Ruckus began training in September 1998 at Brainbusters. A former
backyard wrestler with Hardcore Championship Wrestling, Ruckus made his professional wrestling debut against
Chad Austin on April 18, 1999, for the
Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation (MEWF). He began wrestling in CZW around 2001 and became known for doing high flying moves, such as the 450 Splash, that are not normally done by people of his size. He won his first title, the
CZW World Junior Heavyweight Championship, on December 2, 2001, but only held it briefly,
dropping the title at
Cage of Death III to
Trent Acid. He regained this title on January 18, 2003, at
Live Again. During his second reign, Ruckus began teaming with
Sonjay Dutt. They wrestled many matches as a team, but Ruckus became jealous of Sonjay and turned on him at
Night of Infamy 2. This led to a match at
Cage of Death V which Sonjay won to become the new Junior Heavyweight Champion. In the early 2000s, as a member of the stable CZW Warriors (CZW Army), Ruckus toured all over Japan, including
Kanagawa,
Tokyo,
Hokkaido,
Ibaraki,
Miyagi,
Yamagata,
Shizuoka, with the promotion
Big Japan Pro Wrestling, facing several wrestlers including
Trent Acid, The Winger, Fantastic,
Ryuji Ito,
John Zandig,
Shadow WX, Daikokubo Benkei,
Abdullah Kobayashi,
Van Hammer,
Hideki Hosaka, Kamikaze, Shunma Matsuzaki,
Naoki Numazawa,
Nick Gage, teaming on several occasions with
Wifebeater,
Madman Pondo,
Jun Kasai,
Justice Pain, BADBOY Hido, Fantastic,
Ryuji Ito, and won the
BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship in December 2001 in
Yokohama. In 2004, Ruckus and Robbie Mireno formed a stable called
The Blackout (The BLKOUT). The stable also featured
Sabian and
Joker and they feuded with
Chri$ Ca$h.
Eddie Kingston would later join them. On June 12, 2004, Ruckus and Sabian won the
CZW World Tag Team Championship from
Nick Gage and Nate Hatred at
Trifecta Elimination 2. Ruckus competed in the Cage of Death match at
Cage of Death VI against Team Ca$h. Not only was Ruckus eliminated, but his team also lost the CZW Tag Team Title. On February 5, 2005, at
Only The Strong, Ruckus defeated
Messiah for the
CZW World Heavyweight Championship. He held the title for quite some time, defending it against wrestlers such as Sonjay Dutt,
B-Boy,
SeXXXy Eddy, and
Beef Wellington. Later in 2005, Ruckus and the rest of the BLKOUT began a feud with
The Kings of Wrestling and
Super Dragon. At
Night of Infamy 4, Ruckus successfully defended the title against
Claudio Castagnoli. At the next show,
Cage of Death 7, Ruckus lost the title to Super Dragon. Ruckus, Sabian, and Kingston won a six-man tag match against the Kings and Super Dragon at
An Afternoon of Main Events on January 14, 2006. At CZW's next show, Ruckus regained the World Championship, with his allies Joker and Eddie Kingston bringing home the tag team title. On May 13, 2006, Ruckus won the
Best of the Best tournament by defeating Sabian, Claudio Castagnoli, and
Austin Aries in the final match. After Ruckus won the tournament,
Chris Hero came out demanded a title shot and defeated Ruckus for the championship. In August 2006, Kingston was kicked out of the BLKOUT and his half of the title was given to Ruckus, making Ruckus and Joker the new champions. Once Joker left CZW, however, the BLKOUT was stripped of the title. The same night they were stripped, Ruckus and the debuting
Ricky Reyes helped Eddie Kingston win the World Championship and welcomed him back into the fold. On December 8, 2007, at CZW
Cage of Death IX, Ruckus lost the CZW World Heavyweight Title to the returning
Nick Gage in a Triple Threat match also featuring the returning Messiah.
Ring of Honor and the independent circuit At
Manhattan Mayhem II on August 25, 2007, Ruckus made his
Ring of Honor debut, coming in as the first member of
Jack Evans's
faction "The Vulture Squad", and defeated
Eddie Edwards. On July 26, 2008, Ruckus won the first ever 15 man Honor Rumble to earn a title shot vs
Nigel McGuinness in Manassas, VA on August 1, a match which McGuinness ultimately won to retain his title. Since his debut, Ruckus has also spread his talents to numerous countries including England, Mexico, Japan, Canada, Italy and Germany, as well as making appearances in a variety of feds along the east coast and inland. In 2006, Ruckus made his debut for other northeast feds, such as
Chikara and
Jersey All Pro Wrestling. He is still very much involved with the BLK OUT in CZW, where they recently engaged in a war over the CZW Tag Team Title with NWA-Anarchy's
Kory "Rainman" Chavis and Onyx, who claimed they were the original Blackout. On September 6, 2008, Ruckus would make his debut for Insanity Pro Wrestling at the
8th Annual Super Junior Heavyweight Tournament. Ruckus would win the first round defeating Jayson Quick but would lose in the second round in a triple threat match also involving Shiima Xion and Aaron Williams. The
Maryland Championship Wrestling Tag Team Title was awarded to both Ruckus and Sabian on April 21, 2007, when they defeated MCW champions Phat Blues Inc. (Kelly Bell and Buzz Stryker) and The Best of Both Worlds (Doyle Day and Buck Chyld). On Saturday February 21, 2009, he won the Maryland Championship Heavyweight title from
Christian York in a cage match. He lost the title on April 25, 2014. ==Other media==