Robert Anthony Fish was born on October 27,1976 and is an American professional wrestler currently appearing on the independent circuit.
40 Facts About Bobby Fish
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Bobby Fish is best known for his tenure with WWE, where he performed on the NXT brand and was a member of The Undisputed Era.
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Bobby Fish is known for his time with All Elite Wrestling from 2021 to 2022 and Ring of Honor from 2013 to 2017, where he wrestled as one-half of the tag team reDRagon and held the ROH World Tag Team Championship three times and the ROH World Television Championship once.
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Bobby Fish is known for his appearances in Japan both for Pro Wrestling Noah and for New Japan Pro-Wrestling, where he held the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship twice.
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Robert Anthony Bobby Fish was born on October 27,1976, in Albany, New York, and is the youngest of three children to Richard and Ann Bobby Fish.
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Bobby Fish's father worked as a firefighter in Albany, and was a former US Marine.
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Bobby Fish attended Colonie Central High School, where he played as a linebacker for the football team.
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Bobby Fish then played football at Hudson Valley Community College, before moving to Siena College during his junior year.
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Bobby Fish graduated in 2000, with a bachelor's degree in English, becoming the first member of his family to graduate from college.
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Bobby Fish previously worked as a bartender and returned to his former high school as a substitute teacher, while working independent events on the weekends.
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Bobby Fish made his pro wrestling debut in 2002 after training with Tony DeVito and Harley Race.
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Bobby Fish competed for several years in the Northeast under the names Jerkin Jackson and Madden Fisher before settling on the name he continues to use, Bobby Fish.
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Bobby Fish made his debut for Ring of Honor on October 2,2004, where he teamed with Scott Cardinal and lost to the Rebel's Army.
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Bobby Fish was utilized as a jobber for ROH for the entirety of his early appearance.
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Bobby Fish wrestled for Pro Wrestling Unplugged for the majority of his early career making his debut in February 2005.
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Bobby Fish formed a partnership with Scott Cardinal, whom he had wrestled many times on the Northeast indie scene.
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Bobby Fish wrestled for New England Championship Wrestling regularly between his early tours of Noah.
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Bobby Fish took part in Iron 8 2007, making it to the finals where he lost to Eddie Edwards.
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Bobby Fish returned to ROH at Reborn Again in a loss to Claudio Castagnoli, teamed with Matt Cross at Final Battle 2007 in a loss against the Vulture Squad, and appeared in several matches on Ring of Honor Wrestling in 2009.
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Bobby Fish first toured Japan in 2006 with Pro Wrestling Noah, making his debut on May 19,2006, defeating Atsushi Aoki.
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Bobby Fish participated in 2011s Global League gaining only four points.
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In 2012, Bobby Fish debuted in Ring of Honor, where he formed a tag team with Kyle O'Reilly named the "reDRagon".
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On December 18,2015, during Final Battle, Bobby Fish unsuccessfully challenged Roderick Strong for the ROH World Television Championship.
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On May 8,2016, at Global Wars, Bobby Fish defeated Tomohiro Ishii to become the new ROH World Television Champion.
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Bobby Fish was scheduled to compete in a four-way match for the Television title at Final Battle, against champion Marty Scurll, Will Ospreay, and Dragon Lee, but was forced to pull out due to a family emergency.
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On January 3,2017, it was reported that Bobby Fish had re-signed with ROH.
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In March 2017, Bobby Fish announced his departure from Ring of Honor.
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Later that month, Bobby Fish entered the 2015 Best of the Super Juniors.
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Bobby Fish finished second in his block with a record of five wins and two losses, narrowly missing advancement to the finals of the tournament.
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Bobby Fish made his debut in WWE's developmental territory NXT at the June 23,2017 television tapings, losing to Aleister Black.
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Bobby Fish later underwent surgery and was out of action for six months.
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However, during the match, Bobby Fish suffered an injury to his triceps, taking him out of action .
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Bobby Fish was announced to appear at Major League Wrestling, where he debuted as a participant in the Opera Cup tournament at Fightland, defeating Lee Moriarty in the quarterfinal before losing to Davey Richards in the semifinal.
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Bobby Fish made his debut for All Elite Wrestling on the October 6,2021 episode of Dynamite, where he challenged Sammy Guevara for the AEW TNT Championship, but was unsuccessful.
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On September 23,2022, at the Victory Road event, Bobby Fish made his debut in Impact Wrestling, where he was confronted by Raj Singh and Shera, and Bobby Fish managed to take both men down.
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Two weeks later, at Bound for Glory, Bobby Fish made his Impact in-ring debut by competing in the Call Your Shot Gauntlet match, being eliminated by Steve Maclin.
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Bobby Fish trained with Jerrick Jones at Albany Boxing before his kickboxing debut on January 29,2010.
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Bobby Fish had his first fight for the Cage Wars organization at the Washington Avenue Armory in Albany, New York, and defeated Justin Pierpoint by technical knockout in the third round after Pierpoint suffered a broken nose at the end of the second.
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Bobby Fish made his video game debut as a playable character in WWE 2K19.
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Bobby Fish has two daughters from a previous marriage named Britt and Madi.