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Terry Gerin
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Born (1975-10-07) October 7, 1975 (age 48)
Detroit, Michigan
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Terry Richards
Rhino Richards
Rhino
Rhyno
Dr. Kill
Billed height6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Billed weight270 lb (123.5 kg)
Billed fromDetroit, Michigan
Trained byScott D'Amore
Debut1994

Terry Gerin (born October 7, 1975 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring names Rhino and Rhyno. He is best known for his career in the Original ECW, the WWE (formerly the WWF), and currently, with TNA Wrestling.Rhino has won both the NWA and ECW World Heavyweight Championships.Rhino is also a former 3 time WWE Hardcore Champion and WCW United States Championship.

Career

Early career

Gerin trained as a wrestler at the Can-Am Wrestling School located in Windsor, Ontario, Canada under Scott D'Amore, who he later reunited with in TNA.[1][2] He debuted in 1994 on the Detroit independent circuit under the ring name Terry Richards. Gerin later adopted the ring name Rhino Richards and began wrestling in Canada, where he formed a stable known as "THUG Life" with Joe Legend, Christian Cage, Bloody Bill Skullion and Sexton Hardcastle(later named Edge), and joined for awhile by bodyguard "Big Bubba" Pat Ryan(Patrick Ryan/"Big" Pat Ryan.[1]

Extreme Championship Wrestling (1999-2001)

Gerin debuted in Extreme Championship Wrestling in 1999 as Rhino, quickly joining forces with Steve Corino and Jack Victory. Rhino and Corino challenged Tommy Dreamer and Raven for the ECW Tag Team Championship at Anarchy Rulz 1999, but were defeated. In late 1999, Rhino began feuding with The Sandman, and at November to Remember 1999 he teamed with the Impact Players to defeat Dreamer, Raven, and The Sandman.[3]

On March 12 2000, Rhino lost to Super Crazy in the finals of a tournament for the ECW World Television Championship at Living Dangerously. He won the title on April 22, defeating Yoshihiro Tajiri at CyberSlam. He lost the title to Kid Kash on August 26, but regained it a little over two weeks later on September 9.[4]

Throughout mid-2000, Rhino continued to feud with The Sandman, defeating him in title matches at Hardcore Heaven and Heatwave. In the course of Rhino's match with The Sandman at Hardcore Heaven he delivered a piledriver to The Sandman's wife and valet, Lori. At Heatwave, Rhino attacked the couple before his match and attempted to force Lori's head into a toilet.[5]

Rhino won the ECW World Heavyweight Championship on January 7 2001 at Guilty as Charged, defeating The Sandman in a squash match immediately after The Sandman had won the title from Steve Corino in a three-way tables, ladders, chairs, and canes match. He was one of the last to leave the company when it went out of business, refusing to accept that it was over.[6] Gerin was the final ECW Heavyweight and Television Champion in the original ECW.

World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (2001-2005)

2001-2003

Following the closure of ECW, Gerin signed a contract with the World Wrestling Federation. He debuted on the March 19 2001 episode of RAW under the ring name Rhyno, aligning himself with Edge and Christian.[3] Rhyno went on to help Edge and Christian defeat The Hardy Boyz and The Dudley Boyz for the WWF Tag Team Championship in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match at WrestleMania X-Seven.[7]

Rhyno, Edge, and Christian went on to form a stable with Kurt Angle known as Team RECK, with all four members reaching the semi-finals of the King of the Ring 2001.[8] Rhyno was eliminated from the event by the eventual winner, Edge.[9] He went on to compete for the Hardcore Championship, which he won on three occasions in mid-2001.[10]

On the July 9 episode of RAW, Rhyno joined "Team ECW." The stable, led by former ECW owner Paul Heyman, went on to merge with a rival stable of WCW alumni later that night, forming The Alliance. As a member of The Alliance, Rhyno feuded with Chris Jericho (who had insulted Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley, the on-screen owner of ECW, on numerous occasions).

On September 23 at Unforgiven 2001, he defeated Tajiri for the WCW United States Championship.[11][12] He held the title for just under a month before losing to Kurt Angle on the October 22 episode of RAW.[12]

As a result of his loss, Rhyno was "suspended" from The Alliance on the October 25 episode of SmackDown!. The suspension was an angle concocted to explain Rhyno's absence while he underwent cervical fusion surgery for two herniated discs in his neck. The surgery was performed on November 12 2001.[3]

Rhyno returned to WWE television thirteen months later on the February 27 2003 episode of SmackDown!, aligning himself with Chris Benoit. Rhyno and Benoit went on to unsuccessfully challenge Team Angle for the WWE Tag Team Championship in a triple threat tag team match (also involving Los Guerreros) at WrestleMania XIX. [13]

Rhyno and Benoit continued to team together until July 2003, when Rhyno turned on Benoit.[14] Rhyno wrestled on SmackDown! throughout the remainder of 2003 and early 2004, attempting to win the WWE United States Championship on several occasions.

2004-2005

In March 2004, Rhyno was drafted to the RAW brand of WWE. In July 2004 he formed a tag team with Tajiri, and the duo challenged for the World Tag Team Championship on several occasions throughout 2004.[3]

Rhyno was released from his WWE contract due to a public argument with his wife that took place on April 3, 2005.[3] He made his final appearance on WWE television at the WWE-produced ECW reunion pay-per-view One Night Stand 2005 on June 12, losing to Sabu.[15]

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2005-Present)

Rhino competiting for TNA in Orlando

2005

Rhino made his debut in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling on July 17 2005 (reverting to the ECW spelling of his name instead of WWE's which is trademarked), by hitting then-NWA World Heavyweight Champion Raven with the Gore following a match with Abyss at TNA No Surrender, thus debuting as a member of Planet Jarrett.[16]

These events led to a match being scheduled between the team of Rhino and Jarrett and the team of Raven and the returning Sabu at Sacrifice on August 14. During the Sacrifice preshow, Director of Authority Larry Zbyszko informed Jarrett, who had lobbied for a title shot for several weeks, that if he could pin Raven, he would receive a shot at the NWA World Heavyweight Championship at TNA Unbreakable. However, should Jarrett lose the match, he would be prohibited from receiving a world title shot for one year.[17] Later that night, during the tag match, Jeff Hardy returned to TNA, attacking Jarrett and enabling Rhino to Gore and pin Raven. An irate Jarrett, furious at having lost his shot at the title, watched as Zbyszko announced Rhino to be the new number one contender immediately after the PPV went off the air.[18]

Rhino faced Raven at Unbreakable in a match which saw him accidentally Gore a shopping cart in homage to his WWF Hardcore Championship bout with Raven at Backlash 2001. Despite interference from Jarrett, Raven retained his title after hitting Rhino with a DDT.[19]

Rhino fought Jeff Hardy in the main event of the first episode of iMPACT! on Spike TV on October 1. The match was declared a no-contest after both Abyss and Sabu interfered. At Bound for Glory, Rhino, Abyss, Sabu, and Hardy faced each other in a Monster's Ball match, which Rhino won after hitting a middle-rope Rhino Driver on Hardy. Later that night, Rhino won a 10-man Gauntlet match to determine who would face Jeff Jarrett for his NWA World Heavyweight Championship after Kevin Nash, Jarrett's scheduled opponent, was rushed to the hospital due to a legitimate injury.[20] Rhino went on to defeat Jarrett and win the title. Rhino lost the NWA World Title to Jeff Jarrett at a 2-hour prime time special edition of iMPACT! on November 3.[21]

Starting with the November 26 episode of iMPACT!, TNA started airing promos about Rhino's career and personal life in preparation for his title rematch at Turning Point. He lost the rematch after a guitar shot and interference from all of Team Canada.[22]

2006

Rhino then wrapped up a brutal feud with Abyss, who (due to his alignment with Planet Jarrett) halted Rhino's war on Team Canada. The feud saw Abyss Black Hole Slam Rhino on to several chairs, and Rhino smash Abyss through a steel wall with the Gore.[23] Their singles feud ended in spectacular fashion at Against All Odds when Rhino Gored Abyss off of a fifteen foot ramp on to four tables.[24]

In April, Rhino became a member of Sting's four-man team of "Warriors", joining A.J. Styles and Ron Killings to fight Jeff Jarrett's "Army" in a Lethal Lockdown match at Lockdown.[25]

On June 9, after Rhino defeated Jeff Jarrett at a TNA house show in the old ECW Arena in Philadelphia, he publicly acknowledged that he had been offered a contract to come back to WWE and wrestle for the new ECW. However, Rhino decided to stay with TNA.[3][26]

On July 11, Rhino made an open challenge against WWE for their current incarnation of ECW. The shocking revelation was that he didn't like the direction of the new ECW and threw the "real" ECW World Championship (hidden in a burlap sack as Rhino stated WWE threatened legal action if he showed it) into an oil drum and burned it. (Although he later admitted that it was a replica, and he still has the original at his home).[27] [2]

He then feuded with Monty Brown and Samoa Joe. This resulted in the three men fighting at Hard Justice which ended with Samoa Joe winning by pinning Monty Brown after driving Brown through a table.[28]

Rhino then entered into a feud with Christian Cage, playing off their former history together in WWE, Japan, and Canada.[29]The feud continued when Christian and Gerin faced off in an Eight Mile Street Fight at Bound for Glory 2006, on October 22, 2006. Christian won after a con-chair-to with a ladder, a broken table, a street sigh, and some chairs on top of Gerin. This feud culminated on the November 16 episode of iMPACT!, where he faced Cage in a bloody six-sides of steel barbed wire match. Cage won the match after taking Rhino's signature Gore that sent him through the side of the cage.[30]

Towards the end of 2006, Rhino entered into a program with A.J. Styles. This started with Rhino trying to help Styles with his situation with Christopher Daniels, only to have Styles pull away and accuse Rhino of getting into his business, thus turning him heel.[31] Rhino would lose to Styles at Turning Point 2006 after Styles faked a knee injury and then got Rhino with a roll up pin.[32]

2007

The Rhino-Styles feud continued into 2007. At Final Resolution Rhino defeated Styles in a Last Man Standing match. Rhino set up tables in anticipation of sending Styles through them with a Gore. However, Styles saw what was happening and declined to get up, thus losing. After the match, Rhino swore he wasn't through with Styles and gave him a Rhino Driver on the entrance ramp. [33]

At Against All Odds, Styles defeated Rhino in a Motor City Chain match after dodging a Gore and rolling up Rhino for the pin.[34]

A.J. Styles than struck a challenge to any wrestler in TNA to wrestle him at Destination X in the debut of the Elevation X match and Rhino accepted the challenge. At Destination X, Rhino defeated A.J. Styles in the Elevation X match after a Gore, and stomping on Styles fingers.[35]

On March 22, Rhino was then chosen as the third member of Kurt Angle's team for the Lockdown 2007 match, along with Samoa Joe and eventually Jeff Jarrett and Sting. Team Angle was successful at Lockdown after defeating Christian's Coalition in a Lethal Lockdown match. Rhino had a big spot in the match when he Gored Tomko through the cage door.[36]

Rhino went through short feuds with Christopher Daniels and LAX before moving on to his next big feud with James Storm.

On the June 21 2007, Storm and Robert Roode defeated Rhino and Eric Young. Following the match, Storm poured beer on Rhino, causing him to snap.[37] Two weeks later, Rhino had a sit-down interview with Mike Tenay and revealed that he is a recovering alcoholic and that is why he snapped after being covered with beer.[38]

The feud between Rhino and Storm resulted in a match at TNA Victory Road. It seemed that Rhino was on his way to victory until James Storm hit Rhino with a beer bottle. After the match was over Storm and Jackie Moore attacked Rhino and poured beer into his mouth and left him bleeding in the ring.[39]

At Hard Justice, Rhino lost a Bar Room Brawl to James Storm, after Storm smashed a beer bottle into the back of Rhino's head. Rhino beat James Storm at No Surrender.[40] After the match, he gored Jackie Moore.

Rhino then feuded with Raven, resulting in a Monster's Ball match at TNA Bound for Glory 2007 between Rhino, Raven, Abyss, and Black Reign which Abyss won. At TNA Turning Point 2007, he was scheduled to participate in a match teaming with Abyss to take on Black Reign and Rellik, but he was replaced by Raven due to injury.

2008

After battling an alcoholism relapse (brought on by the James Storm storyline), Rhino officially made his return at Against All Odds by goring James Storm, which caused Eric Young to retain his World Drinking Championship.

On March 9, 2008 Rhino defeated James Storm at Destination X, in the 2nd official Elevation X Match, making Rhino 2-0 in Elevation X. The next week, Christian Cage had to find a tag partner to help him fight Tomko and AJ Styles. He asked Rhino but he refused. Cage teamed with Kevin Nash but the match ended by DQ after Tomko pulled Nash off the pin. Tomko, Styles and Team 3D attacked Cage and Nash. The following week on iMPACT!, Cage st Rhino to fight Tomko. During the match Rhino Was setting up for the gore when Aj Styles Kicked him in the head from outside the ring. Tomko got the pin on Rhino but, the audience informed the ref about what had happened, and reversed the desicion. Right when the ref did that Tomko and Styles jumped into the ring and started a beatdown on Rhino. Cage came running out to make th save Rhino was confuse but, reconciled with Cage and joined Team Cage. Then Team 3D jumped into the ring and preceded to beat down on Rhino and Cage. Kevin nash came to save Cage and Rhino from the beatdown, But was over powered by Team 3D, the beatdown continued, then Shark boy and Curry Man Came to help Rhino Cage and Nash, but were beatendown also. Then the Motorcity Machine Guns came to help but also got taken out. and as the beatdown continued the lights went out, and Sting's music began to play, foreshadowing that he would return the following week, iMPACT!'s first ever live broadcast, and join Rhino, Nash, and Cage, as part of Team Cage. recently added a second tattoo of a Nautical Star on his left elbow in addition to the spider web tattoo on his right elbow.

Team Cage succsesfully defeated Team Tomko in The Leathal Lockdown after Rhino Gored James Storm and got the pin. On April,17 IMPACT episode Rhino teamed up with Christian Cage and defeated Team 3D in a Post Lockdown match. Rhino Teamed with Christian Cage to go into the Dueces wild tag tournament at sacrifice, they beat the Motorcity Machine Guns to Qualify, and they went on to face Booker T and Robert Roode Cage and Rhino won, but were assualted by Booker T with a steel chair, it took an effect in their next Match to Team 3D, which they lost to the chair shot from Booker T. The following week on iMPACT!, Booker T Tried to intimidate Samoa Joe into giving him a title shot. Joe Wouldn't Comply so Booker smacked him, Cage and rhino jumped into the ring to stop. Soon there after the main event for that night was a 6 man tag match, Team 1 Samoa Joe, Christian Cage and Rhino. Team 2 Booker T and two unknowns. it was later discovered that booker had chosen Team 3D to join him. Joe, Cage and Rhino won but after the match Team 3D, went and attacked Hector Gurrero, who is an associate of The LAX, who beat Team 3D for the Tag Titles, Joe, Cage, and Rhino chased them away and made sure he was alright. Then on May 29, after A.J. Styles suffered a sevre beatdown Curtousey of Tomko, Booker T Kurt Angle, and Team 3D, Rhino Cage Samoa joe and The LAX, were about to attack Booker T and Team 3D for revenge on the damage done to A.j. Styles, and chased them out of the ring. Later that same night, Rhino would beat James Storm to qualify for the King of the Mountain match at Slammiversary 2008, which Samoa Joe won to become the only man ever to enter and leave king of the mountain as champ. Following Slammiversary A Lumber Jack match of Kurt Angle VS. A.J. Styles, The Back for Angle was Team 3D and Tomko, for Styles, it Was Matt Morgan, Christian Cage, and Rhino. (The Three were all part of Team Cage at the '08 Lockdown) During the match a brawl broke out between the Backing Teams, and Team 3D double teamed Rhino, and injured his neck pretty bad, so he had to be take out by the medics, leaving Cage, Morgan, and Styles to Fend for themselves, Styles lost the Match, and Team 3D Angle and Tomko, went on a rampage only to Be stopped by "The Monster" Abyss who Chokeslamed Tomko on to a table and helped Cage and Morgan to get out of there.


In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

Notes

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  2. ^ a b "Squared Circle Veteran". pressandguide.com. Retrieved 2007-08-20.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Rhino's OWW Profile". onlineworldofwrestling.com. Retrieved 2007-08-20.
  4. ^ "ECW Television Title History". WWE. Retrieved 2007-08-20.
  5. ^ "ECW Heatwave 2000". pwwew.net. Retrieved 2007-08-20.
  6. ^ The Rise and Fall of ECW DVD
  7. ^ "WrestleMania X-7 Results". slam.canoe.ca. Retrieved 2007-08-20.
  8. ^ "Official Site of the Rhyno". rhynohomepage.tripod.com. Retrieved 2007-08-20.
  9. ^ "King of the Ring 2001 Results". onlineworldofwrestling.com. Retrieved 2007-08-20.
  10. ^ "WWE Hardcore Title History". WWE.com. Retrieved 2007-08-20.
  11. ^ "Rhino's United States Title History". WWE. Retrieved 2007-08-20.
  12. ^ a b "United States Title History". WWE. Retrieved 2007-08-20.
  13. ^ "WrestleMania XIX Results". WWE.com. Retrieved 2007-08-20.
  14. ^ "2003 Vengeance Results". onlineworldofwrestling.com. Retrieved 2007-08-20.
  15. ^ "ECW One Night Stand 2005 Results". powerwrestling.com. Retrieved 2007-08-20.
  16. ^ "2005 TNA No Surrender Results". onlineworldofwrestling.com. Retrieved 2007-08-20.
  17. ^ "2005 TNA Sacrifice Review". pwtorch.com. Retrieved 2007-08-20.
  18. ^ "2005 TNA Sacrifice Results". onlineworldofwrestling.com. Retrieved 2007-08-20.
  19. ^ "2005 TNA Unbreakable Results". onlineworldofwrestling.com. Retrieved 2007-08-20.
  20. ^ "Professor Wrestling: Recapping TNA's 'Bound For Glory'". nbc11.com. Retrieved 2007-08-20.
  21. ^ "TNA Impact Results 11/3/05". onlineworldofwrestling.com. Retrieved 2007-08-20.
  22. ^ "2005 TNA Turning Point Results". onlineworldofwrestling.com. Retrieved 2007-08-20.
  23. ^ "TNA Impact Results 1/28/06". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2007-08-20.
  24. ^ "2006 TNA Against All Odds Results". slam.canoe.ca. Retrieved 2007-08-20.
  25. ^ "2006 TNA Lethal Lockdown Results". onlineworldofwrestling.com. Retrieved 2007-08-20.
  26. ^ "TNA Hardcore War Results". lordsofpain.net. Retrieved 2007-08-20.
  27. ^ "TNA Impact Results 7/13/06". onlineworldofwrestling.com. Retrieved 2007-08-20.
  28. ^ "2006 TNA Hard Justice Results". onlineworldofwrestling.com. Retrieved 2007-08-20.
  29. ^ "TNA Impact Results 8/25/06". onlineworldofwrestling.com. Retrieved 2007-08-20.
  30. ^ "TNA Impact Results 11/16/06". onlineworldofwrestling.com. Retrieved 2007-08-20.
  31. ^ "TNA Impact Results 11/23/06". onlineworldofwrestling.com. Retrieved 2007-08-20.
  32. ^ "2006 TNA Turning Point Results". onlineworldofwrestling.com. Retrieved 2007-08-20.
  33. ^ "2007 TNA Final Resolution Results". onlineworldofwrestling.com. Retrieved 2007-08-20.
  34. ^ "2007 TNA Against All Odds Results". onlineworldofwrestling.com. Retrieved 2007-08-20.
  35. ^ "Professor Wrestling: Recapping TNA's 'Destination-X'". kcci.com. Retrieved 2007-08-20.
  36. ^ "News and Notes from Sunday's "Lockdown" Event". TNAwrestling.com. Retrieved 2007-08-20.
  37. ^ "Official TNA iMPACT Results for June 21, 2007". TNAwrestling.com. Retrieved 2007-08-20.
  38. ^ "Official TNA iMPACT Results for July 5, 2007". TNAwrestling.com. Retrieved 2007-08-20.
  39. ^ "2007 TNA Victory Road Results". onlineworldofwrestling.com. Retrieved 2007-08-20.
  40. ^ "2007 TNA Hard Justice Results". TNAwrestling.com. Retrieved 2007-08-20.
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