Aaron Quinn Schlosser (born November 30, 1972) is a Canadian

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, better known by his

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, Ruffy Silverstein. He wrestles on the

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in Canada and the

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Professional wrestling career

Schlosser trained under the Hart family in Calgary and debuted in 1998 as "Ruffy Silverstein", facing The Cuban Assassin in

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. His wrestling name was given to him by Stu because Aaron reminded him of a wrestler from Stu's day named Ralph "Ruffy" Silverstein. He wrestled for the Hart family-owned

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for a year and a half. He later joined the

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-based

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promotion. Schlosser also spent time as the Canadian champion in the CIWA (Canadian Independent Wrestling Alliance). Also wrestled for PWE, GLCW, CWA, CPW, XWC, OPW, CWI, GCPW, Big Time wrestling, GCW, CWE, PWA, and many other independent wrestling promotions. Silverstein was a member of

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between October 5, 2004 and November 7, 2004. He teamed with

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and Eric Young on the October 8, 2004 episode of

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and the October 22, 2004 episode of

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, losing on both occasions. Silverstein has had several WWE dark matches. In 2004 he wrestled Scott Steiner on a Sunday night heat taping. He also wrestled a dark match against Carlito in 2004. Most notable was when he teamed with

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(wrestling as "J.P. Parsons") on the August 18, 2005 episode of

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'', losing to

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and Heidenreich in a squash match. In 2007 he wrestled in a dark match (teaming with Lance Malibu, in a losing effort), against The Highlanders. Ruffy currently helps train at the Figure Four Wrestling Academy in Bradford, Ontario alongside longtime friend "Cold Blooded" Chris Garvin. Notable graduates from the school include Mike Hart (grandson of

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and son of Smith Hart), RJ City and Jodi D'Milo.

Championships and accomplishments

*Canadian Independent Wrestling Alliance **CIWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *Fighting Spirit Pro Wrestling / Neo Spirit Pro Wrestling **F/NSPW Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Marco Malaquias *Great Lakes Championship Wrestling **GLCW Canadian Heavyweight Championship (1 time) **GLCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Marco Malaquias *Pure Wrestling Association **PWA Pure Wrestling Championship (1 time) *Other titles **PWE Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)

References

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