Shark Boy
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Shark Boy
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| Ring name(s) | El Piranha Dean Baldwin Shark Boy |
| Billed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) [1] |
| Billed weight | 180 lb (82 kg/13 st) [1] |
| Born | January 28, 1975 Austin, Texas, United States |
| Billed from | "Deep Blue Sea" "The Deep Sea" "Deep Under the Sea" "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" [2] |
| Trained by | Shark Girl |
| Debut | May 3, 1997 |
Dean Roll (born January 28, 1975) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Shark Boy. He is currently wrestling for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and on the independent circuit.
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[edit] Wrestling career
Roll began training under Les Thatcher in October 1995 at the age of twenty.[2] 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.[3][4]
Later that year, Roll 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.[2][4] In 1999, Roll trademarked the name "Shark Boy".[1][5] 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.[2]
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.[6] 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, Shark Boy was signed to a contract by World Championship Wrestling in 1999.[5][4] He made several appearances on WCW Saturday Night on WTBS before being released six months later in early 2000.[3][6][7]
In November 2002, Shark Boy toured Europe with the World Wrestling All-Stars promotion. At the Retribution pay-per-view on December 6, 2002, Shark Boy defeated Frankie Kazarian.[3] 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. Shortly after XPW closed its doors, he joined Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
On March 7, 2004, Shark Boy opened a professional wrestling school named The Shark Tank in Ohio.[3][7] In 2008 he made his return to TNA from a (kayfabe) coma suffered from multiple ambushes, and tweaked his Shark Boy gimmick into that of a Stone Cold Steve Austin parody, even going as far as to drink "Clam Juice" (a reference to Austin drinking beer) in the ring after his matches. Shark Boy took part to wrestle in TNA's TerrorDome on May 10 , which was won by Kaz
[edit] In wrestling
- Finishing and signature moves
- As "Stone Cold" Shark Boy
- Chummer (Stunner)
- Stompin' a Waterhole (Repeated stomps against a cornered opponent, followed by a fin gesture to the opponent and a final stomp)
- Pointed elbow drop with fin gesture
- Thesz press followed by multiple punches
- As Shark Boy
- D.S.D. – Dead Sea Drop / Deep Sea Drop (Diving somersault three-quarter facelock jawbreaker)[8][9]
- Shark–canrana (Front flip hurricanrana pin)[8][5]
- Facebuster[10]
- Missile dropkick[11]
- Sunset flip powerbomb to an opponent holding another wrestler in superplex position, causing them to complete the superplex
- Hangman's neckbreaker [12][13]
- Managers
- Entrance theme
- Eat Me by Dale Oliver
- "I Won't Do What You Tell Me" by Dale Oliver
- Signature taunts
- Holds his hand vertically, fingers and thumb together and pointing up, and holds his hand to his forehead, symbolizing a shark fin whilst shaking his hand.
- Stone Cold Salute (Sticking up a shark fin gesture, instead of a middle finger to the audience)
- Quotes
- And that's the fishing line... cuz Shark Boy said so!
- Shark Boy 24:7 says i just bit your bass!
- What
- If you wanna see X get his/her bass whipped, give me a shell yeah!
[edit] Championships and accomplishments
- Atlantic Pro Wrestling
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- APW Junior Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
- Buckeye Pro Wrestling
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- BPW Heavyweight Championship (2 times, current)
- BPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Cody Hawk
- Eastern Pro Wrestling
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- EPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Rocco Abruzzi
- Hardkore Championship Wrestling
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- HCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- HCW Incredible 8 Tournament Winner (1 time)
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- HWA Cruiserweight Championship (4 times)
- HWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
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- IWA Mid-South Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- IWA Mid-South Television Championship (1 time)
- Main Event World League
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- MEWL Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)
- Mid-West Wrestling Connection
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- MWWC Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
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- NWA East Television Championship (1 time)
- New Breed Wrestling Association
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- NBWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- New Era Pro Wrestling
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- NEPW Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)
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- MWA Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- PCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- RAW Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)
- WPL Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)
[edit] 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."[1][5] In April 2007, the suit was settled for an undisclosed amount.[14]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Kaufman, G. (June 8, 2005). Wrestler Shark Boy Wants To Put The Smackdown On New Flick. MTV.com. Retrieved on 2007-06-06.
- ^ a b c d Valente, M. (October 5, 2003). Shark Boy interview. Wrestling Observer. Retrieved on 2007-06-06.
- ^ a b c d Milner, J.. Sharkboy. Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved on 2007-06-06.
- ^ a b c Interview mit dem Shark Boy. GenickBruch.com (October 1, 2003). Retrieved on 2007-06-06.
- ^ a b c d Madigan, T. (August 13, 2005). Shark attack. Calgary Sun. Retrieved on 2007-06-06.
- ^ a b Steven, A.. Shark Boy Speaks With TNAHeadlines.com. TNAHeadlines.com. Retrieved on 2007-06-06.
- ^ a b Hickey, P.. Shark Boy Bites His Way To The Top. Retrieved on 2007-06-06.
- ^ a b Abreu, D. (September 18, 2003). TNA: Caskets, blood, Canadians, Vampiro. Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved on 2007-06-06.
- ^ Shark Boy. TNAWrestling.com. Retrieved on June 29, 2007.
- ^ Droste, R. (February 4, 2005). TNA Impact TV report. WrestlingObserver.com. Retrieved on June 18, 2007. “...Shark Boy with a face buster.”
- ^ Droste, R. (August 11, 2005). TNA Impact TV report for the 8-12 TV show. WrestlingObserver.com. Retrieved on June 18, 2007. “Shark Boy then goes up to the top turnbuckle, leaps and takes out Bently (sic) with a missile dropkick.”
- ^ Droste, R. (February 4, 2005). TNA Impact TV report. WrestlingObserver.com. Retrieved on June 18, 2007. “Shark Boy counters the Canadian Destroyer into a neck breaker.”
- ^ Droste, R. (September 4, 2005). TNA Impact TV report. WrestlingObserver.com. Retrieved on June 18, 2007. “...Shark Boy with a hangman's noose neckbreaker.”
- ^ Farrell, E. (April 23, 2007). Shark Boy Lawsuit Settlement. Warned.net. Retrieved on 2007-06-06.
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