Shark Boy
Shark Boy | |
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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea[5] | |
Trained by | Les Thatcher[1] |
Debut | May 3, 1997[1] |
Dean Matthew Roll (born January 28, 1975) is an American professional wrestler, best known for his appearances in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) under the ring name Shark Boy. Prior to his appearances in TNA, Roll competed on the independent scene from the mid-1990s onwards before being signed by World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 1999. Following his release from WCW six months later in 2000, Roll returned to the independent scenes, mainly competing for the World Wrestling All-Stars (WWA) promotion. He would leave WWA in 2002 to join TNA, where he became a member of the TNA X Division. He would make sporadic appearances in TNA from 2009 onwards.
Professional wrestling career
Independent circuit (1997–2003)
Roll began training under
Later that year, Roll debuted in the
On May 19, 1999, Shark Boy wrestled at the second annual
On March 11, 2003, Shark Boy wrestled a dark match for the World Wrestling Entertainment where he lost to Chris Kanyon.
World Championship Wrestling (1999–2000)
As a result of the exposure gained by his appearances on television and at the Brian Pillman Memorial Shows, coupled with his
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 Mamaluke, and Nova. He was eliminated first in the match, which was won by Nova.
In November 2002, Shark Boy toured Europe with the
.On March 7, 2004, Shark Boy opened a
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2002–2015)
On July 31, 2002, Shark Boy made his Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) debut in a dark match losing to Jimmy Rave.[11]
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 famous Baldwin actors.[12]
In 2003, he had a team with
Shark Boy took part in TNA's TerrorDome match on May 10, but it was won by
On December 5, 2010, Shark Boy made his return at
On July 10, 2011, Shark Boy made an appearance at
Return to the independent circuit (2013–present)
In August 2013, Shark Boy challenged Billy Mattern for the NWA Supreme United States Championship. Billy Mattern was disqualified due to interference by Mortimer Blankenship giving the win to Shark Boy, but Mattern would retain the championship.
Shark Boy started wrestling a lot less starting in 2014, where he only wrestled a half dozen matches. This would be followed with even less in 2015 and only one match in 2016. The following two years saw him competing in less than a dozen matches total. He didn't wrestle from November 2018, until April 2019 when he was involved in a six way scramble match at Joey Ryan's Penis Party WrestleCon event during WrestleMania 35 weekend.[17]
Return to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2022–present)
On May 1, 2022, it was announced that Shark Boy would make his return to Impact Wrestling for live events on May 7 and 8 in Newport, Kentucky.[18] At Slammiversary, on June 19, 2022, Shark Boy won the Reverse Battle Royal by last eliminating Johnny Swinger.[19][20]
Other media
Shark Boy has appeared in two video games, those being
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]
Personal life
On Friday, February 22, 2008, he was inducted into the XWF (later Legends Pro Wrestling) Hall of Fame.
Roll lost most of his possessions in a house fire in February 2009.[21]
Miramax lawsuit
On June 8, 2005, Roll filed a
Championships and accomplishments
- Atlantic Pro Wrestling
- APW Junior Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
- Buckeye Pro Wrestling
- Blue Water Championship Wrestling
- BWCW Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)[26]
- Eastern Pro Wrestling
- EPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Rocco Abruzzi
- Hardcore Championship Wrestling
- Heartland Wrestling Association
- Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South
- 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]
- Price of Glory Wrestling
- Glory Cup (2004)[1]
- Pro Wrestling Beyond
- PWB Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
- Pro Wrestling eXpress
- PWX Television Championship (2 times)[27]
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Provincial Championship Wrestling
- PCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[1]
- Real American Wrestling
- RAW Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)[1]
- World Classic Professional Big Time Wrestling
- WCPBTW Ohio State Tag Team Championship (1 time, current) – with Onyx[29]
- Other titles
- WPL Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)
References
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- ^ 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.
- ^ "TNA Wrestling profile". Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. Archived from the original on 2008-07-30. Retrieved 2010-10-14.
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- ^ a b c "Interview mit dem Shark Boy". WrestlingData.com. October 1, 2003. Retrieved 2007-06-06.
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- ^ Jeremy Thomas (May 1, 2022). "Shark Boy Returning to Impact At Next Weekend's Tapings". 411mania.com. Retrieved June 20, 2022.
- ^ IMPACT Wrestling Staff (June 19, 2022). "Slammiversary 2022 Full Results". Impact Wrestling. Archived from the original on June 20, 2022. Retrieved June 20, 2022.
- ^ Powell, Jason (June 19, 2022). "6/19 Impact Wrestling Slammiversary results: Powell's live review of Josh Alexander vs. Eric Young for the Impact World Championship, Ultimate X match for the X Division Championship, Queen of the Mountain match for the Knockouts Title, The Briscoes vs. Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson for the Impact Tag Titles". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on June 20, 2022. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Madigan, T. (August 16, 2005). "Everybody wants to know". Calgary Sun. Archived from the original on January 15, 2013. Retrieved 2007-06-06.
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