Ladies vs Ricky Bahl
File:LadiesVsRickyBahl2.jpg Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Maneesh Sharma
Produced by	Aditya Chopra
Screenplay by	Devika Bhagat
Story by	Aditya Chopra
Starring	Ranveer Singh Anushka Sharma Parineeti Chopra Dipannita Sharma Aditi Sharma
Music by	Salim-Sulaiman
Cinematography	Aseem Mishra Ravi K. Chandran
Editing by	Suresh Sharma
Distributed by	Yash Raj Films
Release date(s)	9 December 2011 (2011-12-09)
Country	‹See Tfd› India
Language	‹See Tfd› Hindi
Budget	25 crore (US$4.99 million)[1]
Box office	37 crore (US$7.38 million)

Ladies vs Ricky Bahl is a 2011 Indian romantic comedy film directed by Maneesh Sharma and produced by Aditya Chopra. The film stars Ranveer Singh opposite Anushka Sharma in lead roles, seen together once again, after their last hit together Band Baaja Baaraat, along with Dipannita Sharma, Aditi Sharma and debutant Parineeti Chopra in supporting roles. In the film, Ranveer Singh plays a conman named Ricky Bahl who cons women until three of these women unite to con him back. This story is inspired by the Hollywood movie John Tucker Must Die and from Bollywood film Bachna Ae Haseeno. It was released on December 9, 2011 to mixed response from critics, and was declared an average grosser at the box office.

Plot[link]

Dimple Chaddha (Parineeti Chopra) is a spoilt brat and the only daughter of Sandeep Chaddha, the creator of "Chaddha Industries", a huge finance company in Delhi. Her boyfriend, Sunny Singh convinces her father that he really loves her. The next day, he breaks into an old bungalow and throws stones at it, harassing the residents. He explains his actions to Dimple: The bungalow he vandalized actually belongs to his father, who died recently, and it had been illegally encroached upon by the tenants. He has to pay thousands in taxes, lest he'd end up having to cede the ownership to the tenants.

Dimple convinces her father to help Sunny gets his ancestral property back, to which Sandeep agrees. Unbeknownst to Sandeep, the family living there had a stay order and had a family dispute in the court for years, and there was no "Sunny Singh" involved, which meant that Sunny had conned Dimple. Dimple becomes heartbroken and tries tracing Sunny, who, in the meanwhile, is boarding a flight leaving for Mumbai, with the money he received by conning Dimple's father.

Flash forward to today: In Mumbai, Ricky is working as a janitor. There, he spies on Raina Parulekar (Dipannita Sharma), who is a headstrong go-getter businesswoman in a big PR firm called Synergy Services. She has been ordered by her boss to adorn the central wall of their upcoming party with an M.F. Hussain painting, one with a herd of horses, which is sold out everywhere. Ricky attracts Raina's attention by a planned "chance" meeting, where he, pretending to be an art aficionado named "Deven Shah", tells her that he has been loaned that same painting for an art exhibition by a reputed businessman (Mr. Suri). Raina, desperate to deliver on her promise of having to deliver an M.F. Hussain painting within 72 hours, fails to identify the fake painting and falls into the trap laid by Deven.

To buy the painting, she is made to deal with the owner of the painting, Mr. Suri, over the phone, as he is not available to meet at such short notice. Mr. Suri (who is actually Ricky, using a voice encryption software), after much deliberation, agrees to sell the painting for 90 Lakhs - 60 Lakhs in cash and 30 Lakhs in cheques, which he tells Raina to handover to the "honest and innocent Deven". She hands over Rs. 60 lakhs to Deven. At the grand party, the real "Mr. Suri" contacts Raina's boss and reprimands him over the phone for using his name in a transaction which never happened. Humiliated, Raina's boss immediately fires Raina for her ignorant mistake, accusing her of trying to con the company for Rs. 60 Lakhs. Humiliated, Raina reveals to the media about Deven Shah, who has duped her for a fake Hussain painting. Dimple, sitting in a beauty parlor in Delhi, sees the news on TV and suspects that maybe Deven Shah could be "Sunny". She contacts Raina, who instantly recognizes that Sunny Singh is indeed Jai Kapoor. Simultaneously, Raina receives another call from Lucknow from a widow named Saira Rashid (Aditi Sharma), who explains her story of having been conned, for an amount of 10 Lakhs, by the same person under the guise of Iqbal Khan.

Raina asks Dimple and Saira to come to Mumbai so that they can make a plan to find and con their common conman, who they simply name "Bloody Kameena (BK)" (Bloody Scoundrel). To trace BK, Raina uses the help of one of her hacker friends, who sorts all prepaid numbers from around India which also have the same unique "caller tune" (the famous dialogue by Shahrukh Khan from "Baazigar"). They finally manage to identify his number and trace him to Goa, where he goes by the alias of "Diego Vaz". To set the plan in motion, Raina decides to hire an acquaintance. Enter Ishika (Anushka Sharma): a really smart, sweet-talking and cunning saleswoman, who'd act as the daughter of an NRI American business tycoon, who wishes to open a restaurant in India and prove to father that she has business acumen. Once Raina, Dimple and Saira reach and find BK in Goa, they call Ishika over to Goa. As a part of their plan, they instruct Ishika to con BK into investing in the (fake) restaurant by offering him a partnership proposal. BK, apparently unaware of the trap set for him, slowly starts falling for it.

However, in the process of conning BK, Ishika falls in love with him, knowing well that BK, in turn, has also fallen in love with her. Ishika is tormented due to a fight between her promise towards the 3 girls vs the true love she has for BK. Ishika says she can't con him anymore because they love each other, but the 3 girls pressurize her. BK, unaware of the trap, comes to meet Ishika, only to find the 4 girls loudly arguing about him. He realizes that he has been setup all this while. He is heartbroken, and realizes the pain he gave to everyone when he conned them. But BK remains firm, and wanting vengeance for this "trap" the girls tried to set up for him, he now, in turn, makes a plan to con the four girls. Because he truly loves her, BK confesses he's a conman and wants to leave this life behind, and wants to marry Ishika. The girls set up a fake "father" of Ishika, who orders BK to buy a plot in the name of Ishika, so she can be safe in case BK absconds. BK agrees, but since he does not have enough cash, he asks Ishika to lend him half (i.e. 45 Lakhs) of the plot's worth (90 Lakhs). The deal is made and all the property papers are transferred to Ishika. But they soon realize that this was all a con by BK : He bought the worthless "swamp" plot for 3 Lakhs under a fake alias, then asked the agent to sell that same land to Ishika (knowing she's involved with the other 3 girls) for 90 Lakhs. That way, the money (45 Lakhs) which Ishika had conned out of BK would come back to him. The 3 girls blame Ishika for cheating them, and vent their anger out on her. Ishika leaves and returns back to Mumbai. The three return to pack up and leave, only to find BK sitting in their garden. He explains why he came back, that he didn't feel good about conning the girl he truly loved, and that the four girls have changed him into now becoming an honest and decent man. He returns their money - Rs. 1 crore - he stole from the three combined, and leaves.

The three girls realize BK's and Ishika's love for each other and reunite them. He lands up in Mumbai, confronts Ishika and proposes to her. In the end, on being probed by Ishika, BK reveals his real name to be "Ricky Bahl", and the movie ends with them embracing and kissing each other.

Cast[link]

• Ranveer Singh as Sunny Singh / Diego Vaz/Iqbal Khan /Bloody kameena/ Deven Shah / Vikram Thappar / real name "Ricky Bahl"
• Anushka Sharma as Ishika Desai/Patel
• Parineeti Chopra as Dimple Chaddha
• Dipannita Sharma as Raina Parulekar
• Aditi Sharma as Saira Rashid
• Shireesh Sharma as Mr. Chaddha (Dimple's Dad)

Reception[link]

Release[link]

The film was released in India on December 9, 2011. Upon release, the film received mixed reviews. Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra's cousin, Parineeti Chopra, has made her acting debut in the film and most critics have praised her highly for her acting skills.Taran Adarsh from Bollywood Hungama gave the film 3 out of 5 stars and said: "Ladies Vs Ricky Bahl is, at best, a decent fare, which appeals in parts. The film starts well, even ends well. It's the in between that's plain ordinary. Ideally, the film merits a two-and-a-half star rating, but that extra half star is for Ranveer and Anushka, who steal your heart with truly striking performances.^[2] Nikhat Kazmi from The Times of India gave the film 3 from 5 stars adding: "There is no humour, no earthy flavour, no tingling chemistry between the lead pair. What does work in favour of the film are its performances and its non-hysterical tenor."^[3] Komal Nahta from Koimoi gave it 3 star as well stating: Ladies Vs Ricky Bahl is a fair entertainer. What is good about it is: The basic plotline; some con-game sequences; performances; music NDTV gave the film 2.5 stars from 5, calling it predictable and adding that the loses out on the great chemistry between the two leads. But it is still great to watch. However, he praised the performance of Ranveer Singh.^[4] So did Rajeev Masand who, in his review for IBN Live, described it as watchable but thought that it could've been so much more fun.^[5] Raja Sen of Rediff.com gave it 1.5 stars from 5 and added: There is a plot in Maneesh Sharma's latest, but essentially imagine hussain abhuji unfunny Khosla Ka Ghosla and you'll get the gist [...] and so we have a template film you can essentially predict. It might still have worked if not for the inexplicably sluggish pace and forgettable songs thrown in every few scenes, killing any possibility of a narrative rhythm.^[6]

Unlike their last success, Ranveer Singh and Anushka Sharma both failed to make a mark together. Parineeti Chopra, the only to get appreciated from the whole cast received accolades for her bubbly performance. Ranveer Singh was criticized by audiences and critics alike. He is currently nominated as 'The Worst Actor' at Ghanta Awards^[7] - The awards that values the best of the Worst in Hindi Cinema.He also nominated for Golden kela award as Worst actor.Hindi movie reviewers score 53/100 at 50% positive at average of 5.9/10. .

Box Office[link]

Ladies vs Ricky Bahl had a mixed first day with many places recording low first day collections, but some multiplexes recording 50–60% for the first day. The collection improved well in Delhi and Punjab area throughout the day. The multiplexes dominated areas saw good to decent occupancy while single screened areas remain on lower side. The film had a decent first day collections of 4.50–4.75 crores.^[8][9] During the second day of release, it showed good improvement and collected 5.50 crores. Collections rose once again on Sunday and it collected a whopping sum of 6–6.25 crores which brings the 3 day total to 16.50 crores approx.^[10] The film remained steady on Monday, with collections around 2.50 crores nett, taking the four day total to 19 crores nett approx.^[11] The film also put up a decent first week collection, grossing 23 crores nett.^[12][13] It was declared an average grosser by Box office India.^[14]

Awards[link]

Soundtrack[link]

This section requires expansion.

The song "Jigar Da Tukda" won the most atrocious lyrics award at the Golden Kela Awards in 2012.

Track listing[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official Website
• Ladies vs Ricky Bahl at the Internet Movie Database

Anushka Sharma
Anushka Sharma at Women's Health inaugural issue launch
Born	(1988-05-01) 1 May 1988 (age 24)[1]
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Model, Actress
Years active	2008–present

Anushka Sharma (Hindi: अनुष्का शर्मा pronounced [əˈnʊʂkaː ˈʃərmaː]; born 1 May 1988)^[1] is an Indian actress and former model who appears in Hindi films. In 2008, she was signed by Aditya Chopra for a three-film contract with Yash Raj Films and made her screen debut in Chopra's Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi. She later received acclaim for her role as Shruti Kakkar in Band Baaja Baaraat (2010).^[2] Both films fetched her a Best Actress nomination at the Filmfare Awards ceremony.^[3]

Early life and background[link]

Sharma's father, Col. Ajay Kumar Sharma, is an army officer and her mother Ashima Sharma is a housewife. She has an elder brother named Karnesh,^[4] who was a state-level cricketer and now, is in the Merchant Navy. She studied in Army School and graduated with specialization in arts from Mount Carmel College, Bangalore.^[5] She later moved to Mumbai to further pursue her modelling career, where she currently resides.

Career[link]

Early Career & Debut (2007-2009)[link]

Sharma says she originally wished to make it big in the modeling world but had no strong aspirations for films.^[5] She began her modeling career at the Lakme Fashion Week as a model for Wendell Rodricks's Les Vamps Show and was picked to be Rodricks's finale model at the Spring Summer '07 Collection. Since then she has done campaigns for Silk & Shine, Whisper, Nathella Jewelry and Fiat Palio.

Her first acting role was in Aditya Chopra's Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (2008) opposite Shahrukh Khan. Her performance was appreciated with film critic Taran Adarsh stating, "Anushka looks the character and surprises you with a confident performance. It's no small achievement to share screen space with an actor of the caliber of SRK and Anushka manages it very well from start to end."^[6] The film received positive reviews and was declared a blockbuster, and had been concluded as the second-highest grossing film of all-time to that point by the end of the year.^[7]

Breakthrough & Initial Success (2010-present)[link]

Her second film, Badmaash Company, also under Yash Raj Films, was released on May 7, 2010. While Taran Adarsh added, "Anushka is a revelation. She looks stunning, her performance is livewire and the chemistry with Shahid is electrifying."^[8]

In 2010, Sharma completed her three-film contract with Yash Raj Films, starring in Band Baaja Baaraat, a romantic comedy directed by Maneesh Sharma and co-starring debutant Ranveer Singh.^[10] She played a middle-class Delhi-Punjabi girl who goes on to launch her own independent business of wedding planning and later falls for her partner. In preparation for the part, Sharma was required to master the dialect of a young Punjabi woman from Delhi. She cited it as the toughest part of her role, describing the way the lead characters in the film interact as "crude but cute", and calling for her to "talk fast, sometimes mix words and even omit words completely".^[11] Prior to its release, she referred to it as her "best film till date".^[12] Some pundits, however, had expressed doubts about the film's prospects to leave a mark, citing the middling response to Yash Raj Films' last few productions, the lack of a male star, and claiming that by then Sharma was an "almost-forgotten" actress.^[13]

Band Baaja Baaraat was released on December 10, 2010 to positive reviews and went on to become a sleeper hit. Box Office India website reported that the film grossed approximately  21.44 crore after five weeks, making it a moderate box office success.^[14] Sharma's performance was praised by critics, many of whom called it her best work up to that point.^[15] Taran Adarsh described her as "truly wonderful," noting that it is "the first time in her 3-film career, a film rests mainly on Anushka's shoulders, and she handles the responsibility so well."^[16] For her work in the film, Sharma received her second nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress and earned several awards and nominations at different award ceremonies.^[17]

Sharma's first venture outside the Yash Raj banner was Patiala House directed by Nikhil Advani and co-starring Akshay Kumar. Patiala House was released on February 11, 2011.^[18] Despite the film's lukewarm performance at the box office, Sharma received positive reviews. Nikhat Kazmi of The Times Of India wrote, "Anushka Sharma’s vivacity may have an after taste of her bubbling Band Baaja Baraat act but her passage from Janakpuri’s dhinchak girl to Southall’s siren is sweet and smooth. Watch out for the girl; she’s truly on a roll."^[19]

In December 2011, she re-united with her Band Baaja Baarat team of Ranveer Singh and Maneesh Sharma for Yashraj Films's Ladies vs Ricky Bahl. Despite negative media perception, the film was a moderate success at the box office.^[20][21]

Filmography[link]

Awards and nominations[link]

Filmfare Awards[link]

Nominated

• 2009: Filmfare Best Actress Award; Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi^[23]
• 2011: Filmfare Best Actress Award; Band Baaja Baaraat^[24]

Star Screen Awards[link]

Nominated

• 2008: Star Screen Award for Most Promising Newcomer - Female; Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
• 2011: Star Screen Award for Best Actress; Band Baaja Baaraat

IIFA Awards[link]

Winner

• 2011: IIFA Award for Best Actress; Band Baaja Baaraat^[25]

Apsara Film and Television Producers Guild Awards[link]

Winner

• 2009: Best Debut (Female); Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi^[26]
• 2011: Best Actress in a Leading Role; Band Baaja Baaraat^[27]

Zee Cine Awards[link]

Nominated

• 2011: Zee Cine Award for Best Actor – Female; Band Baaja Baaraat^[28]
• 2012: Zee Cine Awards, International Icon Female

Other awards[link]

• 2011 - GQ Men of the Year Awards: Excellence Award^[29]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Anushka Sharma at the Internet Movie Database

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Anushka Sharma

Robert Thomas Conway^[1] (November 28, 1972), better known as Rob Conway, is an American professional wrestler best known for his seven year stint with World Wrestling Entertainment. He is currently employed by Juggalo Championship Wrestling.

Professional wrestling career[link]

Rob Conway began his career in Memphis Championship Wrestling (MCW) and Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), teaming with Nick Dinsmore under the names Limited Edition (MCW), the Borkcin Brothers, and the Lords of the Ring (OVW).^[1] While in OVW, he and Dinsmore were also members of Kenny Bolin's Bolin Services along with The Prototype, Bull Buchanan, and Mark Henry.^[1] As the Lords of the Ring, Conway and Dinsmore won the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship on 10 occasions and captured the MCW North American Tag Team Championship once. On April 28, 1999 Rob Conway defeated his partner Nick Dinsmore to win the OVW Heavyweight Championship, but lost it back to him the next week. Conway won the OVW Heavyweight Championship a second time on August 17, 1999, pinning Damaja. He lost the title to Rico Constantino on November 10, regaining it on September 6, 2000, with another victory over Dinsmore.

World Wrestling Entertainment[link]

Occasional appearances (2000-2003)[link]

Conway had dark matches previously with Kurt Angle and Headbanger Mosh, then known as Beaver Cleavage. Conway's TV debut in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) was on the May 20, 2000, episode of Jakked, where he was defeated by Bull Buchanan.^[3] Over the next three years, Conway appeared in tryout matches on Velocity and Sunday Night Heat, losing to wrestlers such as A-Train, Randy Orton, and The Hurricane.^[4]

In a match taped for the July 17, 2003 episode of SmackDown!, Rob Conway and Nick Dinsmore appeared under masks as "Los Conquistadores", losing to Rey Mysterio and Billy Kidman.^[5] On July 27, at Vengeance, Conway once again competed as the masked Conquistador, this time with Johnny Jeter as his partner, as part of the APA Bar Room Brawl.^[6]

La Résistance (2003-2005)[link]

Conway made his proper debut for the company on the August 18, 2003, episode of Raw, planted in the audience dressed as an American airman.^[7] After Conway was "harassed" by the heel tag team La Résistance (Sylvain Grenier and René Duprée), he was invited into the ring by The Dudley Boyz, who were then feuding with La Résistance.^[7] While "celebrating" with the Dudley Boyz and waving the American flag, Conway suddenly hit them both with the flagpole, revealing himself to be a member of La Résistance.^[7] The trio feuded with several tag teams, including the Dudley Boyz, Hurricane and Rosey, and Garrison Cade and Mark Jindrak. When Grenier suffered a back injury in October 2003, Dupree and Conway held the group together until the March 15, 2004 edition of Raw when Grenier returned. The trio did not last long after that, however, as Dupree was drafted to SmackDown! on March 22, 2004 during the Draft Lottery.

Conway making his entrance at a house show in 2005

Grenier and Conway, however, continued to team together as La Résistance on Raw. With American-Franco hostility subsiding, the WWE ceased billing the team as being from France and instead promoted them as being haughty French Canadians who carried the flag of Quebec to the ring, with Grenier often singing the Canadian national anthem. The team held the World Tag Team Championship three times. Their first title reign came when they defeated Chris Benoit and Edge on the May 31, 2004 edition of Raw in Grenier's home town of Montreal, Quebec.^[8] Shortly after this Conway grew his hair out and combed it back. The team dropped the belts to the same team of Benoit and Edge at Taboo Tuesday on October 19 when, even though Edge walked out on Benoit, Benoit was able to defeat La Résistance by himself.^[9] It was not long before La Résistance reclaimed the tag team gold for the second time on the November 1 edition of Raw, defeating Chris Benoit after Edge walked out on Benoit again.^[10] This time La Résistance did not hold the title as long as their last reign; they lost the belts two weeks later on Raw when they faced the team of William Regal and Eugene as well as Tajiri and Rhyno.^[11] In a 3-Way Elimination match, they dropped the title to Regal and Eugene. Their third, and final, Tag Team Title reign began at a Raw brand house show on January 16, 2005 in Winnipeg, Manitoba when they defeated Regal and Jonathan Coachman—Regal's actual partner, Eugene, had been injured and Coachman was selected to be his fill in partner, though Regal never tagged him in—to win the belts.^[1] La Résistance dropped the belts again a few weeks later on the February 7, edition of Raw, from Tokyo, Japan, to William Regal and his new tag team partner Tajiri.^[12] Conway cut his hair back short in March, 2005.

La Résistance repeatedly attempted to regain the gold (mainly on Heat) from Regal and Tajiri in a number of different matches but fell just short each time.^[13][14] During their "last shot" the team thought they had won back the title only to have the decision reversed by referee Mike Chioda due to La Résistance not pinning the legal man. The match was restarted but La Résistance lost the match and their last chance against Regal and Tajiri in a normal tag team contest. The team was given one more chance at Regal and Tajiri, only this time during a Tag Team Turmoil match including five teams—La Résistance, Regal and Tajiri, The Heart Throbs (Romeo Roselli and Antonio Thomas), Simon Dean and Maven, and The Super Heroes Hurricane and Rosey, at Backlash.^[15] During the match La Résistance managed to eliminate the champions, but were defeated by the last remaining team (and winners of the match) Hurricane and Rosey.^[15]

Split and singles competition (2005-2007)[link]

The team split in mid-May after repeatedly quarreling over his attitude towards men which of them was the superior wrestler.^[16] Grenier and Conway went into singles competition with announcers claiming that the members of La Résistance were trying to "one up" each other in singles matches without the other man in their corner. This saw Conway defeat a jobber and Val Venis, while Grenier was defeated by both Venis and Chris Jericho. Both men competed in a triple threat match against Intercontinental Champion Shelton Benjamin for the title; Benjamin won the match not long after the La Résistance members began to argue and fight with each other.^[17] This altercation led to a main event match for the June 12 Heat (taped on June 6) in which Rob Conway portrayed the heel, and defeated Grenier.^[18] On June 30, 2005, Grenier was a last minute trade in the 2005 WWE Draft, sending him to SmackDown! while Conway stayed on the Raw brand. Conway then began wrestling in singles competition on both Heat and Raw.

On the July 17, 2005 edition of Heat Conway brought back his original identity of Rob Conway, making his new gimmick a narcissistic heel and developing a new appearance (similar to Buff Bagwell) including a biker hat, sunglasses, a mustache, see through tights, and a new haircut. He began referring to himself as "The Con-Man" Rob Conway.^[1] During the WWE Homecoming edition of Raw, Conway interrupted a segment involving a number of WWE Legends. After disrespecting the legends, they assaulted him.^[19] Conway, seeking retaliation, then went on to have matches against a number of legends, picking up wins over Doink The Clown, Greg Valentine (by disqualification), and Koko B. Ware.^[20]

During this time he would go on to begin feuding with Eugene, a big fan of the legends who stuck up for them.^[20][21] At the Taboo Tuesday pay-per-view, Conway teamed with Tomko to face Eugene and a legend (as voted for by the fans).^[22] Jimmy Snuka beat out Kamala and Jim Duggan in the voting to become Eugene's partner and picked up the win after a Superfly Splash ending Conway's winning streak.^[22] On the next Raw, Conway attempted to take the Intercontinental Championship from Ric Flair, but came up short when he was locked in Flair's figure four leglock.^[23]

After losing to Flair, Conway went on a long losing streak, losing almost every match he was in through the rest of the 2005 and the start of 2006. Conway went back to competing on Sunday Night Heat making few appearances on Raw and losing on every occasion. On the April 10, 2006 edition of Raw, Conway debuted a slightly changed look, including longer hair, no mustache, and blonde highlighted hair, in a loss to Rob Van Dam.^[24] Conway finally broke his losing streak for one night only on the May 12, 2006 edition of Heat when he won a mixed tag team match with Victoria against the team of Viscera and Torrie Wilson.^[25] It was short lived, however, as the next week he was defeated by Jim Duggan, re-starting his losing streak but starting a short program with Duggan and his protege Eugene.^[26] At the start of August, Conway dropped the Con-Man Gimmick as he stopped wearing sunglasses and his ego dropped. From this point on, Conway was used as a tweener who was desperate to pick up a victory over anyone possible but failed every time he tried.

During the first episode of Raw for January 2007 (1st Jan), Rob threatened to Quit if he lost his match with Jeff Hardy. He did, and was then fired by Vince McMahon.

Ohio Valley Wrestling (2007-2009)[link]

On the November 15 edition of Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), Conway made a surprise appearance, teaming with Sylvain Grenier to reform their old stable, La Résistance.^[27] The reformed team defeated Cody Runnels and Shawn Spears to earn a shot at the OVW Southern Tag Team Titles.^[27] The team, however, lost the title match.^[28] After months of losing, Conway appeared on the January 1, 2007 edition of Raw.^[29] Conway proceeded to make a New Year's resolution and vowed that he would not lose another match and if he did he would quit Raw.^[29] His opponent was the Intercontinental Champion Jeff Hardy, but he was pinned after 21 seconds.^[29] After the match, WWE Chairman Vince McMahon entered the ring and fired him.^[29] On May 11, 2007, Conway was released from his WWE contract.^[30]

Juggalo Championship Wrestling (2011-present)[link]

Conway debuted in Juggalo Championship Wrestling at the event Hardcore Hell.^[31] Per storyline, he announced that he was a master of submissions and a wrestler for hire.^[31] That night, Conway submitted three different opponents to showcase his skills.^[31] Two weeks later, he was hired by Breyer Wellington to face JCW Heavyweight Champion Corporal Robinson, but was defeated.^[32] Conway then participated in Juggalo Championship Wrestling's first internet pay-per-view Hatchet Attacks, where he submitted Sal the Man of a Thousand Gimmicks.^[33] At Up in Smoke, Conway was hired by Sabu's manager Charlie Brown to attack 2 Tuff Tony.^[34] After Rhino scared off Sabu and Conway, a tag team match was scheduled between the two and Rhino and Tony at St. Andrew's Brawl.^[34]

Personal life[link]

Rob graduated from Indiana's New Albany High School in 1990 where he was a standout basketball player. He later played basketball at the now defunct Graceland College in New Albany. Following college, Rob sold fitness equipment and worked as a personal trainer in the Southern Indiana/Louisville area. He broke into wrestling after driving past the old Danny Davis arena in Jeffersonville, Indiana in 1997. After walking in and watching what he considered out of shape guys wrestle, he thought he would give it a try. Within five minutes of being in the ring, Rob stated in a 2004 article in Indianapolis Monthly he knew this is what he wanted to do. Based on the appearance of the local wrestlers, he thought it would only take six months to make it to the WWE (then WWF); it eventually took him six years. Conway and his family attend East Audubon Baptist Church in Louisville. He also starred in the movie, "Thugin' It the Conway" featuring Val Venis.

In wrestling[link]

• Finishing moves
  • Ego Trip (Whiplash, sometimes to a rope hung opponent)^[1]
  • Iron Fist (Punch with loaded glove)^[1] - OVW

• Signature moves
  • DDT^[1]
  • Neckbreaker slam^[1]

• With Sylvain Grenier
  • Au Revoir (Aided Whiplash)
  • La Crêpe / Bonne Nuit (Hart Attack)

• Managers
  • Kenny Bolin
  • Nikita Fink
  • Jackie Gayda
  • Linda Miles
  • Sherri Martel
  • Victoria
  • Sam McCoy
  • Battle Baxter

• Nicknames

• "The Iron Man"^[1]
• "The Submissionary"^[31]
• "The Con Man"^[35]

• Entrance themes

• • "Hendrix Bleeds" by Alec Williams & Chieli Minucci
  • "Just Look at Me" by Jim Johnston

Championships and accomplishments[link]

• Music City Wrestling

• MCW North American Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Nick Dinsmore^[36]

• Northern Championship Wrestling

• NCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Sylvain Grenier^[1]

• Ohio Valley Wrestling

• OVW Heavyweight Championship (4 times)^[37]
• OVW Southern Tag Team Championship (11 times) – with Nick Dinsmore (10) and Pat Buck (1)^[38]

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI ranked him #45 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2004^[39]

• World Wrestling Entertainment

• World Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Sylvain Grenier^[1]

References[link]

External links[link]

Professional wrestling portal

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Rob Conway

• "Iron Man" Rob Conway's Profile on OVW
• The Ironman's official website