Real Name: Darrin Stearns
Wrestling Persona: Phoenix
Height:6'
Weight: 202 lbs
Hometown: Brockport, NY, USA
Age: 22
Birthdate: 4/2/78
Years Experience: 3 1/2

Alignment: Face/Heel Combo although he leans more towards heel. Phoenix mostly gets heel heat, but will get a face pop when he pulls out weapons.
Gimmick: Basically, Phoenix is a self-proclaimed loser who tries to impress people so that they’ll accept him, but he doesn’t think they ever will.

Wrestling Style: Hardcore

Theme Music: "Close the Door" by Prong

Physical Appearance: Phoenix has basically a normal build although he is slightly more muscular than the average person. He has dark brown hair which is cut short, a clean shaven face, and deep blue eyes. Phoenix doesn’t have piercings or tattoos, but he does have many scars, some of which are several inches long, that run up and down his arms as well as across his chest, back and neck. His most notable scar however the one inch scar that runs vertically down his face from underneath his right eye.

In-Ring Attire: Torn black corduroy shorts, a black t-shirt with the sleeves torn off and the word “Zero” written on it in white letters, black knee pads, and black wrestling boots.

Casual Attire: Basically the same thing, although he sometimes will wear black corduroy pants instead of shorts.

Life History: Phoenix was born as an only child in Brockport, NY, a small and out in the middle nowhere suburb of Rochester, and spent the first 19 years of his life there living with his abusive and alcoholic father as his mother ran off and married a truck driver when he was only eight years old. Although Phoenix missed his mother greatly at the time, he quickly came to believe that she had left her family because of something that he did which was the idea that his father had been drilling into his head. While Phoenix was in school, he was constantly picked on and isolated by the other kids because he lived in a trailer and never had new or clean clothes to wear. As a result, he quickly grew to hate school as it wasn’t a place of learning but rather a place of torment. Throughout his years at home, Phoenix’s father disapproved of everything he did and was sure to let him know about it through his drunken beatings of Phoenix. The only time the two ever got along was when they would watch the weekly Saturday morning wrestling programs. In June 1997, Phoenix returned home from school to tell his father that he had failed his senior year of high school for a second time. His father, in one of his normal drunken rages, began to attack and brutally beat Phoenix leaving him with a concussion, a broken arm, and even more emotional scars. Phoenix then told his dad that he was never going to see him and ran out of the house. He didn’t stop running until reached a local arena where an independent wrestling show was being put on. Phoenix explained his situation to the show’s promoter and told him that he would do anything to stay involved in wrestling, his only comfort. The promoter took a liking to Phoenix and took him into his home allowing him to work with the ring crew at shows while he could sometimes train with a veteran wrestler if there was time. Phoenix worked and trained this way for about 2 years. Although he did learn quite a bit about pro wrestling, he became exceptionally good at taking beatings and taking falls. The promoter was incredibly proud of his newfound talent and gave him the name “Phoenix” for his ability to constantly keep getting back up. After these two years, Phoenix ventured out on his own to work for various indy feds where he achieved little or no success. Then, in the spring of 2000, he signed on with Absolutely Insane Wrestling. Although he still didn’t find too much success, he became a fan favorite because of his hardcore style of wrestling. After the federation closed down in May of 2000, Phoenix took some time off from wrestling to recuperate from the numerous injuries he was suffering from. In September of 2000, Phoenix was signed to his next contract as joined the HWF.

Acknoledgements/Awards: Won the Internet Title and was voted wrestler of the week three consecutive weeks in AIW. HWF Hardcore Title.
Previous Federations Wrestled In: Absolutely Insane Wrestling

Specialty Match: Basically anything that’s no DQ where Phoenix can get his hands on a weapon.
Weapon of Choice: Fluorescent Light Bulbs

Trademark Moves:
1. Twisting Bulldog In Corner
2. DDT
3. Front Suplex (sometimes onto the ring ropes)
4. Cradle Piledriver
5. Sidewalk Slam
6. "Innocence Lost" Kick to Groin in Corner

Major Trademark Move:
Tree of Woe into a Baseball Slide in the Corner

Finishing Moves:
"Into The Ashes" Inverted Implant DDT

Variations of Finishers:
It can be done onto something like a chair or through a table.