Donovan Dijak

Donovan Dijak

Dijak with the CW Heavyweight Championship belt
Birth name Christopher Dijak[1]
Born (1987-04-23) April 23, 1987[2]
Leominster, Massachusetts[2]
Residence Tyngsborough, Massachusetts
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Donovan Dijak[3]
Billed height 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)[3]
Billed weight 266 lb (121 kg)[3]
Billed from Worcester, Massachusetts
Trained by Brian Fury
Debut 2013[3]
Dijak at a 2016 BEYOND WRESTLING event in Massachusetts

Christopher Dijak is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Donovan Dijak. He is currently signed to Ring of Honor (ROH).

Early life

Dijak grew up in Lunenburg, Massachusetts and was a standout three sport athlete at Lunenburg High School. Dijak excelled specifically at football, as he was heavily recruited by many top New England area college football programs. Dijak was named the 2005 Sentinel & Enterprise Male Scholar Athlete of the Year, a Central Massachusetts Shriners All-Star selection, and was named a captain and selected as the team MVP during his senior season. Ultimately, Dijak accepted a scholarship to play college football for the UMass Minutemen.[4]

After redshirting his freshman season at UMass and struggling to adjust at the large campus, Dijak ultimately decided to transfer to Bridgewater State University, a mid-sized liberal arts college located approximately 20 miles outside Boston, Massachusetts. At Bridgewater State, Dijak excelled at both football and basketball, leading the football team in both tackles and sacks in his junior and senior year, and led the basketball team in rebounding his senior year. Dijak also earned all-league honors in both sports. He was also named to the NCAA Division III Football East Region All-American team in his senior season playing for the Bears. Dijak graduated from Bridgewater State in 2010 with a Bachelor's Degree in Criminal Justice.[5][6][7]

Professional wrestling career

Ring of Honor (2014–present)

He made his debut in Ring of Honor on July 27 at Future of Honor 2, first defeating Stokely Hathaway and then falling in defeat to Moose.[8] Dijak won the 2015 Top Prospect Tournament, defeating Will Ferrara in the finals.[3] This victory allowed him to face Jay Lethal for the ROH World Television Championship. However, he refused to take this opportunity and instead joined Truth Martini's The House of Truth, establishing himself as a heel.[3] His first match as a member of the House of Truth took place on March 7, teaming with J Diesel and beating the team of Brutal Burgers (Bob Evans and Cheeseburger).[9] On June 19, at Best in the World 2015, he wrestled against Mark Briscoe on a losing effort.[10] He managed to win his next pay-per-view match against Takaaki Watanabe at Death Before Dishonor XIII.

On December 19, he was banned from Truth Martini's stable, initially turning face in the process. However, at the February 27, 2016 ROH TV tapings, Dijak came out with Prince Nana and attacked Truth Martini, turning heel again and making a rare double-turn with Jay Lethal.[11]

Other promotions

Dijak has also wrestled for Chaotic Wrestling, where he won the CW Heavyweight Championship by defeating Mark Shurman in October 2014. After a reign of 148 days, he lost the title against Chase Del Monte on March 21, 2015.[12]

In wrestling

Dijak during a Lucky Pro Wrestling match against Anthony Greene

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. 1 2 "Cagematch profile".
  2. 1 2 "Donovan Dijak". The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved May 18, 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Donovan Dijak". Ring of Honor. Retrieved May 18, 2015.
  4. ↑ http://www.umassathletics.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/dijak_chris00.html
  5. ↑ http://www.sentinelandenterprise.com/ci_10886116?source=rss_emailed
  6. ↑ http://www.lowellsun.com/sports/ci_28475377/ring-life-has-hold-tyngsboro-man
  7. ↑ http://www.mascac.com/sports/fball/news/2009-10/Bridgewater_Enterprise_Preview
  8. ↑ Namako, Jason (July 29, 2014). "7/27 Future of Honor Results: Laurel, Delaware (8-Man Tag)". Wrestleview. Retrieved May 18, 2015.
  9. ↑ Metzger, Mike (March 30, 2015). "Metzger's ROH TV report 3/29: Samoa Joe vs. Kyle O'Reilly main event, The Decade's new Young Boy, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved May 18, 2015.
  10. ↑ "06/19 Powell's ROH Best in the World 2015 pay-per-view live review: ROH Champion Jay Briscoe vs. ROH TV Champion Jay Lethal for both titles, Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian vs. Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly in a No DQ match for the ROH Tag Titles, A.J. Styles and The Young Bucks vs. Adam Cole, Michael Bennett, and Matt Taven". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
  11. ↑ 2/27 RING OF HONOR TV TAPING RESULTS FROM LAS VEGAS, NV - PWInsider.com
  12. 1 2 "CW Heavyweight Championship history".
  13. ↑ Metzger, Mike (January 19, 2015). "Metzger's ROH TV report 1/18: Del Rio (El Patron) makes TV debut, Briscoe defends ROH Title, more from packed show". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved May 18, 2015.
  14. ↑ Metzger, Mike (February 9, 2015). "Metzger's ROH TV report 2/8: Briscoes & ODB vs. The Kingdom main event, big Tag Title feud segment between ReDragon & Young Bucks, Top Prospect tourney continues". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved May 18, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Lethal vs Dijak signed for May 11th in Toronto". Ring of Honor. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
  16. ↑ "LCW Keystone Cup 2015 - Saturday Show". Retrieved January 17, 2016.
  17. ↑ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2015". The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved October 7, 2015.

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