30 Facts About Shark Boy

1.

Shark Boy would leave WWA in 2002 to join TNA, where he became a member of the TNA X Division.

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Shark Boy would make sporadic appearances in TNA from 2009 onwards.

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Shark Boy debuted on May 3,1997, in Thatcher's Heartland Wrestling Association, wrestling as the masked El Piranha.

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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.

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In 1998 and 1999, Shark Boy received a flurry of media attention.

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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.

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Shark Boy wrestled at the 1998,2000 and 2001 Brian Pillman Memorial Shows.

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On March 11,2003, Shark Boy wrestled a dark match for the World Wrestling Entertainment where he lost to Chris Kanyon.

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Shark Boy made several appearances on WCW Saturday Night and WCW Thunder on TBS before being released six months later in early 2000.

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In February 2002 Shark Boy competed for the WWA at their Revolution PPV in Las Vegas.

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Shark Boy fought in the opening contest, a 6-Man Cruiserweight survival match.

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Shark Boy was eliminated first in the match, which was won by Nova.

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In November 2002, Shark Boy toured Europe with the World Wrestling All-Stars promotion.

14.

At the Retribution pay-per-view on December 6,2002, Shark Boy defeated Frankie Kazarian.

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On March 7,2004, Shark Boy opened a professional wrestling school named The Shark Tank in Ohio.

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On July 31,2002, Shark Boy made his Total Nonstop Action Wrestling debut in a dark match losing to Jimmy Rave.

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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.

18.

Shark Boy changed his theme back to the theme he used before the Austin gimmick began.

19.

Shark Boy 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.

20.

On July 10,2011, Shark Boy made an appearance at Destination X teaming with Eric Young defeating Generation Me.

21.

Shark Boy made his return to TNA on the May 23,2013 episode of Impact Wrestling.

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Shark Boy wrestled against Robbie E in a losing effort on the following episode of TNA Xplosion after his TV appearance.

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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.

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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.

25.

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.

26.

Shark Boy started wrestling a lot less starting in 2014, where he only wrestled a half dozen matches.

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Shark Boy 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.

28.

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.

29.

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

30.

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