Daniel Morrison (born February 19, 1974) is an American

professional wrestler Professional wrestling is a form of theater that revolves around staged wrestling matches. The mock combat is performed in a ring similar to the kind used in boxing, and the dramatic aspects of pro wrestling may be performed both in the ring or ...

, better known by the

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Danny Doring. He is best known for his appearances with the

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Extreme Championship Wrestling HHG Corporation, doing business as Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), was a professional wrestling promotion and media company that was based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The promotion was founded in 1992 by Tod Gordon as National Wrest ...

from 1997 to 2001.

Professional wrestling career

Extreme Championship Wrestling (1996-2001)

Doring was trained by

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and

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at the ECW House of Hardcore in 1996. Once his training was complete, he joined the ECW roster, facing Taz in his debut match in May 1997. Doring's original

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was that of a wrestler who used many unexciting

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and had

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, so would not use high-flying moves. When the audience chanted "boring", Doring would pretend that they were chanting for him. In December 1997, Doring changed his gimmick to that of a womanizer, and formed an unlikely

tag team Tag team wrestling is a type of professional wrestling in which matches are contested between teams of multiple wrestlers. Tag teams may be made up of wrestlers who normally wrestle in singles competition, but more commonly are made of establish ...

with his fellow House of Hardcore graduate,

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. They were managed by

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, his on-screen girlfriend, for six months, until she left ECW in October 1999 at

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to join the

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as Lita, and then by Elektra until she turned on them in 2000. Doring and Roadkill quickly embarked on a two-year-long

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with

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and

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. This was followed by a series of matches with

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and

Johnny Swinger Joseph Dorgan (born July 3, 1975) is an American professional wrestler currently under contract to Impact Wrestling, using the ring name Johnny Swinger. Dorgan is also known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling and Extreme Champ ...

and

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and

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. The team won the

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on December 3, 2000, at the Massacre on 34 Street

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, defeating

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and

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. They held the title until ECW declared bankruptcy in April 2001. After this, Doring went to XPW (

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) which had the hardcore style that ECW did. He won the

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World Wrestling Entertainment (2005-2006)

Doring appeared at the WWE promoted ECW reunion show, ECW One Night Stand 2005 on June 12, 2005. Since then, he has competed in try-out matches for the

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brand alongside Roadkill. On May 5, 2006, WWE announced through their mobile news service that Doring had signed a contract with them to appear on the upcoming

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brand. On the premiere June 13 edition of ''

'', Doring took part in a

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(with the winner facing

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). Doring appeared on an episode of ''ECW'' against

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and lost to him. After losing a match to

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on the August 22 episode of ''ECW'', he and Van Dam were both attacked by the returning

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. Doring wrestled a match of an ECW show in 2006. This was against CM Punk, which Danny would lose. He competed in live events with the likes of Nunzio and one time

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, mostly in losing efforts. He was released from WWE in December 2006.

Independent circuit (2006-present)

Doring appeared at

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's ''Holiday Homecoming'' event in

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on December 28, 2006, wrestling as The Sugarmask (as the name suggests, under a mask) in the opening match against D. J. Hyde. After defeating Hyde, he unmasked to reveal himself to the fans. Doring debuted at the January 5, 2008 show of Force One Pro Wrestling, titled ''Badge of Honor''. He won a four-way elimination match, featuring Mike Reed, Nicky Benz, and Rockin' Rebel. At the March 16, 2008 Force One show titled ''Never Surrender'' Doring defeated Breaker Morant to win the Force One Pro Wrestling Heavyweight Championship. He defeated Breaker Morant again at the May 3, 2008 show titled ''Pledge of Allegiance 2: These Colors Don't Run''. On the June 21, 2008, show titled ''Justice For All'' Doring lost the belt, now known as the

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Force One Pro Wrestling Heavyweight Championship to Stevie Richards. He was unsuccessful in a rematch and is yet to return to the promotion since. Also, he wrestled against F.B.I. with Roadkill, defeating F.B.I. on October 6, 2012, in the first

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show. In June 2015, as Danny Morrison, he served as commentator of House of Hardcore TV. ISPW - Danny was the longest tenured champion of ISPW.

Professional wrestling style and persona

Doring was frequently known by the nicknames "Dastardly" and "The Danaconda" during his ECW career and used

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's song " Super Bon Bon" as his entrance theme song in ECW. He used '' Wham, Bam, Thank You Ma'am'' as his finishing move. He had a variety of signature moves which included a back elbow, the ''Bareback'',

Personal life

Doring has a wife, Miamarie and three children; a son, and twin girls. As a child and teenager, he dreamed of becoming a professional wrestler, his hero being

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. He is a fan of the

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and watches them play in free time. On December 10, 2016, he represented the Dallas Cowboys Nation in the Metlife stadium.

Championships and accomplishments

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** ACW Hardcore Championship (1 time) *Championship Wrestling New York/ Showcase Championship Wrestling **CWNY Heavyweight Championship (1 time) **SCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *

( 1 time) - with

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( 1 time) **

MCW Tag Team Championship The MCW Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling tag team championship owned by the MCW Pro Wrestling promotion. The title was created and debuted on August 18, 1998, at a MCW live event. The inaugural champions were The Headbangers (Mo ...

( 1 time) - with Danny Jaxx *

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( 1 time) *

Florida **

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(

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) *

Force One Pro Wrestling **Force One Pro Wrestling Heavyweight Championship (2 times) *

Upstate **NWA Upstate Heavyweight Championship (2 times) *''

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'' **PWI ranked him #118 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the

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in 2001 *World Wrestling Stars Alliance **WWSA Championship (1 time) *WrestlePro **WrestlePro Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Craig Steelehttps://www.cagematch.net//?id=5&nr=2948 *Wrestling Action of Today **WAT Florida Heavyweight Championship (1 time) **WAT Championship of the Galaxy (1 time) *

XPW Television Championship The XPW Television Championship was introduced in 2001 by Xtreme Pro Wrestling and the champion was decided in a one night tournament at XPW's ''Damage Inc.'' event, which featured competitors such as Konnan, Johnny Webb, Kid Kaos, Dynamite D and ...

( 1 time)

References

External links

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