Daniel Engler was born on November 20,1977 and is an American professional wrestling referee, better known by his former ring name, Rudy Charles, best known for his time as a referee in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he was the promotion's senior referee.
19 Facts About Dan Engler
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In July 2013, Engler joined WWE at their Performance Center as a referee for NXT.
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Dan Engler is currently signed to WWE on the Smackdown brand.
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Dan Engler trained as a referee under former United States Wrestling Association referee Mark Vance, whom he met at a wrestling show in the Evansville Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Coliseum, and refereed his first match on July 6,1996.
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In 1997, Dan Engler enlisted in the Indiana Army National Guard, and underwent four months of training.
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Dan Engler joined TNA shortly after its inception in June 2002, and was quickly named senior referee.
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Dan Engler was the wrestling referee for the season three premiere of Pros vs Joes.
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Dan Engler has run several family oriented wrestling promotions in his hometown of Evansville, IN.
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Dan Engler has run shows at the historic Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Coliseum, the Vanderburgh County 4-H Fairground and the CK Newsome Center, an urban community center for inner-city children.
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Dan Engler was one of the few that had been with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling since its start in 2002.
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Dan Engler was one of the first referees shown on the show, having to help hold Toby Keith back from entering the ring to fight Jeff Jarrett.
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Dan's first trading card was released in 2004 by Pacific Trading Card Inc Engler has come to have five other cards, three being in the latest TNA Trading Cards.
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Thomas was nervous, but Dan Engler said to follow his lead.
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Shultz and his manager, Tony Lucassio, called Dan Engler a reject referee from another promotion in Orlando, noting his time in TNA.
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Dan Engler made his Ohio Valley Wrestling debut as the special guest referee of a match between heel referee Chris Sharpe and OVW senior official Ray Ramsey in December 2009.
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In July 2013 Dan Engler indicated on his Twitter account that he had signed with WWE and would be working NXT tapings and would be present at the WWE Performance Center grand-opening.
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Dan Engler made his WWE pay-per-view debut at Hell In A Cell on Sunday, October 27,2013 refereeing the Divas Championship, AJ Lee vs Brie Bella.
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Dan Engler was spotted the following monday night on Raw refereeing another Divas match, Natalya vs Summer Rae in her debut match.
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Dan Engler required 13 stitches and 3 sutures to close the wound.