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Allen Ray Sarven (born July 18, 1963) is an American professional wrestler and actor better known by his ring name of Al Snow. He is best known for his work in Extreme Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment. Since 2010, Snow has worked as a road agent for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and with its developmental territory, Ohio Valley Wrestling, as a trainer and show producer.
Sarven attended a professional wrestling tryout camp held by Ole and Gene Anderson. There he met Jim Lancaster, promoter of Ohio's Midwest Championship Wrestling, who agreed to train him. Lancaster later described Sarven as "a leader in the ring" who "had drive and natural ability". He made his debut on May 22, 1982. Sarven defeated Lancaster on May 5, 1985 for the Midwest Championship Wrestling title.
Sarven wrestled in various independent promotions throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, capturing both tag team and singles titles, but failed to make any big breaks. He gained a reputation as "the best-kept secret in wrestling". Sarven helped train future Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Hall of Fame member and NWA World Heavyweight Champion Dan Severn. During this time he would sometimes wrestle as Shinobi, a ninja-style masked gimmick. He wrestled in the November 19, 1994 tournament for the vacant NWA World Heavyweight Championship, but he lost to Chris Candido, the eventual winner of the tournament.
Actors: Terry Funk (actor), Paul Heyman (actor), Mike Durham (actor), Jim Fullington (actor), Brian Heffron (actor), Eddie Guerrero (actor), Mick Foley (actor), Bill Alfonso (actor), Shane Douglas (actor), Terry Brunk (actor), Steve Corino (actor), Terry Gerin (actor), Chris Candido (actor), Devon Hughes (actor), Paul Heyman (actor),
Genres: Documentary, Sport,Actors: Bill Alfonso (actor), Tom Laughlin (actor), Scott Levy (actor), Mark LoMonaco (actor), Michael Manna (actor), James Maritato (actor), Jonathan Rechner (actor), Charles Scaggs (actor), Tracy Smothers (actor), Al Snow (actor), Rob Van Dam (actor), P.J. Walker (actor), Terry Brunk (actor), Devon Hughes (actor), Matt Hyson (actor),
Genres: Action,Actors: Bob Howard (actor), Carlos Cabrera (actor), Kurt Angle (actor), Sal Guerrero (actor), Aaron Aguilera (actor), Tony Chimel (actor), Oscar Gutiérrez (actor), Carlos Colón Jr. (actor), Mark Calaway (actor), Michael Coulthard (actor), John Cena (actor), Sho Funaki (actor), Peter Gruner (actor), Eddie Guerrero (actor), Booker Huffman (actor),
Genres: Action,Actors: Torrie Wilson (actress), Kurt Angle (actor), John Cena (actor), Ted DiBiase (actor), Brock Lesnar (actor), Shawn Michaels (actor), Randy Orton (actor), Peter Senerchia (actor), Al Snow (actor), Al Snow (actor), Al Snow (actor), Rob Van Dam (actor), Mikey Whipwreck (actor), Marty Jannetty (actor), Chris Jericho (actor),
Genres: Action, Documentary, Sport,Actors: Sho Funaki (actor), Michael Coulthard (actor), Bill DeMott (actor), Solofa Fatu Jr. (actor), Adam Copeland (actor), John Cena (actor), Aaron Aguilera (actor), Matt Bloom (actor), Dave Bautista (actor), Carlos Colón Jr. (actor), Shelton Benjamin (actor), Kurt Angle (actor), Mark Calaway (actor), Chris Benoit (actor), Terry Gerin (actor),
Genres: Sport,Actors: Shane Helms (actor), Sal Guerrero (actor), Peter Gruner (actor), Sho Funaki (actor), Howard Finkel (actor), Matt Bloom (actor), Tonga Fifita (actor), John Cena (actor), Jonathan Coachman (actor), Shelton Benjamin (actor), Adam Copeland (actor), Dave Bautista (actor), Michael Coulthard (actor), Bill DeMott (actor), Curt Hennig (actor),
Genres: Sport,Actors: Peter Gruner (actor), Sho Funaki (actor), Matt Bloom (actor), Tonga Fifita (actor), Solofa Fatu Jr. (actor), Kurt Angle (actor), Bill DeMott (actor), Dave Bautista (actor), John Cena (actor), Jonathan Coachman (actor), A.C. Connor (actor), Shelton Benjamin (actor), Adam Copeland (actor), Christopher Daniels (actor), Eddie Guerrero (actor),
Genres: Sport,Actors: Sho Funaki (actor), Terry Gerin (actor), Bobby Eaton (actor), Sid Eudy (actor), Terry Funk (actor), Shane Douglas (actor), Mike Durham (actor), Chris Benoit (actor), Scott Bigelow (actor), Chris Candido (actor), Mick Foley (actor), Jim Fullington (actor), Steve Corino (actor), Eddie Guerrero (actor), Terry Brunk (actor),
Plot: In the early 90's, Eastern Championship Wrestling, an independant wrestling federation run by Paul Heyman, seperated itself from the NWA (National Wrestling Alliance) and declared itself Extreme Championship Wrestling, debuting on television as "ECW Hardcore TV." The weekly show featured excessively long and violent wrestling matches, and made stars out of such wrestlers as Taz, Rob Van Dam, Sabu, Tommy Dreamer, Raven, Francine, Justin Credible, The Dudley Boyz, The Sandman, Balls Mahoney and Rhino. Financial issues caused the federation and the TV show to go under in 2001.
Keywords: extreme-championship-wrestling, wrestling