Marshé Rockett (born January 5, 1985) is an American

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currently signed to the

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(NWA). He is known for his time with

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Professional wrestling career

Independent circuit (2006–present)

Rockett made his professional wrestling debut in 2005 at a

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event, winning the WCPW Lightweight Championship from Justin Adams. On June 24, 2006, at a Windy City Pro Wrestling event, Rockett would lose a three-way match against Abaddon and Acid Jaz for the WCPW League Title. In 2007 Rocket would go on to form the tag team

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with Willie Richardson and C. Red. As a singles wrestler and member of Da Soul Touchaz, Rockett would wrestle throughout the independent circuit, most notably for CHIKARA,

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, DREAMWAVE Wrestling and

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. On December 1, 2012, Rockett would go on to win the DREAMWAVE Alternative Championship from Ace Martino. Rockett would hold on to the belt for 371 days before losing it to Reed Bentley on December 7, 2013. On November 9, 2014, Rockett became RPW Heavyweight Championship, defeating Josephus and becoming RPW's fourth Heavyweight Champion.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling / Impact Wrestling (2016–2017)

On March 24, 2016, it was announced that Rockett was one of five new signees to the Impact roster. On August 8, Rockett made his debut at TNA's One Night Only: X-Travaganza event, defeating Mandrews to qualify for a number one contender seven-man

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at the end of the night, losing to Braxton Sutter. Rockett made his ''

'' debut on the October 6 episode, teaming with the Helms Dynasty (

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and

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) and losing a Team X Gold match against

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, Mandrews and Sutter. The following week, Rockett received an

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match, losing against DJZ. On the November 24 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Rockett and the Helms Dynasty would team up once more in a Team X Gold triple threat elimination match, losing to Team Go for Broke (DJZ, Mandrews and Sutter) alongside Decay (

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and

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) and

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, where the winning team would receive number one contendership for the X Division Championship. On January 6, 2017, at TNA's One Night Only: Live! event, he lost to

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. On January 26, at

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, Rockett competed in a five-way match for the X Division Championship, which was won by DJZ. On February 10, at TNA's One Night Only: Joker's Wild event, Rockett was randomly teamed with Everett and lost to the team of Eddie Edwards and

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to qualify for the gauntlet battle royal later in the night. On the April 13 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Rockett competed in a four-way match won by Andrew Everett. On the May 11 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', he failed to capture the

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from

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, losing in the second round. On November 1, Rockett announced on

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that he had departed from Impact Wrestling.

National Wrestling Alliance (2021–present)

On the March 23, 2021 episode of ''

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'', Rockett made his debut for the promotion in a three-way match to determine the number one contender to the

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, which was won by

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. On the April 20 episode of ''NWA Powerrr'', he had another chance at the TV Title contendership in a three-way match, which was won by Tyrus. On the May 25 episode of ''NWA Powerrr'', Rockett competed in a

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to determine the number one contender to the

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, which was won by

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. On June 6, at When Our Shadows Fall, Rockett teamed with Slice Boogie in a four-way tag team match, losing to La Rebelión ( Mecha Wolf and

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). On the July 13 episode of ''NWA PowerrrSurge'', Rockett got his first televised win by defeating Jeremiah Plunkett. The following weeks saw Rockett participate in the NWA Champions Series, being drafted to

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and

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's team, and losing to Kamille and

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. On August 29, at the

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, Rockett comepted in a battle royal to determine the number one contender to the

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, which was won by Judais. On the September 7 episode of ''NWA Powerrr'', Rockett teamed with Slice Boogie to participate in the

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Eliminator Tournament, but were eliminated by The Big Strong Pals (Matthew Mims and

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) in the first round. On the October 5 episode of ''NWA Powerrr'', Rockett and Boogie competed in a three-way Lucha Scramble match, which was won by La Rebelión. On the December 14 episode of ''NWA Powerrr'', Rockett was signed by

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to join Idolmania Sports Management. On the January 4, 2022 episode of ''NWA Powerrr'', Rockett teamed with Jordan Clearwater to defeat Cyon in a

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. On the January 15 episode of '' NWA USA'', he defeated

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. On the February 8 episode of ''NWA Powerrr'', Rockett teamed with Clearwater and Tyrus to participate in a Team War match, losing to

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and The End (Odinson and Parrow). On the February 19 episode of ''NWA USA'', Rockett lost a non-title bout against NWA National Champion

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, with a title shot given to him had he won. On March 19, during night one of the

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, Rockett teamed with Clearwater under the name Gold Rushhh to compete in the namesake tournament, defeating Strictly Business (Adonis and Thom Latimer) in the first round but lost to The Commonwealth Connection ( Doug Williams and Harry Smith) in the quarterfinals. The following week on ''NWA USA'', Rockett fought

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to determine the number one contender to the NWA National Championship, but it ended in a double disqualification. On the April 9 episode of ''NWA USA'', Rockett teamed with NWA National Champion

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to defeat The Fixers (Bradley and Wrecking Ball Legursky), with Rockett getting the pin to gain a shot at Dane's title. Three weeks later, Rockett fought Dane for the title in a losing effort. In August, at the

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, Rockett teamed with Gold Rushhh partner Clearwater to face The Country Gentlemen (AJ Cazana and Anthony Andrews) in a losing effort on the night one pre-show, and failed to capture the revived

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on night two in a tag team battle royal. On the September 24 episode of ''NWA USA'', Rockett teamed with Gold Rushhh partner Clearwater to challenge The Fixers for the NWA United States Tag Team Championship, but failed to win the titles. The following week, he competed in a tournament qualifier for the vacant NWA World Television Championship, but was eliminated by Cazana.

Championships and accomplishments

*Chicago Style Wrestling/Southland Championship Wrestling **CSW Heavyweight Championship (3 times) **CSW/SCW Southland Heavyweight Championship (2 times) **CSW Metra Division Championship (2 times) **SCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Sean Mulligan *Crash Tested Wrestling **CTW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *DeathGrip Wrestling **King of Bourbon Street (2009) *DREAMWAVE Wrestling **DREAMWAVE Alternative Championship (1 time) **DREAMWAVE Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Brubaker **DREAMWAVE World Championship (1 time) *Elite Pro Wrestling **Elite Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Acid Jaz and Willie Richardson¹ *Freelance Underground **FU Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Acid Jaz *Gladiadores Aztecas de Lucha Libre Internacional **GALLI Tag Team Championship (8 time) – with Willie Richardson and Acid Jaz *Global Professional Wrestling **GPW Battle Royal Championship (1 time) **GPW Championship (1 time) *

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**Candido Cup (2008) – with Acid Jaz *Pro Wrestling Blitz **PWB No Limits Championship (1 time) *

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(1 time) – with Bryce Benjamin *

** RPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *SmashMouth Pro Wrestling **SmashMouth Tag Team Championship (1 time, current) – with Acid Jaz *Stars & Stripes Wrestling **SSW Lightweight Championship (1 time) **SSW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Acid Jaz, Willie Richarson, Trauma, Dymond and C. Red¹ *Urban American Pro Wrestling **UAPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Acid Jaz *WAR Pro Wrestling **WAR Championship (1 time) **WAR Tag Team Championship (1 time, current) – with Acid Jaz *

** WCPW Lightweight Championship (1 time) *Wisconsin Pro Wrestling **WPW Sheboygan Lakers Championship (1 time) ¹

defended the title under the

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References

External links

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