Dustin Delta



Dustin Copeland (born April 9th, 1988) is a Canadian professional wrestler. He is more known under his ring name Dustin Delta. He currently has several employers--most notably World Wrestling Headquarters and Glory and Honor Wrestling, in which he competes as Dustin Danielson, the on-screen younger brother of Bryan Danielson, a homage to his mentor and friend. He is much than most wrestlers, but uses that to his advantage, using various high-flying manuevers, and he has a wide variety of submission manuevers.

Early Life and Beginning
Dustin grew up in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, home to many superstars such as Edge, Christian, and countless others. Canada is also native to the famed Hart Family. Keith originally aspired to train for wrestling with Stu Hart, in the infamous Hart Dungeon. His family moved to Calgary when he was twelve, and he had his chance. But Dustin found acrobatics more entertaining than submission tactics. He and Theodore Annis, better known as the infamous Teddy Hart, learned high-flying tactics in a co-operative manner, and Dustin did train in the Hart Dungeon for three years, until the age of fifteen. After his training was finished in the Hart Dungeon, Dustin went on to be the salutatorian of his class in high school, and he went to college in Cleveland.

ECW
Following his finish in college, he began to perform and tour with then WWE developmental territory, Ohio Valley Wrestling, where he became the fastest person to move up to WWE Television from a developmental territory, staying with OVW for only two months. He debuted as part of ECW's New Superstar Initiative in 2008, where he went on for weeks without a win, accumulating a huge, infamous losing streak. His first win came from when he joined The Faction, a group of rookies started by John Bradshaw Layfield. He defeated Mark Henry at New Years Revolution 2009 with heavy assistance from The Faction. The next night on RAW, he faced Rey Mysterio, and defeated him single-handedly, as The Faction members were banned from ringside. This was his first win in his career with WWE. He continued to the next night on ECW, where he faced Matt Hardy and The Brian Kendrick, who was a fellow member of The Faction, for the ECW World Championship, which Dustin won after pinning Matt Hardy. John Bradshaw Layfield came out and demanded that Dustin handover the ECW Championship. Dustin turned on The Faction, nailing JBL in the head with the belt, and joining sides with Revolution, the face stable made to oppose The Faction. That week on SmackDown!, Dustin rejoined The Faction and handed over the ECW Championship to JBL. But Theodore Long, GM of ECW, announced that if JBL wanted to keep the title, he better be ready for a match. Dustin took on JBL for Layfield's newly acquired ECW title, and Dustin won, becoming a two-time ECW World Championship.

Monday Night RAW
In the early 2009, Dustin moved over to RAW, where he started a fued with the returning Kurt Angle, which went on until WrestleMania 25, where they fought in a 2/3 Falls match, each fall having a different stipulation. Dustin won the first fall, which was a table's match. Kurt Angle utilized the Ankle Lock in the second fall, which was designated as a pinfall contest, and Dustin tapped out. Dustin also won the third fall, a stretcher bout. Dustin won the match, and it was adressed on a later date that Kurt didn't score one fall, as the second fall was a pinfall contest, and Kurt used a submission manuever.

Dustin continued on RAW, now beginning a fued with Batista and Hook Cadever for the United States Championship. Hook was attacked backstage, as was Dustin and Batista. Batista returned two weeks following the attack, and told Hook that Dustin was the man who knocked them out. At Extreme Rules, they had a Triple Threat for the United States Championship, which Dustin won. Dustin later lost the title to Zack Ryder before taking a leave of absence from WWE. It was on a later date announced that after a backstage incident, Dustin "stormed out of the arena" and later called WWE Offices, saying he quit.

Ring of Honor (2009)
Dustin made his Ring of Honor debut in August 2009, and began competing immeadietly, winning matches against Scott McGunniess, Austin Aries, and Colt Cobana. Two weeks before Glory By Honor, he won a Battle Royale to become the No. 1 Contender for the ROH Pure Championship. The following week, he defeated long-time friend, Teddy Hart to become to the No. 1 Contender for the ROH World Champion. He became the first superstar in ROH History to become a No. 1 Contender for both championships at the same time. He did not win either title at Glory By Honor, but he did make a friend out of The Sydal Brothers. Nothing major happened in his ROH career following, and he left the promotion in mid-October 2009.

World Wrestling Headquarters (2010 - Present)
Dustin debuted in WWH in May 2010, competing for the InnerCircle brand. In his first appearance, he won a dark match against Colby Henderson. He later teamed up with Violator, another superstar on the rise, to defeat The Millionaire Estates, T. Money and D. Banks, to advance to the main card. He lost to Zack De La Rocha in his first televised appearance, in a qualifying match for the Fatal-4-Way Underground Championship match at Legacy, the 6 year anniversary of the company. The following week on InnerCircle, Dustin attacked Zack backstage, and WWH management decided that De La Rocha could not compete at Legacy, so Dustin was put in the match in his place. Dustin bribed the P.R. rep of Flip Frields into working for him over Flip, which added on to the growing fued between the two. At Legacy, Flip hit Dustin with a Dynasty Driver on the outside of the ring, which let Shaun Ransom pin Raymond Rodriguez and win the Fatal 4 Way, and the Underground Championship. Dustin then went on the lose to Zack De La Rocha on InnerCircle the next episode.

Finishing manuevers

 * Skylon Tower Tempest (Corkscrew Standing Sea Fire Into Crossface)
 * CN Tower Tempest (Shooting Star Double Foot Stomp)

Signature Moves

 * P.E.I. (Spingboard 450 Enziguri)
 * Toronto Airlines (Standing Corkscrew Shooting Star Double Foot Stomp To The Face)

Nicknames

 * The 8-Bit Wonder
 * The Human Fighter Jet

Themes

 * "Open Your Eyes" - Sum 41
 * "Heads Up, Hearts Down" - I Fight Dragons
 * "From The Ashes Of Sin " - EndeverafteR