Rhino
Ringside at a Tri-City Wrestling show in January 2011
Ring name(s)	Terry Richards Rhino Richards[1] Rhino Rhyno[1]
Billed height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[2]
Billed weight	270 lb (120 kg)[2]
Born	(1975-10-07) October 7, 1975 (age 36) Detroit, Michigan[2]
Resides	Detroit, Michigan
Billed from	Detroit, Michigan[2]
Trained by	Scott D'Amore[1] Doug Chevalier[1] Mickey Doyle[1]
Debut	1994[1]

Terrance "Terry" Gerin^[1] (born October 7, 1975)^[1] is an American professional wrestler and actor, better known by the ring name Rhino (also spelled Rhyno in WWE). He is best known for his career in Extreme Championship Wrestling, World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico, World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). He is currently employed by Juggalo Championship Wrestling and Ring of Honor.

Gerin is a two-time world heavyweight champion, having held the ECW World Heavyweight Championship (last champ in original ECW), and the NWA World Heavyweight Championship once each. He is also a three-time WWF Hardcore Champion, a two-time (and final) ECW World Television Champion and a one-time United States Champion, which he won in the WWF during the Invasion storyline. He also has held several independent championships in his career as well.

Professional wrestling career[link]

Early career[link]

Gerin trained as a wrestler at the Can-Am Wrestling School located in Windsor, Ontario under Scott D'Amore, who he later reunited with in TNA.^[3][4] He debuted in 1994 on the Detroit independent circuit under the ring name Terry Richards, and made an appearance as enhancement talent on an episode of WWF RAW in November 1995, losing to Henry O. Godwinn, As well as making an appearance on the August 5, 1995 episode of WCW Saturday Night in a losing effort against "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan. Gerin later adopted the ring name Rhino Richards and began wrestling in Canada, where he formed a stable known as "THUG Life" with Joe Legend, Zakk Wyld (Keith Assoun), Christian Cage, Bloody Bill Skullion, Brett Kimball, and Sexton Hardcastle (later named Edge).^[3] He had feuds with Beautiful Brian Fury and Alexis Machine which were part of HotSeat Productions.

Catch Wrestling Association[link]

Gerin later competed under Rhino Richards in the Catch Wrestling Association which is based in Germany. He later teamed with XL Legend to win the vacant World Tag Team Championships by defeating Rico de Cuba and August Smisl on October 10, 1998 in Hannover, Germany. The titles were vacated in October 1998 when Gerin left the promotion after signing with Extreme Championship Wrestling.

Extreme Championship Wrestling (1999–2001)[link]

Gerin debuted in Extreme Championship Wrestling in 1999 as Rhino. Rhino quickly joined forces with Steve Corino and Jack Victory. Rhino and Corino challenged Tommy Dreamer and Raven for the ECW World Tag Team Championship at Anarchy Rulz, but were defeated. In late 1999, Rhino began feuding with The Sandman, and at November to Remember he teamed with the Impact Players to defeat Dreamer, Raven, and Sandman.^[1]

On March 12, 2000, Rhino lost to Super Crazy in the finals of a tournament for the ECW World Television Championship at Living Dangerously. He won the title on April 22, defeating Yoshihiro Tajiri at CyberSlam. He lost the title to Kid Kash on August 26, but regained it a little over two weeks later on September 9.^[5]

Throughout mid-2000, Rhino continued to feud with The Sandman, defeating him in title matches at Hardcore Heaven and Heatwave. In the course of Rhino's match with The Sandman at Hardcore Heaven he delivered a piledriver to The Sandman's wife and valet, Lori. At Heatwave, Rhino attacked the couple before his match and attempted to force Lori's head into a toilet.^[6]

Rhino won the ECW World Heavyweight Championship on January 7, 2001 at Guilty as Charged, defeating Sandman in a squash match immediately after The Sandman had won the title from Steve Corino in a three-way tables, ladders, chairs, and canes match.^[7] Gerin was the final World Heavyweight and World Television Champion in the original ECW.

World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (2001–2005)[link]

2001–2003[link]

Following the closure of ECW, Gerin signed a contract with the World Wrestling Federation. He debuted on the March 19, 2001 episode of WWF Raw under the ring name Rhyno as a heel, aligning himself with Edge and Christian.^[1] Rhyno went on to help Edge and Christian defeat The Hardy Boyz and The Dudley Boyz for the WWF Tag Team Championship in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match at WrestleMania X-Seven.^[8]

Rhyno, Edge, and Christian went on to form a stable with Kurt Angle known as Team RECK, with all four members reaching the semi-finals of the King of the Ring.^[9] Rhyno was eliminated from the event by the eventual winner, Edge.^[10] He went on to compete for the Hardcore Championship, which he won on three occasions in mid-2001.^[11]

On the July 9 episode of Raw, Rhyno joined "Team ECW". The stable, led by former ECW owner Paul Heyman, went on to merge with a rival stable of WCW alumni later that night, forming The Alliance. As a member of The Alliance, Rhyno feuded with Chris Jericho (who had insulted Stephanie McMahon, the on-screen owner of ECW, on numerous occasions), including Goring him through the Smackdown! set.

On September 23 at Unforgiven, he defeated Tajiri for the WCW United States Championship.^[12] He held the title for just under a month before losing to Kurt Angle on the October 22 episode of Raw.^[12]

As a result of his loss, Rhyno was "suspended" from The Alliance on the October 25 episode of SmackDown!. The suspension was an angle concocted to explain Rhyno's absence while he underwent cervical fusion surgery for two herniated discs in his neck. The surgery was performed on November 12, 2001.^[1]

Rhyno returned to WWE television thirteen months later on the February 27, 2003 episode of SmackDown!, aligning himself with Chris Benoit thus making him a fan favorite for the first time since joining WWE. Rhyno and Benoit went on to unsuccessfully challenge Team Angle for the WWE Tag Team Championship in a triple threat tag team match (also involving Los Guerreros) at WrestleMania XIX.^[13]

Rhyno and Benoit continued to team together until Vengeance 2003, when Rhyno turned on Benoit during a United States Championship match against Eddie Guerrero and became a heel.^[14] Rhyno wrestled on SmackDown! throughout the remainder of 2003 and early 2004, attempting to win the United States Championship on several occasions.

2004–2005[link]

In March 2004, Rhyno was drafted to the Raw brand in the 2004 WWE Draft Lottery. Later that night he faced Chris Benoit for the World Heavyweight Championship in a losing effort. In July he turned face again by first squashing then heel Lance Storm in a match and then forming a tag team with Tajiri. The duo challenged for the World Tag Team Championship on several occasions throughout 2004.^[1]

Rhyno was released from his WWE contract on April 9, 2005 along with his friend Matt Hardy due to a public argument with his wife that took place at the WrestleMania 21 afterparty.^[15] He made his final appearance on WWE television at the WWE-produced ECW reunion pay-per-view One Night Stand on June 12 competed in a match against Sabu.^[16] During the match, fans chanted, "you got fired!" chants at Rhyno.

Gerin returned for one night in 2011, after the September 16 Smackdown taping, for "Edge Appreciation Night" to celebrate his close friend's career.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2005–2010)[link]

Debut, NWA World Heavyweight Champion (2005–2006)[link]

Rhino competing for TNA in Orlando, Florida

After time on the independent circuit, Gerin made his debut in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling on July 17 as Rhino, reverting to the ECW spelling of his wrestling name. He debuted by hitting then-NWA World Heavyweight Champion Raven with the Gore following a match with Abyss at No Surrender, thus debuting as both a villain and a member of Planet Jarrett.^[17]

These events led to a match being scheduled between the team of Rhino and Jeff Jarrett and the team of Raven and the returning Sabu at Sacrifice on August 14. During the Sacrifice preshow, Director of Authority Larry Zbyszko informed Jarrett, who had lobbied for a title shot for several weeks, that if he could pin Raven, he would receive a shot at the NWA World Heavyweight Championship at Unbreakable. However, should Jarrett lose the match, he would be prohibited from receiving a world title shot for one year.^[18] Later that night, during the tag match, Jeff Hardy returned to TNA, attacking Jarrett and enabling Rhino to Gore and pin Raven. An irate Jarrett, furious at having lost his shot at the title, watched as Zbyszko announced Rhino to be the new number one contender immediately after the PPV went off the air.^[19]

Rhino faced Raven at Unbreakable in a match which saw him accidentally Gore a shopping cart in homage to his Hardcore Championship bout with Raven at Backlash in the WWF. Despite interference from Jarrett, Raven retained his title after hitting Rhino with an Even Flow DDT.^[20]

Rhino fought Jeff Hardy in the main event of the first episode of Impact! on Spike TV on October 1. The match was declared a no-contest after both Abyss and Sabu interfered. At Bound for Glory, Rhino, Abyss, Sabu, and Hardy faced each other in a Monster's Ball match, which Rhino won after hitting a middle-rope Rhino Driver on Hardy. Later that night, Rhino won a 10-man Gauntlet match to determine who would face Jeff Jarrett for his NWA World Heavyweight Championship after Kevin Nash, Jarrett's scheduled opponent, was rushed to the hospital due to a legitimate injury.^[21][22] Rhino went on to defeat Jarrett and win the title. Rhino lost the NWA World Title to Jeff Jarrett on a 2 hour prime time special episode of Impact! on November 3.^[23]

Starting with the November 26 episode of Impact!, TNA started airing promos about Rhino's career and personal life in preparation for his title rematch at Turning Point. He lost the rematch after a guitar shot and interference from all of Team Canada.^[24]

Rhino making his entrance

Rhino then wrapped up a brutal feud with Abyss, who (due to his alignment with Planet Jarrett) halted Rhino's war on Team Canada. The feud saw Abyss Black Hole Slam Rhino on to several chairs, and Rhino smash Abyss through a steel wall with the Gore.^[25] Their singles feud ended at Against All Odds when Rhino Gored Abyss off of a fifteen foot ramp on to four tables.^[26] In April, Rhino became a member of Sting's four-man team of "Warriors", joining A.J. Styles and Ron Killings to fight Jeff Jarrett's "Army" in a Lethal Lockdown match at Lockdown.^[27] On June 9, after Rhino defeated Jeff Jarrett at a TNA house show in the old ECW Arena in Philadelphia, he publicly acknowledged that he had been offered a contract to come back to WWE and wrestle for the new ECW. Rhino, however, decided to stay with TNA.^[1][28] On July 11, Rhino made an open challenge against WWE for their current incarnation of ECW. The shocking revelation was that he did not like the direction of the new ECW and threw the "real" ECW World Championship (hidden in a burlap sack as Rhino stated WWE threatened legal action if he showed it) into an oil drum and burned it (he later admitted that it was a replica, and he still has the original at his home).^[4][29] He then feuded with Monty Brown and Samoa Joe. This resulted in the three men fighting at Hard Justice which ended with Samoa Joe winning by pinning Monty Brown after driving Brown through a table.^[30] Rhino then entered into a feud with Christian Cage, playing off their former history together in WWE, Japan, and Canada.^[31] The feud continued when Christian and Gerin faced off in an Eight Mile Street Fight at Bound for Glory, on October 22. Christian won after a con-chair-to with a ladder, a broken table, a street sign, and some chairs on top of Gerin. This feud culminated on the November 16 episode of Impact!, where he faced Cage in a bloody six-sides of steel barbed wire match. Cage won the match after taking Rhino's signature Gore that sent him through the door of the cage.^[32]

Various feuds (2006–2009)[link]

Towards the end of 2006, Rhino entered into a program with A.J. Styles. This started with Rhino trying to help Styles with his situation with Christopher Daniels, only to have Styles pull away and accuse Rhino of getting into his business, thus turning him heel.^[33] Rhino would lose to Styles at Turning Point after Styles faked a knee injury and then pinned Rhino with a roll-up.^[34] The Rhino-Styles feud continued into 2007. At Final Resolution, Rhino defeated Styles in a Last Man Standing match. Rhino set up tables in anticipation of sending Styles through them with a Gore. Styles, however, saw what was happening and declined to get up, thus losing. After the match, Rhino swore he was not through with Styles and gave him a Rhino Driver on the entrance ramp.^[35] At Against All Odds, Styles defeated Rhino in a Motor City Chain match after dodging a Gore and rolling up Rhino for the pin.^[36] A.J. Styles then challenged any wrestler in TNA to wrestle him at Destination X in the debut of the Elevation X match and Rhino accepted the challenge. At Destination X, Rhino defeated A.J. Styles in the Elevation X match after a Gore, and stomping on Styles fingers.^[37] On March 22, Rhino was chosen as the third member of Kurt Angle's team for the Lockdown match, along with Samoa Joe and eventually Jeff Jarrett and Sting. Team Angle was successful at Lockdown after defeating Christian's Coalition in a Lethal Lockdown match. Rhino had a big spot in the match when he Gored Tomko through the cage door.^[38]

Rhino competing at a TNA show

Rhino went through short feuds with Christopher Daniels and The Latin American Xchange before moving on to his next big feud with James Storm. On the June 21 Impact!, Storm and Robert Roode defeated Rhino and Eric Young. Following the match, Storm poured beer on Rhino, causing him to snap.^[39] Two weeks later, Rhino had a sit-down interview with Mike Tenay and revealed that he was a recovering alcoholic, and that caused him to snap after being covered with beer.^[40] The feud between Rhino and Storm resulted in a match at Victory Road. Storm won the match after hitting Rhino with a beer bottle. After the match was over Storm and Jackie Moore attacked Rhino and poured beer into his mouth and left him bleeding in the ring.^[41] At Hard Justice, Rhino lost a Bar Room Brawl to Storm, after Storm smashed a beer bottle into the back of Rhino's head, but Rhino beat him at No Surrender.^[42] After the match, he Gored Moore. Rhino then feuded with Raven, resulting in a Monster's Ball match at Bound for Glory between Rhino, Raven, Abyss, and Black Reign which Abyss won. At Turning Point, he was scheduled to participate in a match teaming with Abyss to take on Black Reign and Rellik, but he was replaced by Raven due to injury. After battling a kayfabe alcoholism relapse (brought on by the James Storm storyline), Rhino officially made his return at Against All Odds when he Gored Storm, which caused Eric Young to retain his World Drinking Championship. On March 9, Rhino defeated Storm at Destination X, in the second official Elevation X Match, making Rhino 2-0 in Elevation X.

The next week, Christian Cage had to find a tag partner to help him fight A.J. Styles and Tomko. He asked Rhino but he refused, due to their past history (Cage had since turned face). Tomko, Styles, and Team 3D attacked Cage after his tag team match with Kevin Nash. The following week on Impact!, Cage managed to get Rhino on his side during an interview with Jeremy Borash. At Lockdown in the Lethal Lockdown match, Rhino pinned Storm to get the win for Cage's team.^[43] Rhino went on to form a tag team with Cage and they competed in the Deuces Wild Tag Team Tournament to crown new tag team champions by beating The Motor City Machineguns (Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley) to qualify. The tournament took place at Sacrifice where they beat the team of Robert Roode and Booker T, but lost in the second round to Team 3D after Brother Ray hit Rhino with a kendo stick. Rhino would beat James Storm to qualify for the King of the Mountain match at Slammiversary, where Samoa Joe retained the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. Since then, Rhino formed a tag team with Christian Cage. At Hard Justice, Rhino and Christian Cage defeated Team 3D to end their feud.

Rhino durning his feud with the Godfather of the Main Event Mafia Kurt Angle.

The team of Rhino and Christian Cage apparently disbanded with Cage going to main events and Rhino along with then TNA Women's Champion Taylor Wilde starting a feud with The Beautiful People and Cute Kip shortly after Hard Justice. At Bound for Glory IV, Rhino along with O.D.B. and Rhaka Khan (who recently turned face) defeated The Beautiful People and Cute Kip in a Bimbo Brawl. On the October 23 episode of Impact!, Rhino contronted Sheik Abdul Bashir over political views. He was later attacked by Bashir. The feud ended after Rhino got revenge and defeated Sheik at Turning Point.

On the November 20 episode of Impact!, Rhino attacked The Main Event Mafia, but the Mafia fought back and placed him in a casket. The next week, Rhino officially joined A.J. Styles and Samoa Joe, naming the group the TNA Frontline. Rhino decided the Frontline had to have more members if they wanted to beat the Main Event Mafia, and, much to the surprise and questioning of the group, asked Team 3D to join the Frontline. Later in the night, Team 3D agreed to join the Frontline, helping Styles and Joe attack the Mafia. At Genesis, Rhino lost to Sting in a World Title match.

Heel turn (2009–2010)[link]

At the Lockdown pre-show, Eric Young defeated Danny Bonaduce. After the bout, Bonaduce attacked Young, but Rhino came to the ring to aid Young and then Gored Bonaduce. Afterwards, Rhino began an angle that aired on television, where he would train and mentor Jesse Neal, a former member of the military, to become a pro wrestler. However in training Jesse Neal, Rhino has become quite frustrated leading to a very short temper. This led to a tag match on August 13, 2009 where when Jesse lost the match making a "rookie mistake" by refusing a hot tag to Rhino. Rhino turned heel later by goring his former protege, Jesse Neal. Then his former mentors Team 3D had realized what a selfish man Rhino was, thus leading to a feud between them. Rhino appeared at No Surrender to face new superstar Bobby Lashley. Rhino put on a great effort, Goring Lashley twice but to be defeated by a knockout punch which saw Lashley's first win.^[44] On the October 15 episode of Impact!, he lost a stretcher match to Bobby Lashley. The following week Rhino would start an angle where he claimed that TNA was favoring the younger talent of the company, while trying to force veterans like himself out of the company.^[45] After weeks of persuasion, on the November 5 episode of Impact! Team 3D turned heel and joined Rhino in his battle.^[46][47][48] At Turning Point Rhino along with Team 3D defeated Matt Morgan, Hernandez and D'Angelo Dinero after a Gore by Rhino.^[49] On the November 19 episode of Impact! Jesse Neal turned heel and joined Rhino and Team 3D.^[50] Two weeks later Suicide joined Morgan, Hernandez and Dinero to level the playing field.^[51] At Final Resolution Morgan, Hernandez, Dinero and Suicide defeated Neal, Team 3D and Rhino in an eight-man elimination tag team match.^[52] When Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff took over TNA at the beginning of 2010, Rhino's angle was discontinued and Team 3D reverted back to being faces and began feuding with The Nasty Boys.

In March 2010, Rhino was part of the first pro wrestling shows for Maximum Pro Wrestling, which consisted of 3 events in Niagara Falls, Chatham and Georgetown, Ontario.

EV 2.0 and departure (2010)[link]

Rhino performing his entrance

After four months off television, Rhino returned on the July 1 episode of Impact!, appearing in the Impact! Zone crowd beside fellow ECW alumni Tommy Dreamer, Raven and Stevie Richards, thus seemingly turning back into a face.^[53] On the July 15 episode of Impact! Rhino, Dreamer, Raven, Richards, Brother Devon, Pat Kenney and Al Snow, led by Mick Foley, aligned themselves with the TNA World Heavyweight Champion Rob Van Dam by attacking Abyss and the rest of the TNA locker room.^[54][55][56] The following week, TNA president Dixie Carter agreed to give the ECW alumni their own reunion pay–per–view event, Hardcore Justice: The Last Stand, as a celebration of hardcore wrestling and a final farewell to the company.^[57] At the event Rhino defeated Al Snow and Brother Runt in a three-way match.^[58] On the following episode of Impact!, the ECW alumni, known collectively as Extreme, Version 2.0 (EV 2.0), were assaulted by A.J. Styles, Kazarian, Robert Roode, James Storm, Douglas Williams and Matt Morgan of Ric Flair's Fourtune stable, who thought they did not deserve to be in TNA.^[59][60] During the assault Abyss came out, fought Rob Van Dam backstage and caused him storyline injuries, which forced him to vacate the TNA World Heavyweight Championship and led to EV 2.0 looking for revenge.^[61] On the August 26 episode of Impact! Rhino called out Abyss for what he had done and then laid him out with a Gore.^[62] At No Surrender Abyss defeated Rhino in a Falls Count Anywhere match.^[63] At Bound for Glory Rhino, Dreamer, Raven, Richards and Sabu defeated Fourtune members Styles, Kazarian, Morgan, Roode and Storm in a Lethal Lockdown match.^[64] Shortly afterwards Rhino's contract with TNA expired, but he remained with the promotion on a per night deal.^[65][66][67] At Turning Point EV 2.0 faced Fortune in a ten man tag team match, where each member of EV 2.0 put their TNA careers on the line. In the end, EV 2.0 lost the match and Sabu was released from TNA.^[68] On the following episode of Impact!, Rhino revealed himself as the man within EV 2.0, who had been calling Eric Bischoff, trying to get to be a part of his Immortal stable, which had led to dissension between Rob Van Dam, who wanted to find out the traitor, and the rest of EV 2.0, by costing Van Dam his match against Kazarian and afterwards hitting Tommy Dreamer with a chair, turning heel in the process.^[69] On the November 18 episode of Impact! Rhino explained that Bischoff had agreed to re–sign him as long as he turned on the rest of EV 2.0.^[70] The following week Dreamer defeated Rhino in a Street Fight. After the match Rhino attacked Dreamer, but was then chased away by Rob Van Dam, who challenged him to a First Blood match at Final Resolution, which Van Dam ended up winning.^[71][72] On the following episode of Impact! Bischoff refused to give Rhino a contract with TNA and had Fortune and Immortal remove him from the arena.^[73] The event marked, for the moment, Gerin's final appearance for TNA.^[74]

Independent circuit (2011)[link]

Since his departure from TNA, Rhino has appeared in several independent promotions including Tri-City Wrestling. In May 2011, Rhino took part in New Japan Pro Wrestling's first tour of the United States. In the main event of the first night on May 13 in Rahway, New Jersey, Rhino teamed with Charlie Haas in a tag team match, where they defeated IWGP Heavyweight Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi and Togi Makabe, when Rhino pinned Makabe.^[75][76] At the following day's event in New York City, Rhino pinned Kazuchika Okada in a six man tag team match, where he teamed with Davey Richards and Homicide against Okada, Makabe and Ryusuke Taguchi.^[77] On the third and final day of the tour, Rhino was defeated by Makabe in the main event, a "South Philadelphia Street Fight", at the former ECW Arena.^[78] On May 29 Rhyno appeared in Dutch Pro Wrestling beating Kenzo Richards in an Extreme rules match.

Juggalo Championship Wrestling (2004, 2005, 2011-present)[link]

Gerin debuted in Juggalo Championship Wrestling at the 2004 musical festival Gathering of the Juggalos, where he defeated Abyss.^[79] At the following year's event, he participated on behalf of the company in "JCW vs. TNA: Three Day War." Gerin returned to Juggalo Championship Wrestling in 2011, saving JCW Heavyweight Champion Corporal Robinson from an attack by Breyer Wellington and Butler Jeeves.^[80] Teaming with The Weedman, 2 Tuff Tony, and Jailbird Man, he defeated the team of Baby Bitch Boy, The Bumpin' Uglies, and Bull Pain at the company's first internet pay-per-view Hatchet Attacks.^[81]

At Up in Smoke, Rhino saved Tony from an attack by Sabu and Rob Conway, turning him into a fan favorite.^[82] He and Tony were then scheduled for a tag team match against the two at St. Andrew's Brawl.^[82]

Ring of Honor (2011-2012)[link]

Rhino was revealed to be the bodyguard hired by Prince Nana to protect The Embassy from Homicide on June 13, 2011. In his debut match for the promotion on June 26 at Best in the World 2011, Rhino was defeated by Homicide in a Street Fight.^[83] In his next ROH appearance at the Death Before Dishonor IX pay-per-view on September 17, Rhino and fellow Embassy member Tommaso Ciampa defeated Homicide and Jay Lethal in a tag team match.^[84] In late 2011, after not appearing in ROH events for a couple of months, Rhino was quietly removed from the ROH roster on the ROH website, signifying his departure from the company. Gerin returned to Ring of Honor telivision in April 2012 being traded from the Embassy to Truth Martini's House of Truth and was announced as the opponet of "Die Hard" Eddie Edwards for the ROH Border Wars pay per view on May 12. Rhino was defeated by Eddie Edwards via pinfall at ROH Border Wars on May 12.

Other media[link]

Gerin made his film debut in the 2011 horror film Death from Above as Vin, alongside fellow wrestlers Kurt Angle, James Storm, Matt Morgan, Sid Eudy and Jessica Kresa.

In wrestling[link]

Rhino delivering the Gore on Michael Elgin in 2011

Rhyno performing a superplex on Sabu in 1999

• Finishing moves
  • Gore (Striking spear)^[2]
  • Rhino Driver (Spike piledriver, sometimes from the second rope or the ring apron)- 1999-2006, Used Rarely After^[1]
• Signatures moves
  • Bear hug
  • Boston crab – 2000–2003
  • Death Valley driver^[1]
  • Flapjack
  • Fireman's carry cutter^[1]
  • Release powerbomb^[1]
  • Scoop powerslam^[1]
  • Running powerslam
  • Side belly to belly suplex^[1]
  • Spinning spinebuster^[1]
  • Sharpshooter – 2002–2004

• Managers
  • Steve Corino
  • Jack Victory
  • Cyrus
  • Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley
  • Truth Martini

• Nicknames
  • "The War Machine"
  • "The Gore Machine"
  • "Dr. Kill"^[85]
  • "The Man Beast"
  • "The Man Monster" – ECW
  • "The Big F'n Deal" – ECW
  • "The Rookie Monster" – ECW
  • "The Last ECW Champion" - WWE
  • 'The Impacting' - WWE

• Entrance themes
  • "Debonaire" by Dope (ECW 1999-2001 Indy Circuit 2011–Present)
  • "Stampede" by Dale Oliver (TNA)^[86]
  • "Man Beast" by Jim Johnston (WWE 2001-2004,April 27 2012- present)

Championships and accomplishments[link]

• American Independent Wrestling Alliance
  • AIWA Western Hemisphere Championship (1 time)^[87]

• Border City Wrestling
  • BCW Can-Am Television Championship (1 time)^[88]

• Catch Wrestling Association
  • CWA World Tag Team Championship (2 times)^[3][89] – with Joe Legend (1), Jean-Pierre Lafitte (1)

• European Wrestling Promotion
  • EWP World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[90]
• Extreme Championship Wrestling
  • ECW World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[7]
  • ECW World Television Championship (2 times - final champion)^[5]

• Jersey All Pro Wrestling
  • JAPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[91]

• Prime Time Wrestling
  • PTW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• Pro Championship Wrestling
  • PCW World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • PCW World Tag Team Championship (2 time) - Daniel Rodimer (1), Balls Mahoney (1)

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI Ranked him #10 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2001^[92]

• Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
  • NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[21]
  • Turkey Bowl (2008)

• World Series Wrestling
  • WSW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[93]

• World Wrestling Alliance
  • WWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) - Thomas Barnez

• World Wrestling Federation
  • WCW United States Championship (1 time)^[12]
  • WWF Hardcore Championship (3 times)^[11]

References[link]

External links[link]

Professional wrestling portal

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