Broderick Shepherd (born 9 December 1992) is an Australian

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, best known by the ring name Australian Suicide who is currently working for

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(AAA), where he is the former AAA World Cruiserweight Champion. Before arriving in Mexico, Shepherd competed in other independent companies in both

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and the

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under the name Ryan Rollins.

Professional wrestling career

Independent circuit (2005–2013)

Shepherd began fighting in various promotions under the name as Ryan Rollins during his early years in both Australia and other companies such as

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(NWA),

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, Slam Factory Wrestling and among other promotions. In 2012, he was trained by

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while competing in

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before he arrived on

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in 2013.

Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (2013–present)

On 22 September 2013, Rollins debuted in the largest promotion wrestling

(AAA) as the ''luchador enmascarado'' ( masked

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) as Australian Suicide teaming up with

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and Jack Evans defeating Eterno,

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and Steve Pain. On 16 March 2014, at ''Rey de Reyes'', Suicide competed for

AAA Cruiserweight Championship The AAA World Cruiserweight Championship (Campeonato Mundial Crucero AAA in Spanish) is a professional wrestling championship contested for in the Mexican lucha libre promotion Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA). The championship cannot be competed f ...

where he lost to Daga in a

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who was involved with

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and Super Fly. At

Triplemanía XXII Triplemanía XXII was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) produced by the AAA promotion. It took place on August 17, 2014, at Arena Ciudad de México in Mexico City, Mexico. The event was the twenty-second annual Triplemanía, which is ...

, Suicide was part of a ten-way elimination match to unify the AAA Fusión and

s. At the end of 2015, Suicide had a feud against Daga during all AAA events, including in ''

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'' where Suicide won the Copa Triplemania against his rival and being attacked by the Daga himself after finishing the match. On October 3 at ''

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'', Suicide was defeated by Daga in a ''

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'', hair vs mask match, where he was forced to take off his mask and reveal his name, Broderick Shepherd from Melbourne, Australia. During the period of time after losing his mask, Suicide began to modify his character as a

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. On 4 June 2017 at ''

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'', ''Suicide'' teamed up with Bengala for the

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where La Secta ( Cuervo and

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) was crowned. On 26 January 2018 at ''

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'', Suicide won the

AAA World Cruiserweight Championship The AAA World Cruiserweight Championship (Campeonato Mundial Crucero AAA in Spanish) is a professional wrestling championship contested for in the Mexican lucha libre promotion Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA). The championship cannot be competed ...

defeating Lanzeloth for the first time in his career. At ''

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'' pre-show, Suicide lost his title to

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in a

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, and which also involved

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and

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. On 3 August at

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, Suicide teamed up with

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for the

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against

and

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, Niño Hamburguesa and

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and

Lady Maravilla Lady Maravilla (born October 22, 1994), is a Mexican ''luchadora enmascarada'' (masked professional wrestler) currently working for Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide where she is a one-time AAA World Mixed Tag Team Champion along with Villano III Jr. Sh ...

and

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, where they were crowned as new champions.

All Elite Wrestling (2021)

On 12 January 2021, ''Suicide'' made his debut in American promotion wrestling

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as El Australiano teaming with KC Navarro losing against

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(

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and John Silver).

Personal life

Shepherd is in a relationship with fellow professional wrestler Jenyvalice Vargas Torres better known by the ring name Vanilla Vargas. On 7 July 2020, Shepherd and she announced on her Twitter, that they were expecting their first child together.

Championships and accomplishments

(1 time) **''Copa Triplemanía XXIV'' (

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)

''Luchas de Apuestas'' record

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Australian Suicide (wrestler) 1992 births Living people Sportspeople from Melbourne Sportsmen from Victoria (Australia) Australian male professional wrestlers Expatriate professional wrestlers in Mexico Australian expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Masked wrestlers AAA World Cruiserweight Champions