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Drake Younger

ドレイク・ヤンガー　/　どれいく・やんがー

American professional wrestler

September 10, 1984 (age 41)　・　Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Indiana
professional wrestler
professional wrestling referee
amateur wrestler

My Take

Drake Younger, now Drake Wuertz, has one of the more compelling arcs in modern wrestling. He bled and brawled through the deathmatch underground at CZW and IWA Mid-South, then completely reinvented himself as a WWE referee from 2014 to 2021. I find that pivot genuinely interesting: a man who knew the chaos of the ring intimately stepping into the role of impartial arbiter. There is something to be said for an official who has actually lived the violence he polices. To me he embodies the duality of reckless youth and measured adulthood within a single career.

Overview

Drake Wuertz (born September 10, 1984) is an American professional wrestling referee and professional wrestler. He was a referee in WWE from 2014 to 2021. Before that, he wrestled for a number of major independent promotions under the ring name Drake Younger, including Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW), IWA Mid-South (IWA MS), EVOLVE, Dragon Gate USA (DGUSA), Chikara, and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG).

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Drake Younger
Name (Japanese): ドレイク・ヤンガー
Reading: どれいく・やんがー
Born: September 10, 1984 (age 41)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Virgo / Rat
Origin: Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: professional wrestler / professional wrestling referee / amateur wrestler

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

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