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*'''With [[James Storm]]'''
*'''With [[James Storm]]'''
**'''''[[Drunk driving (United States)|DWI – Drinking While Investing]]''''' ([[Professional wrestling double-team maneuvers#Powerbomb, neckbreaker combination|Simultaneous powerbomb (Storm) / hangman's neckbreaker (Roode) combination]])
**'''''[[Drunk driving (United States)|DWI]] – Drinking While [[Investment|Investing]]''''' ([[Professional wrestling double-team maneuvers#Powerbomb, neckbreaker combination|Simultaneous powerbomb (Storm) / neckbreaker slam (Roode) combination]])
**[[Powerslam#Swinging side slam|Assisted swinging side slam]]
**[[Powerslam#Swinging side slam|Assisted swinging side slam]]
**[[Professional wrestling double-team maneuvers#Double suplex|Double suplex]] (Followed with them squatting down and then jumping up and shouting "Beer!" (Storm) "Money!" (Roode))
**[[Professional wrestling double-team maneuvers#Double suplex|Double suplex]] (Followed with them squatting down and then jumping up and shouting "Beer!" (Storm) "Money!" (Roode))

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Robert Roode
Born (1977-01-01) January 1, 1977 (age 47)
Peterborough, Ontario, Canada[1]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Bobby Roode[1]
Bobby Rude[1]
Robert Roode[1]
"Total" Lee Awesome[1]
Billed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2]
Billed weight250 lb (110 kg)[2]
Billed fromPeterborough, Ontario
Wall Street in Manhattan, New York
Trained bySean Morley[1]
Shane Sewell[1]
Debut1998[1]

Robert F. "Bobby" Roode, Jr.[3] (born January 1, 1977) is a Canadian professional wrestler, currently wrestling for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he is one half of the TNA World Tag Team Champions with partner James Storm, as a member of Beer Money, Inc..[2]

Professional wrestling career

Training and independent promotions

He was trained in his hometown of Peterborough, Ontario, by fellow Ontarians Val Venis and Shane Sewell. He completed his training after a year and wrestled his debut match against Pete Rock. He then went on to work for various Canadian independent promotions, as well as making appearances for the Puerto Rican promotion, World Wrestling Council.

Roode began working for Real Action Wrestling in 2001, where he formed a heel stable known as "The Kardinal Sinners" along with Kingman and Mike Hughes. He later rejoined them as a part of their Wrestling Reality show to be aired on The Fight Network, however, Roode will not be seen on these episodes due to contractual obligations with TNA. He went on to work a series of dark matches for World Wrestling Entertainment between 2001 and 2004.

While in TNA, Roode also wrestled for Blood Sweat and Ears in Ontario, Border City Wrestling in Windsor, Ontario and at NWA Shockwave in New Jersey. He is the former BCW Can-Am Heavyweight Champion. On March 18, 2006, he won the NWA Shockwave Internet Championship from Josh Daniels at an NWAS/New York Wrestling Connection cross-promotional event. Eight days later, on March 26, Roode won the vacant NWA Shockwave Heavyweight Championship at Disturbing the Peace 2006 in a four-way match. Roode held both titles until May 21, when he dropped the Internet Title and successfully defended the Heavyweight Title against Slyck Wagner Brown. Due the restarting of the company, all the NWA Cyberspace Champions were vacated including Roode's Heavyweight Title.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2004-present)

Team Canada's enforcer

In May 2004, Roode was brought into Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) by Scott D'Amore, the owner of Border City Wrestling, a Canadian independent promotion for which Roode had worked on occasion. Roode debuted in TNA as part of the Team Canada stable,[4] and took part in the World X-Cup, which was won by Team USA. Team Canada went on to feud with 3Live Kru and America's Most Wanted. As the biggest and most powerful member of Team Canada at the time, Roode acted as the "enforcer" of the group, a role popularised by Arn Anderson. In early 2006, recognizing his comparisons to Arn Anderson, he made the request that he be called "The Canadian Enforcer" from that point onward, and began coming to the ring in sequined robes reminiscent of the Four Horsemen and Rick Rude flashy style in the late 1980s.

Roode began a feud with Dustin Rhodes in early 2005, losing to him at April's Lockdown pay-per-view in a best of three falls steel cage match, with the third fall a blindfold match.[5] After that Roode feuded with Lance Hoyt, who he defeated at Slammiversary,[6] and The Naturals throughout the summer of 2005. After defeating Jeff Hardy at Unbreakable in September,[7] Roode and the remainder of Team Canada resumed their feud with 3Live Kru.

At Final Resolution 2006, Roode began a singles career, while still being linked to Team Canada, by defeating Ron Killings.[8] Five months later, on the June 29 episode of TNA Impact!, TNA Management Director Jim Cornette forced the break up of Team Canada .[9] However, on the July 6 edition of Impact!, Cornette gave Team Canada one more chance to stay together but only if they could win a match a week later against Jay Lethal, Rhino and Team 3D.[10] On the July 13 edition of Impact!, Team Canada lost the match when Jay Lethal pinned A-1, disbanding Team Canada once and for all.[11]

Feud with Eric Young

After the break up of Team Canada, Roode began referring to himself as "TNA's hottest free agent". Vignettes began playing with various TNA managers such as Simon Diamond, Jim Mitchell, and Shane Douglas putting over the idea of Roode being an NWA World Heavyweight Championship contender and stating their interest in becoming his manager, but he eventually dismissed them. Having chosen not to work with a current TNA manager, segments began airing with Roode interviewing legendary managers for the position; Bobby "The Brain" Heenan on September 7,[12] Col. Robert Parker on September 14,[13] and Sherri Martel on September 21.[14] He revealed his chosen manager, Traci Brooks, at Bound for Glory, and promptly changed his name to "Robert Roode", with Brooks now being referred to as "Ms. Brooks".[15] His first feud after the name change was against Eric Young, of whom he became jealous when he realized fans still weren't cheering him, but cheered Young's every move. After Young beat Brooks in a bikini contest he demanded that Brooks "sign" Young to "Robert Roode Inc.". Finally, at the 2007 Against All Odds event Brooks successfully seduced Young into signing a contract with "Robert Roode Inc.", and Roode began to control Young by ordering him around.[16]

Robert Roode at the Lockdown pay-per-view in 2007

Young, however, began to fight back, due to the advice of a mystery "friend". At Lockdown Roode faced Petey Williams, the man he believed to be Young's "friend", and won the match, despite Young attempting to help Williams.[17] The following week, Young proclaimed that Williams was not his "friend", and Roode, who controlled Young's contract, gave Young a week to tell him who his friend was or he'd be fired. The following week, Young revealed his "friend" to be Jeff Jarrett, which resulted in Roode facing Jarrett at Sacrifice. Roode went on to defeat Jarrett after hitting him with the Payoff.[18] Roode would eventually face Young in a match at Slammiversary 2007.[19] Roode scored the pinfall after hitting Young with a steel chair, but, just as he was about to fire Young, Jim Cornette came out and ordered the match to be restarted.[19] Young then pinned Roode with an inside cradle, in the process severing his ties with Roode.[19]

Roode and Ms. Brooks then joined forces with Christian's Coalition to aid in their battles with Sting and Abyss, and on the July 26 episode of Impact!, Mike Tenay stated that Roode had officially joined the stable. Weeks after that, after Eric Young lost a match against Team 3D, Roode and Brooks "tarred and feathered" Young. On the August 7 episode of TNA Today Young issued a challenge for a "Humiliation match" at Hard Justice to Roode, in which the loser would be tarred and feathered. Roode won, but Ms. Brooks ended up tarred and feathered while Roode just watched from the stage, and, afterwards, as she questioned his loyalty, his apparent bullying of her became a key storyline and prominent side angle.[20]

Mistreatment of Ms. Brooks

Roode then entered a mini-feud with Kaz, who had just left Serotonin, after Kaz became sick of watching Roode mistreat Ms. Brooks. Roode defeated Kaz at No Surrender.[21] Soon afterwards, other wrestlers followed in Kaz's footsteps until it was revealed in an interview that the relationship between Roode and Brooks was merely that of employer and employee, and that Brooks chose to put up with Roode's actions because she needed to raise money for her ill mother. Since then, the "superstars' protest" portion of the mistreatment angle quietly faded, though Roode's egotistical bullying antics would get worse.

Roode participated in the Fight for the Right Tournament. He was the last person eliminated in the gauntlet section of the tournament by Eric Young and lost his opening tournament match to Junior Fatu. Around this time, Roode not only started mistreating Brooks even further, he started to show signs of full-blown misogyny in segments involving or referring to other women, such as Karen Angle,Gail Kim or Sharmell. In the loss to Fatu, the dissension was reciprocated by Brooks, who laughed as Fatu gave Roode a stinkface. On the November 8, 2007 edition of TNA Impact, Brooks finally stood up to Roode by shoving him away from his attack on Chris Harris, and herself attacking "Roode's #1 Fan".

Roode formed a partnership with Christian Cage against TNA newcomer Booker T, claiming that "has beens" like Booker T show up and gain main event status at the expense of long time Talent like himself. Roode and Cage then aligned themselves with Kurt Angle, after an invitation to join the Angle Alliance on Impact!. This only lasted for one night, however, as the Angle Alliance would lose to the team of Samoa Joe, Kevin Nash, Kaz, Booker T and Eric Young, when Nash pinned Roode. Cage and Roode then had a face to face altercation in the ring which lead to Angle and Roode attacking Cage, thus kicking Cage out of the Angle Alliance and turning the Angle-Cage tension into a full-blown feud.

At Final Resolution 2008, Roode teamed up with Ms. Brooks in a mixed tag team match against Booker T and his wife Sharmell.[22] After losing the match Roode finally completed his turn on Brooks and as Sharmell ran back into the ring to stop it, Roode turned around and hit her in the jaw, knocking her out.[22] As Booker T ran to the ring to aid his wife, Roode escaped the ring, and looking back at the ring he realized what he had done.[22] The following Impact!, Roode faced Brooks and fired her, but was stopped by Jim Cornette when he tried to lay hands on her. Subsequently, Roode's "number one fan" attacked Brooks when she was leaving the ring. Roode's fan would replace Brooks, with her name revealed as Ms. Payton Banks.

After Final Resolution, and with Payton Banks by his side, Roode continued his feud with Booker T at Against All Odds, where the two faced off in a singles match.[23] Roode would run from the ring and escape the arena in a car, only to further infuriate Booker. Booker and Roode would face off again at Destination X in a Stand By Your Man Strap Match, where the loser's manager (Banks for Roode, Brooks for Booker) would receive ten leather lashes from the winner's manager.[24] Roode won after using a handcuff-armed fist, but Sharmell returned and whipped everyone with a leather belt, including Jim Cornette.[24] The following week on Impact!, Cornette punished her by putting her in a mixed tag team match with Booker against Roode and Banks at Lockdown, which Booker and Sharmell won.[25] After the match, Roode verbally abused Banks for losing, much like he used to abuse Ms. Brooks, seemingly ending their alliance.[25]

The Formation of Beer Money, Inc.

Main article: Beer Money, Inc.
Beer Money, Inc. in London September 2008

On the June 12 edition of Impact!, Roode, along with James Storm, challenged The Latin American Xchange (LAX) for the TNA World Tag Team Championship. Storm and Roode won, after Roode performed a Last Call on Hernandez, with a belt wrapped around his boot. Hector Guerrero, LAX's manager, was at ringside, however, and got the match restarted by informing the referee about what had happened. LAX then retained, leading to Roode, Storm, and Jacqueline attacking LAX. The next week, LAX challenged Storm and Roode to a Fan's Revenge Lumberjack match at Victory Road. Roode and Storm then began calling themselves "Beer Money, Inc.", sometimes shortened to simply "Beer Money", based on their individual gimmicks (Storm for "Beer" and Roode for "Money"). At Victory Road, LAX won the match.[26] At Hard Justice, however, Beer Money became the new TNA World Tag Team Champions, defeating LAX after hitting Homicide with a beer bottle.[27] The feud continued through No Surrender with Beer Money, Inc. once again getting the win.[28] At Bound for Glory IV, Beer Money successfully defended their titles in a four-team Monster's Ball match, after Roode pinned Hernandez of LAX.[29]

File:BeerMoney2009.JPG
Beer Money as TNA Tag Team Champions

After that Beer Money retained the tag team championship at Turning Point 2008 against The Motor City Machine Guns.[30] Beer Money, Inc. later engaged in a feud with Matt Morgan and Abyss, retaining the titles against them at Final Resolution.[31] Roode and Storm lost the titles to Lethal and Creed on the January 8 edition of Impact!. Roode and Storm would regain the titles in a 3-way match which also involved the team of Abyss and Matt Morgan three days later at Genesis.[32] Beer Money, Inc. faced Creed and Jay Lethal at Against All Odds and retained the championship.[33]

Personal life

Robert and his wife Tracy have three sons Bobby, Riley, and Nicholas.[34]

In wrestling

Roode, with partner James Storm behind, make their entrance as Beer Money Inc.

Championships and accomplishments

Roode is a two time TNA World Tag Team Champion
  • All–Canadian Pro Wrestling
    • ACPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[1]
  • Atlantic Coast Wrestling
    • ACW International Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[1]
  • Prime Time Wrestling
    • PTW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • Real Action Wrestling
    • RAW Heavyweight Championship (4 times)[1]
  • Twin Wrestling Entertainment
    • TWE Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • Universal Wrestling Alliance
    • UWA Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
    • UWA Tag Team Champion (1 time) – with Petey Williams

Notes

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  2. ^ a b c "TNA bio". Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-08-11.
  3. ^ "License record for Roode, Jr.,Robert F." Kentucky Boxing and Wrestling Authority. Retrieved 2009-03-15.
  4. ^ Clevett, Jason (2004-05-06). "TNA: I am Canadian!". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 2009-03-27.
  5. ^ Clevett, Jason (2005-04-25). "Lockdown lacks". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 2009-03-27.
  6. ^ Clevett, Jason (2005-06-20). "Raven crowned king at Slammiversary". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 2009-03-27.
  7. ^ LaCroix, Corey-David (2005-09-12). "Unbreakable an astounding PPV". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 2009-03-27.
  8. ^ Kapur, Bob (2006-01-15). "Sting gets a hit at Final Resolution". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 2009-03-27.
  9. ^ Sokol, Chris (2006-06-30). "Impact: Cornette declares the new champ". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
  10. ^ Sokol, Chris (2006-07-07). "TNA: Heavy focus on title picture". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
  11. ^ Sokol, Chris (2006-07-16). "Impact: No more Team Canada". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
  12. ^ Sokol, Chris (2006-09-08). "Impact: Getting to the truth of things". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 2009-03-28.
  13. ^ Sokol, Chris (2006-09-15). "Impact: Everyone jobs for Jarrett". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 2009-03-28.
  14. ^ Sokol, Chris (2006-09-22). "Impact: Jarrett scores a smash hit". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 2009-03-28.
  15. ^ Sokol, Chris (2006-10-23). "Sting new champ after Bound For Glory". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 2009-03-28.
  16. ^ Sokol, Chris (2007-02-11). "Christian retains belt Against All Odds". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 2009-03-28.
  17. ^ Sokol, Chris (2007-04-16). "Lockdown pulled down by gimmick matches". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 2009-03-28.
  18. ^ Sokol, Chris (2007-05-14). "World title picture muddied after good Sacrifice". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 2009-03-28.
  19. ^ a b c Clevett, Jason (2007-06-17). "TNA scores with Slammiversary". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 2009-03-28.
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  21. ^ Sokol, Chris (2007-09-10). "No Surrender delivers on Angles and a new TV deal". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 2009-03-28.
  22. ^ a b c Xamin, Mark (2008-01-06). "Styles sides with Angle costing Cage at Final Resolution". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 2009-03-28.
  23. ^ Sokol, Chris (2008-02-11). "Against All Odds: Angle still TNA champ". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 2009-03-28.
  24. ^ a b Clevett, Jason (2008-03-10). "Destination X spotty at best". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 2009-03-28.
  25. ^ a b Sokol, Chris (2008-04-13). "TNA Lockdown: Joe captures gold". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 2009-03-28.
  26. ^ Kapur, Bob (2008-07-13). "Main event mars Victory Road". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 2009-03-28.
  27. ^ Pollock, John (2008-08-11). "Hard Justice delivers action and teases". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 2009-03-28.
  28. ^ Clevett, Jason (2008-09-14). "No Surrender a bore". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 2009-03-28.
  29. ^ Sokol, Chris (2008-10-13). "Sting takes title at Bound for Glory". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 2009-03-28. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  30. ^ Sokol, Chris (2008-11-10). "Turning Point: Mafia gains momentum". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 2009-03-28. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  31. ^ Sokol, Chris (2008-12-07). "Final Resolution: The Mafia makes strides". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 2009-03-28. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  32. ^ Sokol, Chris (2009-01-12). "Genesis a stalemate between Mafia and Frontline". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 2009-03-28. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  33. ^ Sokol, Chris (2009-02-09). "Sting retains at Against All Odds". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 2009-03-28. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  34. ^ Davis, Greg (2009-02-20). "Roode re-signs with TNA". Slam Sports. Retrieved 2009-02-20.
  35. ^ "BCW - Border City Wrestling Can-Am Heavyweight Title History". Solie. Retrieved 2008-08-11.
  36. ^ "BCW - Border City Wrestling BCW - Can-Am Tag Team Title History". Solie. Retrieved 2008-08-11.
  37. ^ "Independent Wrestling Results - September 2004". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-07-05.
  38. ^ "Independent Wrestling Results - October 2003". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-07-05.
  39. ^ Westcott, Brian. "Cyberspace Wrestling Federation/NWA Cyberspace Heavyweight Title History". Solie. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |accessagte= ignored (help)
  40. ^ Clark, Ryan (2008-09-18). "The Complete 'PWI 500' List For 2008". Pro Wrestling Illustrated. WrestlingInc.com. Retrieved 2009-03-10.
  41. ^ Duncan, Royal. "NWA National Wrestling Alliance NWA World Tag Team Title History". Solie. Retrieved 2008-08-11.

External links

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