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David Christian Heath (born February 16, 1969) is an American professional wrestler better known by his Ring names The Vampire Warrior and Gangrel. He is also well known for living a "gothic lifestyle", with his in-ring behavior believed not to be as far from reality as some would assume.
Career
While working for Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF) he was paired with Luna Vachon as his valet. The two would become romantically involved and eventually marry. He fought under the name Gangrel, seemingly directly based on the role-playing game clan, as the Gangrel name was used under license, and with full permission of White Wolf Game Studio. After his release from the World Wrestling Federation, Heath was unable to use the Gangrel name, and reverted back to the wrestling name of Vampire Warrior, which he had used prior to his WWF tenure. World Wrestling Federation
The Gangrel gimmick involved an entrance which saw him rising from a ring of fire on the elevated stage, followed by a slow walk to the ring set to a sinister instrumental music theme. He also carried a goblet of "blood" with him and, during his entrance, would stop on the ring steps, take a drink, and spray it into the air. He was billed as being "from the other side of darkness." As Gangrel, Heath formed a gothic stable, called The Brood, with fellow WWF wrestlers Edge and Christian. The Brood became known for their sneak attack "Blood Baths" which involved the arena lights going dark for a few moments and when they came back on the targeted wrestler being covered in "blood". The three eventually joined up with The Undertaker and his "Ministry of Darkness" stable but the larger grouping didn't last long. Before the Brood was formed, Gangrel had a long feud with Edge. A possible connection between the two happened during one RAW event in which Gangrel told Edge after beating him up that "the blood of Gangrel flows through you, Edge." Nothing more was ever brought to light from that saying, though one could speculate what that connection could have meant with the two characters. After splitting from the Ministry The Brood began a feud with The Hardy Boyz and their manager Dok Hendrix. The feud took a turn when Gangrel suddenly turned on Edge and Christian and aligned himself with Matt and Jeff Hardy calling the group The New Brood. Unfortunately for Gangrel, Terri Runnels also began to show interest in the Hardy brothers and they eventually chose her over him. With The New Brood broken up Gangrel became a singles wrestler, mostly as a mid carder. In 2000 he brought in (real-life wife) Luna Vachon as his manager until she was fired. Gangrel continued working for the WWF until he was released in 2001.
After his release from the WWF Heath did a short stint with World Wrestling All-Stars, including winning a pay-per-view match against his wife, Luna. In 2002 Heath signed with NWA: Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) and, at TNA's first PPV, competed in the 20 man "Gauntlet for the Gold" match to crown the first NWA World Heavyweight Champion of the TNA era once again going as The Vampire Warrior. He stayed with the promotion, making occasional appearances, until 2003 while still making appearances in smaller independent promotions. Gangrel also made a brief cameo appearance in Mullingar based promotion XHW, becoming involved in an altercation with DDG while backstage at an independent show. He appears on the XHW videogramme St Patricks Day Riot 2002. 2004-2007The years between 2004 and 2006 saw Heath bouncing back and forth between the newly renamed World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and the Independent circuit. He made several appearances for WWE in 2004, most notably returning to have a short feud with the Undertaker. He used the Gangrel name with his old entrance music and gimmick but nothing solid came of it. Following that he and Luna wrestled many independent tours all over the world. The pair did a lot of wrestling with the United Kingdom based All-Star Promotions. In mid-2005 Heath was given another short-lived WWE contract and appeared in their Ohio Valley Wrestling, the primary developmental territory of WWE, but was again released before anything came of it. In 2006, Heath was resigned as a potential for WWE's newest brand, ECW. However, the WWE has held off from reintroducing him to the main roster due to his ongoing weight problems. On the September 21 Deep South Wrestling event he made a surprise appearance wrestling Tommy Suede. He continued to wrestle in DSW under his real name while he waited to be called up to one of the main rosters. On January 18, 2007, in an article on WWE.com it was reported that Gangrel had been released from World Wrestling Entertainment.[1] On February 13 2007 David Heath returned to the United Kingdom to All Star Wrestling. Personal lifeHeath is married to fellow wrestler Luna Vachon. He has two sons, David, Jr. and Donovan and is the stepfather of Vachon's two sons, Joshua and Van. He now lives in the city of Hudson and runs his own lawn care service when he isn't wrestling. He recently moved to Perry, Florida. ReferencesIn wrestlingImage:Gangrel symbol.jpg Gangrel's symbol.
Championships and accomplishments
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