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'''Geoff Bascand''' is the current Government Statistician of [[New Zealand]] and the Chief Executive of [[Statistics New Zealand]]. He was appointed to these positions on [[22 May]] [[2007]]<ref name=GS>[http://www.ssc.govt.nz/appt-ce-stats-may07 ''"Appointment of Chief Executive and Government Statistician for Statistics New Zealand"''], Media Statement, 21 May 2007, State Services Commission, retrieved on 8 June 2007.</ref>.
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==Background==
== Edge ==
I heard Sinn Bowdee's childhood friends with Edge, any confirmation about this? <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/124.106.193.250|124.106.193.250]] ([[User talk:124.106.193.250|talk]]) 05:10, 11 October 2008 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
Bascand is a graduate of the [[University of Otago]] and the [[Australian National University]] with a BA (Honours) degree in Geography and a Masters degree in Economics<ref name=GS>[http://www.ssc.govt.nz/appt-ce-stats-may07 ''"Appointment of Chief Executive and Government Statistician for Statistics New Zealand"''], Media Statement, 21 May 2007, State Services Commission, retrieved on 8 June 2007.</ref>.
:Yea, Edge's autobiography "Adam Copeland on Edge". ♥[[User:NiciVampireHeart|<font color="black">'''Nici'''</font>]]♥[[User_talk:NiciVampireHeart|<font color="purple">'''Vampire'''</font>]]♥[[Special:Contributions/NiciVampireHeart|<font color="red">'''Heart'''</font>]]♥ 17:58, 11 October 2008 (UTC)


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==Career==
This article was automatically assessed because at least one article was rated and this bot brought all the other ratings up to at least that level. [[User:BetacommandBot|BetacommandBot]] 00:13, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
Bascand has worked for the [[New Zealand Treasury]], the [[IMF]] in [[Washington]], and the [[New Zealand Department of Labour]]. He was appointed one of three Deputy Government Statisticians for Statistics New Zealand in July 2004<ref>[http://www2.stats.govt.nz/domino/external/pasfull/pasfull.nsf/00c9e0a06fee31764c2568470008f782/4c2567ef00247c6acc256ec4000141fc?OpenDocument ''"Strategic Leaders Recruited"''], Statistics New Zealand media release, 2 July 2004, retrieved 10 June 2007.</ref>. In February 2005, he was a recipient of a Leadership Development Centre Fellowship award<ref>[http://www.beehive.govt.nz/ViewDocument.aspx?DocumentID=22219 ''"Fellowship winners in public service announced"''], New Zealand Government announcement, 16 February 2005, retrieved 10 June 2007.</ref>. He was appointed Government Statistician and Chief Executive of Statistics New Zealand in May 2007<ref name=GS>[http://www.ssc.govt.nz/appt-ce-stats-may07 ''"Appointment of Chief Executive and Government Statistician for Statistics New Zealand"''], Media Statement, 21 May 2007, State Services Commission, retrieved on 8 June 2007.</ref>.


==TV.com Listing==
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If anyone wants to his this as a reference for him, I leave it here. [http://www.tv.com/sunday-night-heat/november-28-2004---randy-orton-vs-tyson-tomko/episode/381788/summary.html] [[User:Govvy|Govvy]] ([[User talk:Govvy|talk]]) 15:12, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
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==References==
==TNA==
shouldn't his time in the New Church in TNA with Slash and James Mitchell be mentioned <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/66.192.59.4|66.192.59.4]] ([[User talk:66.192.59.4|talk]]) 12:18, 23 September 2008 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
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== Kizarny ==
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Nick Cvjetkovich
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Ring name(s) SiNN[1]
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H.N. Hardcastle
Lucifer Love
Kizarny
Nicholas Sinn[1]
Nick Sinn
The Original Sinn[1]
Sinn Bowdee[1]
Billed height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[1]
Billed weight 234 lb (106 kg)[1]
Born August 29, 1973 (1973-08-29) (age 35)[1]
Toronto, Ontario[1]
Resides Orangeville, Ontario
Billed from Toronto, Ontario
Trained by Ron Hutchinson[1]
Rob Fuego
Alex Atkinson
Debut 2000[1]
Nick Cvjetkovich[1] (born August 29, 1973)[1] is a Canadian professional wrestler of British and Serb descent, better known as The Original Sinn, or simply Sinn (also spelt as SiNN). He is currently under contract to World Wrestling Entertainment, currently assigned to Florida Championship Wrestling where he wrestles under the name Sinn Bowdee.[1] According to vignettes, he is to debut on their Smackdown brand under the ring name, Kizarny.

Contents [hide]
1 Career
1.1 Training and beginnings
1.2 Canadian indepedent circuit
1.3 World Wrestling Entertainment
1.3.1 SmackDown!
2 In wrestling
3 Championships and accomplishments
3.1 Karate
3.2 Professional wrestling
4 Personal life
5 Author
6 Filmography
7 References
8 External links


[edit] Career

[edit] Training and beginnings
Cvjetkovich was trained as a wrestler by Rob Fuego and Ron Hutchison in Orangeville, Ontario and also trained for (and later earned) his Black belt at Alex Atkinson's Black Belt Institute. His debut match was in 2000 against El Fuego during the Apocalypse Wrestling Federation's Iron Man Tournament at the Canadian National Exhibition. He remained with the AWF until February 2001. He also worked several dates for Scott D'Amore's Border City Wrestling promotion in Windsor, Ontario, using the name Lucifer Love (as AWF employees were not allowed to work for regional competitors, Cvjetkovich used a different ring name and gimmick so he would not be found out).


[edit] Canadian indepedent circuit
In May and June, Cvjetkovich toured England with Brian Dixon's All Star Wrestling promotion, where he teamed with fellow Canadian Joe E. Legend defeating top stars Tatonka, Joe Gomez and Jake Roberts. Shortly after returning from England, Cvjetkovich began working for Northern Championship Wrestling in Montreal. He returned to the AWF in late 2001 and once again participated in the Iron Man Tournament, before forming a tag team with Fabian Stokes known as High Maintenance. Cvjetkovich wrestled in several Twin Wrestling Entertainment (TWE) main events across Ontario, facing legends such as King Kong Bundy and "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan. In the summers of 2002 and 2003, Cvjetkovich wrestled across the Maritimes (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island) for All Canadian Wrestling run by Bobby Bass and Buddy Lane with competing with fellow wrestlers Peter Kingman, Kowboy Hughes, Jason Bates, Bobby Roode and Jim Niedhart. Cvjetkovich winning the ACW Heavyweight Championship in August 2003.

In late 2003, Cvjetkovich appeared with "Dark Omen" Elvis Elliot at Fallout 2003 in Ontario on September 27 he and his partner won Tag Team Championships in a three-way tag team match. Cvjetkovich and Elliot were stripped of the titles within a month. Cvjetkovich performing with Sideshow Carnival Diablo throughout Ontario, Manitoba and Quebec, featured as strong man. Performing bizarre feats such as bending iron bars in his teeth, Human Dartboard and the Electric Chair. He then returned in March 2004 to participate in tag team tournaments across Canada with partner Elvis Elliot, winning various local titles.

In late 2004, Cvjetkovich wrestled a number of dark matches across Canada for World Wrestling Entertainment. In 2005, he began promoting, staging an event called Warrior 1 Pro Wrestling LIVE! on June 26 at the Oshawa, Ontario civic centre. In the main event, Cvjetkovich and his partner Elvis Ozbourne / Elliot were defeated by Team Canada (Petey Williams and Bobby Roode). In November 2005, Sinn returned to Carnival Diablo, as well as partnering with Helvis / Elliot) as The Beasts of Burden. Returning to TWE (Ontario), competing in against WWE superstar Al Snow. Cvjetkovich has defended and UWA Ottawa heavyweight title against TNA Star Robert Roode and WWE legends Jake "The Snake" Roberts and Pat Tanaka.


[edit] World Wrestling Entertainment
Cvjetkovich was signed to a WWE Developmental contract on July 12, 2007. On October 13, 2007, Nick Cvjetkovich made his Florida Championship Wrestling debut under the name Sinn Bowdee.[2]


[edit] SmackDown!
On the October 10, 2008 edition of SmackDown, vignettes promoting the debut of Cvjetkovich, now under the ring name Kizarny, began to air. His gimmick relates to carnivals.


[edit] In wrestling
Finishing moves
Hell–bow (Jumping pointed forearm strike to the back of a facedown opponent's head)
Hellion Hammer (Lariat)
Sinn Kick (Jumping enzuigiri)
Signature moves
Missile dropkick
Hurricanrana
Monkey flip
Bearhug
DDT, sometimes while applying a double underhook
Nicknames
The Carnival Freak
Managers
"Handsome" Johnny Bradford
Tracy Brooks
Father James Mitchell

[edit] Championships and accomplishments

[edit] Karate
Black belt

[edit] Professional wrestling
All Canadian Wrestling
ACW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
Universal Wrestling Association (Ottawa)
UWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

[edit] Personal life
Cvjetkovich was previously in a relationship with female wrestler Tracy Brooks. He is the childhood friend of two wrestlers, Edge and Christian Cage. While growing up, as stated in Edge's book, Cvjetkovich was referred to as Fatty by Edge and Christian. Cvjetkovich is the protege and close friend of Jake 'The Snake' Roberts. Sinn's real life brother Steven wrestles under the name Kobra Kai.


[edit] Author
Cvjetkovich is the writer, artist and publisher of the Fred the Possessed Flower comic book series (1999-2000). With his brother Steven, he wrote a comedy-horror novel called Between Chapters, which was self-published in September 2000. The Cvjetkovich brothers have variously published as Happy Predator Press and Happy Predator Publications.


[edit] Filmography
Enter... Zombie King (2002) as The Zombie King

[edit] References
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Original Sinn Profile". Online World Of Wrestling. Retrieved on 2008-04-26.
^ http://www.fcwwrestling.com/talent.html

[edit] External links
Professional wrestling
portal
Myspace
The official website of The Original Sinn
[1]
The official website of The Original Sinn (original)
Between Chapters (ISBN 0-9685626-1-2)
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Cvjetkovich"
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==Did kizarny debut==
when did he pop up because i dont remember seeing him at all last night on smckdown and when i re watch the shows on youtube i still dont see him debuting and the spoilers dont say he debuted either.
[[user:Buddah Bless you|Buddah Bless you]] 21:50, 11 october 2008 (UTC)
:He didn't actually debut, it was just a vignette. ♥[[User:NiciVampireHeart|<font color="black">'''Nici'''</font>]]♥[[User_talk:NiciVampireHeart|<font color="purple">'''Vampire'''</font>]]♥[[Special:Contributions/NiciVampireHeart|<font color="red">'''Heart'''</font>]]♥ 12:24, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

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Edge

I heard Sinn Bowdee's childhood friends with Edge, any confirmation about this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.106.193.250 (talk) 05:10, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Yea, Edge's autobiography "Adam Copeland on Edge". ♥NiciVampireHeart17:58, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject class rating

This article was automatically assessed because at least one article was rated and this bot brought all the other ratings up to at least that level. BetacommandBot 00:13, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

TV.com Listing

If anyone wants to his this as a reference for him, I leave it here. [1] Govvy (talk) 15:12, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

TNA

shouldn't his time in the New Church in TNA with Slash and James Mitchell be mentioned —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.192.59.4 (talk) 12:18, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

Kizarny

Nick Cvjetkovich Statistics Ring name(s) SiNN[1] H.N. Hardcastle Lucifer Love Kizarny Nicholas Sinn[1] Nick Sinn The Original Sinn[1] Sinn Bowdee[1] Billed height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[1] Billed weight 234 lb (106 kg)[1] Born August 29, 1973 (1973-08-29) (age 35)[1] Toronto, Ontario[1] Resides Orangeville, Ontario Billed from Toronto, Ontario Trained by Ron Hutchinson[1] Rob Fuego Alex Atkinson Debut 2000[1] Nick Cvjetkovich[1] (born August 29, 1973)[1] is a Canadian professional wrestler of British and Serb descent, better known as The Original Sinn, or simply Sinn (also spelt as SiNN). He is currently under contract to World Wrestling Entertainment, currently assigned to Florida Championship Wrestling where he wrestles under the name Sinn Bowdee.[1] According to vignettes, he is to debut on their Smackdown brand under the ring name, Kizarny.

Contents [hide] 1 Career 1.1 Training and beginnings 1.2 Canadian indepedent circuit 1.3 World Wrestling Entertainment 1.3.1 SmackDown! 2 In wrestling 3 Championships and accomplishments 3.1 Karate 3.2 Professional wrestling 4 Personal life 5 Author 6 Filmography 7 References 8 External links


[edit] Career

[edit] Training and beginnings Cvjetkovich was trained as a wrestler by Rob Fuego and Ron Hutchison in Orangeville, Ontario and also trained for (and later earned) his Black belt at Alex Atkinson's Black Belt Institute. His debut match was in 2000 against El Fuego during the Apocalypse Wrestling Federation's Iron Man Tournament at the Canadian National Exhibition. He remained with the AWF until February 2001. He also worked several dates for Scott D'Amore's Border City Wrestling promotion in Windsor, Ontario, using the name Lucifer Love (as AWF employees were not allowed to work for regional competitors, Cvjetkovich used a different ring name and gimmick so he would not be found out).


[edit] Canadian indepedent circuit In May and June, Cvjetkovich toured England with Brian Dixon's All Star Wrestling promotion, where he teamed with fellow Canadian Joe E. Legend defeating top stars Tatonka, Joe Gomez and Jake Roberts. Shortly after returning from England, Cvjetkovich began working for Northern Championship Wrestling in Montreal. He returned to the AWF in late 2001 and once again participated in the Iron Man Tournament, before forming a tag team with Fabian Stokes known as High Maintenance. Cvjetkovich wrestled in several Twin Wrestling Entertainment (TWE) main events across Ontario, facing legends such as King Kong Bundy and "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan. In the summers of 2002 and 2003, Cvjetkovich wrestled across the Maritimes (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island) for All Canadian Wrestling run by Bobby Bass and Buddy Lane with competing with fellow wrestlers Peter Kingman, Kowboy Hughes, Jason Bates, Bobby Roode and Jim Niedhart. Cvjetkovich winning the ACW Heavyweight Championship in August 2003.

In late 2003, Cvjetkovich appeared with "Dark Omen" Elvis Elliot at Fallout 2003 in Ontario on September 27 he and his partner won Tag Team Championships in a three-way tag team match. Cvjetkovich and Elliot were stripped of the titles within a month. Cvjetkovich performing with Sideshow Carnival Diablo throughout Ontario, Manitoba and Quebec, featured as strong man. Performing bizarre feats such as bending iron bars in his teeth, Human Dartboard and the Electric Chair. He then returned in March 2004 to participate in tag team tournaments across Canada with partner Elvis Elliot, winning various local titles.

In late 2004, Cvjetkovich wrestled a number of dark matches across Canada for World Wrestling Entertainment. In 2005, he began promoting, staging an event called Warrior 1 Pro Wrestling LIVE! on June 26 at the Oshawa, Ontario civic centre. In the main event, Cvjetkovich and his partner Elvis Ozbourne / Elliot were defeated by Team Canada (Petey Williams and Bobby Roode). In November 2005, Sinn returned to Carnival Diablo, as well as partnering with Helvis / Elliot) as The Beasts of Burden. Returning to TWE (Ontario), competing in against WWE superstar Al Snow. Cvjetkovich has defended and UWA Ottawa heavyweight title against TNA Star Robert Roode and WWE legends Jake "The Snake" Roberts and Pat Tanaka.


[edit] World Wrestling Entertainment Cvjetkovich was signed to a WWE Developmental contract on July 12, 2007. On October 13, 2007, Nick Cvjetkovich made his Florida Championship Wrestling debut under the name Sinn Bowdee.[2]


[edit] SmackDown! On the October 10, 2008 edition of SmackDown, vignettes promoting the debut of Cvjetkovich, now under the ring name Kizarny, began to air. His gimmick relates to carnivals.


[edit] In wrestling Finishing moves Hell–bow (Jumping pointed forearm strike to the back of a facedown opponent's head) Hellion Hammer (Lariat) Sinn Kick (Jumping enzuigiri) Signature moves Missile dropkick Hurricanrana Monkey flip Bearhug DDT, sometimes while applying a double underhook Nicknames The Carnival Freak Managers "Handsome" Johnny Bradford Tracy Brooks Father James Mitchell

[edit] Championships and accomplishments

[edit] Karate Black belt

[edit] Professional wrestling All Canadian Wrestling ACW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) Universal Wrestling Association (Ottawa) UWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

[edit] Personal life Cvjetkovich was previously in a relationship with female wrestler Tracy Brooks. He is the childhood friend of two wrestlers, Edge and Christian Cage. While growing up, as stated in Edge's book, Cvjetkovich was referred to as Fatty by Edge and Christian. Cvjetkovich is the protege and close friend of Jake 'The Snake' Roberts. Sinn's real life brother Steven wrestles under the name Kobra Kai.


[edit] Author Cvjetkovich is the writer, artist and publisher of the Fred the Possessed Flower comic book series (1999-2000). With his brother Steven, he wrote a comedy-horror novel called Between Chapters, which was self-published in September 2000. The Cvjetkovich brothers have variously published as Happy Predator Press and Happy Predator Publications.


[edit] Filmography Enter... Zombie King (2002) as The Zombie King

[edit] References ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Original Sinn Profile". Online World Of Wrestling. Retrieved on 2008-04-26. ^ http://www.fcwwrestling.com/talent.html

[edit] External links

Professional wrestling

portal Myspace The official website of The Original Sinn [1] The official website of The Original Sinn (original) Between Chapters (ISBN 0-9685626-1-2) Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Cvjetkovich" Categories: 1973 births | Serbian Canadians | Canadian comics artists | Canadian comics writers | Canadian horror writers | Canadian karateka | Canadian professional wrestlers | Canadian television actors | Canadians of British descent | Canadians of Serbian descent | Living people | Ontario sportspeople | People from Toronto Hidden category: Articles needing additional references from December 2007 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Evanisher (talkcontribs) 23:19, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Did kizarny debut

when did he pop up because i dont remember seeing him at all last night on smckdown and when i re watch the shows on youtube i still dont see him debuting and the spoilers dont say he debuted either. Buddah Bless you 21:50, 11 october 2008 (UTC)

He didn't actually debut, it was just a vignette. ♥NiciVampireHeart12:24, 12 October 2008 (UTC)