet wrestling fans. He was born on September 1, 1978 in a ghetto in New York City, to a crack addicted mother and a father that he never met. His mother may have been working as a prostitute on the night that he was conceived, most likely working for drug money or actual drugs. He was left at the hospital, and immediately after birth, his mother abandoned him. He was sent to a foster home but soon after he was sent to live with a foster family. His mother died some time after. The foster family had already been through problems of their own, and as soon as he moved in to the home, his would-be foster mother left her husband, who soon underwent serious depression. He began to heavily drink and took his anger and sadness out on a young Rep. He was beaten daily, sometimes unprovoked. At a young age, the impressionable Rep took on this depressed state in place of a regular, healthy every day emotion. His basic emotion was apathy. His foster father's only enjoyment in life was professional wrestling. Rep soon followed.
Life Before The Squared CircleAs a young man, Rep was rarely embraced or well received by anyone, including schoolmates. One schoolmate in particular, future GWF pro wrestling star and announcer Alex Storm, knew Rep at this point in time, and had no problems bullying him and stealing all of the women away from him. Storm physically assaulted Rep on various occasions, and stole all but a few of any girlfriends that Rep had, just to mess with Rep. At this time, Rep's only release in life was having sex with school sluts and watching professional wrestling on the weekends, and Storm had stolen half of it. Rep idolized The Grizzly Cobra, a masked unknown who ruled wrestling in the 80s. The jacked up hero turned villain's career then substantially took a nose dive after the steroid scandals of the mid-90s. In 1993, at the age of 15, Rep left his home overnight and never returned. He sought out The Grizzly Cobra to train him to become a pro wrestler. After looking for about a month, he finally found him at a sleazy Indy show. The Cobra blew him off, thinking that he was just another fan looking for an autograph, and had him thrown out of the building.
Breaking In To The BusinessAfter being thrown out, the young Rep wandered the block surrounding the building. Soon enough, a strange man lured him in. He claimed to be a pro wrestler and a booker of his own promotion. He offered to train Rep for a large cash sum, one that he could earn by working for the man as a drug dealer. Thinking of the success he could potentially reach in wrestling, and the happiness he would attain after proving The Cobra and his step father wrong, Rep agreed. The promoter had Rep virtually working for free, as he was selling drugs to gain money that he would be giving to the "promoter" anyway. The "promoter" promised Rep success, championships, and money in wrestling once he began to train him. Rep finally scored enough money for the training to begin, and he spent the first day of training learning the basics... taking bumps flat on your back. The promoter surprisingly booked Rep on a small event as the undercard in a losing effort after his one training session, and stuck him with a rib gimmick of a surfer. Unfortunately for Rep, the promoter was unhappy with the attendance of the shows and not only skipped out of town and the promotion, but the rest of Rep's training sessions as well. He was a pro wrestler with one days worth of training, no wins and one loss under his belt. He had to make a change.
F GimmicksAside from the one
mysterious early photo, there is only one other photograph of Rep's early career known among wrestling fans, standing alongside the "promoter" that screwed him out of his money and wrestling knowledge. After the promoter skipped town with all the cash, Rep sold the nasty surfer singlet, jacket, tights and surfboard to another jobber he had worked with in the promotion. To showcase the sleaze of some Indy wrestling promotions, the person that bought the attire and gimmick actually ended up using it all in the ring. Rep finally embraced himself for who he was, and realized that no one gimmick can create money. He began to get bookings in various other sleazy promotions and began to wear his casual clothing to the ring. With no trunks and only basic and old knee and elbow padding and boots, Rep's attire was completely out of the norm for the mid-90s, where polished ring attires were usually worn by stars. As the mid-90s became the late-90s and the turn of the century approached, more and more people were becoming attracted to Rep's style of clothing in the ring, and a few imitated him. Because of this, he became somewhat of a big Indy name. He began working for various promotions in the Northeast.
The Victim Becomes The CulpritAfter being worked majorly by the "promoter," Rep began to work various wrestlers, managers and promoters in to giving him what he wanted... just like the "promoter" had done to him. He lied, no-showed, and no-sold to get money, rats, drugs, belts, and anything else that he wanted. Now that he had a bit of star power, the promoters had to put up with his antics to make money, because Rep was what the people in the Northeast wanted to see. He began to make a little more money but he was smart enough to not blow it. He put it in to a bank account for later use in his career, because he knew that at some point, his career would take off and then go through a dry spell, everyone does. Even though he was successful on the Indys, the Indys don't pay the big bills anyway. Rep lived in a project housing in The Bronx for a short while but could live off of wrestling without needing a second job.
Humanizing ExperiencesWhile he lived there, he found a young Puerto Rican girl living in the same building, down the hall. Fresh in to high school, she was more than a decade younger than Rep. He immediately approached her when, one day, he saw her wearing a throwback Grizzly Cobra wrestling T-Shirt. Rep approached her and told her that he was a pro wrestler and that he was looking for a valet Thinking that he was going to work her in to giving him sex or anything else that he wanted, he eventually fell in love with her after actually using her as a valet, not only because of her pure beauty and similar parental abusive life growing up, but because they worked so well together as a football-like "special team" in that, even though Christina was not a wrestler, her natural toughness and aggression made for a great manager that struck at all the right moments, he finally learned to love another human being, and not just lust over a woman.
Making ItAfter working his way up from sleazy Indy promotions to more decent events, his skills and partnership with Christina increased to the point of never being able to lose a match. His illegal moves were second to none, and in a time when female managers were used only for eye candy, Christina delivered not only a pretty face and great body, but a physical purpose in wrestling. Rep's DDT was feared all across the Northeast and even in parts of the Midwest. He even began to use the dreaded submission move of his former idol, The Grizzly Cobra, a Muta Lock (Which The Cobra called The Cobra Grip.) Things were looking up for Rep, as he had some stardom, been a Champion, and had a bit of money earned over his time as a draw. For a few years, Rep milked this run as he had been locked in various feuds with various foes, one of the most prominent being a former tag team partner of his, the face painted lightweight Mantequila. They battled for over two years in what was called the feud of the year for 2003 and 2004. In 2005, at 27 years old, along with a growing Christina, Rep became the highest paid Independent wrestler in America, which came with a successful tour of the West coast. By late 2005, Rep had wrestled in all 50 states for various sized promotions.
International IncidentsHaving wrestled in all states, he attempted to go global when he struck a deal with Havoc PRO, a promotion in Japan, to do a tour in the land of the rising sun. He stunned crowds in Japan and established Havoc PRO as a truly innovative promotion when he brought Americanized run-ins, gimmicks, and characters to the otherwise straight competing Japan. After the year long tour ended, he wrestled once every two months in Japan, until April 2007. While on the tour, he met Malicious Intent, a large black wrestler born in Brooklyn. With Rep, Christina and Malicious all being from New York and working well together in the ring, Rep brought Malicious back to the US with him to work as his tag team partner. He wrestled three matches in May, June and July in America with Malicious as a partner before he got a call from GWF in August 2007.
The Big TimeGWF: A major opportunity, and they were knocking right on his door. The main draw in GWF for Rep was not only a possibility of a larger fan base and more money, but the fact that Alex Storm, a former classmate and bully of Rep, had become a wrestler as well, and was wrestling mainly in GWF. Rep signed a contract immediately and his two partners were given offers as well. They all accepted and soon began to compete in September 2007, Rep's quest to get even with Alex Storm ended as quickly as it began.
Emotional and Professional SlumpAfter several creative conflicts in GWF between Rep and the bookers, Rep began to take double the amount of drugs that he had already been injecting, just to get through a work day without stress or having to be conscious. He was so unhappy that he sometimes no showed events to sleep, take drugs, go out with Christina or friends, or just sit around his home. Ironically, it was during this non-involved time that Rep had laid hands on his first Championship belt. Rumor has it that Rep didn't even know or remember that he was going to win the Hardcore Championship until the night he was put in a match with the champion, nor did he even think that he was in the running for the belt. During the following months, his negative state only worsened when his relationship with the bookers progressively continued to landslide down a negative road, so much so that he was pressured to throw a Hardcore Title match against the newcomer Jay Ramirez, so Jay could squash Rep and retire the belt as he had already planned on leaving. Rep took this as a major sign of disrespect, as wrestlers leaving the company usually don't get title matches on their final nights. This ended up being the way that the Hardcore Title was retired. Rep's negative state continued even through professional success, on the landmark annual Rise & Fall event, he won a contract, called the Checkbook Challenge, that was good for a shot at the United States or Intercontinental Championships at any point within the following 12 months. The contract, to this day, has not been cashed in, and with GWF's closing, it possibly never will be. Eventually, Malicious left GWF and Rep hadn't had a bodyguard until almost a year later.
New Show, New Friends, New EnemiesAfter winning the Checkbook Challenge, Rep began to compete on the mid-card Sunday TV show "Brunch" more often than on the flagship "FNB" show. He had personally gotten along with the bookers there and enjoyed his time on the show, especially after winning the top belt on the show, the Interbrand Championship. Shortly thereafter, he had still been on bad terms with the FNB bookers. He began to accept bookings from ACW for a short while, but then subsequently left when it wasn't what he had expected. After winning the Checkbook Challenge, Rep introduced a new bodyguard character, The Superbeast. He was rumored to have been (and is now confirmed to be) the cousin of Christina. His reign as Interbrand Champion continued, as his pull in the company increased when the bookers of Brunch handed the show's booking duties over to Rep and fellow GWF wrestler Damian DeNiro. Rep primarily wrestled on Brunch during his time booking, and as shows continued, Damian booked less until Brunch was completely booked by Rep. The general consensus was that while Brunch was a show for lower and midcarders, the quality of the show was far better than the flagship FNB, due not only to Rep's booking, but the welcoming of new stars and guaranteed success for hard working wrestlers. In the build up for the first Brunch Pay-Per-View event, Rep and Damian DeNiro became major rivals, and Damian had gotten a shot at the Interbrand Champion. Already a United States and World Tag Team Champion at the same time, Damian was looking to become the first Triple Crown Champion in GWF history. It didn't happen, as Rep scored the win over the double champion. On a later episode of FNB after Damian defended the Tag belts with his partner XO, XO was attacked in-ring by none other than his own tag team partner and fellow champion, Damian DeNiro. Damian knocked XO out and scored a pinfall over his now ex-partner which gave him complete control over the Tag Titles. Ironically, after the pinfall, Damian announced that his new partner was none other than Rep. This confused some and shocked others, but the fact was that Damian & Rep were the first ever World Tag Team Champions to hold both the Tag belts and a second singles belt at the same time. Sometime after this win and a few more well received episodes of Brunch, GWF closed down.
GWF ReunionWhen GWF closed down, Rep began to get even heavier in to drugs. When a GWF Reunion show was announced seven months after the promotion closed, Rep signed a contract to appear on both the Brunch event and the FNB event. On the Brunch side, Rep was to defend his World Tag Team Championships with Damian against Stan Vishis and Baron Trotter. On the FNB side, he was put in a US Title tournament with the winner getting the championship, as Damian DeNiro had agreed to the Brunch show but refused to take part in the FNB event. Rep and Damian successfully defended their belts, but were then stripped after the match as this would be Damian's final match in GWF. Rep then attacked Damian and left as XO made his return and first appearance since being jumped by Damian, to get revenge on his former tag team partner. He pinned Damian in the ring, but Rep was back after the match to attack XO, as the two were to face off in the first round of the US Title tournament the following Friday. Rep beat down XO and then issued an open challenge to anyone else in the tournament to come out and face him. After no response, he then put his Interbrand Title on the line. Immediately, Star-Man answered the call and defeated Rep for the belt in a broadway main event. The following Friday, Rep pinned both XO and Kevin McAullife to advance to the final match in the tournament, which ironically enough... was against Star-Man, a man that had taken his Interbrand Title just a few mere days before. Rep ended up losing to Star-Man a second time in one week, and for two titles. It was apparent that during the final FNB, Rep was highly intoxicated by either alcohol or drugs. During his short promos, his speech was slurring and his eyes were half closed, the black paint over his eye was sloppily done, and he looked to be unshaven for about a month. He had also lost muscle mass and looked to be a bit thinner in the ring. After the event, he passed out in the GWF locker room and was immediately taken to the hospital by Christina and JJB.
You Try To Make Me Go To Rehab...Rep's health had deteriorated to the extent that he canceled any bookings that he had and traveled, with Christina, back to New York. When he arrived at the airport, he had to be held up by travel buddies Malicious and The Superbeast. He was then rushed to the home of Malicious and then to a clinic. He was searched for drugs on entry; 18 vials of Percocets and Oxycontin were found in a suitcase. He was taken over to the fourth floor of the hospital and was put on Valium IV to wean him from the drugs. Malicious and Christina had then both told reporters that Rep was "barely able to function adequately on an intellectual level." While in the clinic, Rep took part in group and one-on-one therapy sessions. He subsequently overcame these addictions and now claims to be clean and sober.
ReturnAfter checking out of rehab, Rep had once again began to accept bookings. After a string of successful and highly acclaimed Indy events, which included Rep and Christina reuniting after Rep's short sabbatical during his stay in rehab, as Christina began to "play the field" and managed Zack Talent, a rookie who had befriended Rep while he was working as a jobber in GWF. Christina had become involved in a platonic working relationship with Zack, until he began to feel a love of some kind for her. For a month, Zack attempted to catch her eye and even went so far as to kiss her on the lips, which prompted The Reprobate's return at the Indy event, hitting Zack with a singapore cane and ending his working relationship with Christina, taking her back in to his arms with an emotional hugging embrace. Soon after, The Superbeast turned on Rep at what would actually be his final Indy event. The next week, Rep made a return to ACW. Promo vignettes began airing introducing Rep and Christina to the ACW audience. All this time, Rep had been uncontracted, and he began buying tickets to events in an attempt at getting a contract. Eventually an agreement was reached, and Rep brought his old friend along with him.
Vertigo in to the VortexRep brought along Stan Vishis and Josh The Jersey Boy, as well as Baron Trotter to ACW. The first to have a match signed was Stan Vishis, who was to make his ACW PPV debut at Fallen Heroes. The match never took place, as Stan was attacked backstage by an unknown man. At the next few shows, Stan revealed more and more about the attacker until at Spring In To Hell, it was revealed that Vortex had attacked Stan... in self defense. Rep found this unacceptable and took personal interest in teaching Vortex a lesson in backstage brawling. Rep had ordered Stan and his other minions to go out and regularly attack Vortex. The assault continued until Vortex was able to majorly even the score at Omega Effect V. Before the event, Rep had agreed to a stipulation in which if Vortex had defeated Stan at OEV, he would agree to wrestler Vortex one on one at a later date. Vortex earned the match by pinning Stan, but the celebration was cut short when Rep rolled in to the ring and for the first time, laid his hands on Vortex by attacking, and then setting him aflame with a fireball to his face. It is assumed that the match will take place at the upcoming Seven Deadly Sins pay-per-view event.