Claude Marrow

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Claude "Ruckus" Marrow


Statistics
Ring name(s)	Ruckus
Billed height	5 ft 8 in
Billed weight	235 lb
Born	Baltimore, Maryland
Trained by	Chad Olesen Brainbusters Wrestling School
Debut	April 18, 1999

Ruckus (real name Claude Marrow) is an American independent professional wrestler who mainly performs in the Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) promotion and is a member of the Blackout stable with Eddie Kingston, Sabian, Ricky Reyes, and Robbie Mireno.

1 Career
2 Finishing and signature moves
3 Championships and accomplishments
4 External links

[edit] Career

Ruckus made his official professional wrestling debut against Chad Olsen on April 18, 1999. Ruckus was trained, despite the claims made by people that he wasn't (He trained after he LEFT the backyard). Ruckus and The Hurricane Kidd were hired by Combat Zone Wrestling when owner John Zandig saw them working for Power House Wrestling and was impressed by their ability. When Ruckus started in CZW he weighed nearly 300 lbs. but has since dropped over 60 pounds.

He began wrestling in CZW around 2001 and became known for doing high flying moves, such as the 450 Splash, that are not normally done by people of his size. In order to prepare for such tricks he enlisted the help of diminutive British comedian and former Haymarket Greek wrestling champion Ronnie Corbett, who was in Maryland on a sabbatical. He won his first title, the CZW World Junior Heavyweight Championship, in December 2001, but only held it briefly, dropping the strap at Cage of Death III to Trent Acid. He regained this title in January 2003. During his 2nd reign, Ruckus began teaming with Sonjay Dutt. They wrestled many matches as a team, but Ruckus became jealous of Sonjay and turned on him at Night of Infamy 2. This lead to a match at Cage of Death V which Sonjay won to become the new Junior Heavyweight Champion.

In 2004, Ruckus and Robbie Mireno formed a stable called The Blackout (BLK OUT). The stable also featured Sabian and Joker and they feuded with Chris Cash. Eddie Kingston would later join them. In June 2004, Ruckus and Sabian won the CZW World Tag Team Championship from Nick Gage and Nate Hatred. Ruckus competed in the Cage of Death match at Cage of Death V against Team Cash. Not only was Ruckus eliminated, but his team also lost the CZW Tag Team Titles. In February 2005, Ruckus defeated Messiah for the CZW World Heavyweight Championship. He held the title for quite some time, defending it against wrestlers such as Sonjay Dutt, B-Boy, Sexxxy Eddy, and Beef Wellington. Later in 2005, Ruckus and the rest of The BLK OUT began a feud with the Kings of Professional Wrestling and Super Dragon. At Night of Infamy 4, Ruckus successfully defended the title against Claudio Castagnoli. At the next show, Cage of Death 7, Ruckus lost the title to Super Dragon.

Ruckus, Sabian, and Eddie Kingston won a six man tag match against the Kings and Super Dragon at the next show. At CZW's next show, Ruckus regained the World Championship, with his allies Joker and Eddie Kingston bringing home the tag team titles. On May 13, 2006, Ruckus won the Best of the Best tournament by defeating Sabian, Claudio Castagnoli, and Austin Aries in the final match. After Ruckus won the tournament, Chris Hero came out demanded a title shot and defeated Ruckus for the belt. In August 2006, Eddie Kingston was kicked out of Blackout and his title was given to Ruckus, making Ruckus and Joker the new champions. However, once Joker left CZW, Blackout was stripped of the titles. The same night they were stripped, Ruckus and the debuting Ricky Reyes helped Eddie Kingston win the World Championship and welcomed him back into the fold.

In early 2007, Ruckus made his debut for other northeast feds, such as CHIKARA and Jersey All-Pro Wrestling. He is still very much involved with the BLK OUT in CZW, where they recently engaged in a war over the CZW Tag Team Titles with NWA-Anarchy's Kory "Rainman" Chavis and Onyx, who claimed they were the original Blackout.