Darby Allin

Ratsch made his professional wrestling debut in 2015, under the ring name Darby Graves before changing it to Darby Allin.[10] In late 2017, he wrestled for the Game Changer Wrestling (GCW) promotion.[11]

Allin debuted for World Wrestling Network at Evolve 59 in April 2016, losing to Ethan Page.[12] At Evolve 74, Allin was defeated via countout by Brian Cage after Cage had powerslammed Allin over a barricade.[13][14] Allin made his Style Battle debut in January 2017, losing to Dave Crist.[15] Allin made his Full Impact Pro debut in early 2017 at FIP Everything Burns, losing a Fight For All match. On the same show, Allin, along with AR Fox, Dave Crist and Sami Callihan defeated Sammy Guevara, Dezmond Xavier, Jason Kincaid and Jason Cade.[16] At Evolve 93, he was defeated by DJZ.[17] in January 2018, Allin faced Zack Sabre Jr. for the Evolve Championship at EVOLVE 98, in a losing effort.[2]

On August 30, 2018, it was announced that at Evolve 113, Allin would be facing NXT wrestler, the Velveteen Dream.[18] At Evolve 113, Allin was defeated by Dream.[19] At Evolve 116, Allin was defeated by Mustafa Ali.[20] At Evolve 117, Allin was defeated by Kassius Ohno.[21] The next night at Evolve 118, Allin was defeated by Roderick Strong.[22]

During WrestleMania weekend, he wrestled his last match for Evolve at Evolve 125, in a defeat to Anthony Henry.[23] He also wrestled at Amerika Ist Wunderbar, promoted by Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw), and in conjunction with WWN, where he was defeated by Avalanche.[24] The following day at WWN Supershow Mercury Rising, he teamed with his wife Priscilla Kelly, where they were defeated by Austin Theory and Brandi Lauren.[25] That same weekend, it was revealed he was going to be ending his three-year relationship with Evolve and WWN.[12]

On June 3, 2018, Allin made his Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide debut at Verano de Escándalo in a six-way match which was won by Aero Star. Other competitors in the match included Drago, Sammy Guevara, Australian Suicide and Golden Magic.[26]

In 2018, Allin wrestled for Progress Wrestling during their American tours. He made his debut for the promotion at Chapter 66: Mardi Graps, held in Louisiana, in a Thuderbastard match which was won by Jeff Cobb.[27] He later appeared on day five of the Coast to Coast Tour, teaming with Jack Sexsmith and Toni Storm in a six-person tag team match.[28]

On March 14, 2019, Allin was announced as a participant in the Super Strong Style 16. At the event, he was defeated by Paul Robinson.[29] On day two, he teamed with Chris Ridgeway and Lucky Kid in a six-man lucha rules tag team match, defeating Artemis Spencer, Chris Brookes and DJZ.[30] On day three, Allin took part in a scramble match, which was won by Brookes.[31]

On April 12, 2019, Allin signed with the newly launched All Elite Wrestling (AEW).[32] He made his AEW debut at the Fyter Fest event on June 29, where he wrestled Cody to a time-limit draw.[33] The following month at Fight for the Fallen, Allin teamed with Joey Janela and Jimmy Havoc in a losing effort to Shawn Spears, MJF and Sammy Guevara.[34] After the match, the three men would blame each other for the loss and brawl backstage.[35] Subsequently, a three-way match was arranged for the All Out pay-per-view on August 31, which Havoc won.[36]

In October, Allin entered contention for the AEW World Championship,[37] and would challenge Chris Jericho for the championship on the October 16 episode of Dynamite, but lost.[38] At Bash at the Beach on January 15, 2020, Allin competed in a four-man tournament for number one contendership to the AEW World Championship, but lost in the first round to Pac.[39] Following this, Allin began a feud with Sammy Guevara, an ally of Jericho's.[40][41] The two faced at Revolution on February 29, where Allin emerged victorious.[42] In April, Allin competed in a tournament to crown to the inaugural holder of the AEW TNT Championship.[43] After defeating Guevara in the first round,[44] he was eliminated after losing to Cody in the semi-finals.[45]

On May 23, Allin participated in the first-ever Casino Ladder Match at Double or Nothing in a losing effort as the match was won by the debuting Brian Cage.[46] After an absence, Allin returned at Fight for the Fallen on July 15, attacking Cage with a skateboard.[47] On the July 29 episode of Dynamite, Allin teamed with AEW World Champion Jon Moxley to defeat Cage and Ricky Starks in a tornado tag team match, with Allin subsequently being granted a match against Moxley for the championship.[48] The match took place on the following week's episode of Dynamite, where Allin was defeated.[49] On September 5, Allin competed in the 21-man Casino Battle Royale at All Out, but was eliminated by Cage.[50] On the September 30 episode of Dynamite, Allin faced off against nemesis Ricky Starks in a winning effort.[51]

On November 7, 2020, Allin won the AEW TNT Championship at Full Gear by defeating Cody Rhodes.[52] Rhodes and Allin would afterwards unite in a feud with Team Taz. On the November 18, 2020, Will Hobbs turned heel after assisting Taz, Brian Cage and Ricky Starks in attacking both Allin and Rhodes.[53] On the December 2, 2020 special Winter Is Coming, Allin and Cody teamed up to defeat Hobbs and Starks.[54] On January 13, 2021 special New Year's Smash Night 2, Allin made his first successful defense against Brian Cage.[55]