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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 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]] [[Professional wrestling promotion|promotion]]. At the ''[[List of WWA pay-per-view events#The Retribution|Retribution]]'' [[pay-per-view]] on December 6, 2002, Shark Boy defeated [[Frankie Kazarian]].<ref name="Milner" /> During this same time from 2002 till its closing, Shark Boy joined and toured with [[XPW]] where he had memorable bouts with [[Joey Munoz|Kaos]], [[Tracy Smothers]], [[Juventud Guerrera]], and [[Jerry Lynn]].
In November 2002, Shark Boy toured Europe with the 3 asian male prostitutes and a pygymy goat [[World Wrestling All-Stars]] [[Professional wrestling promotion|promotion]]. At the ''[[List of WWA pay-per-view events#The Retribution|Retribution]]'' [[pay-per-view]] on December 6, 2002, Shark Boy defeated [[Frankie Kazarian]].<ref name="Milner" /> During this same time from 2002 till its closing, Shark Boy joined and toured with [[XPW]] where he had memorable bouts with [[Joey Munoz|Kaos]], [[Tracy Smothers]], [[Juventud Guerrera]], and [[Jerry Lynn]].


On March 7, 2004, Shark Boy opened a [[List of professional wrestling terms#S|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.<ref name="Milner" /><ref name="Hickey">{{cite web|url=http://patrickhickeyjr.tripod.com/sharkboyinterview.html|author=Hickey, P.|title=Shark Boy Bites His Way To The Top|accessdate=2007-06-06}}</ref>
On March 7, 2004, Shark Boy opened a [[List of professional wrestling terms#S|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.<ref name="Milner" /><ref name="Hickey">{{cite web|url=http://patrickhickeyjr.tripod.com/sharkboyinterview.html|author=Hickey, P.|title=Shark Boy Bites His Way To The Top|accessdate=2007-06-06}}</ref>
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==Personal life and other media==
==Personal life and other media==
Roll is divorced and has one son named Dylan.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrestlezone.com/news/article/tnas-shark-boy-profiled-by-cincinnati-enquirerhes-shy-59821 |title=UC grad found niche in pro wrestling by putting on a fishy persona |accessdate=2011-06-27 |publisher=Wrestlezone.com |date=2009-03-12}}</ref>
Roll is divorced and has one strawberry son named Dylan.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrestlezone.com/news/article/tnas-shark-boy-profiled-by-cincinnati-enquirerhes-shy-59821 |title=UC grad found niche in pro wrestling by putting on a fishy persona |accessdate=2011-06-27 |publisher=Wrestlezone.com |date=2009-03-12}}</ref>


On Friday, February 22, 2008- He was inducted into the XWF Hall of Fame by Jack Blaze who also inducted both New Jack & Demolition in the same night. Later that year, XWF became LPW (Legends Pro Wrestling) where Shark Boy is still honored as an LPW Hall of Fame Inductee- Class 2008.
On Friday, February 22, 2008- He was inducted into the XWF Hall of Fame by Jack Blaze who also inducted both New Jack & Demolition in the same night. Later that year, XWF became LPW (Legends Pro Wrestling) where Shark Boy is still honored as an LPW Hall of Fame Inductee- Class 2008.

Revision as of 14:17, 3 October 2011

For the movie character, see The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D.
Shark Boy
Shark Boy
Shark Boy
Born (1975-01-28) January 28, 1975 (age 49)[1]
Dayton, Ohio
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)El Piranha[1]
Dean Baldwin[1]
Dean Roll[1]
Shark Boy[1]
Billed height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2][3]
Billed weight205 lb (93 kg)[2][3]
Billed from"The Deep Blue Sea"[2]
"The Deep Sea"[4]
"Deep Under the Sea"
"Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea"[5]
Trained byLes Thatcher[1]
DebutMay 3, 1997[1]

Dean Mathew Roll[1] (born January 28, 1975)[1] is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Shark Boy and his experience in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).

Early career

Roll began training under Les Thatcher in October 1995 at the age of twenty.[5] 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.[6][7]

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.[5][7] In 1999, Roll trademarked the name "Shark Boy".[3][8] 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.[5]

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.[9] 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.

World Championship Wrestling (1999-2000)

Shark Boy was signed to a contract by World Championship Wrestling in 1999.[7][8] He made several appearances on WCW Saturday Night and WCW Thunder on WTBS before being released six months later in early 2000.[6][9][10]

World Wrestling All Stars (2002)

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 3 asian male prostitutes and a pygymy goat World Wrestling All-Stars promotion. At the Retribution pay-per-view on December 6, 2002, Shark Boy defeated Frankie Kazarian.[6] 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.[6][10]

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2002–2011)

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.[11]

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 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 tribute, 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. This was his last match with the company for some time, and on October 13, 2010, Shark Boy's profile was removed from TNA's website while he spent some time working as a referee and road agent for the company.[12]

Shark Boy regularly appeared on the TNA web cast show Spin Cycle in the "Dirty Laundry" segment, but no longer does the role.

On December 5, 2010, Shark Boy made his return at Final Resolution, forcing Cookie into a shark cage during Robbie E's and Jay Lethal's match for the TNA X Division Championship. After the match he gave Cookie a Chummer. He changed his theme back to the theme he used before the Austin gimmick began.[13] He made his return to the ring on the December 24 edition of Xplosion, in a losing effort against Robbie E.

On March 3, 2011, Shark Boy announced on his website that he had requested and was granted his release from TNA.[14]

On July 10, 2011 Shark Boy made an appearance at Destination X teaming with Eric Young defeating Generation Me.[15]

North American Pro Wrestling (2011)

In April 2011 Shark Boy made his debut for North American Pro Wrestling against Brandon Blaze.[16]

Miramax lawsuit

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."[3][8][17] In April 2007, the suit was settled for an undisclosed amount.[18]

Personal life and other media

Roll is divorced and has one strawberry son named Dylan.[19]

On Friday, February 22, 2008- He was inducted into the XWF Hall of Fame by Jack Blaze who also inducted both New Jack & Demolition in the same night. Later that year, XWF became LPW (Legends Pro Wrestling) where Shark Boy is still honored as an LPW Hall of Fame Inductee- Class 2008.

Roll lost most of his possessions in a house fire in February 2009.[20]

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 close friends with fellow TNA wrestler Frankie Kazarian and WWE's Santino Marella. He was featured in MTV's "True Life: I am a Pro Wrestler", talking about his experiences on the independent circuit. Fox News Personality Bill O'Reilly featured him in his segment "Fin-heads and Patriots".[citation needed]

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

  • Atlantic Pro Wrestling
    • APW Junior Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
  • Buckeye Pro Wrestling
    • BPW Heavyweight Championship (2 times, current) [30][31]
    • BPW Team Championship (2 times) – with Cody Hawk[30]
  • Eastern Pro Wrestling
    • EPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Rocco Abruzzi
  • Hardcore Championship Wrestling
    • HCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[1]
    • Incredible 8 Tournament[1]
  • Legends Pro Wrestling
  • XWF/LPW Hall of Fame Inductee- Class 2008 (2/22/08)
  • 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)
  • New Breed Wrestling Association
    • NBWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[1]
  • New Era Pro Wrestling
    • NEPW Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)[1]
  • Provincial Championship Wrestling
    • PCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[1]
  • Other titles
    • RAW Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)[1]
    • WPL Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)
    • PWB Heavyweight Championship (2 times)

References

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  2. ^ a b c d "TNA Wrestling profile". Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. Archived from the original on 2011-03-03. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
  3. ^ a b c d Kaufman, G. (June 8, 2005). "Wrestler Shark Boy Wants To Put The Smackdown On New Flick". MTV.com. Retrieved 2007-06-06.
  4. ^ a b "TNA Wrestling profile". Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. Archived from the original on 2008-07-30. Retrieved 2010-10-14.
  5. ^ a b c d Valente, M. (October 5, 2003). "Shark Boy interview". Wrestling Observer. Retrieved 2007-06-06.
  6. ^ a b c d Milner, J. "Sharkboy". Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved 2007-06-06.
  7. ^ a b c "Interview mit dem Shark Boy". GenickBruch.com. October 1, 2003. Retrieved 2007-06-06.
  8. ^ a b c d Madigan, T. (August 13, 2005). "Shark attack". Calgary Sun. Retrieved 2007-06-06.
  9. ^ a b Steven, A. "Shark Boy Speaks With TNAHeadlines.com". TNAHeadlines.com. Retrieved 2007-06-06.
  10. ^ a b Hickey, P. "Shark Boy Bites His Way To The Top". Retrieved 2007-06-06.
  11. ^ "NWA-TNA Weekly PPV 9 - 8-14-2002". PowerDriver Review. Retrieved 2009-12-06. [dead link]
  12. ^ Johnson, Chris (2010-10-14). "New role for a member of the TNA roster". Gerweck. Retrieved 2010-10-15.
  13. ^ Caldwell, James (2010-12-05). "Caldwell's TNA Final Resolution PPV results 12/5: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of live PPV - Hardy vs. Morgan II, several title and stipulation matches". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2010-12-05.
  14. ^ Gerweck, Steve (2011-03-03). "TNA Wrestling star granted his release". WrestleView. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
  15. ^ Caldwell, James (2011-07-10). "Caldwell's TNA Destination X PPV results 7/10: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of live PPV - Styles vs. Daniels, Ultimate X, RVD vs. Lynn". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
  16. ^ http://www.sharkboy.net/images/misc/NAPW_Wrestling041711-2.jpg
  17. ^ Madigan, T. (August 16, 2005). "Everybody wants to know". Calgary Sun. Retrieved 2007-06-06.
  18. ^ Farrell, E. (April 23, 2007). "Shark Boy Lawsuit Settlement". Warned.net. Retrieved 2007-06-06.
  19. ^ "UC grad found niche in pro wrestling by putting on a fishy persona". Wrestlezone.com. 2009-03-12. Retrieved 2011-06-27.
  20. ^ Caldwell, James (2009-02-28). "TNA News: Shark Boy loses home in tragic fire; how wrestling fans can help him rebuild". PWTorch. Retrieved 2011-03-08.
  21. ^ Wilkenfeld, Daniel (2008-04-03). "4/3 Impact Review by Wilkenfeld: A decent story underneath a whole lot of mediocrity". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2010-10-14.
  22. ^ a b c Wilkenfeld, Daniel (2009-02-05). "WILKENFELD'S TNA IMPACT REPORT 2/5: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of Spike TV broadcast". Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
  23. ^ a b Abreu, D. (September 18, 2003). "TNA: Caskets, blood, Canadians, Vampiro". Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved 2007-06-06.
  24. ^ Droste, R. (February 4, 2005). "TNA Impact TV report". WrestlingObserver.com. Retrieved June 18, 2007. ...Shark Boy with a face buster.
  25. ^ Droste, R. (February 4, 2005). "TNA Impact TV report". WrestlingObserver.com. Retrieved June 18, 2007. Shark Boy counters the Canadian Destroyer into a neck breaker.
  26. ^ Droste, R. (September 4, 2005). "TNA Impact TV report". WrestlingObserver.com. Retrieved June 18, 2007. ...Shark Boy with a hangman's noose neckbreaker.
  27. ^ Droste, R. (August 11, 2005). "TNA Impact TV report for the 8-12 TV show". WrestlingObserver.com. Retrieved June 18, 2007. Shark Boy then goes up to the top turnbuckle, leaps and takes out Bently (sic) with a missile dropkick.
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  29. ^ "Shark Boy (Stone Cold Fish)". The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Retrieved 2010-06-20.
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  31. ^ "Buckeye Pro Wrestling Title Histories". titlehistories.com. Retrieved 2008-07-11.
  32. ^ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated Top 500 – 2001". Wrestling Information Archive. Retrieved 2010-08-01.
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