Adam Rose
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Rose in April 2016
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| Birth name | Raymond John Leppan |
| Born |
20 July 1979 Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Residence | Lutz, Florida, United States |
| Spouse(s) | Cassandra Leppan |
| Children | 2 |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Adam Rose Aldo Rose Dameon Duke Krugar Leo Kruger Z-Max |
| Billed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Billed weight | 220 lb (100 kg) |
| Billed from |
Musha Cay, Bahamas Dallas, Texas |
| Trained by |
Florida Championship Wrestling Paul Lloyd Sr. |
| Debut | 1995 |
Raymond John "Ray" Leppan (born 20 July 1979) is a South African professional wrestler currently under the ring name Krugar, who is also best known for his time in WWE as Adam Rose and Florida Championship Wrestling/NXT as Leo Kruger.
Ray Leppan was born and raised in South Africa. According to his wife, he wanted to wrestle from the age of 10. A school dropout, Leppan ran away from home when he was 14, then spent two years living on the streets and in abandoned buildings. Leppan later described that he had been "spiraling out of control" during that period, which was full of violence and alcohol, and only the thought of becoming a wrestler had helped him escape. Leppan also said that he had rejected being part of a family despite having loving parents. Leppan's mother later successfully managed to entice Leppan to return home to Johannesburg from Durban with the prospect of beginning wrestling classes.
Leppan made his professional wrestling debut in 1995 at the age of 15 He eventually wrestled on the South African independent circuit as Z-Max, a character based on The Karate Kid.
He worked in South Philly with Paul Lloyd Jr., known as the tag team Pure Juice. He also wrestled as Dameon Duke in World Wrestling Professionals. While there, he won the WWP World Heavyweight Championship by defeating Tornado in 2007 and lost it to Fury the following year.
After Leppan's United States work visa cleared, he was able to debut in Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) under his real name on 25 February 2010, in a losing effort against Curt Hawkins. Two weeks later, Leppan was defeated by Eli Cottonwood.
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