Bobby Fish

Bobby Fish

Fish in September 2013 as ROH World Tag Team Champion
Born October 27, 1976[1]
Albany, New York, United States
Resides Colonie, New York, United States
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Bobby Fish
Jerk Jackson
Madden Fisher
Billed height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Billed weight 200 lb (91 kg)
Billed from Albany, New York
Trained by Tony DeVito
Harley Race
Debut 2002

Bobby Fish (born October 27, 1976) is an American professional wrestler, who is best known for wrestling with Ring of Honor, Evolve Wrestling, and Pro Wrestling Noah in Japan. Fish is a former third-time ROH World Tag Team Champion with Kyle O'Reilly as reDRagon. In 2010, he began competing in mixed martial arts.

Professional wrestling career

Independent circuit (2002–present)

Bobby Fish made his pro wrestling debut in 2002 after training with Tony Devito.[2] He competed for several years in the Northeast under the names Jerk Jackson and Madden Fisher before settling on the name he continues to use, Bobby Fish. He made his debut for Ring of Honor on October 2, 2004 where he teamed with Scott Cardinal and lost to the Rebel's Army.[3] He would be utilized as a jobber for ROH for the entirety of his early appearance. Fish wrestled for Pro Wrestling Unplugged for the majority of his early career making his debut in February 2005. He formed a partnership with Scott Cardinal, whom he had wrestled many time on the Northest indie scene. On May 20, he and Cardinal defeated three other teams to win the vacant PWU Tag Team Championship before vacting them in September.

After returning from his first tour with Noah, Fish returned to the Northeastern independent circuit and continues to compete there when he returns from Noah tours. Fish wrestled for New England Championship Wrestling regularly between his early tours of Noah. In April 2007, he defeated DC Dillinger in a match for the NECW Undisputed Triple Crown Championship but didn't win the title due to DQ. He took part in Iron 8 2007, making the final before losing to Eddie Edwards in the final. Fish returned to ROH at Reborn Again, losing to Claudio Castagnoli, Final Battle losing to the Vulture Squad[3] and appeared in several matches on Ring of Honor Wrestling in 2009.[4]

In 2009, he was announced as one of the participants scheduled to wrestle on the first Evolve Wrestling show.[5] On January 10, 2010, he performed in the opening match at Evolve 1, in which he lost to Kyle O'Reilly via pinfall.[6]

Pro Wrestling Noah (2006–present)

Fish first toured Japan in 2006 with Pro Wrestling Noah, making his debut on May 19, 2006 defeating Atsushi Aoki. Since 2006, Fish continues to tour with Noah at least once a year, sometimes enjoying several tours a year. In 2010, Fish and Eddie Edwards lost to Ricky Marvin and Taiji Ishimori in the semi final of the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship tournament. Fish participated in 2011s Global League gaining only four points. In 2012, Fish and Edwards participated in NTV G Cup Junior Heavyweight League, once again gaining four points. From April 17 to 24, 2013, Fish and Edwards took part in the 2013 Global Tag League, where they won one of their four matches, failing to advance from their block.

Ring of Honor (2013–present)

Fish as one-half of the ROH World Tag Team Champions in 2013.

On March 2, 2013, Fish and Kyle O'Reilly defeated the Briscoe Brothers for the ROH World Tag Team Championship.[7] They successfully defended the championship against Alabama Attitude (Corey Hollis and Mike Posey) that same month, and retained it at Best in the World 2013 in June in a three-way match against the C & C Wrestle Factory (Caprice Coleman and Cedric Alexander) and S.C.U.M. (Cliff Compton and Rhett Titus).[8][9] They lost the title to Forever Hooligans (Alex Koslov and Rocky Romero) on July 27.[10] They regained the title from The American Wolves (Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards) on August 17.[11] Throughout the remainder of 2013, reDRagon successfully defended the championship against teams including the C & C Wrestle Factory, the Forever Hooligans, Jay Lethal and Michael Elgin, and Outlaw, Inc. (Homicide and Eddie Kingston).[12][13][14] In 2014, they retained the championship against Adrenaline Rush (ACH and TaDarius Thomas) at the 12th Anniversary Show in February, before losing the title on March 8 to The Young Bucks.[15][16]

Fish and O'Reilly regained the tag team championship from The Young Bucks on May 17, at the ROH and New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) co-promoted pay-per-view War of the Worlds.[17] They successfully defended the championship against The Briscoe Brothers on June 7 and against Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian at ROH's first live pay-per-view Best in the World 2014 on June 22.[18][19] On November 23, 2014, reDRagon defeated ACH and Matt Sydal, The Addiction and The Briscoes to retain the ROH World Tag Team Championship and win the Tag Wars tournament.[20] They followed up their victory with successful defenses against the Time Splitters (Alex Shelley and Kushida) at Final Battle 2014, The Young Bucks at the ROH 13th Anniversary Show, and The Kingdom (Michael Bennett and Matt Taven) at Supercard of Honor IX in March 2015.[21][22][23] Fish and O'Reilly lost the tag team title to The Addiction (Daniels and Kazarian) at the Ring of Honor Wrestling tapings on April 4.[24]

New Japan Pro Wrestling (2014–present)

Through ROH's relationship with NJPW, reDRagon made an appearance for the Japanese promotion on August 10, unsuccessfully challenging Time Splitters (Alex Shelley and Kushida) for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship.[25] reDRagon returned to NJPW on October 25 to take part in the 2014 Super Jr. Tag Tournament.[26] On November 3, reDRagon defeated The Young Bucks in the finals to win the tournament.[27] Five days later at Power Struggle, reDRagon defeated Time Splitters in a rematch to become the new IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions.[28] They made their first successful title defense on January 4, 2015, at Wrestle Kingdom 9 in Tokyo Dome, in a four-way match against Forever Hooligans, Time Splitters and The Young Bucks.[29] On February 11 at The New Beginning in Osaka, reDRagon lost the title to The Young Bucks in a three-way match, also involving Time Splitters.[30][31]

Mixed martial arts

Fish trained with Jerrick Jones at Albany Boxing before his MMA debut on January 29, 2010. He had his first fight for the Cage Wars organization at the Washington Avenue Armory in Albany, NY and defeated Justin Pierpoint by TKO in the 3rd round after Pierpoint suffered a broken nose at the end of the 2nd.[32]

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

Fish and Kyle O'Reilly as the ROH World Tag Team Champions

References

  1. ↑ "Bobby Fish: Profile & Match Listing - The Internet Wrestling Database (IWD)". profightdb.com. Retrieved 2010-03-04.
  2. ↑ "Online World of Wrestling". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2010-03-04.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "ROH Past Results". Ring of Honor. Retrieved April 7, 2012.
  4. ↑ "ROH matches wrestled by Bobby Fish - The Internet Wrestling Database (IWD)". profightdb.com. Retrieved 2010-03-04.
  5. ↑ "EVOLVE Wrestling roster". evolvewrestling.com. Retrieved 2010-03-04.
  6. ↑ "EVOLVE Wrestling debut results from 1/16 in Rahway, NJ". indywrestlingnews.com. 2010-01-17.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Carapola, Stuart (March 2, 2013). "Complete ROH 11th Anniversary Show iPPV coverage: two title changes hands, SCUM doubles in size, and a ton of great wrestling as ROH presents their best overall event in years". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Show Results – 3/30 ROH in Asheville, N.C.: Former WWE star "announces retirement," ROH Title match, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. March 31, 2013. Retrieved March 30, 2014.
  9. ↑ Caldwell, James (June 23, 2013). "Show Results – 6/22 ROH BITW iPPV in Baltimore, Md.: Briscoe vs. Briscoe for ROH Title, Hardy tops Steen in No DQ match, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved March 30, 2014.
  10. ↑ Caldwell, James (July 28, 2013). "ROH News: New ROH tag champions, Results from Night 1 of ROH Title tournament". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved July 28, 2013.
  11. ↑ Caldwell, James (August 18, 2013). "Show results - 8/17 ROH in New York City: New ROH tag champions, ROH Title tournament continues, Homicide returns with a friend, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved August 18, 2013.
  12. ↑ "ROH Spoilers – 9/21 ROH in Philadelphia, Pa.: Results for TV episodes following Death Before Dishonor". Pro Wrestling Torch. September 22, 2013. Retrieved March 30, 2014.
  13. ↑ Caldwell, James (October 6, 2013). "Show Results – 10/5 ROH in Baltimore, Md.: All titles defended, including impromptu ROH Title match". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved March 30, 2014.
  14. ↑ Caldwell, James (December 15, 2013). "Show Results – 12/14 ROH "Final Battle" in NYC: Cole defends ROH Title, Hero returns, new TV champ, Hardy, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved March 30, 2014.
  15. ↑ "Show Results – 2/21 ROH Anniversary show in Philadelphia, Pa.: Cole vs. Hero for ROH Title, A.J. Styles, two other title matches, Hardy misses the show, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. February 22, 2014. Retrieved March 30, 2014.
  16. ↑ Johnson, Mike (March 8, 2014). "New ROH tag Team Champions crowned". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved March 30, 2014.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Meltzer, Dave (May 17, 2014). "ROH/New Japan Pro Wrestling live coverage & results: AJ Styles, Okada, Elgin, Liger, more". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved May 18, 2014.
  18. ↑ "Show Results – 6/7 ROH in Collinsville, Ill.: Cole defends ROH Title, Tag Title main event, final show pre-BITW PPV". Pro Wrestling Torch. June 8, 2014. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
  19. ↑ Laprade, Patric (June 23, 2014). "ROH's first live PPV crowned Michael Elgin". Slam! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved June 23, 2014.
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 Namako, Jason (November 23, 2014). "Spoilers: 11/22 ROH TV Tapings in Baltimore (Tag Wars)". Wrestleview. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
  21. ↑ Namako, Jason (December 7, 2014). "ROH Final Battle PPV Results - 12/7/14 (Briscoe vs. Cole)". WrestleView. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
  22. ↑ Martin, Adam (March 1, 2015). "3/1 ROH 13th Anniversary PPV Results: Las Vegas, Nevada". WrestleView. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
  23. ↑ Namako, Jason (March 28, 2015). "3/27 ROH Supercard of Honor IX Results: Redwood City, CA". WrestleView. Retrieved March 29, 2015.
  24. ↑ "Show results - 4/4 ROH in San Antonio, Tex.: Major title change & debut (contains spoilers for upcoming TV episodes)". Pro Wrestling Torch. April 4, 2015. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
  25. ↑ Caldwell, James (August 10, 2014). "Caldwell's New Japan G1 Climax finals results 8/10: Complete "virtual-time" coverage of Okada vs. Nakamura tournament finals, Styles vs. Tanahashi, Jeff Jarrett, ROH tag champs, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
  26. ↑ "Road to Power Struggle". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved November 3, 2014.
  27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 Caldwell, James (November 3, 2014). "ROH/NJPW news: ROH tag champs win Super Jrs. tournament". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved November 3, 2014.
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 "Power Struggle". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved November 8, 2014.
  29. ↑ Caldwell, James (January 4, 2015). "Caldwell's NJPW Tokyo Dome show results 1/4: Complete "virtual-time" coverage of live Wrestle Kingdom PPV - Tanahashi vs. Okada, Bullet Club, Nakamura, Jim Ross, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
  30. ↑ "The New Beginning in Osaka". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  31. ↑ Caldwell, James (February 11, 2015). "NJPW news: Bullet Club takes top titles at "New Beginning" - Styles new IWGP World Champ, other title changes". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  32. ↑ "EVOLVE Wrestling News". evolvewrestling.com. Retrieved 2010-03-04.
  33. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/hrwstl/posts/866084220109386
  34. ↑ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2014". The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved December 2, 2014.

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