Derek Frazier (wrestler)
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Derek Frazier is an independent American
United States
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 professional wrestler, appearing frequently in Combat Zone Wrestling
Combat Zone Wrestling
Combat Zone Wrestling is a independent wrestling promotion. In 1999, John Zandig and four of his students, Ric Blade, Lobo, Nick Gage and Justice Pain began to run backyard wrestling shows in New Jersey and Delaware, showcasing a brand of hardcore wrestling dubbed as "ultraviolence"...

. Derek Frazier has also appeared in Maryland Championship Wrestling
Maryland Championship Wrestling
Maryland Championship Wrestling is a regional independent wrestling promotion based in Dundalk, Maryland, and has regularly run events in the Mid-Atlantic region since the late 1990s as well as participating in numerous fundraising events throughout the state.Rivaling other east coast independent...

 where he was their cruiserweight champion.

Combat Zone Wrestling

Derek Frazier competed in a 6-man ladder match against Sabian, Heretic, Cloudy
The Miracle Ultraviolence Connection
The Miracle Ultraviolence Connection is an American professional wrestling stable consisting of Cheech, Cloudy, and Brodie Lee. The team has gone by several names and are known for their work in Combat Zone Wrestling, Ring of Honor, Chikara and other independent promotions.-In wrestling:*Brodie...

, Cheech
The Miracle Ultraviolence Connection
The Miracle Ultraviolence Connection is an American professional wrestling stable consisting of Cheech, Cloudy, and Brodie Lee. The team has gone by several names and are known for their work in Combat Zone Wrestling, Ring of Honor, Chikara and other independent promotions.-In wrestling:*Brodie...

 and the eventual winner of the match Niles Young
Niles Young
Niles Young is an American professional wrestler who competes in Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic independent promotions including NWA Force One Pro Wrestling, Chikara, Combat Zone Wrestling, Future of Wrestling, the Eastern Wrestling Alliance, Hardway Wrestling, International Wrestling Syndicate,...

. The match was for the CZW Junior Heavyweight Championship. After the match Derek Frazier hit Niles Young With A Pure Impact on an already broken table. In late 2007 Derek Frazier and Niles Young with Noel Harlow held the CZW World Tag Team Championship
CZW World Tag Team Championship
The CZW World Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling world tag team championship owned and copyrighted by the Combat Zone Wrestling promotion; it is contested for in their tag team division. It was created and debuted on February 13, 1999 at CZW's Opening Night event, where Jon Dahmer...

 Later losing at CZW Cage Of Death
CZW Cage of Death
The Cage of Death is Combat Zone Wrestling 's biggest show since 1999. It always features the Cage of Death match, a steel cage with various weapons and objects. Electrified cage walls, cacti, tables, light tubes, glass, thumbtacks, baseball bats, and barbed wire have been used in it. The Cage of...

 to Jon Dahmer and Danny Demanto.

Derek returned to CZW on August 13th 2011 at the Tangled Web 4 iPPV. He competed in a 8-Men Aerial Assault Match but in a losing effort.

Eastern Wrestling Alliance

Derek Frazier also has competed a large part in Maryland independent promotion the Eastern Wrestling Alliance were Frazier has won the Heavyweight Championship several times. Derek Frazier was one of the masterminds behind the Double Ring, Double Ladder, Double Title match, held at an event in November 2005

Maryland Championship Wrestling

Derek Frazier spent some time in Maryland Championship Wrestling
Maryland Championship Wrestling
Maryland Championship Wrestling is a regional independent wrestling promotion based in Dundalk, Maryland, and has regularly run events in the Mid-Atlantic region since the late 1990s as well as participating in numerous fundraising events throughout the state.Rivaling other east coast independent...

. He was their cruiserweight champion for a short time. He defended the title against the likes of Ruckus
Claude Marrow
Claude Marrow is an American independent professional wrestler better known by his ring name Ruckus. Marrow current performs in Combat Zone Wrestling, Ring of Honor, Maryland Championship Wrestling, Chikara and Jersey All Pro Wrestling...

.

Injury

At the Maryland Championship Wrestling
Maryland Championship Wrestling
Maryland Championship Wrestling is a regional independent wrestling promotion based in Dundalk, Maryland, and has regularly run events in the Mid-Atlantic region since the late 1990s as well as participating in numerous fundraising events throughout the state.Rivaling other east coast independent...

 show in December 2007, Frazier was in a Cruiserweight Championship
Maryland Championship Wrestling
Maryland Championship Wrestling is a regional independent wrestling promotion based in Dundalk, Maryland, and has regularly run events in the Mid-Atlantic region since the late 1990s as well as participating in numerous fundraising events throughout the state.Rivaling other east coast independent...

 match against current champion Josh Daniels. During the match Frazier suffered a Torn ACL.

Maryland Championship Wrestling Return

Derek Frazier returned to Maryland Championship Wrestling
Maryland Championship Wrestling
Maryland Championship Wrestling is a regional independent wrestling promotion based in Dundalk, Maryland, and has regularly run events in the Mid-Atlantic region since the late 1990s as well as participating in numerous fundraising events throughout the state.Rivaling other east coast independent...

 on July 19, 2008 at their 8th annual Shane Shamrock Memorial Cup event in Dundalk, Maryland
Dundalk, Maryland
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 62,306 people, 24,772 households, and 16,968 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 4,689.5 people per square mile . There were 26,385 housing units at an average density of 1,985.9 per square mile...

 Frazier went on to win the tournament.

In wrestling

  • Finishing moves
    • Spinning inverted double underhook facebuster
    • Impact Driver (Lifting leg hook reverse DDT)
    • Diving Corkscrew Somersault into either a Leg drop or Senton

  • Signature moves'
    • Multiple 450° splash variations
      • Diving
      • Imploding
      • Springboard
    • Multiple Piledriver (professional wrestling)
      Piledriver (professional wrestling)
      A piledriver is a professional wrestling driver move in which the wrestler grabs his opponent, turns him upside-down, and drops into a sitting or kneeling position, driving the opponent head-first into the mat. The most common piledrivers are the basic belly-to-back, or Texas piledriver, and the...

       variations
      • Package
      • Spike
      • Double Underhook Flipping
    • Multiple Headscissors takedown transitions
      • into Multiple revolution headscissors takedown, usually triple
      • into a Spike Piledriver
      • into a Single Arm DDT
    • Sleeper slam
    • Enzuigiri
    • Moonsault
      Moonsault
      A moonsault, moonsault press, or back flip splash is a professional wrestling aerial technique. Much of its popularity in American wrestling is attributed to The Great Muta, despite it being used in North America by "Leaping" Lanny Poffo years before Muta came from Japan.In a standard moonsault,...

    • Diving double foot stomp to an opponent trapped beneath the first turnbuckle
    • Stiff kicks

  • Nickname
    Nickname
    A nickname is "a usually familiar or humorous but sometimes pointed or cruel name given to a person or place, as a supposedly appropriate replacement for or addition to the proper name.", or a name similar in origin and pronunciation from the original name....

    s
    • "Pure Impact"

Championships and accomplishments

  • Combat Zone Wrestling
    Combat Zone Wrestling
    Combat Zone Wrestling is a independent wrestling promotion. In 1999, John Zandig and four of his students, Ric Blade, Lobo, Nick Gage and Justice Pain began to run backyard wrestling shows in New Jersey and Delaware, showcasing a brand of hardcore wrestling dubbed as "ultraviolence"...

    • CZW World Junior Heavyweight Championship
      CZW World Junior Heavyweight Championship
      The CZW World Junior Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling title in the Philadelphia-based promotion Combat Zone Wrestling , designed for junior heavyweights; wrestlers under . It was established in 1999 at CZW's first show, Opening Night with The Sensational One as the first champion...

       (1 time)
    • CZW World Tag Team Championship
      CZW World Tag Team Championship
      The CZW World Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling world tag team championship owned and copyrighted by the Combat Zone Wrestling promotion; it is contested for in their tag team division. It was created and debuted on February 13, 1999 at CZW's Opening Night event, where Jon Dahmer...

       (1 time) - with Niles Young
      Niles Young
      Niles Young is an American professional wrestler who competes in Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic independent promotions including NWA Force One Pro Wrestling, Chikara, Combat Zone Wrestling, Future of Wrestling, the Eastern Wrestling Alliance, Hardway Wrestling, International Wrestling Syndicate,...


  • Maryland Championship Wrestling
    Maryland Championship Wrestling
    Maryland Championship Wrestling is a regional independent wrestling promotion based in Dundalk, Maryland, and has regularly run events in the Mid-Atlantic region since the late 1990s as well as participating in numerous fundraising events throughout the state.Rivaling other east coast independent...

    • MCW Cruiserweight Championship
      MCW Cruiserweight Championship
      The MCW Cruiserweight Championship is a professional wrestling cruiserweight championship owned by the Maryland Championship Wrestling promotion...

       (2 times)
    • Shane Shamrock Memorial Cup (2008)

  • Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation
    Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation
    The Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation was a Mid-Atlantic independent professional wrestling promotion based in Essex, Maryland. Founded by promoter Dennis Wippercht and wrestler Tim "Lucifer" Burke in 1991, the MEWF was one of the leading independent promotions on the East Coast during the 1990s...

    • MEWF Cruiserweight Championship
      MEWF Cruiserweight Championship
      The Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation Cruiserweight Championship was the primary Cruiserweight singles title in the Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation....

       (1 time)
    • MEWF Tag Team Championship
      MEWF Tag Team Championship
      This is a chronological list of MEWF tag team champions. The MEWF Tag Team Championship is the oldest championship title in the Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation having been established when the Lords of Darkness defeated Cream Team at the MEWF's first show in Pasadena, Maryland on August 2, 1991...

       (1 time) - with Derek Wayne

  • Pro Wrestling Illustrated
    Pro Wrestling Illustrated
    Pro Wrestling Illustrated is a professional wrestling magazine. PWI is currently based in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania and published by Kappa Publishing Group.-History:The first issue of Pro Wrestling Illustrated was released in 1979...

    • PWI ranked him # 273 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 2008.

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