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4	Frederick "Fred" Douglas Rosser III (born November 2, 1983) is an American [[ProfessionalWrestling professional wrestler]], best known for his time with WWE under the ring name Darren Young.
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6	He began his career in 2002 on the independent circuit. He joined Wrestling/{{WWE}} in 2005, and was signed on to its developmental brand, Florida Championship Wrestling (now [[Wrestling/{{WWENXT}} NXT]]), in 2009.
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8	From 2010 to 2011, he was a member of Wrestling/TheNexus, before returning to NXT. In 2012, he formed an alliance with Wrestling/TitusONeil, the Wrestling/PrimeTimePlayers. Together, they were one-time WWE Tag Team Champions, before disbanding in 2014 after an attack by Titus, eventually turning into a feud. They briefly reunited in 2015-2016, before going their separate ways.
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10	In 2013, he came out as gay, becoming the first WWE pro-wrestler to come out while still signed on.
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12	He was released from WWE in 2017 after his contract expired, and has since returned to the independent circuit. Currently, Rosser is wrestling on ''Strong'' for Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling, ''Power'' for the Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance and ''Primetime Live'' for the United Wrestling Network.
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15	!!"Millions of Tropes":
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17	* DemotedToExtra: Darren was part of Wrestling/TheNexus, main-evented ''Wrestling/{{SummerSlam}} 2010'', but was kicked out of The Nexus when he failed to win a match in order to stay in the group, and promptly disappeared from TV. He then showed up on ''Wrestling/{{WWE NXT}}'' season 5, and lasted there for over a year, before he was moved to Smackdown with Titus.
18	* TheDogBitesBack: As part of the Nexus, after he failed to win his post-[=SummerSlam=] match, he was brutally exiled from the stable. Two weeks later, he showed up during Wade Barrett's match with Randy Orton and distracted Barrett enough to cost him the win.
19	* FinishingMove: The Gutcheck
20	* GetBackInTheCloset: ''Averted'' in the case of Darren Young; after he came out, WWE voiced its full support of him, and on June 15th 2015, he became the first openly gay wrestler (i.e. that was openly gay during his in-ring career) to win a title when he and Titus won the tag titles at Wrestling/MoneyInTheBank.
21	* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: He was a face on NXT season 1, turned heel with Wrestling/TheNexus, had a face turn after leaving, then turned heel again during the fifth season of NXT.
22	* IdenticalStranger: Without his beard, he looks almost exactly a black Wrestling/JohnCena. Young has heard about the comparison and wishes "[he] made black John Cena type of money".
23	* RedBaron: "Mr. No Days Off"

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