Profile of Terry Gerin on Famous Like Me

Terry Gerin
Statistics
Stage names	Terry Richard Rhino Richards Rhino Rhyno
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight	270 lb (122 kg)
Born	October 7, 1976
Hometown	Detroit, Michigan
Trained by	Scott D'Amore Doug Chevalier
Debut	1994

Terry Gerin, better known as Rhyno or Rhino, is an American professional wrestler currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling following his release from World Wrestling Entertainment.

Career

Gerin made his debut in professional wrestling in and around the independent promotions of Detroit. He won the world title for Pro Wrestling Worldwide (PWW), an independent westling promotion based out of Grand Rapids, Michigan as Rhino Richards. He was a member of "THUG Life" with Joe Legend, Christian Cage, Bloody Bill Skullion and Sexton Hardcastle in Canada. He later later joined Extreme Championship Wrestling in 1999 and became a star there. Rhino as he was to be known is a former ECW World Television Champion and was the last ECW World Heavyweight Champion.

World Wrestling Entertainment

When ECW folded in 2001, he joined World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), then known as the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), wrestling under the slightly different name Rhyno. He debuted on RAW on March 19th 2001 in the weeks leading up to WrestleMania X-Seven to help Edge and Christian win the Tag Team titles from The Hardy Boyz ( though they lost them later that night to The Dudley Boyz when Spike Dudley made his debut. During the TLC match he interfered again to help Christian climb the ladder and collect the belts. Several months later, he won the WCW United States Championship after the WWF's purchase of WCW. He seriously injured his neck in late 2001, and had to undergo cervical fusion surgery that kept him out of action for slightly over a year. The returning Rhyno, made his Wrestlemania in-ring debut at Wrestlemania XIX, teaming with Chris Benoit in a Three-Way with Team Angle and Los Guerreros. He was never utilized in a major pushed singles role, but did hold the WWE Hardcore Championship on three occasions. His most recent run was as part of a tag team with another former ECW star Tajiri, challenging and losing to then-WWE World Tag Team champions La Resistance.

Following an incident at a "Post-WrestleMania 21 party" at the Universal Sheraton in California, Rhyno was released by World Wrestling Entertainment.

During the incident Rhyno damaged public property, shattering a large flowerpot vase in the foyer of the hotel during a heated argument with his wife. WWE management brought Rhyno back to his hotel room, and Rhyno flew home from Los Angeles the following day, as opposed to staying for the RAW taping.

Along with his friend Matt Hardy, Rhyno was released by WWE on April 11, 2005. Rhyno appeared on the June 12, 2005 ECW One Night Stand pay-per-view, losing to Sabu.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

Rhino made his debut in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling on July 17, 2005 (reverting to using an "i" in his name as he did pre-WWE, instead of a "y" as the WWE had trademarked the "Rhyno" moniker), by hitting NWA World Heavyweight Champion Raven with the Gore! following his match with Abyss, thus joining Planet Jarrett. These events led to a match being scheduled between the team of Rhyno and Jarrett and the team of Raven and the returning Sabu at the TNA Sacrifice pay-per-view on August 14, 2005.

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 the September 11, 2005 TNA Unbreakable. However, should Jarrett lose the match, he would be prohibited from receiving a world title shot for one year. 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.

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

Rhino fought Jeff Hardy in the main event of the first episode of TNA iMPACT! on Spike TV on October 1, 2005. The match was declared a no-contest after both Abyss and Sabu interfered. At TNA Bound For Glory on October 23, Rhino, Abyss, Sabu and Hardy will face one another in a Monster's Ball match

In wrestling

Previous managers

• Don Callis
• Steve Corino
• Paul Heyman
• Stephanie McMahon
• Jack Victory

Nicknames

• "The Rookie Monster"
• "The Big F'N Deal"
• "The Man-Beast"

Quotes

• "You will remember the name 'Rhino'!"
• "GORE! GORE! GORE!"

Finishing and signature moves

• Gore! (Spear)
• TKO (Fireman's carry cutter)
• Spinning spinebuster
• Rhino Driver (Jumping piledriver)
• Powerbomb

Championships and accomplishments

World Wrestling Federation

• 3-time WWF Hardcore Champion

Extreme Championship Wrestling

• 1-time ECW World Heavyweight Champion
• 2-time ECW World Television Champion

World Championship Wrestling

• 1-time WCW United States Champion

Border City Wrestling

• 1-time BCW Unified Television Champion

Catch Wrestling Association

• 2-time CWA World Tag Team Champion (1-time with Joe Legend, 1-time with Pierre Ouellette)

Pro Wrestling Worldwide

• 1-time PW3 Heavyweight Champion

External Link

• TNA profile

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