Some of the best personas in professional wrestling are ones where the wrestler portrays an extension of himself.
Skateboarding to the ring is that extension for Darby Allin.
Hailing from the Seattle, Allin longed to become a pro skateboarder and pro wrestler.
He did well but did not go professional in skateboarding. Pro wrestling, he did, and is doing well there, too.
A young standout in the wrestling business, Allin is a talented, unique contributor on the All Elite Wrestling roster.
In my audio interview with Darby Allin, he discusses AEW, skateboarding, Chris Jericho, Cody Rhodes, Jim Ross, punk pock, merch, the indies, Ronin Pro, COVID-19 and more.
Allin was reluctant in bridging the two sports (skateboarding and pro wrestling). He has many friends in skateboarding at all levels, and the skateboarding community was not really receptive toward pro wrestling — similar to MMA fans with pro wrestling several years ago.
Heeding the advice of AEW’s Chris Jericho, who is one of the best in the sport, Allin is riding a skateboard to the ring (and beyond) sometimes. Thus, with Allin’s background, he brings legitimacy to a skateboarding wrestler, changing some of that old mind-set. His friends in that agile, athletic, risky, wheel boarding industry are impressed and supportive.
Since signing with the hot, upstart company AEW, Allin has already wrestled in a title match against Jericho on AEW’s signature weekly TV series, “AEW Dynamite: on TNT. Months prior, he went to a time limit draw against AEW co-founder Cody Rhodes at Fyter Fest. Recently, Allin was chosen for the inaugural AEW TNT TV title tournament.
About Darby Allin
Allin, 27, of Seattle made his pro wrestling debut in 2015. Growing up, he did some amateur wrestling, before turning his attention to skateboarding and later pro wrestling. A punk rock music fan, his wrestling name is derived from the front-man of the Germs, Darby Crash, and the transgressive musician GG Allin.
Learning from Jericho — a wrestler, rocker, podcast host, TV dance star, MTV contributor, show host, cruise director and more — has helped Allin in the ring and out.
Allin, proud of straight-edge lifestyle, studied at a film school in Arizona. He has aspirations of making movies, especially documentaries.
Allin’s wrestling style is aerial, taking risks, but he became careful on the indies, because some promoters tried to take wrestling liberties on him, requesting he do something outlandish, at a greater risk, in a match. Allin quickly learned to take care of himself by refusing certain moves from high places. He spoke highly of Ronin Pro Wrestling in South Florida, remembering a good experience working with Promoter Trevor TC Read.
Allin progressed nicely in a short amount of time with a good look, different. He worked smooth, mature in the ring beyond his years.
Allin also wrestled for Evolve, Lucha Libre AAA, Progress and South Florida’s BluePrint Pro, before signing last year with AEW as one of its original members.
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This story was originally published May 05, 2020 4:47 PM.
