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Shark Boy

b. 1975

American professional wrestler

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About Shark Boy

Born 1975. Shark Boy is an American professional wrestler.

World Wrestling Entertainment On March 11, 2003, Shark Boy wrestled a dark match for the World Wrestling Entertainment where he lost to Chris Kanyon. A month later on April 21, he lost to Christopher Nowinski on Sunday Night Heat which aired on April 27.

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.

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.

In 2003, he had a team with New Jack that involved getting New Jack to play board games such as Chutes and Ladders with Shark Boy. When New Jack left, Mad Mikey started teaming with Shark Boy before his untimely death in November 2003 and in 2004, he teamed with D-Ray 3000 which was his most successful tag team run. 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 (a reference to Abyss' former name Prince Justice), 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. 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 web match 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.

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. 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.

On July 10, 2011, Shark Boy made an appearance at Destination X teaming with Eric Young defeating Generation Me. Shark Boy made his return to TNA on the May 23, 2013 episode of Impact Wrestling. He wrestled against Robbie E in a losing effort on the following episode of TNA Xplosion after his TV appearance. On March 17, 2013, Shark Boy appeared on TNA 10 Reunion where he was in a 10-man Gauntlet match, which was won by Matt Morgan, that aired on August 2, 2013. On March 19, 2013, Shark Boy next appeared on Hardcore Justice 2 where he won a nine-man Hardcore Gauntlet Battle Royal, which aired on July 5, 2013. He then made another appearance on November 21 at TNA Turning Point, facing Ethan Carter III in a losing effort. On October 2, 2014, Shark Boy made yet another appearance facing off against Manik and losing, then lost again on the October 15, 2014 show against Tyrus. He made an appearance in the October 29 taping during a backstage segment where he was signing autographs, getting a pep talk from road agent Pat Kenney to get back to being "the real shark" referring to when he was in his prime. Shark Boy said he would do it. On the July 9, 2015 episode of Impact, he returned as a competitor in Ethan Carter III's 3 vs 1 Gauntlet Match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship in a losing effort. This would be his last known appearance and would eventually parted ways from the company.

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.

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. At Slammiversary, on June 19, 2022, Shark Boy won the Reverse Battle Royal by last eliminating Johnny Swinger.

All Elite Wrestling (2026) On July 29, 2026, Shark Boy made an appearance on the AEW Advance show to promote both that weeks episode of AEW Dynamite and Shark Week.

Other media Shark Boy has appeared in two video games, those being TNA Impact!: Cross the Line and TNA IMPACT!

He was featured in MTV's "True Life: I am a Pro Wrestler", talking about his experiences on the independent circuit.

Personal life On Friday, February 22, 2008, he was inducted into the XWF (later Legends Pro Wrestling) Hall of Fame. Around the same time, Roll had just started the "Stone Cold" Shark Boy gimmick (at TNA Final Resolution in January 2008). After waking up from a kayfabe coma, he would drink clam juice and use the Stone Cold Stunner in his matches.

Roll lost most of his possessions including practically all of his ring gear and personal property in a house fire in February 2009.

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 demanded 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." In April 2007, the suit was settled for an undisclosed amount.

Championships and accomplishmentsAtlantic Pro WrestlingAPW Junior Heavyweight Championship (2 times)Buckeye Pro WrestlingBPW Heavyweight Championship (2 times) BPW Team Championship (2 times) – with Cody Hawk Eastern Pro WrestlingEPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Rocco AbruzziHardcore Championship WrestlingHCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) Incredible 8 Tournament (2002) Pro Wrestling IllustratedPWI ranked him #157 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2001 Provincial Championship WrestlingPCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) Other titles' WPL Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Shark Boy?

American professional wrestler

When was Shark Boy born?

Shark Boy was born on 28 January 1975 in Austin.

What is Shark Boy's occupation?

Shark Boy is a professional wrestler.

What nationality is Shark Boy?

Shark Boy is American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Shark Boy

· Wikidata: Q2715476

· DBpedia: Shark Boy

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