Darius Martin (born September 20, 1999) is an American

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currently signed to

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(AEW). He performs alongside his younger brother

Dante Martin Dante Martin (born March 3, 2001) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). He performs alongside his older brother Darius Martin as part of the tag team Top Flight. Professional wrestling career Inde ...

as part of the tag team

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Professional wrestling career

Independent circuit (2016-2020)

Darius Martin along with his brother Dante received his training from The Academy: School Of Professional Wrestling in Minnesota by Ken Anderson and they made their professional wrestling debut in 2016 as the tag team Top Flight. Prior to AEW, Martin wrestled for Ireland’s

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based in Illinois,

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, and Black Label Pro.

All Elite Wrestling (2020-present)

On the October 27, 2020 episode of

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, Top Flight made their All Elite Wrestling (AEW) debut where they lost to Evil Uno and Stu Grayson of

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. On the November 18 episode of

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, Top Flight fought

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in a losing effort. On November 23, it announced that they had signed with the company. In February 2021, Darius was sidelined with a torn ACL thus taking him out of action and leaving Dante on his own as a singles competitor. On the March 2, 2022 episode of Dynamite, Darius made his return in the tag team

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reuniting with his brother Dante, where he would last until the end being eliminated by Matt Jackson of

Championships and Accomplishments

*Canadian Wrestling Elite **CWE Canadian Unified Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time) * Chikara **Rey de Voladores (2018) *F1RST Wrestling **F1RST Wrestling Wrestlepalooza Championship (1 time) *GALLI Lucha Libre **Copa Valadores (2019) *Glory Pro Resurgence **Glory Pro Resurgence Championship (1 time) *Glory Pro Wrestling **United Glory Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Angel Dorado **Gateway to Glory Tournament (2018) *Heavy on Wrestling **HOW Undisputed Championship (2 times) *Independent Wrestling International **IWI Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Angel Dorado *Pro Wrestling Battleground **PWB Battleground Championship (1 time) **PWB Breakout Championship (1 time) *''

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'' **Ranked No. 343 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the ''

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References

1999 births Living people 21st-century professional wrestlers Place of birth missing (living people) All Elite Wrestling personnel American male professional wrestlers Professional wrestlers from Minneapolis {{US-prowrestling-bio-stub