{"id":83069,"date":"2021-01-18T15:54:51","date_gmt":"2021-01-18T20:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=83069"},"modified":"2021-01-18T15:54:51","modified_gmt":"2021-01-18T20:54:51","slug":"el-australiano-australian-suicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/01\/18\/el-australiano-australian-suicide\/","title":{"rendered":"As El Australiano in AEW, Australian Suicide Gets Biggest Opportunity in US"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week on All Elite Wrestling (AEW)<\/strong>‘s YouTube series, AEW DARK<\/em>, fans saw Dark Order<\/strong>‘s Alex Reynolds & John Silver<\/strong> defeat the tandem of KC Navarro & El Australiano<\/strong> in tag team action. For many, it was just another in a long line of smaller name indie stars losing to established AEW personalities, but to fans of Australia-by-way-of Mexican high flyer Australian Suicide<\/strong> (who was renamed as El Australiano for AEW), it was hoped to be the sign of something more. An 18-year veteran, first of the Australian indies and then in Mexico with AAA Lucha Libre<\/strong>, Australian Suicide has been a worldwide star who had yet to fully break into the US market. But the announcement that he was returning this week on\u00a0AEW DARK\u00a0<\/em>in singles action against the talented Sammy Guevara<\/strong> offered hope that US audiences would finally get a proper look at a wrestler who has only recently made a move into the US indies.<\/p>\n

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El Australiano began his career in 2008 in Victoria, Australia, starting out with Slam Factory Wrestling (SFW)<\/strong>, where he began competing as Ryan Rollins<\/strong> in the tag team Team Awesome<\/strong> alongside Jay Webster<\/strong>. He would spend his early days in multiple Victoria-based indie promotions, such as Alpha Pro Wrestling, Warzone Wrestling Australia (WWA)<\/strong>, and Rampage Wrestling Association (RWA)<\/strong>, where he won the RWA No Limits Championship in the summer of 2009. A year later, he made his debut for one of Australia’s largest indie promotions, Melbourne City Wrestling (MCW)<\/strong>, at their 2010 edition of MCW Clash of Titans<\/strong><\/em>, in a loss to Pyro<\/strong> (who himself would go on to become 2x MCW Heavyweight Champion and top Australian indie star Dowie James<\/strong>), as well as another huge Aussie indie, Pro Wrestling Australia (PWA)<\/strong>. He would continue to rise in the Australian indies, working with MCW, PWA, and others, like Riot City Wrestling (RCW), New Age Wrestling (NAW)<\/strong>, and more.<\/p>\n