What age is Darby Allin?

Darby Allin (real name: Samuel Ratsch), the pro-level grappler is hailed from America and has been signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) since 2019. He formerly appeared in several free wrestling promotions like Full Impact Pro, Major League Wrestling, Game Changer Wrestling (GCW), The Wrestling REVOLVER, EVOLVE Wrestling, Blue Collar Wrestling, Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide, Pro Wrestling Guerilla, and Progress Wrestling.

Darby likewise won the NEW Heavyweight Championship (one time) while he was performing in the Northeast Wrestling. He won the Dynamite Award for Male Breakout Star of the Year (male) in the year 2021. Darby Allin additionally won the AEW TNT Championship (two times). Darby came out on top for the AEW’s Royal Rampage in the year 2023. Darby Allin was placed at the 14th spot of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 list in 2021 and won the Wrestling Observer Newsletter's Non-Heavyweight MVP in the same year.

Darby Allin age

Darby Allin was born on 7th January 1993 in Seattle, Washington, United States of America. Darby is 30 years old as of September 2023.

Early life

Darby Allin participated in track and field events and was associated with football during his childhood as one of his grandfathers played in the National Football League. He likewise participated in amateur wrestling simply because he thought it was like professional wrestling. He later went to a film school in Arizona for training but departed from there to make a fruitful career in skateboarding. As Darby was in contact with Matt Schlager, he showed up in video clips with his companions on Ridiculousness on a regular basis, until one video was excessively outrageous for the program to broadcast. Darby intentionally left his home and became homeless for almost three years.

Wrestling style and persona

Darby Allin integrates numerous components of his own life into his professional wrestling persona. His present ring name Darby Allin is taken from the popular vocalist Darby Crash of the band 'Germs' and the unorthodox music artist GG Allin as he was a longtime follower of rock music. His unique face paint in which he paints a portion of his face in a design of a skull is conceived out of Allin's belief that he has been "half dead" since enduring a horrible car crash in which his uncle passed away.

One more part of Darby's background he integrates into his wrestling is skating as he rides a skateboard to the ring during his entry and infrequently involves it as a weapon. Before making it to the professional wrestling world, Darby likewise looked to be an expert skateboarder. He was at first reluctant to incorporate his skating into his ace wrestling profession, expecting that both the wrestling and skating fans would see it as inauthentic. Notwithstanding, he conquered his convictions after having consolation and advice from 'Y2J' Chris Jericho.