Justin LaRouche
| Justin Rocheleau | |
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 LaRouche on ECW as Bam Neely |
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| Ring name(s) | Bam Neely[1] Justin LaRouche[2] Magnus Maximus[2][3] Hellfire[2] Hellraiser Gutz[2] |
| Billed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)[1] |
| Billed weight | 275 lb (125 kg)[1] |
| Born | June 18, 1975 Robbinsdale, Minnesota[4] |
| Resides | Tampa, Florida |
| Billed from | Robbinsdale, Minnesota[1] |
| Trained by | Richard Martin OVW staff[2] |
| Debut | 2002[2] |
Justin Bruce Rocheleau [5] (born June 18, 1975) is an American professional wrestler, who worked on World Wrestling Entertainment's (WWE) ECW brand under the name Bam Neely[1] (a take off of retired professional ice hockey player Cam Neely's nickname). He debuted by attacking then-ECW Champion Kane.[6][7]
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[edit] Career
[edit] Independents
Rocheleau started his career wrestling in the tag team known as the "Hellraisers". He wrestled under the name "Hellraiser Gutz" and was trained and mentored by his uncle Richard Martin, who wrestled as "Hellraiser Blood". They traveled across the United States, winning several tag team championships from the numerous independent promotions around the country and were the main event draw in almost every city that they appeared in for nearly a decade. However, Rocheleau struck out as singles wrestler due to Martin suffering a career-ending illness. He began wrestling as "Magnus Maximus" in Ed Hellier's Steel Domain Wrestling in 2002.[2]
[edit] World Wrestling Entertainment
[edit] Developmental territories
He entered the business alongside such names as Ken Anderson, Austin Aries, Colt Cabana, Shawn Daivari, CM Punk, and Lenny Lane before signing with WWE's former developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling under the name Justin "The Ox" LaRouche, where he won the OVW Southern Tag Team Championships with Charles "The Hammer" Evans.[2][8] They would lose the titles to the Major Brothers, who ironically became members of La Familia (as the Rated-R Entourage of Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder), the stable which he would join upon making his WWE debut.
[edit] ECW
Rocheleau made his WWE television debut on the ECW brand on April 8, 2008 when after Kane and Chavo Guerrero signed the contract for their ECW Championship rematch at Backlash, LaRouche stormed the ring, aiding Guerrero (as well as Hawkins and Ryder) in beating down Kane and putting him through a table.[6]
Rocheleau's character was then revealed to be "Bam Neely", a former border guard[1] who was hired as a bodyguard by Guerrero to help him win back the ECW Championship as well as provide backup for La Familia.
He won his ECW in-ring debut by defeating then ECW Champion Kane in a handicap match teaming with Guerrero.[9][10] He had his first singles match on the June 20 edition of SmackDown in a losing effort against Matt Hardy.[11]
On the August 8 edition of SmackDown, Neely along with the rest of La Familia were all betrayed by Edge, and on the August 12 edition of ECW, Neely lost to Evan Bourne, with whom Guerrero and Neely had begun a minor feud.[12]
On the October 24 edition of SmackDown during a non-title tag team match against the reigning WWE Tag Team Champions Primo Colon and Carlito, Guerrero and Neely had some miscommunication which resulted in Guerrero slapping Neely and Neely throwing (and missing) a punch at Guerrero which distracted Neely long enough for Carlito to hit the Backstabber for the victory. This, in addition to earlier storyline issues fostered by inability to beat R-Truth, caused the team to disband.
The following week, on the October 28 episode of ECW, the duo would team one last time, as they and Mark Henry defeated then ECW Champion Matt Hardy, Evan Bourne, and Finlay. Afterwards Neely only appeared on television once, losing to Hardy on the November 4 episode of ECW, before he was officially released from WWE on January 9, 2009.[13]He was never seen since...
[edit] In Wrestling
- Finishing Moves
- Half nelson-WWE
- Nicknames
- "The Ox"[2]
- "The Human Fence"
- Entrance Themes
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- "Chavito Ardiente" by Jim Johnston (used while teaming with Chavo Guerrero)
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[edit] Championships and accomplishments
- Steel Domain Wrestling
- SDW World Heavyweight Championship (3 times, current)[citation needed]
- SDW Television Championship (1 time)[citation needed]
- Ohio Valley Wrestling
- OVW Southern Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Charles Evans[8]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f "Bam Neely Bio". WWE. Archived from the original on 2008-05-10. http://web.archive.org/web/20080510114508/http://www.wwe.com/shows/ecw/superstars/bamneely/bio/. Retrieved 2008-05-07.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Bam Neely Profile". Online World Of Wrestling. http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/b/bam-neely.html. Retrieved 2008-05-22.
- ^ Bluth, Michael (2008-04-09). "More On Chavo's New Enforcer". Rajah.com. http://rajah.com/base/node/12075. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
- ^ "Official MySpace". Bam Neely. Archived from the original on 2008-04-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20080416141928/http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=333081688. Retrieved 2008-06-16.
- ^ IMDB profile
- ^ a b Passero, Mitch (2008-04-08). "Contract War". WWE. http://www.wwe.com/shows/ecw/archive/04082008/. Retrieved 2008-04-30.
- ^ Rote, Andrew (2008-04-22). "Family feud". WWE. http://www.wwe.com/shows/ecw/archive/04222008/articles/familyfeud. Retrieved 2008-04-30.
- ^ a b Westcott, Brian; Dupree, Jim (2007-04-11). "NWA Ohio Valley Wrestling Southern Tag Team Title History". Solie's Title Histories. http://www.solie.org/titlehistories/ovsttnwa.html. Retrieved 2008-05-22.
- ^ Medalis, Kara A. (2008-04-29). "Extreme lessons". WWE. http://www.wwe.com/shows/ecw/archive/04292008/. Retrieved 2008-05-22.
- ^ Rote, Andrew (2008-04-29). "Two tame the Big Red Monster". WWE. http://www.wwe.com/shows/ecw/archive/04292008/articles/twotamekane. Retrieved 2008-05-22.
- ^ Passero, Mitch (2008-06-20). "Debut loss". WWE. http://www.wwe.com/shows/smackdown/archive/06202008/. Retrieved 2008-06-20.
- ^ Medalis, Kara A. (2008-08-14). "World's Strongest message". WWE. http://www.wwe.com/shows/ecw/results/. Retrieved 2008-08-12.
- ^ "Neely, Venis and Dlo Released". WWE. 2009-01-10. http://www.wwe.com/inside/news/dloreleased. Retrieved 2009-01-09.
- ^ Clark, Ryan (2008-09-18). "The Complete 'PWI 500' List For 2008". Pro Wrestling Illustrated. WrestlingInc.com. http://www.wrestlinginc.com/news/2008/918/randy_orton_346514.shtml. Retrieved 2009-03-10.
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