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Dean Roll[1] (born January 28, 1975)[1] is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Shark Boy. He has been wrestling for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling since 2002.

Early career bewerken

Roll began training under Les Thatcher in October 1995 at the age of twenty.[2] He debuted on May 3, 1997 in Thatcher's Heartland Wrestling Association, wrestling as the masked El Piranha. An HWA mainstay, Roll also occasionally portrayed the character of Dean Baldwin, the purported fifth, lesser known Baldwin brother.[3][4]

Later that year, debuted in the Independent Wrestling Association, where he developed the cartoonish character Shark Boy, partly inspired by the 1995 song "I Come From the Water" by the Toadies.[2][4] In 1999, Roll trademarked the name "Shark Boy".[5][6] In 1998, Shark Boy received a flurry of media attention. He was featured on ABC in an episode of 20/20 featuring professional wrestling, on the Discovery Channel as part of the annual Shark Week and on a documentary produced by MTV entitled True Life: I'm a Professional Wrestler.[2]

On May 19, 1999, Shark Boy wrestled at the second annual Brian Pillman Memorial Show, defeating Matt Stryker, Tarek the Great and Chip Fairway in a tournament and receiving a trophy. Following the match, numerous World Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Federation wrestlers, including Al Snow, Mankind and D'Lo Brown, entered the ring and lifted Shark Boy onto their shoulders.[7] Shark Boy also wrestled at the 1998, 2000 and 2001 Brian Pillman Memorial Shows. As a result of the exposure gained by his appearances on television and at the Brian Pillman Memorial Shows, coupled with his "cult" following, Shark Boy was signed to a contract by World Championship Wrestling in 1999.[4][6] He made several appearances on WCW Saturday Night on WTBS before being released six months later in early 2000.[3][7][8]

World Wrestling All Stars (2002) bewerken

In February 2002 Shark Boy competed for the WWA at their Revolution PPV in Las Vegas. He fought in the opening contest, a 6-Man Cruiserweight survival match. Also in the match were A.J. Styles, Christopher Daniels, Low Ki, Tony Maramaluke and Nova. He was eliminated first in the match, which was won by Nova.

In November 2002, Shark Boy toured Europe with the World Wrestling All-Stars promotion. At the Retribution pay-per-view on December 6, 2002, Shark Boy defeated Frankie Kazarian.[3] During this same time from 2002 till its closing, Shark Boy joined and toured with XPW where he had memorable bouts with Kaos, Tracy Smothers, Juventud Guerrera, and Jerry Lynn.

On March 7, 2004, Shark Boy opened a professional wrestling school named The Shark Tank in Ohio. His most notable trainees are Dustin Thomas, Tom Bellman, Darrell Hazel, Jerrod West, Todd Mullins, Ed Gonzales, Donny Redd, Scary Garry, Jake Omen and Tony X. [3][8]

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2002–present) bewerken

Shark Boy debuted in 2002, wrestling for the company but was used mostly as a jobber in the X Division. On the August 14, 2002 weekly TNA pay-per-view, Shark Boy showed up on Disco Inferno's talk segment Jive Talkin' without his mask playing the character Dean Baldwin, a fictional brother of the infamous Baldwin actors[9].

In 2003, he had a team with New Jack that involved getting New Jack to play board games such as Chutes & Ladders with Shark Boy. When New Jack left, Mad Mikey started teaming with Shark Boy before his untimely death in November of 2003. In 2008 he returned to TNA after a brief hiatus from a kayfabe coma suffered from multiple ambushes, and tweaked his Shark Boy gimmick into that of a Stone Cold Steve Austin parody, even going as far as to drink "Clam Juice" (a reference to Austin's infamous beer drinking) in the ring after his matches. Upon his gimmick change, he would occasionally team up with Curry Man to form a comedic tag team that was a moderate success. After this gimmick change he started to talk, something he had not been heard to do before.

Shark Boy took part in TNA's TerrorDome match on May 10, but it was won by Kaz. Because of that TerrorDome match, Shark Boy was injured; he returned backstage on the July 17 episode of Impact! with Curry Man and Super Eric as part of a Justice League knock off, called The Prince Justice Brotherhood, where he got whipped by Beer Money, Inc. during a backstage segment. He appeared again with the Brotherhood on the July 24 episode of Impact!. Roll returned on the February 5 edition of Impact!, only to lose to the debuting Brutus Magnus in a squash match.

Shark Boy has since been inactive due to showing flu-like symptoms at a recent television taping, causing fears of swine flu. He returned at the August 18 tapings of Impact!, only to lose against Sheik Abdul Bashir in a match broadcast on the TNA website. He was again featured on a webmatch after the August 31 tapings of Impact!, in another losing effort to Consequences Creed of Lethal Consequences.

Shark Boy regularly appears on the TNA web cast show Spin Cycle in the "Dirty Laundry" segment.

Miramax lawsuit bewerken

On June 8, 2005, Roll filed a lawsuit against Miramax Films, claiming that the Miramax release "The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D" infringed upon his trademark and demanding any "money, profits and advantages wrongfully gained". In November 2005, it emerged that Miramax had attempted to have the case dismissed, in addition to requesting that the court nullify Roll's trademark on the basis that "Plaintiff is a male whose services are rendered only when he is wearing a costume depicting 'shark-like' attributes."[5][6][10] In April 2007, the suit was settled for an undisclosed amount.[11]

Personal life and other media bewerken

Roll is married and has one son.[12]

Roll lost most of his possessions in a house fire in February 2009.

Roll attended the 2009 WWE Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Houston, Texas the night before WrestleMania XXV to see his all time favorite wrestler Stone Cold Steve Austin be inducted. He was seen in the second balcony at Reliant Stadium while Stone Cold made his entrance. He is also best friends with fellow TNA wrestler Frankie Kazarian. He was featured in MTV's "True Life: I am a Pro Wrestler", talking about his experiences on the independent circuit.

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Championships and accomplishments bewerken

  • Atlantic Pro Wrestling
    • APW Junior Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
  • Buckeye Pro Wrestling
    • Heavyweight Championship (2 times, current) [19][20]
    • BPW Team Championship (2 times) – with Cody Hawk[19]
  • Eastern Pro Wrestling
    • EPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Rocco Abruzzi
  • Hardcore Championship Wrestling
    • HCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
    • Incredible 8 Tournament
  • Main Event World League
    • MEWL Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)
  • Midwest Wrestling Association
    • MWA Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • Mid-West Wrestling Connection
    • MWWC Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • NWA East
    • NWA East Television Championship (1 time)
  • New Breed Wrestling Association
    • NBWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • New Era Pro Wrestling
    • NEPW Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)
  • Provincial Championship Wrestling
    • PCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • Other titles
    • RAW Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)
    • WPL Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)

References bewerken

  1. ↑ a b c d e Shark Boy Profile. Online World of Wrestling. Geraadpleegd op 28 juli 2008.
  2. ↑ a b c Valente, M., Shark Boy interview. Wrestling Observer (October 5, 2003). Geraadpleegd op 6 juni 2007.
  3. ↑ a b c d Milner, J., Sharkboy. Canadian Online Explorer. Geraadpleegd op 6 juni 2007.
  4. ↑ a b c Interview mit dem Shark Boy. GenickBruch.com (October 1, 2003). Geraadpleegd op 6 juni 2007.
  5. ↑ a b Kaufman, G., Wrestler Shark Boy Wants To Put The Smackdown On New Flick. MTV.com (June 8, 2005). Geraadpleegd op 6 juni 2007.
  6. ↑ a b c d Madigan, T., Shark attack. Calgary Sun (August 13, 2005). Geraadpleegd op 6 juni 2007.
  7. ↑ a b Steven, A., Shark Boy Speaks With TNAHeadlines.com. TNAHeadlines.com. Geraadpleegd op 6 juni 2007.
  8. ↑ a b Hickey, P., Shark Boy Bites His Way To The Top. Geraadpleegd op 6 juni 2007.
  9. ↑ NWA-TNA Weekly PPV 9 - 8-14-2002. PowerDriver Review. Geraadpleegd op 6 december 2009.
  10. ↑ Madigan, T., Everybody wants to know. Calgary Sun (August 16, 2005). Geraadpleegd op 6 juni 2007.
  11. ↑ Farrell, E., Shark Boy Lawsuit Settlement. Warned.net (23 april 2007). Geraadpleegd op 6 juni 2007.
  12. ↑ Meet the REAL Shark Boy: An Interview With Dean Roll. EFILMCRITC.com, by David Cornelius (25 juni 2005). Geraadpleegd op 21 september 2008.
  13. ↑ a b Abreu, D., TNA: Caskets, blood, Canadians, Vampiro. Canadian Online Explorer (18 september 2003). Geraadpleegd op 6 juni 2007.
  14. ↑ Shark Boy. TNAWrestling.com. Geraadpleegd op June 29 2007.
  15. ↑ Droste, R., TNA Impact TV report. WrestlingObserver.com (February 4, 2005). Geraadpleegd op June 18 2007. "...Shark Boy with a face buster."
  16. ↑ Droste, R., TNA Impact TV report. WrestlingObserver.com (February 4, 2005). Geraadpleegd op June 18 2007. "Shark Boy counters the Canadian Destroyer into a neck breaker."
  17. ↑ Droste, R., TNA Impact TV report. WrestlingObserver.com (4 september 2005). Geraadpleegd op June 18 2007. "...Shark Boy with a hangman's noose neckbreaker."
  18. ↑ Droste, R., TNA Impact TV report for the 8-12 TV show. WrestlingObserver.com (August 11, 2005). Geraadpleegd op June 18 2007. "Shark Boy then goes up to the top turnbuckle, leaps and takes out Bently (sic) with a missile dropkick."
  19. ↑ a b Independent Wrestling Results - April 2004. onlineworldofwrestling.com. Geraadpleegd op 4 juli 2008.
  20. ↑ Buckeye Pro Wrestling Title Histories. titlehistories.com. Geraadpleegd op 11 juli 2008.

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