Former AEW World Champion Reacts Following Major Announcement
AEW’s Britt Baker, also absent, praised Darby Allin via Instagram for summiting Mount Everest and hoisting the AEW flag.
Samuel Ratsch (born January 7, 1993), better known by the ring name Darby Allin, is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). He is a former two-time AEW TNT Champion and a former AEW World Tag Team Champion, having held the latter title with Sting during the final match of Sting’s career.
Ratsch began his professional wrestling career in 2014, competing for various independent promotions including EVOLVE, Progress Wrestling, Major League Wrestling, and Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide before signing with AEW in 2019. Since then, he has become one of the promotion’s most featured performers, appearing in major matches at events such as All Out, Full Gear, Revolution, and All In.
His wrestling persona incorporates influences from punk rock and skateboarding culture and is known for a high-risk, unorthodox in-ring style. Outside the ring, Ratsch lives a straight edge lifestyle and has pursued interests in filmmaking, skateboarding, and mountaineering.
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AEW’s Britt Baker, also absent, praised Darby Allin via Instagram for summiting Mount Everest and hoisting the AEW flag.
AEW’s Swerve Strickland congratulates Darby Allin on summiting Mount Everest while gearing up for a major Double or Nothing contest.
Currently on his Mount Everest expedition, former two-time AEW TNT Champion Darby Allin’s return to AEW programming remains a topic of discussion.
