Dorling



Dorling (full name Christopher Stephen Dorling) was born in Norwich, England on September 30th 1983. He became interested in wrestling at a young age, and began working hard to achieve his goals from the age of 10.

The early years
Dorling's first foray into professional wrestling came with the Norwich based promotion Norwich Death Wrestling (NDW) - a federation famed for its hardcore division. He entered this federation at the age of 16 with his life long friend Gary Matsell. Success took a long time to come in NDW for Dorling however - minor disagreements with the head booker and scuffles with other developmental talent confined him to the junior division of NDW (the NJDW) while his friend Matsell, now wrestling under the gimmick of Gary 'The Machine' Matsell was surging towards main event status. Indeed, it was in the match where Matsell finally won the NDW heavyweight belt where Dorling finally made his long awaited NDW debut, heading off interference from 'Dangerous' Dan Stokes as Matsell defeated his brother Brian in the ring.

Matsell and Dorling became tag team partners shortly after this, and became tag champions within two months. However, a badly separated shoulder and subsequent pain killer addiction spelt the end of Dorling's time in NDW. Matsell held on to the belt for 5 months until the NDW folded, and Matsell gave up wrestling.

The EWF
Dorling was officially released by NDW on 15 August 2002, and entered rehab to cure his painkiller addiction. After leaving rehab, he returned to a job in manual labour until a brief meeting with Matsell in July 2005 convinced him to return to the ring. Dorling had a tryout and was signed by the Extreme Wrestling Federation (the EWF). The federation included such stars as Jose Raymond and the S-Bomber. Backstage arguments between the federations biggest stars and Dorling (with his newly acquired tag team partner - a 6'10'' Russian named Vorian) led to Dorling being suspended and fined. On his return, an improved attitude led to a 15 match winning streak, ended by the S-Bomber in a 4 man ladder match for the cruserweight title. Within 5 months though, the EWF folded, and Dorling was once again left with no federation.

Black Dawn Wrestling
Dorling was signed by BDW in early 2006, and slowly began to accumulate a reputation on the roster for being technically proficient and full of guts. It was in BDW that he won his first championship, the BDW Bloodbath Title, from E.Legal, a belt he still holds today, as BDW folded shorlty after. It was in BDW that Dorling met some of the wrestlers he continually finds himself in contact with, such as Scotty Mac, Wayne Don, Daemon, and Kram.

R.A.G.E.
Dorling moved to Riot All Gathering Entertainment after the demise of BDW. Here he increased his reputation in the wrestling world, and remained undefeated for his entire tenure. He briefly formed a tag team with Syn. During his time in R.A.G.E., Dorling scored pin fall vitories over Rick Ice, Josh Woodrum, Daemon and Syn but to name a few. It was also during his time in R.A.G.E. that Gary Matsell returned to Dorling's life to be his manager and 'merchandise and public appearance guy.'

New Way Wrestling
After the folding of R.A.G.E. in mid 2006, Dorling took a two month hiatus from the wrestling ring, before eventually showing up at NWW, the federation run by Danny Tenegra. After proving himself in a tryout match, Dorling went on to recover from his opening loss to Maxx Imum to go on a ten match winning streak, taking out names such as Graves, Rick Ice, Weird Ryan and Lloyd 'The One' Jackson on his way to winning the Xtreme title - a title he held for well over 100 days until having to relinquish it due to injury in late January 2007. During his time in NWW, Matsell's influence over Dorling's career grew, resulting in a higher public profile for the wrestler amongst some 'interesting' public appearances and paid commercials.

The ISGA
Dorling made a big impact on entering the ISGA, taking out the invaders from the EWC East, and stealing the World Title Belt from MDK. In his first competitive match in the ISGA, Dorling earned a pinfall victory over MDK, in what is surely the biggest win of his career so far. He has also earned victories over Scotty Mac and Wayne Don in his short time in the ISGA, and is currently the number one contender to MDK's World Title.

Injury
Dorling suffered an injury to his left hamstring and a fracture to his collarbone at the hands of Scotty Mac and co. on the January 23rd edition of NWW Tuesday Night Live and is currently on the inactive list. He is scheduled to return in April to face MDK for the ISGA World Heavyweight Title, and has vowed to be in peak physical condition for the match.