Elia Markopoulos
Pro wrestler Elia Markopoulos appearing before his hometown fans at a Chaotic Wrestling show in Hudson, Massachusetts on August 19, 2012
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| Birth name | Elias Evan Markopoulos |
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| Born |
March 13, 1994 Hudson, Massachusetts |
| Residence | Worcester, Massachusetts |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Ari Cohen Elia Markopoulos Elia The Great Evan Markopoulos Evan Young |
| Billed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Billed weight | 205 lb (93 kg) |
| Billed from | Kalamata, Greece |
| Trained by |
Al Snow Chaotic Wrestling OVW |
| Debut | 2008 |
Elias Evan Markopoulos (born March 13, 1994), better known by his ring name Elia Markopoulos, and sometimes referred to as Evan, is a Greek-American professional wrestler from Hudson, Massachusetts. Elia wrestles on the independent circuit, mainly for Ohio Valley Wrestling in Louisville, Kentucky and formerly in the Northeast United States. Elia's most notable career achievement came at just 18 years old, when he was given an opportunity by TNA Wrestling to be a contestant on TNA Gut Check, in a match against Douglas Williams on the September 20, 2012, episode of Impact Wrestling, making him the youngest person to ever appear on Impact television.
Markopoulos grew up and went to school in Hudson, Massachusetts. He had graduated from Hudson High School in 2012. The summer after seventh grade ended he decided to begin professional wrestling training at the early age of 13. In 2007 he began training at the Killer Kowalski School of Wrestling. Today its referred to as the New England Pro Wrestling Academy. Elia has trained under Mike Hollow, Todd Hansen, Brian Milonas, and Brian Fury, however he credits the Chaotic Training Center as a whole, Ohio Valley Wrestling and Al Snow as his trainers. was also trained by Todd Hansen "Hanson" from the ROH tag team known as war machine
Elias has worked for a number of different independent professional wrestling promotions across the Northeast United States. Elia had his first match at the age of 14, against Nick Gamma, and has worked for such promotions as Chaotic Wrestling, New England Championship Wrestling, Millennium Wrestling Federation, Top Rope Promotions, Beyond Wrestling, NWA On Fire, CTWE, Eastern Wrestling Alliance, NWA Vintage Pro, East Coast Wrestling Association, Showcase Pro Wrestling, UFO Wrestling, PWF Northeast, and Big Time Wrestling. Of all his accomplishments, capturing the Chaotic Wrestling New England Championship at just 15 years old is probably his greatest achievement. Elia has been a standout performer in his area since 2009. Before becoming known as Elia Markopoulos in Chaotic Wrestling he was known as the masked Vortex, and also Evan Young.
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