Derick Baker

Derick Baker in 2020

Package Bomb (Package Sit-Out Powerbomb)

Last Ride Sit-Out Baker Bomb (Sit-Out Last Ride Powerbomb)

Best Damn Backstabber (Tilt-A-Whirl Backstabber)

Call of the Lion (Rainmaker DDT)

Going North (Northern Lights Bomb)

### Finisher

Baker Bomb (Spinning Sit-Out Powerbomb)Baker Bomb V2 (Pumphandle Vertical Suplex Powerbomb)

**Derick Baker**,(born February 16, 1996), is an Canadian professional wrestler, signed to multiple companies. He is better known for having a cool, calm, "Tranquilo" attitude, type of person. He's currently in a tag team with **Adrian Black**, called **Best of the Best**, managed by **Amber Baker** (**Amber Williams**) and a faction called **La Costra Nostra**.

## Early Career & Debut

Derick Baker started professional wrestling training at the age of 21. He went to a pro wrestling school in his hometown of London Ontario, Canada after spending multiple years of contemplating his future. He would work in the indies for a year before he'd sign with **WGW**, in 2019. He would join their developmental brand, **IWF**. He would win his first match. From there, he would try and build himself up.

## Personal Life

Derick Baker grew up in London Ontario, Canada, as a only child. He doesn't talk much about his personal life to anyone, unless he trusts them.

##### **First Relationship to First Divorce:**

Back in high school, Derick Baker developed a relationship with **Amber Reed**. They continued their relationship for a good while and eventually get married in February 2016. They would spend their lives together, up until July 2019, when they split and divorced. The details are unknown and neither one of them have talked about it since that day.

##### **Second Marriage:**

After his divorce, he would be very quiet about his love life. Not really looking for a relationship with anyone. In December 2019, he would start seeing **Amber Williams**. Eventually start dating in January 2020. On May 24, 2020, Derick would marry Amber Williams, now going by the name **Amber Baker**. They have been together since.

##### **Lack of Motivation:**

Throughout his life, he always struggle with trying to stay motivated towards something. In professional wrestling, he would go through phases of not being motivated to do anything or even trying. Which leads him to leaving multiple promotions. He would go through this going into 2020 and does have those moments of just not having the love for professional wrestling. Sometimes wanting to retire due to feeling like he couldn't live up to his own expectations. He's come close on multiple occasions.

## Professional Wrestling Career

##### **The Beginnings (March 2019-May 2019):**

During this time frame, Derick would only be signed to **WGW**. In March 2019, he would enter the **IWF Junior Weight Classic**, which had the winner be the **IWF Junior Weight Champion**. Derick would go as far as eliminating people like **Steven King** and the IWF Junior Weight Champion, **Evan Daniels** himself. In the Semifinals, Derick would defeat **Marty Xander** to get a spot in the Finals. Awaiting him in the Finals was **Christian Gerald**. They would fight for the **IWF Junior Weight Championship** at **IWF Full Force**, in a 2 out of 3 falls match. On April 2, Derick would defeat Christian Gerald and win his first championship. He would continue to hold that championship for a good while, defending it against Marty Xander at **Global Summons**. In May 2019, Derick would feud against Aleksander Vachon for a small bit which he would overcome Vachon, but Derick would end up turning on the fans and join **LCN**, becoming **Tha Martyrs** with Aleksander Vachon and Evan Daniels.

##### **The Struggles Begin (June 2019-August 2019):**

Derick would start experiencing some struggles of his own in this time. He would form a faction, called **Chaos Intent**, which consisted of **Violet Edwards**, **Halie Jones**, **Kyle Andrews** and **Amber Reed**. The group disbanded in late June/early July. He'd also get signed to some promotions, promotions like **NGPW**, **ASGW**, **Gen Pro**, **Liongate**, **RCX**, **VPW**, **EWWF** etc. In NGPW, he would have one match, in which he lost. After that, he didn't much after that due to the show being on hiatus. In ASGW, he would lose his debut match to **Don Gianfranco**, but would have a rematch due to a controversial ending of a possible rope break. Derick would get the win in his rematch. Afterwards, he'd lose a fatal four way match and participate in a big rumble match at the **Grand Bash Finale** ppv, in which he was unsuccessful. ASGW would shut down afterwards. As for **Gen Pro**, but wouldn't do much at all due to it being on Hiatus. In **Liongate**, he wouldn't do much at all due to falling short on multiple occasions. In months time, he would departure from Liongate. In **RCX**, he wouldn't do much in this time frame, but would work his way up in the coming months. As for **Velocity Pro Wrestling**, Derick would join in as a Tag Team with **Kyle Andrews**, and didn't have any success. After Kyle's departure, he would start his singles career. In **Elite World Wrestling Federation**, he would sign to their developmental brand, **GCX**. At the time, GCX wasn't running, so Derick took some bookings for main roster shows. One of them being at the **Akuma No Kozo** ppv, for the **Twitch Jr Heavyweight Championship**, which was a 6 man elimination match. He would win the championship, despite still being in GCX. His first feud would start at around this time, against **Johnny Myles**. Lastly, for **WGW**, he would lose his **IWF Junior Weight Championship** at June's **Full Force** ppv, against **Scott Lee**. After this loss, he would target IWF World Champion, **Prodablaze**. At the next ppv, **All Aboard**, he fought Prodablaze for the **IWF World Championship**, in the main event. Derick would come up short. He would end up chasing the IWF Junior Weight Championship again in August. At August's Full Force ppv, he would beat Scott Lee and **Steven King** in a Ladder Match to win the IWF Junior Weight Championship for the second time. After this win, Derick would look to do bigger things.

##### **Falling Short** **(September 2019-December 2019):**

In this period of time, Derick would fall short on multiple occasion. In this time, he would sign with **MIWF**, **Elevate**, and **TPW**. In **NGPW**, and **Genpro**, he wouldn't do anything in those places due to it still being on hiatus. In **VPW**, he couldn't pull himself up to be a top star in the promotion. Derick would departure shortly after New Years. In **Elevate Pro Wrestling**, he would sign in November. He would get some wins, but couldn't get himself up to the next level going into 2020. As for **Thunder Pro Wrestling**, Derick would become the Inaugural Twitch TV Champion on a **TPW Full Tilt** House Show, by defeating Noah Stang. He would continue to hold the **Twitch TV Championship** through the remainder of the year. Than in Martyr International Wrestling Federation, he would focus on going for the **MIWF Tag Team Championships**, with **Aleksander Vachon**. It would all culminate at **Valhalla Road**, when they fought, than champions, **Blood Brothers**. Derick would end up winning the championships with Vachon and hold it for the remainder of the year. In **RCX**, Derick would come close to either winning the **K1 Kombat Championship** or getting a Championship match for any title. At this time, he would join a faction called Uprising, which consisted of **Hunter Quinn**, **Kyle Young** and **Shane Sabin**. Unfortunately, Derick would continue to struggle going into 2020. As for **WGW**, going into IWF's September ppv, IWF Purgatory, Derick would make it a goal to become a double champion, holding the **IWF Junior Weight Championship** and the **IWF World Championship** at the same time. Derick beat **Prodablaze** to add himself to the World Championship Match, while at the same time, having to defend his IWF Junior Weight Championship against **Ivan Torres**. On September 24, at **IWF Purgatory**, he would not only lose the IWF Junior Weight Championship to Ivan Torres, but would also come up short in his IWF World Championship match, leaving with nothing. He than would feud with **Benjamin Wade** going into IWF's last ppv, which was **IWF Kingdom Come**. Derick come up short. He than would get called up a day later to the Main Roster and debut at **Coliseum lll** in the **Trial by Combat** match. He would come up short in that match as well. He would wait till the next season of WGW would start and see what brand he'd end up on. Lastly, in **Elite World Wrestling Federation,** he would continue to feud with **Johnny Myles**, going into **BFLT lll**. At BFLT lll, he would retain the **Twitch Jr Heavyweight Championship**. With this win, he would prove that he is Main Roster material and would be called up. He'd land on **Havoc**. Derick's road going into **Takeover: Ontario** was nothing to over look. He started defending his championship on Havoc shows, in open challenges, leading up to the next ppv. He defended against the likes of **Huey Blounts**, **Adam Rage**, etc. He'd eventually lose the championship on December 15, at Takeover: Ontario, in a Fatal 5 Way Match. After this loss, he set his sights on the **EWWF Global Championship** going into 2020.

##### **The Falling Continues (January 2020-March 2020):**

In this time, Derick continued to struggle in many promotions. At the same time, he'd join the returning **ASGW**. Also joining **WDW** and **HXW** in this time. When he returned to ASGW, he didn't do all that much. He'd departure not long after. As for **NGPW**, he would departure not long into 2020. The same would go for **RCX**, after not achieving the success he's been wanting to get. He'd departure in February 2020. He would do the same in **MIWF** when he departured in March 2020. In **WDW**, he would debut at the **Rising Sun Rumble** ppv, being in the rumble match, in which he was unsuccessful in. Afterwards, he would set his sights on the WDW World Championship. On the way, he would face **Arron the Destroyer** at **Rising Tides**, in which he would be successful. Unfortunately, the show would take a hiatus in this time. In **Elevate**, he would be at the **Last Man Standing** ppv, and enter the rumble match, but would come up short again. Derick would continue to try and reach success. In **HXW**, he would join in February, going after the **HXW TV Championship**. He would be involved in a poll to potentially get a shot for that championship, which would be revealed at April's **Radioactive** ppv. Than in **TPW**, he would continue to hold the Twitch TV Championship, defending it on multiple occasions. In **WGW**, after being called up in October and the season coming back in the New Year, he would be drafted to Meltdown. He would get a shot at trying to become the Inaugural WGW All-American Champion at Contagion, but would come up short against **Paul Crenton**. Than at the **Path to Greatness** ppv, he would be in the Path to Greatness ladder match, for a briefcase, but wouldn't get the win. Lastly, in **EWWF**, Derick would continue to pursue his journey to the **EWWF Global Championship**, with the help of Amber Baker, her manager. He got his championship match at January's **Second City Massacre** ppv. He would come up short against than champion, **James Allen**. Derick would disappear after the match. He would return at a **Road to Kingdom/Queendom Come** **show** and win the **EWWF Hardcore Championship** from **Jay Jones**, using the 24/7 rule. He would continue to hold that championship for the remainder of the month.

##### **Redemption? (April 2020-June 2020):**

In this time, Derick would try and find some redemption to build himself back up. Here, he joined **LGF** and **RTBW**. In **Ring The Bell Wrestling**, he wouldn't do much at all. He'd enter the their **Mixed Match Challenge** with **Amber Baker**, but wouldn't advance in the first round. Afterwards,he departed from the promotion. In **Lionheart Global Federation**, he entered the **LGF World Heavyweight Championship Tournament**, to crown the inaugural champion. Derick would pass the first round, but fall short against **Donald** in the Semifinals. Afterwards, he would get some wins, but couldn't find a direction of where to go or know what he wants. As for **WDW**, after months of hiatus, the promotion would close down in June 2020. In **Elevate**, he would participate in a ladder match in at **Command and Conquer** to see who would become the inaugural Elevate International Champion. He would come up short, but would later on qualify for another ladder match at the next ppv, **Wild Card**, for a **Wild Card Briefcase**. At Wild Card, Derick would win it, but Elevate would close its doors after the ppv. As for **HXW**, he would face **Connor Smoke** and than HXW TV Champion, **GVC**, for the **HXW TV Championship** at **Radioactive**. He and Connor would tie the poll and they both would be facing GVC for his champion. On April 11, Derick would win the HXW TV Championship. Unfortunately, he would lose his champiosnhip back to GVC in the following month, at **Xtreme Xtravaganza**. Ever since then, he would enter the Chase the Case ladder match at the **Chase the Case** ppv. He would come up short. In **TPW**, he would end up vacating the **Twitch TV Championship** and go after the **TPW World Championship**. In which he fought **Christian Gerald** at **Thunder Down Under** for the TPW World Championship. On April 27, Derick would win his first ever world championship. He continues to hold the title, defending it against **Amir Bates** at **Lightning in the Bottle**. In the **WGW**, he and **Aleksander Vachon** would be in a **Guerrilla Warfare** match at Guerrilla Warfare to determine a #1 Contender for the **WGW Tag Team Championship**. Derick and Vachon would get the win and get the title match at **Luck of the Draw**, against than champions, **The Wicked**. Derick and Vachon would be unsuccessful. On the same week, Derick would get a shot at the **Meltdown World Heavyweight Championship**. The match would be inside the Elimination Chamber at **Annihilation**. He would come up short. He'd also lose in the first round of the **Malenko Classic** to **The Legion**. Lastly, in **EWWF**, he would end up losing his **EWWF Hardcore Championship** to **Jay Jones** at **Kingdom Come**. Soon after, he would form a Tag Team with **Adrian Black** and would be known as the **Best of the Best**. At the same time, the **EWWF Global Championship** would be vacated. A new champion would be decided on the **Road to Homecoming** show. On May 6, Derick would be in a fatal 5 way elimination match for the EWWF Global Championship. He would out last all of them and become EWWF Global Champion. His first defense is scheduled to be against **King of the Ring** winner, **Huey Blounts**. Derick would also have his sights set on the **EWWF Tag Team Championships**.

##### **The Climb Continues (July 2020-Present):**

In this time, Derick would continue to climb back up to where he was. He signed with **AXIS** not long before July, but wouldn't get anywhere after suffering multiple losses. In **LGF**, he would continue to just float around the roster. Staying out of Dark Reflection's way and just hang around. As for **TPW**, the promotion would shut down, a month after **Lightning in the Bottle**. Being recognized as the last ever TPW World Champion. In **WGW**, he would continue to hang around in Meltdown. Missing many shows. In **HXW**, he would face **Adam Rage** on a **HXW Supershow**, where they pulled off a classic. A week later, on July 17th, at the 25th Episode of **Asylum**, he would accept **Coach Dave Daniel**'s Open Challenge for the **HXW Hardcore Championship**. Derick would win his second HXW title. Than in **EWWF**, he fought the **Vigilante Society** and the **Samoan Dynasty** for the **EWWF World Tag Team Championships** at **Total Annihilation**, with **Adrian Black**. On the same night, he fought **Huey Blounts** for the **EWWF Global Championship**. Derick would fail to win the tag titles, but would retain his Global Championship and is now main eventing **Summerbash**, against **Sven**.

## Championships and Accomplishments

##### **Elite World Wrestling Federation:**

* 1x Twitch Jr Heavyweight Championship
* Male's Breakout Star of the Year 2019
* 1x EWWF Hardcore Championship
* 1x EWWF Global Championship

##### **Hybrid Xtreme Wrestling:**

* 1x HXW TV Championship
* 1x HXW Hardcore Championship

##### **Martyr International Wrestling Federation:**

* 1x MIWF Tag Team Championships (1x with **Aleksander Vachon**)

##### **Thunder Pro Wrestling:**

* 1x Twitch TV Championship
* Inaugural Twitch TV Champion
* 1x TPW World Championship

##### **World's Greatest Wrestling:**

* 2x IWF Junior Weight Championship
* IWF Jr Weight Classic (2019)

## Additional Infomation

##### **Nicknames:**

* **The Best**
* **Mr. Stay Tranquilo**
* **The FN Best**
* **King of Powerbombs**
* **Messiah of Powerbombs**

##### **Theme Songs:**

* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0lsChwMgtQ (Styles Clash by NJPW)
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9ZaSLzhekE (Styles Clash (Adam Massacre Cover) by Adam Massacre)