Australian Suicide (wrestler)

Australian Suicide
Birth nameBroderick Shepherd
Born(1992-12-09)9 December 1992
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died6 March 2025(2025-03-06) (aged 32)
Chimalhuacán, State of México, Mexico
Cause of deathCardiac arrest
Spouse
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(m. 2021⁠–⁠2025)​
(until his death)
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Australian Suicide
El Australiano
Hexagon Dark
Ryan Rollins
Billed height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Billed weight70 kg (150 lb)
Billed fromMexico City, Mexico
Trained byCarlo Cannon[citation needed]
Gran Apache
Lance Storm
Debut2005

Broderick Shepherd (9 December 1992 – 6 March 2025) was an Australian professional wrestler, best known by the ring name Australian Suicide, who worked for Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), where he was an AAA World Cruiserweight Champion. Before arriving in Mexico, Shepherd competed in other independent companies in both Australia and the United States under the name Ryan Rollins.

Professional wrestling career

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Independent circuit (2005–2013)

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Shepherd began fighting in various promotions under the name of Ryan Rollins during his early years in both Australia and other companies such as National Wrestling Alliance (NWA),[1] Melbourne City Wrestling,[1] Slam Factory Wrestling[1] and among other promotions.[1]

In 2012, he was trained by Lance Storm while competing in Canada before he arrived on Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide in Mexico in 2013.[2]

Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (2013–2020)

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On 22 September 2013, Rollins debuted in Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) as the luchador enmascarado (masked wrestler) as Australian Suicide teaming up with Angélico and Jack Evans defeating Eterno, Pentagon Jr. and Steve Pain. On 16 March 2014, at Rey de Reyes, Suicide competed for AAA Cruiserweight Championship where he lost to Daga in a four-way elimination match who was involved with Argenis and Super Fly.[3][4] At Triplemanía XXII, Suicide was part of a ten-way elimination match to unify the AAA Fusión and AAA Cruiserweight Championships.[5] At the end of 2015, Suicide had a feud against Daga during all AAA events, including in Triplemanía XXIV where Suicide won the Copa Triplemania against his rival and being attacked by the Daga himself after finishing the match.[6] On October 3 at Héroes Inmortales X, Suicide was defeated by Daga in a Lucha de Apuestas, hair vs mask match, where he was forced to take off his mask and reveal his name, Broderick Shepherd from Melbourne, Australia.[7] During the period of time after losing his mask, Suicide began to modify his character as a gang.[clarification needed] On 4 June 2017 at Verano de Escándalo, Suicide teamed up with Bengala for the AAA World Tag Team Championship where La Secta (Cuervo and Scoria) was crowned.[8] On 26 January 2018 at Guerra de Titanes, Suicide won the AAA World Cruiserweight Championship defeating Lanzeloth for the first time in his career.[9] At Triplemanía XXVI pre-show, Suicide lost his title to Sammy Guevara in a four-way match, and which also involved A. C. H. and Shane Strickland.[10]

On 3 August at Triplemanía XXVII, Suicide teamed up with Vanilla Vargas for the AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship against Sammy Guevara and Scarlett Bordeaux, Niño Hamburguesa and Big Mami and Lady Maravilla and Villano III Jr., where they were crowned as new champions.[11]

All Elite Wrestling (2021)

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On 12 January 2021, Suicide made his debut in American promotion wrestling All Elite Wrestling as El Australiano teaming with KC Navarro losing against The Dark Order (Alex Reynolds and John Silver).[12]

Personal life and death

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Shepherd was married to fellow professional wrestler Vanilla Vargas.[13] On 7 July 2020, Vargas announced on her Twitter that they were expecting their first child together.[14] The couple also left Mexico to live in Puerto Rico before returning to Mexico in 2024.[15][16]

Shepherd died of cardiac arrest on 6 March 2025, at the age of 32.[17] In the weeks leading up to his death, Shepherd had fallen on a staircase and received a blow to the head; he did not seek medical attention. On 5 March, while visiting a market close to Mexico City with his family, he fainted, again hitting his head. He was taken to a hospital in Chimalhuacán, but died shortly after midnight.[18]

Championships and accomplishments

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Luchas de Apuestas record

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See also: Luchas de Apuestas
Winner (wager) Loser (wager) Location Event Date Notes
Daga (hair) Australian Suicide (mask) Monterrey, Nuevo León Héroes Inmortales X 2 October 2016 [7]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Career « Australian Suicide « Wrestlers Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
  2. ^ "AAA Sin Limite « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
  3. ^ "La Parka, Rey de Reyes 2014". Lucha Libre AAA World Wide (in Spanish). 17 March 2014. Archived from the original on 17 March 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  4. ^ Zellner, Kris (17 March 2014). "AAA Rey de Reyes 2014 results and more: The Lucha Report". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
  5. ^ Zellner, Kris (18 August 2014). "Complete AAA Triplemania results and more: The Lucha Report". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  6. ^ a b Ocampo, Ernesto (28 August 2016). "Cobertura y Resultatdos: AAA Triplemania XXIV Psycho Clown vs. Pagano, Regresa Rey Mysterio" (in Spanish). Súper Luchas. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  7. ^ a b "Australian Suicide sin máscara en Héroes Inmortales X" (in Spanish). AAA. 2 October 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  8. ^ "Dos máscaras cayeron en Verano de Escándalo". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). MSN. 5 June 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  9. ^ "AAA Guerra de Titanes 2018 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
  10. ^ "Sammy Guevara se convierte en el nuevo Campeón de Peso Crucero de AAA". solowrestling.com. 26 August 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  11. ^ "AAA Triplemania XXVII live results: Cain Velasquez debuts". The Wrestling Observer Newsletter. 3 August 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  12. ^ "AEW Fallout: Kenny Omega best friends tease, AAA luchador debuting on Dark, more!". Cagesideseats. Manolo Has Pizzazz. 12 January 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  13. ^ Gascó, Carlos (7 March 2025). "Fallece el luchador Australian Suicide". PLANETA WRESTLING (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 March 2025.
  14. ^ Ocampo, Ernesto (9 July 2020). "Australian Suicide y Vanilla Vargas anunciaron su embarazo" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  15. ^ Torres, Joel (6 January 2021). "CWA Announces Upcoming Closed-Door Event; Australian Suicide to wrestle for intercontinental title". Contralona. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
  16. ^ Rueda, Yael (16 July 2024). "Vanilla Vargas regresó a México y quiere una rivalidad con Keira". ESTO (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 March 2025.
  17. ^ "Fallece Broderick Shepherd, luchador conocido como Australian Suicide". Solowrestling. 6 March 2025.
  18. ^ "¿De qué murió Australian Suicide? Autoridades investigan | RÉCORD". www.record.com.mx (in Spanish). 6 March 2025. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  19. ^ "CAGEMATCH » Wrestlers Database » Australian Suicide » Titles". cagematch.net. Cagematch. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
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