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= EJ Sparks =

=== Erik Johnson (born September 30, 1993) better known by his ring name EJ Sparks is an African American Professional Wrestler. He is best known for his work with Championship Wrestling From Arizona & Championship Wrestling From Hollywood as a part of the United Wrestling Network. === Early Life EJ was born in Killen, Texas on September 30 1993 but due to his mother and father both being in the armed forces, he quickly moved from state to state and has lived in Alabama, Florida, North Carolina, Iowa, and Arizona. He graduated from Amphitheater High School in May of 2012 & from there went on to try to pursue a career in dancing along side his dance crew called "Smurf ENT". Pro Wrestling Career In 2014, EJ began training at a school in Scottsdale, Arizona known as the New Power Plant. He was trained under the tutelage of XXX Lawrence Tyler, Jay Garland, Joe Graves, & The Hawaiian Lion. EJ trained for about 6 months until he had his first wrestling match at an elementary school in Chandler, Arizona. For the first couple of years, EJ struggled to find work until early 2017 when he began to travel and wrestle in other states including Vegas, Texas, & Utah.

2017 kicked off the year with EJ Sparks making his television debut for Championship Wrestling from Arizona in February against Oliver Grimsley. He continued to work for the program & had credible feuds & matches against Peter Avalon, Killer Kross, & Ray Rosas. In November of 2017, EJ Sparks defeated Chris Evans for his first heavyweight championship at Rockstar Wrestling Alliance. He currently still posses the RWA Championship which means he's held that title so far for 15 months.

In 2018, Sparks made his Championship Wrestling From Hollywood television debut against Royce Isaacs. For the entirety of the year, EJ feuded with Gino Rivera & Evan Daniels over the Arizona State Heavyweight Championship which EJ finally captured at the "Az Finale" event in Mesa, Arizona when he bested the two in a triple threat match. Personal Life EJ is the youngest of 3 children, his older brother and older sister who he is still very close to. His Father, Derrick Johnson is an author and has published 5 books.

He played basketball all through out high school and coach 5th grade basketball for 2 years and club team basketball for one year. EJ has been dancing since he was 9 years old and still often makes dance videos for his social media pages. Though he is focused on his wrestling career, he still makes time for his dance crew and loves to train in a variety of martial arts including tai kwon do, kempo, and muy tai.

Some of his idols / influences include his father, his older brother, Dwyane Wade, Shaquille O'Neal, Steve Nash, Shawn Michaels, Booker T, Jeff Hardy, Adam Sevani, Tight Eyez, and Shabbadoo.