Michael Docimo
| Darkness | |
|---|---|
 Darkness in 2013 | |
| Birth name | Michael Docimo |
| Born |
1980 Barstow, California, USA |
| Residence | Portland, Oregon |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) |
Darkness Dirk Ness(-Tucker) |
| Billed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Billed weight | 268 lb (122 kg) |
| Billed from | The Darkest Corners of your Mind |
| Trained by |
Drake Fortune Eric Watts Mike Knox Roscoe Tucker |
| Debut | August 4, 2013 |
Michael Docimo (born 1980) is an American professional wrestler, known by his ring name, Darkness.[1] He is best known for his appearances in Alpha Omega Wrestling, NWA-Blue Collar Wrestling, This Is Indy Pro Wrestling, Allied Independent Wrestling Federation and Brian Kendrick’s Wrestling Pro Wrestling.
Professional wrestling career
Early career
Darkness debuted August 4, 2013 for Alpha Omega Wrestling against Drake Fortune in Palm Desert, California. Promotional videos were shown before his debut showing attacks on Fortune and his tag team partner Steven Andrews. Darkness was brought to the ring in an upright coffin by his manager "The Mastermind" J.J. Young who controlled him by mystical forces. Darkness and Young feuded with Fortune throughout the Fall in various types of matches with the culmination of a No Disqualification Casket Match which Darkness lost due to outside interference from Andrews and Specter.
After the Casket match Darkness ventured outside of AΩW and competed in the debut show of "I Am Independent Pro Wrestling" as well as Brian Kendrick's "Wrestling Pro Wrestling" in Los Angeles, California and TWF in Turlock Ca.
Dirk Ness-Tucker (2014–2015)
In July 2014 Darkness was facing "The American Oni" when his head was hit between the ring post and a chair from Oni. "The Master Mind" J.J. Young lost control over Darkness as he fled the arena. The week following a video was posted declaring that Dirk Ness-Tucker was the actual personality behind Darkness and that Young had possessed him and used him as his personal instrument of destruction to take his revenge on Fortune.
Dirk revealed that he was the nephew of former owner "Stepdaddy" Roscoe Tucker and they aligned to fight the "Regime" faction who had taken control of AΩW away from Stepdaddy.
Darkness Returns (2015-present)
On February 20, 2015 Darkness returned, making his debut in Portland, Oregon in the National Wrestling Alliance sanctioned Blue Collar Wrestling (BCW) against Blake Grayson and was added to the roster where he wrestles on a regular basis.
Upon his arrival Darkness started carrying a skull to ringside where he would converse with it and receive orders and advice. On a few occasions when his opponent is getting an upper hand Darkness would actually have arguments with the skull and become frustrated. After a match with Psydsho who attempted to steal the skull Darkness employed a minion only known as "The keeper of the skull" to protect the skull which now resided in an ornate wooden box that the keeper carries at ringside.
Unholy Alliance teaming with Emperor Void
In April 2015 Darkness was pitted against Emperor Void, who had returned to BCW after a prolonged absence from the company. Their first match was a brutal fight that led to Darkness injuring Void's shoulder putting him out of action. Weeks later Darkness issued an open challenge in the ring after his opponent for the night Buddy Highway declined to appear. When seemingly no one would take him up on the offer Darkness was returning to the locker room when Void blasted through the curtain and speared him onto the concrete floor of the arena. The two then battled in a series of matches and interfered in each other's fights with other opponents. BCW management decided that having the two disrupting the shows wasn't going to stand and the two would have to work together as a tag team against Dave Havok and Demarcus James who were currently feuding and interfering in each other's matches as well. What was billed as the "Unholy Alliance", Void and Darkness were forced to team with each other or face firing from BCW. After the 5 contractual matches the two were forced into the final teaming of the two occurred at the NWA-BCW "Clash of the Titans" show in a triple threat tag team title match that saw Void being pinned by Zach Winters who used a foreign object to knock Void out for the pinfall.
In wrestling
- Finishing and Signature moves
As Darkness
- "Lights Out" Double Underhook Piledriver
- "Final Decent" Swinging Sidewalk Slam into a Facebuster
- "Darkness Falls" Lifts opponent onto shoulder, chokes, then falling neckbreaker
- "Lord of the Black Hand" Clawhold to face with a lifting slam while wearing a glove
- "Dredd Lock" Crossed Arm Sleeper Hold
As Dirk Ness
- "Two Buck Chuck-Slam" Chokeslam into reverse Chokeslam
- "Bone Snapper Deluxe" Spinning Toe Hold
- Nicknames
- "The Torture Technician"
References
- ↑ "Pro Wrestler Darkness Profile url=http://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=15193&gimmick=Darkness++++".