The 2012 Genesis was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) promotion , that took place on January 8, 2012 at Impact Wrestling Zone in Orlando, Florida . It was the seventh event under the Genesis chronology and first event of the 2012 TNA PPV schedule.
224-693: Eight matches were contested at the event. The main event saw Bobby Roode successfully defend the TNA World Heavyweight Championship against Jeff Hardy . In other prominent matches, Crimson and Matt Morgan retained the TNA World Tag Team Championship facing Samoa Joe and Magnus , Abyss won a Monster's Ball match against Bully Ray , and Austin Aries retained the TNA X Division Championship in
448-423: A Fan's Revenge Lumberjack match at Victory Road . Roode and Storm then began calling themselves "Beer Money, Inc.", sometimes shortened to simply "Beer Money", with their name based on their individual gimmicks (Storm's beer-drinking cowboy gimmick representing "Beer" and Roode's Wall Street stock trader gimmick representing "Money"). At Victory Road, LAX won the match. At Hard Justice , however, Beer Money became
672-633: A Four-Corners Elimination match against Kid Kash , Jesse Sorensen and Zema Ion in the opening bout. In October 2017, with the launch of the Global Wrestling Network , the event became available to stream on demand. It would later be available on Impact Plus in May 2019. Genesis featured eight professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines . Wrestlers portrayed villains , heroes , or less distinguishable characters in
896-584: A GTS . On May 20 at NXT TakeOver: Chicago , Roode retained the NXT Championship against Itami. On the June 7 episode of NXT , Roderick Strong announced his intentions of capturing the NXT Championship and Roode came out to mock him. Sparking a rivalry, the two engaged in a backstage brawl two weeks later after Roode mocked Strong and his family. On the July 5 episode of NXT , Roode successfully defended
1120-459: A face , defeating Aiden English in a singles match and later defeated Mike Kanellis on the following episode of SmackDown Live . On the September 26 episode of SmackDown Live , Roode confronted and challenged Dolph Ziggler for a match on October 8 at Hell in a Cell which Roode won with a roll-up whilst holding Ziggler's tights. Afterwards, Ziggler attacked Roode and demanded a rematch on
1344-533: A ladder match to win possession of the key to the cage door to be used at Lockdown. Angle defeated Anderson in the cage match. At Sacrifice , Anderson was defeated by Jeff Hardy. After the match, Anderson offered to shake Hardy's hand, but Hardy declined. On the following episode of Impact! , Anderson helped Hardy defeat Sting in the main event of the show. After the match, both Anderson and Hardy were attacked by Sting. This turned Anderson face. At Slammiversary VIII , Anderson and Hardy, now known collectively as
1568-561: A legitimate latissimus dorsi tear. Kennedy was sidelined for nearly six months while he rehabilitated the injury. He continued to make appearances on SmackDown! and Velocity throughout January and February and even made an appearance on the January 11, 2006, episode of WWE Byte This! with Todd Grisham to maintain visibility. At the OVW tapings on May 17, Kennedy returned to in-ring action, facing OVW Heavyweight Champion CM Punk in
1792-627: A " Loser Gets Fired match ", thereby opening up the General Manager spot on the Raw brand. During the WWE Draft on June 23 on Raw , Kennedy was drafted to the SmackDown brand. On August 4, he dislocated his shoulder in a match against Shelton Benjamin at a house show, keeping him off television for three months. Kennedy made his return to WWE television, in a non-wrestling capacity, on
2016-521: A "loaded" superkick in their match back in October and at Final Resolution, expressing his desire for a rematch. However, Sting felt Storm beat him fairly twice and a third match was unnecessary. Unhappy, Angle declared he would beat down people in Storm's hometown until he gets his rematch. The following week, Storm admitted that Angle controlled 3 quarters of their match, but that he Tim Tebow 'd Angle in
2240-525: A #1 contender's fatal four-way match for the NXT Championship after defeating Oney Lorcan . On the December 21 episode of NXT , Roode defeated Andrade "Cien" Almas, Tye Dillinger and Roderick Strong in the fatal four-way match to earn the title shot against NXT Champion Shinsuke Nakamura . On January 28, 2017 at NXT TakeOver: San Antonio , Roode defeated Nakamura to win the title, becoming
2464-636: A Best of Five Series with the Motor City Machine Guns, contested for the TNA World Tag Team Championship. Beer Money won the first two matches, a ladder match and a Street Fight, after knocking their opponents out with beer bottles. On the July 29 episode of Impact! , Ric Flair offered Roode and Storm, who were just one victory away from becoming four-time TNA World Tag Team Champions, the final two spots on Fourtune. However, Shelley and Sabin came back to win
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#17327981018072688-538: A Fatal four Way match to retain the titles. On the April 16 episode of SmackDown, Roode and Ziggler defeated The Street Profits to retain the titles. At WrestleMania Backlash , Roode and Ziggler lost the titles to The Mysterios, ending their reign at 128 days. As part of the 2021 Draft , both Roode and Ziggler were drafted to the Raw brand . On the October 4 episode of Raw, Roode and Ziggler lost to Big E and Drew McIntyre. On
2912-533: A Last Man Standing match on the March 13 episode of Impact Wrestling . The feud ended in a Submission match on the April 3 episode of Impact Wrestling , which Eric Young won. In May, Roode reformed Dirty Heels with Austin Aries in pursuit of the vacant TNA World Tag Team Championship . They both agreed to a best of five series with The Wolves . On June 3, 2015 in the third match of the series, with The Wolves up 2–0, Aries pressured Roode to hit Eddie Edwards with
3136-470: A Lethal Lockdown match. On June 2 at Slammiversary XI , Anderson, Bischoff, and Wes Brisco were defeated by Jeff Hardy, Magnus, and Samoa Joe in a six-man tag team match. On the following episode of Impact Wrestling , Anderson began campaigning to be the new Vice President of the Aces & Eights. The following week, Anderson defeated his fellow Aces & Eights stablemates in a battle royal to qualify for
3360-609: A McMahon." This angle was written because Kennedy being named one of the eleven wrestlers implicated in a steroid scandal and therefore suspended for thirty days in accordance with WWE's Wellness Policy . After his suspension, Kennedy returned to television on the October 1 episode of Raw , facing John Cena in the main event and losing. At No Mercy on October 7, Kennedy took part in a six-man tag team match alongside World Tag Team Champions Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch , defeating Paul London, Brian Kendrick and Intercontinental Champion Jeff Hardy . For several weeks, Kennedy began
3584-458: A Mixed tag team match. Roode and Ms. Brooks then joined forces with Christian's Coalition to aid in their battles with Sting and Abyss , and on the July 26 episode of Impact! , Mike Tenay stated that Roode had joined the stable. Weeks after that, after Eric Young lost a match against Team 3D , Roode and Brooks "tarred and feathered" Young. On the August 7 episode of TNA Today Young issued
3808-529: A Monster's Ball match and agreed to rejoin Immortal if he lost. Aligned with Ric Flair as his manager, Immortal member Gunner began a mission of destruction that started with former Immortal referee, Garett Bischoff , who managed two pinfall victories over Gunner that enraged him enough to piledrive Bischoff into the exposed concrete floor, consequently sidelining him in terms of storyline. The next victims lined up were Jesse Neal and Douglas Williams over
4032-454: A Tables match to Matt Hardy. On the August 5 episode of Impact Wrestling , Aries was forced to face Rockstar Spud , with Aries' TNA career and Spud's "Rockstar" moniker on the line. Aries ultimately lost the match, resulting in him leaving TNA. On the August 12 episode of Impact Wrestling , Roode attacked Rockstar Spud for ending Aries' career in TNA when Spud defeated Aries the previous week. On
4256-400: A Two-out-of-Three Falls match, ending their reign at 76 days. Roode and Aries received their rematch on the April 25 episode of Impact Wrestling , but were again defeated by Guerrero and Hernandez after an inadvertent interference from Christopher Daniels and Kazarian. Roode and Aries faced Daniels and Kazarian in number one contenders match on the May 9 episode of Impact Wrestling , however,
4480-696: A World title opportunity after aiding her on many occasions. On the February 20 episode of Impact Wrestling , Roode considered leaving TNA, citing changes in opinions on Angle and Carter, but was then persuaded to agree to captain Team Dixie against Team MVP at Lockdown in return for 10% ownership if Team Dixie was successful. On March 2, Roode was part of a group of TNA wrestlers that took part in Wrestle-1 's Kaisen: Outbreak event in Tokyo, Japan . During
4704-697: A challenge for a "humiliation match" at Hard Justice to Roode, with the loser to be tarred and feathered. Roode won, but Ms. Brooks ended up tarred and feathered while Roode just watched from the stage and afterwards, as she questioned his loyalty, his apparent bullying of her became a key storyline and side angle. Roode then entered a mini-feud with Kaz , who confronted Roode when he mistreated Ms. Brooks. Roode defeated Kaz at No Surrender . Soon afterwards, other wrestlers followed in Kaz's footsteps. An interview revealed that Brooks put up with Roode's actions because she needed to raise money for her ill mother. Since then,
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#17327981018074928-405: A climax over their relationship with Devon's own kids. In June, Dinero played the good Samaritan by aiding Devon in his feud with Mexican America , but Devon tried to reject the help because of Dinero's influence on his sons, Terrell and Terrence . Two months later, Devon altered his attitude toward Dinero for the better and by September, they both began teaming up in unavailing efforts to capture
5152-499: A current TNA manager, segments began airing with Roode interviewing managers for the position; Bobby "The Brain" Heenan on September 7, Col. Robert Parker on September 14, and Sherri Martel on September 21. He revealed his chosen manager, Traci Brooks , at Bound for Glory , and promptly started going by "Robert Roode" while adopting a Wall Street stock trader gimmick , with Brooks now being referred to as "Ms. Brooks", his "Chief Executive Offender" (CEO). His first feud after
5376-532: A face to face altercation in the ring which lead to Angle and Roode attacking Cage, thus kicking Cage out of the Angle Alliance and turning the Angle-Cage tension into a full-blown feud. At Final Resolution , Roode teamed up with Ms. Brooks in a mixed tag team match against Booker T and his wife Sharmell . After losing the match Roode finally completed his turn on Brooks and as Sharmell ran back into
5600-434: A feud with Matt Morgan and Abyss, retaining the titles against them at Final Resolution . Roode and Storm lost the titles to Lethal and Creed on the January 8 episode of Impact! but regained them three days later at Genesis in a 3-way match which also involved the team of Abyss and Matt Morgan. Beer Money, Inc. faced Creed and Jay Lethal at Against All Odds and retained the championship. At Lockdown , Beer Money lost
5824-519: A feud with Samuel Shaw when he attacked him and Christy Hemme during an interview. At that time, Shaw played a character of a man with an obsession with Hemme. At Lockdown , Shaw defeated Anderson in a steel cage match by escaping the cage by using Hemme as a distraction by pulling her through the camera cut-out of the steel cage. Anderson rescued Hemme but was caught in Shaw's kata gatame submission hold. The referee, who had been knocked out earlier in
6048-459: A feud with Hardy, which consisted of the two facing off in a singles match and numerous tag team matches, most of which Hardy won. At Cyber Sunday on October 28, Kennedy and Hardy were two of the eligible wrestlers that could earn a WWE Championship match that evening, pending a fan votes. Neither man won the opportunity, as Shawn Michaels won the vote and earned a shot at the title. Kennedy defeated Hardy at Cyber Sunday. Kennedy next entered
6272-520: A feud with Michaels on the November 19 episode of Raw . Kennedy claimed that it was time for Michaels to move on and let the younger wrestlers achieve success. At Armageddon on December 16, Michaels defeated Kennedy by executing " Sweet Chin Music ". On the December 31 episode of Raw , Kennedy pinned Michaels in a rematch by executing his new finishing move, the " Mic Check ". In subsequent rematches,
6496-567: A final match; they were scheduled in a Last Ride match . In the match, The Undertaker defeated Kennedy. After a brief hiatus, Kennedy returned to SmackDown! on January 5, 2007, and defeated Chris Benoit in a "Beat the Clock" match , with the overall prize being a shot at Batista's World Heavyweight Championship at the Royal Rumble on January 28. After he prevented The Undertaker from beating his time, Kennedy's time of 5:07 ended up being
6720-494: A fluke, Roode faced the new TNA World Heavyweight Champion in a non-title match on the July 19 episode of Impact Wrestling . However, the match ended in a no contest, when both competitors were attacked by a group of masked assailants, known only as the " Aces & Eights ". On August 12 at Hardcore Justice , Roode unsuccessfully challenged Aries for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship, with
6944-499: A four-team, two-week-long tournament to decide the opponent of The Motor City Machine Guns for the titles at Victory Road . Beer Money advanced to the title match at the pay-per-view by defeating Team 3D and Ink Inc. ( Jesse Neal and Shannon Moore ). At Victory Road Beer Money was defeated by the Motor City Machine Guns in the match for the World Tag Team Championship. After Victory Road Beer Money entered
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7168-482: A match producer . On February 22, 2024, Roode stated in an interview on Insight with Chris Van Vliet that despite having been cleared to compete, a return was simply not going to happen, effectively announcing his retirement from in-ring competition. Ken Anderson (wrestler) Kenneth Anderson (born March 6, 1976) is an American professional wrestler . He is known for his tenure in WWE from 2005 to 2009 under
7392-433: A match at Survivor Series on November 26, which was later announced as a First Blood match . Kennedy defeated The Undertaker at Survivor Series after MVP turned on Kennedy and aimed for his head with a steel chair, but missed and hit The Undertaker instead, leaving The Undertaker bleeding. After the match, The Undertaker attacked Kennedy, forcing him to bleed. At Armageddon on December 17, Kennedy and The Undertaker met in
7616-579: A match between the former and Gunner. At Hardcore Justice , Anderson was defeated by Shaw in an I Quit match . Anderson returned to TNA on the February 20, 2015, episode of Impact Wrestling , confronting Ethan Carter III and Tyrus for what they were doing to Rockstar Spud and Mandrews by attacking Tyrus and giving him a haircut. On May 8, Anderson was defeated by Carter in a Falls Count Anywhere match. The following week, Anderson defeated Tyrus. At Slammiversary , Anderson and Lashley lost to Carter and Tyrus. Several months later, Anderson engaged in
7840-409: A match between the two on August 20 at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn II , where Roode defeated Almas. On the September 14 episode of NXT , Roode defeated No Way Jose in his Full Sail University debut. On the September 28 episode of NXT , Roode appeared after Tye Dillinger defeated Angelo Dawkins and later persuaded Dillinger to be his tag team partner for the 2016 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic . On
8064-430: A match on August 7 at Hardcore Justice , where Ray defeated Anderson with a low blow. On the following edition of Impact Wrestling , the rest of Immortal turned on Anderson and kicked him out of the group. This turned him face. Anderson returned on August 25, attacking his former stablemates. On the September 8 episode of Impact Wrestling , Anderson challenged Kurt Angle, who won the world title at Hardcore Justice, but
8288-465: A no contest, when referee Brian Hebner was unable control the two brawling rivals. The rivalry between Roode and Storm culminated on October 14 at Bound for Glory in a Street Fight, with King Mo serving as the special guest enforcer , which was won by Storm. On November 11 at Turning Point , Roode was again defeated by Storm in a three-way number one contenders match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship, also involving A.J. Styles; however, Roode
8512-684: A non-title match to join the Motor City Machine Guns in the Tag Team Title match at Turning Point . At the Pay-Per-View The British Invasion managed to retain their titles after Kevin Nash nailed Storm with the TNA Global Championship belt. At Genesis Roode and Storm scored an upset victory over The Band of Kevin Nash and Syxx-Pac . With Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff taking over TNA at
8736-653: A number of matches in independent promotions, he competed on the Hulkamania: Let The Battle Begin tour in Australia. Under the ring name Mr. Anderson, he again worked matches with Fatu, the latter's final matches before his unexpected death on December 4. In January 2010, Anderson signed a one-year deal with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). He made his debut for the company at the Genesis pay-per-view on January 17, 2010, working under
8960-403: A number one contender's match. Immediately afterwards, Bischoff announced that Anderson would get his title match against Jeff Hardy immediately. After interference from Morgan, Mick Foley , Matt Hardy, Rob Van Dam, and Bischoff, Anderson defeated Hardy to win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship for the first time. On the February 3 episode of Impact! , Anderson defeated Hardy in a rematch for
9184-755: A part of their Wrestling Reality show to be aired on The Fight Network , but he was not seen on these episodes due to contractual obligations with TNA. While in TNA, Roode also wrestled for BSE Pro in Ontario, Border City Wrestling in Windsor, Ontario and at NWA Shockwave in New Jersey . On March 18, 2006, he won the NWA Shockwave Internet Championship from Josh Daniels at an NWAS/New York Wrestling Connection cross-promotional event. Eight days later on March 26, Roode won
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9408-489: A pre-match stipulation preventing him from getting another rematch for the title as long as Aries was champion. After not being seen for several weeks, Roode returned on September 9 at No Surrender , costing James Storm his Bound for Glory Series semifinal match against Bully Ray. On the September 20 episode of Impact Wrestling , Storm challenged Roode to a match as part of the Open Fight Night. The match ended in
9632-558: A radio assignment in his Mass Media class. When doing this, a friend suggested to Anderson to repeat the surnames to make it funnier. That element was eventually used again in his wrestling character when encouraged by Paul Heyman . Before beginning his wrestling career, Anderson worked as a security officer at Point Beach Nuclear Power Plant and a personal trainer. He also served in the United States Army . His father died on April 13, 2006, from cancer. Anderson, under
9856-451: A red and black tattoo on his upper back, which took nearly eight hours to complete. In 2016, Anderson and fellow WWE alum Shawn Daivari founded The Academy professional wrestling school. In an interview on August 18, 2007, Anderson admitted to using steroids when he was performing on the independent wrestling scene, stating that he had quit using them in November 2005 to comply with WWE's Talent Wellness Program, implying that his job in
10080-467: A rematch for the title the following week. As a result of a backstage attack, Storm came into the match bleeding and eventually lost, after passing out due to blood loss. After the match, Roode was challenged by his former Fortune stablemate, A.J. Styles. On November 13 at Turning Point , Roode successfully defended the TNA World Heavyweight Championship against Styles, pinning him while holding his tights. On December 11 at Final Resolution , Roode retained
10304-456: A rematch on the October 31 episode of Impact Wrestling , where Roode won via referee stoppage after Angle suffered convulsions and post-concussive symptoms. After his two victories, Roode continued the feud by insulting Angle and brawling with him. Simultaneously, Roode entered a tournament for the vacant World Heavyweight Championship and defeated James Storm in a Florida Death Match in the first round to advance. Two weeks later, after losing in
10528-422: A result of defeating Magnus, EGO held a mock Hall of Fame induction for Roode the following week, in mockery to Kurt Angle's induction, leading to Angle returning, attacking all three members of EGO in retaliation, and issuing a challenge to Roode at Bound for Glory , which Roode accepted. On October 20 at Bound for Glory, Roode defeated Kurt Angle after Angle injured himself while hitting his finisher. The two had
10752-532: A rivalry between Roode and Ray, with the two attacking each other on several occasions. At Sacrifice , Roode defeated Bully Ray in a Tables match, thanks to an intervention of Dixie Carter. At the edition of May 9 of Impact Wrestling , Bobby Roode showed signs of a possible face turn when he showed mutual respect for TNA World Champion Eric Young , and the two shook hands on one more championship match for that same night. The match, however, did not happen because TNA Director of Operations MVP declined to make
10976-444: A series of singles matches, promising them title matches, should they be able to defeat him. In the first match on the September 15 episode of Impact Wrestling , Roode defeated Kazarian via submission. After Daniels refused to take part in his match, Roode finished the series by defeating Styles and Storm respectively on the September 29 and October 6 episodes of Impact Wrestling . On October 16 at Bound for Glory, Roode failed to win
11200-639: A short feud against Bram , defeating him at both No Surrender and Turning Point . At Bound for Glory , Anderson was eliminated in the Bound for Gold by Tyrus. Throughout October and November, Anderson participated in the TNA World Title Series for the vacant TNA World Heavyweight Championship. However, he ended last in Group Champions. Anderson's final match in TNA was a dark match on January 7, 2016, where he defeated TNA King of
11424-596: A shot at the title. Raw General Manager William Regal , scheduled a match between Kennedy and Carlito, in which the winner would receive an opportunity to face off against Umaga at SummerSlam. After the match ended in a draw, Regal booked a triple threat match at SummerSlam between the three men for the Intercontinental Championship; at SummerSlam, Umaga retained the title. On the September 10 episode of Raw , Mr. McMahon revealed that Kennedy had, in storyline, been suspended for "impersonating
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#173279810180711648-464: A singles career, while still being linked to Team Canada, by defeating Ron Killings . Five months later, on the June 29 episode of TNA Impact! , TNA Management Director Jim Cornette forced the breakup of Team Canada. However, on the July 6 episode of Impact! , Cornette gave Team Canada one more chance to stay together but only if they could win a match a week later against Jay Lethal , Rhino and Team 3D ( Brother Ray and Brother Devon ). On
11872-441: A spot on Team SmackDown at Survivor Series . On November 19 at Survivor Series, Roode was eliminated second overall by Braun Strowman and Team SmackDown then eventually lost to Team Raw. In late November, Roode started a rivalry with United States Champion Baron Corbin , leading to a match for the title on December 17 at Clash of Champions also involving Ziggler, who won the title by pinning Corbin. On January 3, 2018, Roode
12096-445: A steel chair to scare them away but ultimately hit Roode with the chair, costing him the match. On the January 16, 2015, episode of Impact Wrestling , Roode was defeated by Young in a No Disqualification match. On the January 23 episode of Impact Wrestling , Roode teamed with Kurt Angle, but lost once again against Eric Young and Low Ki. However, Bobby Roode defeated Eric Young in a Six Sides of Steel match at Lockdown and once again in
12320-410: A steel chair. As Roode refused, Aries distracted the referee and Roode hit Edwards with a low blow and hit him with a steel chair to win the match, thanks to the influence of Aries, turning heel in the process. They win the fourth round on the June 24 episode of Impact Wrestling , in a Full Metal Mayhem match . At Slammiversary , Roode helped Aries to beat Davey Richards for pick the stipulation for
12544-638: A stipulated Cage match to earn his shot at the World Title, as in turn, Jarrett's loss meant that he and Karen would be fired from the company. Another main rivalry featured Kurt Angle in a singles match with James Storm for the second consecutive time on PPV. On the December 15 edition of Impact Wrestling , Angle complained to TNA General Manager Sting and provided the belief that Sting, giving him 90 minutes to spare for preparation, threw him into TNA World Heavyweight Championship match with Storm, who screwed him out of his World Title reign using
12768-449: A tag team match, ending his year-long storyline with Immortal. After a four-month absence, Anderson returned to TNA on March 8, 2012, aligning himself with A.J. Styles in his feud with Christopher Daniels and Kazarian. The following week, Anderson defeated Daniels in his return match. The rivalry continued on April 15 at Lockdown , where the two duos were on opposing teams in the annual Lethal Lockdown match . Anderson and Styles, on
12992-538: A three-on-two handicap to capture the Raw Tag Team Championship on the December 10 episode of Raw , after Roode pinned Maverick. At TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs , Roode and Gable along with Balor, Crews and Angle helped Strowman defeat Baron Corbin in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match and Corbin was stripped of all authoritative power. Roode and Gable would go on to beat The Revival in title matches on December 24, 2018 episode of Raw and on
13216-457: A three-way match (which also included Kurt Angle) to win the title, ending their partnership. Two weeks later, Anderson competed in a number one contender Ultimate X match against Kazarian , who won following interference from his Fortune stablemates. Anderson was blindsided by Hardy after the match, which consequently earned Anderson a title shot. During the attack, Anderson suffered a legitimate concussion , which kept him from taking part in
13440-415: A three-way match. On the March 21 episode of Impact Wrestling , Roode and Aries defeated Guerrero and Hernandez to retain the TNA World Tag Team Championship, following interference from Daniels and Kazarian. Afterwards, the champions were attacked by Daniels and Kazarian. On the April 11 episode of Impact Wrestling , Roode and Aries lost the TNA World Tag Team Championship back to Guerrero and Hernandez in
13664-542: A title match that Kennedy lost. Kennedy made his return to SmackDown! on the June 9 episode with a victory over Scotty 2 Hotty after using the " Kenton Bomb ". On the July 14 episode of SmackDown! , Matt Hardy used a roll-up to defeat Kennedy, ending Kennedy's streak of never being defeated by pin or submission . On the July 21 episode of SmackDown! , Batista put out an open challenge to find an opponent for The Great American Bash on July 23, as his original opponent, Mark Henry , had been injured. Kennedy accepted
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#173279810180713888-842: A wrestling school called The Academy in Minneapolis , Minnesota , along with Shawn Daivari , Molly Holly , Ariya Daivari , and Arik Cannon . He has also worked occasionally as an actor and starred as Master Chief Petty Officer Carter Holt in the WWE Studios production Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia in 2009. Kenneth Anderson was born on March 6, 1976, in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin . Anderson graduated from Washington High School in Two Rivers, Wisconsin . During his time there, he excelled at swimming and track and field. He also announced school basketball games and did
14112-556: The 2013 Bound for Glory Series on the June 13 episode of Impact Wrestling . Roode began the BFG series with a string of losses against Jeff Hardy, Magnus, and his former tag team partner Austin Aries. On the August 1 episode of Impact Wrestling , Roode claimed he would go back to his old ways in order to regain the World Heavyweight Championship. Roode then defeated Hernandez via pinfall, after hitting him in
14336-439: The 2013 Bound for Glory Series . Anderson defeated Joseph Park in his first BFG series match via pinfall on the June 20 episode of Impact Wrestling to earn seven points in the tournament. On the July 11 episode of Impact Wrestling , Anderson was voted to become Vice President of Aces & Eights. In August, he started a feud with Bully Ray, as Anderson frequently disagreed with Ray's decisions. Anderson's participation in
14560-506: The AAA World Tag Team Championship in a steel cage match. On the July 7 edition of Impact Wrestling , Anderson joined Immortal. The following week, Anderson lost the TNA World Heavyweight Championship back to Sting. On July 28, Anderson faced Angle in a steel cage match, but was defeated following a distraction from fellow Immortal member Bully Ray . The tension between the two stablemates eventually led to
14784-611: The André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal , but was unsuccessful. On the April 8 episode of Raw , Roode and Gable turned heel by attacking Aleister Black and Ricochet, after losing a tag team match to them. This would be Roode's first time as a heel on the main roster. On April 16, Chad Gable was drafted to SmackDown during the Superstar Shake-up , disbanding the team and leaving Roode on his own. On
15008-525: The Greatest Royal Rumble event, Roode performed in his first ever Royal Rumble match , lasting just under eighteen minutes before being eliminated by Baron Corbin. Roode's first rivalry on the Raw roster was with Elias with the pair trading victories over the months of April and May. On the May 14 episode of Raw , Roode defeated Baron Corbin and No Way Jose to qualify for the Men's Money in
15232-494: The NWA World Tag Team Championship with Eric Young . Following the team's breakup, embarked on a singles run before forming a tag team with James Storm as Beer Money, Inc. Together with Storm, he is a six-time TNA World Tag Team Champion and they are the longest reigning champions in TNA history. Roode eventually became a two-time TNA World Heavyweight Champion , with his first reign being
15456-503: The NWA World Television Championship tournament. Anderson, however, was not medically cleared to compete in the tournament, therefore losing his match against Tim Storm by forfeit. In 2017, Anderson signed with Top Rank Boxing as a ring announcer. Anderson appeared in a feature film Fighting The Still Life , directed by Matt Burns, who wrestled under the name Sick Nick Mondo . He also starred in
15680-596: The Pittsburgh Penguins ' 2009 Stanley Cup championship run , when National Hockey League winger Tyler Kennedy scored a goal, the Mellon Arena public address announcer would announce his family name twice, and the local crowd would chant it similar to Mr. Kennedy. Anderson twice appeared on Family Feud : once in 2007 on a WWE-themed episode and again in 2010 on a TNA-themed episode. In June 2014, Anderson and comedian David Vox Mullen started
15904-606: The Puerto Rican promotion, World Wrestling Council (WWC). He also went on to work a series of dark matches for World Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Entertainment (WWF/WWE) between 1998 and 2004 before he was signed by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). Roode began working for Real Action Wrestling in 2001, where he formed a villainous stable known as The Kardinal Sinners along with Kingman and Mike Hughes as well as part-time members Wildman Gary Williams and The Acadian Giant . Roode later rejoined them as
16128-635: The Push The Button podcast to cover topics such as religion, sex, and politics. Anderson has appeared in a number of video games as a playable character, including WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007 , WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008 , WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009 and WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010 . Anderson married girlfriend Shawn Trebnick on January 9, 2008. Their Twins, Prescott Liberty and Pearce Remington were born in January 2014. Trebnick and Anderson have since divorced. Anderson married his current wife, Anastasia, on January 29, 2018. Anderson has
16352-608: The SmackDown Tag Team Championship , where the champions The Miz and John Morrison retained. Following Elimination Chamber, Roode was not seen on television as he was not able to travel due to the COVID-19 pandemic . On the June 22 episode of Raw, it was announced that Roode and Ziggler were traded to the Raw brand. On the September 28 episode of Raw , Roode returned and answered Drew McIntyre 's WWE Championship open challenge, where he failed to win
16576-481: The TNA World Tag Team Championship for the fifth time in their career. They successfully retained their titles against The BroMans on the March 22 episode of Impact Wrestling and against Decay, The BroMans and Eric Young and Bram on the April 12 episode of Impact Wrestling . Their feud against Decay culminated at Sacrifice in a Valley of Shadow match, which Decay won, winning the TNA World Tag Team Championship. On March 19, 2016, TNA announced Roode's departure from
16800-431: The TNA World Tag Team Championship . On June 10 at Slammiversary , Anderson defeated Hardy and Rob Van Dam in a three-way match to become the number one contender to the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. On the following edition of Impact Wrestling , Anderson unsuccessfully challenged Bobby Roode for the world championship. As a result, he was entered into the 2012 Bound for Glory Series to try to earn another shot at
17024-409: The TNA World Tag Team Championship . Storm and Roode won, after Storm performed a Last Call on Hernandez, with a belt wrapped around his boot. Hector Guerrero , LAX's manager, was at ringside, however, and got the match restarted by informing the referee about what had happened. LAX then retained, leading to Roode, Storm, and Jacqueline attacking LAX. The next week, LAX challenged Storm and Roode to
17248-425: The TNA World Title Series . Roode ended first of his block, tied with Eric Young, advancing to the finals where he was defeated in the round of 16 by Matt Hardy . On January 5, 2016 on TNA's debut on Pop , James Storm returned to TNA to help Bobby Roode fight off Eric Young and Bram . After Storm told Roode he wanted to "get back to having fun", Storm handed Roode a beer officially reuniting Beer Money, Inc. On
17472-600: The Team 3D Invitational Tag Team Tournament and earn the right to challenge Team 3D for the TNA World Tag Team Titles. At Slammiversary , Beer Money defeated Team 3D to win the TNA World Tag Team Titles for the third time. The following month at Victory Road , Beer Money lost the titles to Booker T and Scott Steiner of The Main Event Mafia . The two teams' feud intertwined with that of Team 3D and
17696-637: The Team Canada stable, and took part in the World X-Cup , which was won by Team USA. Team Canada went on to feud with 3Live Kru and America's Most Wanted . on the October 12, 2004 episode of Impact, Team Canada (Roode and Eric Young) defeated Christopher Daniels (4) and James Storm to win the NWA World Tag Team Championship . at Victory Road , Team Canada lost the titles to 3Live Kru ( B.G. James and Konnan ). As
17920-598: The Tokyo Dome on January 4, 2011, at Wrestle Kingdom V , taking part in a three-way tag team match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship , won by Bad Intentions. Bobby Roode made his debut for House of Hardcore on November 15, 2014 as a surprise opponent for Tommy Dreamer in a successful defense of the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. On March 7, 2015 at House of Hardcore VIII , Dirty Heels lost to The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) in
18144-675: The United States Championship in January 2018, his first championship on the main roster, and he won the Raw Tag Team Championship with partner Chad Gable that December. He also has held the 24/7 Championship once and has held the Raw and SmackDown Tag Team Championships once each with Dolph Ziggler . Overall, Roode is a three-time world champion in professional wrestling. Roode grew up around an athletic environment playing minor hockey in Peterborough and attended Kenner Collegiate Vocational Institution. He
18368-571: The WWE United States Championship , which he held for 42 days. At WrestleMania 23 , he won the 2007 Money in the Bank briefcase with a title shot for the promotion's world title. However, he dropped the briefcase to Edge after being misdiagnosed with an injury. Kennedy would remain with the promotion until 2009. In 2010, Anderson signed with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA, now Impact Wrestling ), where he competed under
18592-452: The "WrestleMania Edition" of SmackDown, Roode competed in the André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal which was won by Madcap Moss . On the June 6 episode of Raw , Roode and Ziggler returned for the first time in months, where they appeared for an interview segment on the stage but would be interrupted by Omos and MVP . Ziggler then superkicked MVP and both Roode and Ziggler were chased out of
18816-706: The "superstars' protest" portion of the mistreatment angle quietly faded, though Roode's egotistical bullying antics got worse. Roode participated in the Fight for the Right Tournament . At Bound for Glory , he was the last person eliminated in the gauntlet section of the tournament by Eric Young and lost his opening tournament match to Junior Fatu . Around this time, Roode not only started mistreating Brooks even further, he started to show signs of full-blown misogyny in segments involving or referring to other women, such as Karen Angle , Gail Kim or Sharmell . In
19040-471: The 4th quarter. In response, Angle appeared via video screen targeting and later attacking people at Storm's favorite local bar in his hometown of Nashville, Tennessee, in an effort to get Storm to give in. The following week, Storm accepted the rematch by retaliating with a Last Call superkick to Angle during his match with Rob Van Dam , resulting in Angle picking up the disqualification victory. Another feud
19264-462: The 50-Man Battle Royal where he was unsuccessful. On the August 26 episode of Raw , Roode teamed with Dolph Ziggler to win a tag-team turmoil match to earn a Raw Tag Team Championship match against Seth Rollins and Braun Strowman at Clash of Champions . At the event on September 15, they won the titles after Roode pinned Rollins. On the September 30 episode of Raw , Roode and Ziggler defeated Heavy Machinery ( Otis and Tucker ) to retain
19488-425: The April 22 episode of Raw , Roode, sporting a clean shave and moustache, formalized his name to Robert Roode, before defeating Ricochet. On the May 20 episode of Raw , Roode became the second holder of the WWE 24/7 Championship , pinning the inaugural champion Titus O'Neil on the entrance ramp. His reign ended in the same night when R-Truth defeated him in the parking lot. At Super ShowDown , Roode competed in
19712-423: The April 30 episode of Raw that he would be cashing in his Money in the Bank championship opportunity in eleven months at WrestleMania XXIV. On the May 7 episode of Raw , Kennedy, however, lost his Money in the Bank briefcase to Edge , after being struck with a monitor before the match began. Kennedy had sustained an injury prior to his match with Edge, and it was thought that his right triceps muscle tore off
19936-467: The BFG Series. The following week, the trio labelled themselves EGO and Roode and Kazarian went on to defeat TNA World Tag Team Champions Gunner and James Storm in a non-title match. EGO also tried to recruit Roode's former tag team partner Austin Aries, but Aries answered their offer by attacking Daniels and costing him his BFG series match. Roode's participation in the Bound for Glory series ended on
20160-502: The Bank ladder match at Money in the Bank on June 17, which was won by Braun Strowman. On the September 3 episode of Raw , Roode started a partnership with Chad Gable and went on to defeat The Ascension . At Survivor Series , they would lead the Raw tag team division, but they would lose to Team SmackDown in a 10-on-10 Survivor Series tag team elimination match. After feuding with them for weeks, Roode and Gable defeated AOP ( Akam and Rezar ) and their manager Drake Maverick in
20384-410: The Bound for Glory series ended on the September 5 episode of Impact Wrestling , when he was eliminated from a twenty-point battle royal by Samoa Joe. Later that night, Anderson turned face by costing Bully Ray his no-disqualification match with Sting and announcing himself as his TNA World Heavyweight Championship opponent at No Surrender . The following week, Anderson unsuccessfully challenged Ray for
20608-546: The British Invasion, causing a three-month long war between the four teams. Beer Money went on to lose to the British Invasion in an IWGP Tag Team Championship match at Hard Justice , win a Lethal Lockdown match at No Surrender (teaming with Team 3D against MEM and the Invasion), and lose a 4-way Full Metal Mayhem match at Bound for Glory for both the TNA and IWGP Tag Team Championships, with Team 3D winning
20832-623: The December 29 and January 5 editions of Impact Wrestling, James was unsuccessful in her attempts to dispossess Kim of the Knockouts Championship and TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship . However, a rematch between the two for the Knockouts Title was subsequently placed on the Genesis line-up. Austin Aries was scheduled to defend the TNA X Division Championship against top contenders Kid Kash , Jesse Sorensen , and
21056-670: The ECW World Championship on the February 20 episode of ECW and the March 2 episode of SmackDown! as well. Kennedy earned a spot in the 2007 Money in the Bank ladder match by defeating Sabu in an Extreme Rules match on the February 27 episode of ECW . At WrestleMania 23 on April 1, Kennedy won the Money in the Bank ladder match, giving him the right to challenge any world champion in WWE at any date up until WrestleMania XXIV on March 30, 2008. Kennedy announced on
21280-469: The Enigmatic Assholes, defeated Beer Money, Inc. ( Robert Roode and James Storm ) in a tag team match. At Victory Road , Anderson and Hardy attempted to win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship from Rob Van Dam in a four-way match, also involving Abyss, but both were unsuccessful. On the August 19 edition of Impact! , the TNA World Heavyweight Championship was vacated and Anderson
21504-542: The February 11 episode of Raw , in which Gable and Roode lost the championship. On the March 4 episode of Raw, Roode and Gable interfered in The Revival's match with Ricochet and Aleister Black , attacking both teams. At Fastlane , Roode and Gable competed in a triple threat tag team match for the Raw Tag Team Championship, which was won by The Revival. At WrestleMania 35 , Roode competed in
21728-404: The February 14 tapings of the February 17 episode of Impact! , turning on Fortune and jumping to Immortal. On April 17 at Lockdown , Roode, Storm, Kazarian and Christopher Daniels , who replaced an injured A.J. Styles, defeated Immortal representatives Ric Flair, Abyss, Bully Ray and Matt Hardy in a Lethal Lockdown match, when Roode forced Flair to submit with a Fujiwara armbar . The finish
21952-458: The IWGP belts and the British Invasion the TNA belts. Beer Money were permitted one last title shot the following Impact! , where they fought the British Invasion in a Six Sides of Steel match . Brutus Magnus had his team disqualified by punching the referee, causing him and Doug Williams to retain the championships. On the November 12 episode of Impact! Beer Money defeated the British Invasion in
22176-603: The January 12, 2016, edition of Impact Wrestling , Roode lost the TNA King of the Mountain Championship to Eric Young. At TNA One Night Only , Beer Money defeated Eric Young and Bram. In a rematch at Lockdown , Beer Money defeated once again Eric Young and Bram in a Six Sides of Steel match, thus ending the feud. On February 9, 2016, Beer Money attempted to cash in their title shot against current champions
22400-498: The January 16 episode of SmackDown Live , Roode defeated Jinder Mahal in the final to win his first championship since joining the main roster. Roode would hold the title for 54 days, retaining against Rawley during the Royal Rumble kick-off show during an open challenge and Rusev on the February 6 episode of SmackDown Live , Roode lost the title against Randy Orton at Fastlane , causing Roode to attack Orton out of frustration after saving him from Mahal. Roode tried to regain
22624-486: The January 7, 2019 episode of Raw in a Lumberjack Match and then again on the January 21 episode of Raw with Curt Hawkins as the special guest referee. At the Royal Rumble kick-off show, Gable and Roode defeated Rezar and Scott Dawson in a non-title match. The match stipulation stated that if Rezar and Dawson were to win, their respective teams (AOP and The Revival ) would both receive tag team championship matches. The Revival would eventually receive their title match on
22848-555: The July 13 episode of Impact! , Team Canada lost the match when Jay Lethal pinned A-1 , disbanding Team Canada once and for all. After the breakup of Team Canada, Roode began referring to himself as "TNA's hottest free agent ". Vignettes began playing with various TNA managers such as Simon Diamond , Jim Mitchell , and Shane Douglas putting over the idea of Roode being an NWA World Heavyweight Championship contender and stating their interest in becoming his manager, but he eventually dismissed them. Having chosen not to work with
23072-442: The May 24 episode of Impact Wrestling , Roode successfully defended the title against A.J. Styles to break Styles' record of 211 days as TNA World Heavyweight Champion the following day. Following the match, Roode was attacked by the returning Sting. The following week, Roode was defeated by Sting in a non-title lumberjack match in the first live episode of Impact Wrestling . On June 10 at Slammiversary , Roode successfully defended
23296-472: The Motor City Machine Guns to win the TNA World Tag Team Championship for the fourth time. On January 31 at the tapings of the February 3 episode of Impact! , Fortune turned face by attacking Immortal, when they interfered in a TNA World Heavyweight Championship match between Mr. Anderson and Jeff Hardy. Ric Flair, who did not take part in Fortune's turn due being out with a torn rotator cuff, returned at
23520-586: The Mountain Champion Eric Young by disqualification in a title match, and his final appearance would be at Rivals 2016 against Bram. In March, it was reported that Anderson was fired from TNA for failing an on-the-spot drug test at an Impact Wrestling taping. In his first independent appearance since his firing from TNA, Anderson competed in Preston City Wrestling 's Road to Glory tournament, defeating Luther Ward in
23744-436: The NXT Championship against Strong. On the July 19 episode of NXT , Drew McIntyre defeated Killian Dain , earning the right to challenge Roode for the NXT Championship. On the August 2 episode of NXT , Strong attempted to attack Roode during a backstage interview, in which Roode claimed to be a "better man" than Strong. On the August 16 episode of NXT , Roode attacked both McIntyre and Strong during their main event to end
23968-409: The November 24 episode of Raw , promoting Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia. On April 15, 2009, Mr. Kennedy was drafted back to the Raw brand as the brand's first pick of the 2009 Supplemental Draft . On the May 11 episode of Raw , WWE aired a video package to promote Kennedy's return. He made his official Raw return two weeks later, competing in a 10-man tag team match, which his team won. Kennedy
24192-505: The November 3 episode of SmackDown! , Kennedy and MVP lost to the Brothers of Destruction three times. After first getting counted out , Theodore Long restarted the match with no countouts. When Kennedy disqualified his team by performing a low blow , Long restarted the match again with no countouts and no disqualifications. Kennedy and MVP continued to feud with the two, with MVP feuding with Kane while Kennedy challenged The Undertaker to
24416-447: The October 12 episode of NXT , Roode and Dillinger were defeated by SAnitY ( Alexander Wolfe and Sawyer Fulton ) in the first round after Roode walked out on Dillinger during the match. Roode and Dillinger attacked each other following their matches throughout the subsequent weeks, leading to a match on November 19 at NXT TakeOver: Toronto , in which Roode defeated Dillinger. On the December 14 episode of NXT , Roode qualified for
24640-485: The October 25 episode of Raw, Ziggler and Roode defeated Alpha Academy and the Street Profits in a #1 contenders match for a Raw tag team Championship match later on that night, Roode and Ziggler failed to win the titles against RK-Bro . On the November 1 episode of Raw, Roode and Ziggler defeated The Street Profits in a tag-team match. At Survivor Series , Roode competed in a 25-man dual branded battle royal which
24864-467: The Pay Off. Roode eventually faced Young in a match at Slammiversary . Roode scored the pinfall after hitting Young with a steel chair , but, just as he was about to fire Young, Jim Cornette came out and ordered the match to be restarted. Young then pinned Roode with an inside cradle, in the process severing his ties with Roode. At Victory Road , Roode and Ms. Brooks lost to Eric Young and Gail Kim in
25088-411: The September 1 episode of SmackDown! , Kennedy defeated Finlay and Bobby Lashley in a triple threat match to win the WWE United States Championship , his first and only championship reign in WWE. On the September 8 episode of SmackDown! , Kennedy announced that he wanted to move over to the Raw brand, as SmackDown! did not interest him anymore since he had already defeated every top performer on
25312-557: The September 2 episode of Impact Wrestling , Roode showed signs of a face turn after he defeated GFW representative PJ Black to win the TNA King of the Mountain Championship. On October 4, at Bound for Glory , Roode successfully defended his King of the Mountain Championship against Lashley. After the match, Roode and Lashley shook hands, thus turning Roode face once again. During October and November (taped in July), he participated in
25536-408: The September 5 episode of Impact Wrestling , when he was eliminated from a twenty-point battle royal by A.J. Styles. EGO went on to feud with Magnus by attacking him and costing him several matches. On the October 3 episode of Impact Wrestling , Magnus ran a gauntlet match against EGO and eliminated both Daniels and Kazarian before Roode won the match by making Magnus submit to an ankle lock. As
25760-400: The TNA World Heavyweight Championship after special ringside enforcer Sting accidentally knocked out Hardy with the title belt. The following episode of Impact Wrestling , Roode retained the championship against Hardy in a No Disqualification match, following interference from Kurt Angle. Roode then began feuding with TNA's General Manager Sting, which eventually led to Sting returning to
25984-542: The TNA World Heavyweight Championship from Hardy. On January 25, at the tapings of the January 31 episode of Impact Wrestling in Manchester, England , Roode and Aries defeated Chavo Guerrero Jr. and Hernandez to win the TNA World Tag Team Championship, for the fifth time in his career. Roode and Aries made their first successful title defense on March 10 at Lockdown , defeating Bad Influence (Christopher Daniels and Kazarian) and Chavo Guerrero, Jr. and Hernandez in
26208-525: The TNA World Heavyweight Championship from Sting in a three-way steel cage match which also included Van Dam. On May 12, Anderson defeated 24 other men in a battle royal to earn a shot at the TNA World Heavyweight Championship at Slammiversary IX . In the weeks leading up to Slammiversary, Anderson tried to get under Sting's skin by dressing up like he did in the early 1990s during his "surfer" gimmick , attacking Disco Inferno during his own "Scorpion Sitdown" interview segment, and wrestling Eric Young , who
26432-539: The TNA World Heavyweight Championship in a Last Man Standing match. Afterwards, as Anderson was being stretchered away, Ray attacked him and executed a piledriver to him onto the stage. On September 23, Anderson profile was quietly removed from TNA's website, seemingly indicating his departure from the company. However, he would make his return on October 24, continuing his storyline with Ray. At Impact Wrestling: Turning Point , he defeated Ray and forced Aces & Eights to disband. On February 20, 2014, Anderson started
26656-485: The TNA World Heavyweight Championship in a rematch against Sting, after hitting him with James Storm's beer bottle. After the match, Roode was again attacked by Sting. On the following episode of Impact Wrestling , Roode made another successful title defense, defeating Mr. Anderson by submission. On July 8 at Destination X , Roode lost the TNA World Heavyweight Championship to Austin Aries , ending his reign at 256 days. In an attempt to prove that Aries' victory had been
26880-446: The TNA World Heavyweight Championship to Lashley , and turning face in the process for the first time since 2011. On the July 3 episode of Impact Wrestling , he defeated Kenny King in a Street Fight and MVP on the July 24 episode of Impact Wrestling in a Falls Count Anywhere match. On the September 3 episode of Impact Wrestling , he defeated Eric Young to be the number one contender to the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. However, he
27104-403: The TNA World Heavyweight Championship when he was pinned by Angle, after the referee failed to notice his arm under the ropes or Angle using the ropes for leverage. On the following episode of Impact Wrestling , after it was revealed that Roode was not eligible for a rematch with Angle, new authority figure Sting gave the next title shot to James Storm, who then went on to defeat Angle to become
27328-427: The TNA World Heavyweight Championship, after wrestling Styles to a draw in a 30-Minute Iron Man match . Roode and Styles wrestled a sudden death overtime period on the following episode of Impact Wrestling , where Roode managed to retain his title. On January 8, 2012, at Genesis , Roode again retained the TNA World Heavyweight Championship after getting himself disqualified in his title match against Jeff Hardy . On
27552-418: The TNA World Tag Team Championship but failed to win the titles. At House of Hardcore 14 , Roode defeated Eric Young In the main event with Jimmy Korderas as the special guest referee. On April 1, 2016, Roode was shown on-screen standing in the crowd at NXT TakeOver: Dallas . On June 8 at NXT TakeOver: The End , Roode appeared backstage during an interview with NXT General Manager William Regal , where he
27776-538: The TNA World Tag Team Championship to Team 3D in a Philadelphia Street Fight , where Team 3D's IWGP Tag Team Titles were also on the line. On May 21, Beer Money turned face by coming to the rescue of Team 3D, who were being attacked by The British Invasion ( Doug Williams , Brutus Magnus and their bodyguard Rob Terry ). They stated that from all of the times they have fought, Team 3D showed them that if you are going to fight, you should at least fight fairly. At Sacrifice Beer Money defeated The British Invasion to win
28000-434: The TNA World Tag Team Championship with their tag title match at Final Resolution being the second time. However, the losses had its effect and on the following Impact, Devon addressed his issues with Dinero, fed up with Dinero trying to assume his parental role, but Dinero asserted that his kids wanted a "cool Dad" keeping up with the times and not clinging onto the past. Due to his strong influence, Dinero, who turned on Devon,
28224-497: The TNA World Tag Team Championship, but were unable to dethrone the defending champions. At Lockdown Beer Money, along with Sting and Desmond Wolfe , represented Team Flair in the annual Lethal Lockdown match , where they were defeated by Team Hogan (Abyss, Jeff Jarrett, Rob Van Dam and Jeff Hardy). They then started a feud with the newly formed team of Jeff Hardy and Mr. Anderson , known collectively as The Enigmatic Assholes, who went on to defeat them at Slammiversary VIII . On
28448-617: The TNA World Tag Team Championship, ending Roode's and Storm's record-setting reign at 212 days. From June to September, Roode was one of the twelve participants in the Bound for Glory Series to determine the number one contender to the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. When the group stage of the tournament concluded, Roode finished in the top four and thus advanced to the finals at No Surrender along with James Storm, Bully Ray and Gunner . On September 11 at No Surrender, Roode defeated Gunner via submission, moving him up to 52 points, tying
28672-523: The Tag Titles. Joe and Magnus advanced the whole way through, last beating A.J Styles and Kazarian to win the tournament. The Knockouts feud entering Genesis was defending champion Gail Kim facing Mickie James , continuing their fight over the TNA Women's Knockout Championship . At Final Resolution, Gail Kim retained the title over James by capitalizing on a distraction from Madison Rayne . On
28896-556: The United States Championship on the line. Long said that if Kennedy were to defeat Benoit, he would be given his release and be allowed to go to Raw. Ultimately, Kennedy lost the match and the United States Championship to Benoit after submitting to the " Crippler Crossface " following a distraction by The Undertaker. In November, Kennedy joined forces with Montel Vontavious Porter (MVP) in matches against Brothers of Destruction (The Undertaker and Kane ). On
29120-523: The WWF/WWE numerous times between 2001 and 2004. He usually appeared in secondary television programs like Jakked/Metal , Sunday Night Heat or Velocity . He also wrestled dark matches before Raw and SmackDown . In May 2004, Roode was brought into Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) by Scott D'Amore , the owner of Border City Wrestling , a Canadian independent promotion for which Roode had worked on occasion. Roode debuted in TNA as part of
29344-553: The Wolves, however in their attempt to cash in, Decay ( Abyss , Crazzy Steve , Rosemary ) stopped them and mysteriously asked them to join their path of Decay. They eventually challenged the group to a match, but it ended in disqualification when Abyss pulled the referee out of the ring and began choking him. After the match, Crazzy Steve hit a low blow on Roode. On the March 8 episode of Impact Wrestling , Beer Money successfully cashed their Feast or Fired against The Wolves and win
29568-430: The action film Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia (2009), a sequel to Behind Enemy Lines (2001). Anderson booked the role through WWE. On July 24, 2007, Anderson appeared on Tom Green Live! in character. Anderson, along with Mickie James and Josh Mathews , represented WWE at the 2008 Republican National Convention in an effort to persuade fans to register to vote in the 2008 US presidential election . During
29792-602: The advice of a mystery "friend". At Lockdown , Roode faced Petey Williams , the man he believed to be Young's "friend", and won the match despite Young attempting to help Williams. The following week, Young proclaimed that Williams was not his "friend", and Roode, who controlled Young's contract, gave Young a week to tell him who his friend was or he'd be fired. The following week, Young revealed his "friend" to be Jeff Jarrett , which resulted in Roode facing Jarrett at Sacrifice . Roode went on to defeat Jarrett after hitting him with
30016-401: The arena by Omos, therefore turning both men face . Roode wrestled his final match on June 25 at a live event, losing to Omos. On September 29, 2022, it was reported that Roode underwent C5-C6 neck fusion surgery and would be out of action indefinitely. In May 2023, Roode underwent C4-C5 cervical fusion. In August, Roode transitioned from being an active competitor to taking on the role of
30240-616: The beginning of 2010, Beer Money's TV time was significantly reduced. Upon their return to Impact! , Beer Money turned heel on the March 8 episode of Impact! by first volunteering to face Jeff Jarrett in a handicap match and then defeating him after a low blow and the DWI, claiming it was the only way they were going to get noticed by the new management. Roode and Storm had since acted as Bischoff's henchmen, taking on wrestlers he's had problems with, often in two-on-one situations. At Destination X Beer Money challenged Matt Morgan and Hernandez for
30464-483: The biggest and most powerful member of Team Canada at the time, Roode acted as the enforcer of the group, a role popularised by Arn Anderson . In early 2006, recognizing his comparisons to Anderson, he made the request that he be called "The Canadian Enforcer" from that point onward, and began coming to the ring in sequined robes reminiscent of the flashy style popularized by the Four Horsemen and Rick Rude in
30688-482: The bone and he would be out for a minimum of five to seven months, leading to the decision to transfer the briefcase in lieu of the original plan of having him cash it in against the World Heavyweight Champion, The Undertaker, following a steel cage match, as he needed time away for bicep surgery. The injury, however, was not as serious as initially thought, as the triceps tendon did not tear off
30912-457: The bone but was, in fact, a massive hematoma , which would keep him out for only five to seven weeks. On the June 11 episode of Raw , Kennedy was drafted to the Raw brand as part of the WWE Draft . On the August 20 episode of Raw , Carlito hosted the interview segment Carlito's Cabana . During the segment, Carlito challenged his guest, Umaga for his Intercontinental Championship at SummerSlam on August 26, and Kennedy also demanded
31136-421: The challenge and won the match by disqualification, however, he suffered an injury during the match after being thrown headfirst into the steel steps, resulting in an exposed cranium laceration which required twenty stitches to close. Kennedy helped Vince and Shane McMahon in their feud with D-Generation X (DX), appearing at both SummerSlam on August 20 and the August 28 episode of Raw to attack them. On
31360-635: The company after 12 years. Through TNA's working relationships with various Japanese promotions, Roode has competed in Japan numerous times, beginning in 2009 when he and Storm, as Beer Money, debuted in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), defeating Legend ( Akira and Masahiro Chono ). They returned to New Japan in October 2010, first defeating Bad Intentions ( Karl Anderson and Giant Bernard ), and then No Limit ( Tetsuya Naito and Yujiro Takahashi ). Storm and Roode made their debuts in
31584-488: The company, unsuccessfully challenging for Marty Scurll 's ROH World Television Championship . Anderson debuted for the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) at their television tapings on September 30 for NWA Power , defeating enhancement talent in a tag team match alongside Colt Cabana . At the December 16 tapings, Anderson won an eight-man gauntlet match to replace the injured Zane Dawson in
31808-401: The end of the show. Three days later at Final Resolution , Roode failed in his title challenge against Hardy, after which, both men were attacked by the Aces & Eights. On the following episode of Impact Wrestling , Aces & Eights member Devon revealed Roode was outbidded by Austin Aries to prevent him from winning the title. The following week, Roode attacked Aries in the main event of
32032-423: The evening, costing him his shot at the World Heavyweight Championship. Roode and Aries faced off in a number one contender's match on the next episode of Impact Wrestling . The match ended in a no contest after the two attacked referee Earl Hebner and then were, in turn attacked by Hardy. The rivalry culminated in a three-way elimination match on January 13, 2013, at Genesis , where Roode failed again to capture
32256-558: The event, Roode was defeated by Masakatsu Funaki in a singles match. On March 9 at Lockdown, Team Dixie (Roode, The BroMans ( Jessie Godderz and Robbie E ), and Austin Aries) were defeated by Team MVP ( MVP , The Wolves ( Eddie Edwards and Davey Richards ) and Willow ) in the Lethal Lockdown match after special referee Bully Ray powerbombed Roode through a table, allowing MVP to pin him and gain control of TNA. This started
32480-489: The expense of long time Talent like himself. at Turning Point (2007) , Roode and Cage lost to Booker T and Kaz . Roode and Cage then aligned themselves with Kurt Angle , after an invitation to join the Angle Alliance on Impact! . This only lasted for one night, however, as the Angle Alliance lost to the team of Samoa Joe , Kevin Nash , Kaz, Booker T and Eric Young, when Nash pinned Roode. Cage and Roode then had
32704-475: The fastest. At the Royal Rumble, he lost to Batista, as well as a subsequent rematch on the February 9 episode of SmackDown! . From there, Kennedy began a short feud with ECW World Champion Bobby Lashley, leading to a match at No Way Out on February 18 for the ECW World Championship, which Kennedy won by disqualification after Lashley hit him with a chair. Kennedy challenged Lashley unsuccessfully for
32928-505: The fifth match of the best of five series. Later, he competed in the King of the Mountain match for the reactivated TNA King of the Mountain Championship , in a losing effort. Roode and Aries lost the best of five series to The Wolves for the tag titles in the fifth match on the July 1 episode of Impact Wrestling in an Iron Man match. On the July 22 episode of Impact Wrestling , Roode lost
33152-461: The first round and losing to Drew Galloway the next day in the quarter-finals. On March 6, Anderson made his first appearance for Insane Championship Wrestling , losing to Joe Hendry on Friday Night Fight Club . On December 3, at House of Hardcore XXI: Blizzard Brawl , Anderson defeated The Sadist. On April 29, 2017, at Ring of Honor Masters of the Craft, Anderson made a one-time appearance for
33376-444: The following edition of Impact! , Angle, whom Anderson had defeated by hitting him with dog tags , accused him of disrespecting U.S. soldiers, which led to Anderson hitting him with a mic, effectively starting a feud between the two. At Destination X , Angle defeated Anderson by submission. Afterwards, Anderson and Angle were booked in a steel cage match at Lockdown . On the April 5 episode of Impact! , Anderson defeated Angle in
33600-420: The following episode of Impact Wrestling , a rematch between Roode and Hardy ended in a no contest, following interference from Bully Ray. The following episode of Impact Wrestling , both Roode and Ray interfered in a number one contender's match between Hardy and Storm, which ended the match in a no contest. On February 12 at Against All Odds , Roode defeated Hardy, Ray, and Storm in a four-way match to retain
33824-482: The following episode of Impact! Fortune formed an alliance with Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff's new stable, Immortal . At Turning Point Fortune defeated EV 2.0 in a ten-man tag team match and, as a result, EV 2.0's Sabu was released from TNA. The following month at Final Resolution , Roode and Storm returned to the TNA World Tag Team Championship picture by defeating Ink Inc. in a number one contender's match. On January 9, 2011, at Genesis , Beer Money, Inc. defeated
34048-418: The following episode of Impact! , Ric Flair, who had aligned himself with Roode, Storm, A.J. Styles , Desmond Wolfe and Kazarian , revived the Four Horsemen under the new name Fourtune , stating that each of them had to earn their spots in the group; Flair also compared Storm and Roode to Ole Anderson and Tully Blanchard . After the TNA World Tag Team Championship was vacated in June, Beer Money entered
34272-475: The following episode of SmackDown Live which Roode accepted, suffering his first pinfall loss on the main roster as this time it was Ziggler who held Roode's tights. On the October 24 episode of SmackDown Live , Roode interrupted a backstage interview with Ziggler and Renee Young , suggesting a two out of three falls match next week on SmackDown Live with Ziggler, which he accepted. Roode then defeated Ziggler two falls to one, ending their feud and also earning
34496-534: The following week. On January 10, Anderson explained his joining by noting how nobody helped him when he was attacked by the Aces & Eights back in October. Anderson wrestled his return match three days later at Genesis , defeating Samoa Joe after interference from Aces & Eights member Mike Knox . On March 10 at Lockdown , Aces & Eights — represented by Anderson, Devon , DOC , Garett Bischoff, and Mike Knox — were defeated by Team TNA — consisting of Eric Young, James Storm, Magnus, Samoa Joe, and Sting — in
34720-435: The head with a beer bottle, to earn seven points in the tournament. The following week, Roode allied himself with Christopher Daniels and Kazarian to form a new force and so that one of them would win the Bound for Glory series. On August 15 at Impact Wrestling: Hardcore Justice , Roode defeated Magnus, Mr. Anderson, and Samoa Joe in a tables match, following interference from Daniels and Kazarian, to capture twenty points in
34944-735: The late 1980s. Roode began a feud with Dustin Rhodes in early 2005, losing to him at April's Lockdown in a best of three falls steel cage match , with the third fall a blindfold match . At Hard Justice , Roode competed in a Twenty-Man Gauntlet for the Gold which was won by Abyss . After that Roode feuded with Lance Hoyt , who he defeated at Slammiversary and at No Surrender with Team Canada, Hoyt teaming with The Naturals . At Sacrifice , Team Canada defeated America's Most Wanted and The Naturals in an Eight-man tag team match. After defeating Jeff Hardy at Unbreakable in September, Roode and
35168-604: The latter lost to Willow . On May 22, Anderson challenged Storm to a drinking contest, then went on to attack him outside the bar. Anderson won a match between the two at Slammiversary XII . Following Slammiversary, Anderson formed a tag team with Gunner despite his relationship with Samuel Shaw, whom Gunner had been helping through the kayfabe psychiatric counseling. Anderson and Gunner continued to team together with Shaw at their side. Shaw would frequently try to help them in their matches, but Anderson refused, citing his lack of trust. On August 14, Anderson and Shaw brawled during
35392-433: The loser's manager (Banks for Roode, Brooks for Booker) to receive ten leather lashes from the winner's manager. Roode won after using a handcuff-armed fist, but Sharmell returned and whipped everyone with a leather belt, including Jim Cornette. The following week on Impact! , Cornette punished her by putting her in a mixed tag team match with Booker against Roode and Banks at Lockdown , which Booker and Sharmell won. After
35616-496: The loss to Fatu, the dissension was reciprocated by Brooks, who laughed as Fatu gave Roode a stinkface . On the November 8, 2007 episode of TNA Impact , Brooks finally stood up to Roode by shoving him away from his attack on Chris Harris , and herself attacking "Roode's No. 1 Fan" . at Genesis (2007) , Roode lost to Samoa Joe. Roode formed a partnership with Christian Cage against TNA newcomer Booker T , claiming that "has beens" like Booker T show up and gain main event status at
35840-485: The main event. On July 1, 2015, Roode competed in Global Force Wrestling 's Global Championship tournament. Roode made it to the finals, losing to Nick Aldis. On July 18, 2015 at House of Hardcore IX , Roode defeated Pepper Parks. On November 13, 2015 at House of Hardcore 11, Roode faced Austin Aries in a losing effort. At House of Hardcore 11, Dirty Heels (Roode and Austin Aries) faced The Wolves for
36064-425: The match ended in a disqualification due to interference from Immortal. Three days later, at No Surrender , Anderson again failed to capture the title in a three-way match, which also included Sting. Anderson and Bully Ray settled their grudge on October 16 at Bound for Glory , where Anderson won a Falls Count Anywhere match . On November 13 at Turning Point , Anderson and Abyss defeated Ray and Scott Steiner in
36288-453: The match ended in a no contest after special guest referee James Storm superkicked Aries and Daniels and walked out on the match. Roode and Aries received another shot at Guerrero and Hernandez's titles on June 2 at Slammiversary XI , in a fatal four-way elimination match, which also included Bad Influence and was won by Gunner and James Storm. As a result of previously winning the Bound for Glory Series, Roode and Jeff Hardy were entered into
36512-606: The match, Roode verbally abused Banks for losing, much like he used to abuse Ms. Brooks, effectively ending their alliance. At Sacrifice , Roode and Booker T lost to Christian Cage and Rhino in a Deuces Wild Tag Team Tournament Quarterfinal match . At Slammiversary , Roode competed in the King of the Mountain match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship in a losing effort. On the June 12 episode of Impact! , Roode, along with James Storm , challenged The Latin American Xchange (LAX) ( Homicide and Hernandez ) for
36736-454: The match, only saw Shaw escape the cage and declared him the winner. They faced each other two more times at Impact Wrestling , but their final match happened at Sacrifice , where Anderson defeated Shaw in a "Committed match", a match where you have to put the rival into a van, in order to win. Anderson won the match and, in storyline, Shaw was sent to a psychiatric facility for intervention . On May 1, Anderson attacked James Storm after
36960-424: The match. On the November 11 episode of SmackDown! , Kennedy faced Eddie Guerrero to compete for a spot on Team SmackDown! at Survivor Series on November 27. He lost the match when Guerrero tossed him a steel chair and played possum , a move which Guerrero had made famous. The referee turned around and saw Guerrero on the ground with Kennedy holding the chair, and consequently disqualified Kennedy, awarding
37184-527: The match. At the end of the episode, MVP ended up attacking Young and declared himself the number-one contender for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship at Slammiversary . At the edition of May 15 of Impact Wrestling , Roode was suspended indefinitely for his confrontation with MVP. A campaign began on impactwrestling.com to lift Roode's suspension. On the edition of June 19 of Impact Wrestling , Roode returned and attacked Kenny King and saving his long-time best friend Eric Young from further injury after losing
37408-508: The more famous Anderson family (as well as former Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Ken Anderson ), he changed his name "Ken Kennedy", to "Mr. Kennedy". The change was initially suggested by Heyman and was chosen because it is the middle name of WWE Chairman Vince McMahon . Kennedy, as a heel, defeated Funaki in his SmackDown! debut on August 25. Kennedy also created an ongoing mini-feud with SmackDown! ring announcer Tony Chimel based on Kennedy believing that Chimel's announcing
37632-408: The new TNA World Heavyweight Champion. On the following episode of Impact Wrestling , Roode defeated Samoa Joe to become the number one contender to Storm's title. On the November 3 episode of Impact Wrestling , Roode defeated Storm to win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship, after hitting him with his own beer bottle, dissolving Beer Money, Inc. turning heel in the process. Roode and Storm had
37856-521: The new TNA World Tag Team Champions, defeating LAX after hitting Homicide with a beer bottle. The feud continued through No Surrender with Beer Money, Inc. once again getting the win. At Bound for Glory IV , Beer Money successfully defended their titles in a four-team Monster's Ball match, after Roode pinned Hernandez of LAX. After that Beer Money retained the tag team championship at Turning Point against The Motor City Machine Guns ( Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin ). Beer Money, Inc. later engaged in
38080-532: The next following weeks. On the January 5 edition of Impact Wrestling, TNA General Manager Sting banned Flair from accompanying Gunner to the ring to even out the playing field in Gunner's match against Rob Van Dam, which ended in a double countout after Gunner's pernicious tactics backfired when Van Dam back body dropped him onto the concrete floor. The rematch was later announced to take place at Genesis. The personal feud between D'Angelo Dinero and Devon reached
38304-442: The oldest NXT champion in WWE history in the process. On the March 15 episode of NXT , Roode made his first successful title defense, defeating Kassius Ohno . On April 1 at NXT TakeOver: Orlando , Roode successfully defended the title against Nakamura in a rematch, giving Nakamura his first clean singles loss in his departing match from NXT. On the April 19 episode of NXT, Roode was interrupted by Hideo Itami , who attacked him with
38528-489: The place on Team SmackDown! to Guerrero. This was Kennedy's first loss. In retaliation, Kennedy struck Guerrero over the head with the chair after the match. This was Guerrero's final televised match, as he died two days later. In interviews about the incident, Kennedy has stated that he considers this an "unfortunate honor". In December, Kennedy participated in WWE's overseas tour. On the second day in Italy , Kennedy suffered
38752-483: The promotion was worth more than extra muscle mass. However, 12 days later on August 30, Anderson and nine other WWE wrestlers were named in a Sports Illustrated article as having received performance-enhancing drugs , in violation of the WWE Talent Wellness Program. Anderson received anastrozole , somatropin , and testosterone between October 2006 and February 2007. He later claimed that
38976-798: The promotion, Jeff Jarrett , approached him for a contract but communications broke down. Upon signing with WWE in February 2005, Anderson was sent to the Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) developmental territory , where he would remain for six months. When he arrived, Jim Cornette was in charge of the organization and, according to Anderson, did not see potential in his abilities and declined to feature him as more than an occasional bit-player on OVW's programming. When Cornette departed, his replacement, Paul Heyman , showed immediate interest in Anderson, comparing his qualities to The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin . Five weeks later, Anderson
39200-411: The remainder of Team Canada resumed their feud with 3Live Kru. At Bound for Glory , Team Canada defeated 3Live Kru. at Genesis (2005) , Team Canada lost to 3Live Kru in a 6-Sided Stick Fight with Kip James as special guest referee and at Turning Point Team Canada defeated 4Live Kru (B.G. James, Kip James, Konnan and Ron Killings) in an Eight-man tag team match. At Final Resolution , Roode began
39424-480: The retool was against Eric Young , of whom he became jealous when he realized fans still were not cheering him, but cheered Young's every move. After Young beat Brooks in a bikini contest he demanded that Brooks "sign" Young to "Robert Roode Inc.". Finally, at the 2007 Against All Odds event Brooks successfully seduced Young into signing a contract with "Robert Roode Inc.", and Roode began to control Young by ordering him around. However, Young began to fight back due to
39648-535: The ring name Mr. Kennedy , and his tenure in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as Mr. Anderson from 2010 to 2016. He is currently signed to Top Rank Boxing as their announcer. Before signing a development deal with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and being assigned to Ohio Valley Wrestling, WWE's farm area, Anderson began his career on the independent circuit. He was promoted to the main roster in 2005. One year after his debut, he won
39872-710: The ring name "Two Rivers Jack", made his debut on September 11, 1999, at a North American Wrestling Federation event in Whitewater, Wisconsin , losing to Golga. He wrestled just twenty-one matches before appearing for the World Wrestling Federation on Jakked in 2001, where he lost to Essa Rios . He occasionally worked as enhancement talent for WWF when shows ran in Wisconsin. Anderson also made an appearance on NWA: Total Nonstop Action 's secondary television program, Xplosion . The owner of
40096-431: The ring name Mr. Anderson. As a mystery opponent, he wrestled Abyss , whom he pinned after using brass knuckles , establishing himself as a heel in the process. Anderson made his Impact! debut on January 21, delivering a promo on and being attacked by Abyss. At Against All Odds , Anderson defeated Kurt Angle and Abyss to advance to the finals of the 8 Card Stud Tournament , where he lost to D'Angelo Dinero . On
40320-485: The ring names Mr. Anderson and Ken Anderson . In 2011, he would win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship twice during a feud with the villainous group Immortal. After losing the title, he would remain with the promotion as a mid-card wrestler, joining the villainous faction Aces & Eights at one point, until he departed TNA in 2016. In 2019, Anderson came back to pro wrestling programming when he worked for National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). In 2016, Anderson opened
40544-422: The ring on March 18 at Victory Road , where Roode defeated him in a non-title No Holds Barred match. On April 15 at Lockdown , Roode defeated James Storm in a steel cage match to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Championship after being accidentally superkicked out of the cage for the win. On May 13 at Sacrifice , Roode defeated Rob Van Dam in a ladder match to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. On
40768-402: The ring to stop it, Roode turned around and hit her in the jaw, knocking her out. As Booker T ran to the ring to aid his wife, Roode escaped the ring, and looking back at the ring he realized what he had done. The following Impact! , Roode faced Brooks and fired her, but was stopped by Jim Cornette when he tried to lay hands on her. Subsequently, Roode's "number one fan" attacked Brooks when she
40992-532: The roster. This led to SmackDown! General Manager Theodore Long making a match between Kennedy and The Undertaker , who Kennedy had never faced, to be held at No Mercy on October 8. Kennedy won the match by disqualification after The Undertaker hit him with the United States Championship belt. On the October 13 episode of SmackDown! , Kennedy, now with a win over The Undertaker, again stated his desire to move to Raw. However, Long again put him against an opponent who he had never faced—this time Chris Benoit —with
41216-480: The score of Bully Ray, who had defeated Storm earlier in the event, and setting up a tiebreaker match between Roode and Ray. In the tiebreaker match, Roode defeated Ray via pinfall to win the Bound for Glory Series and earn a match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship at Bound for Glory . In the weeks leading to Bound for Glory, TNA World Heavyweight Champion Kurt Angle, in an attempt to cause dissension within Fortune, forced Roode to face each of his stablemates in
41440-427: The scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. The main feud entering Genesis was centered on Jeff Hardy and defending champion Bobby Roode , competing over for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship . At Final Resolution , Bobby Roode went to a draw with A.J. Styles in a 30 Minute Iron Man match to retain his championship and Jeff Hardy defeated Jeff Jarrett in
41664-561: The second longest reign in the company's history at 256 days, only behind Josh Alexander's reign at 335 days. In his later years with the company, Roode also won the World Tag Team Championship with Austin Aries and was a one-time TNA King of the Mountain Champion . In 2016, he began his WWE career in NXT , where he was a one-time NXT Champion prior to his main roster call-up. Roode debuted on SmackDown in August 2017, winning
41888-536: The second time. He successfully retained his title against MVP on the November 5 episode of Impact Wrestling . On November 15, 2014, Roode successfully defended the TNA World Heavyweight Championship against Tommy Dreamer at House of Hardcore VII. On January 7, 2015 on Impact Wrestling Roode lost the TNA World Heavyweight Championship to Lashley, after interference from MVP , Kenny King , and two masked men who seconds later revealed themselves as Samoa Joe and Low Ki . Roode's best friend Eric Young came out with
42112-509: The semi-finals to Jeff Hardy in a Tables match, Roode attacked Angle during his match with Magnus, costing him and also eliminating him from the tournament. On December 19 at Final Resolution , Roode defeated Angle again in a 2-out-of-3 falls match. The rivalry culminated in a steel cage match on January 23, 2014, at Genesis , where Angle emerged victorious. With his rivalry with Angle behind him, Roode began having problems with TNA President Dixie Carter due to being upset about not receiving
42336-541: The show. On August 19 at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III , Roode lost the NXT Championship to McIntyre, giving Roode his first singles loss in NXT. On the August 30 episode of NXT , Roode lost to Strong in his last televised NXT match. Roode wrestled his NXT farewell match at a NXT live event in Toronto on September 9, when he defeated Velveteen Dream . On the August 22 episode of SmackDown , Roode made his main roster debut as
42560-444: The stable attacked EV 2.0 , a stable consisting of former Extreme Championship Wrestling performers. In the weeks leading to Bound for Glory , the stable's name was tweaked to Fortune to represent the expansion in the number of members in the group. At Bound for Glory Roode, Storm, Styles, Kazarian and Morgan were defeated in a Lethal Lockdown match by EV 2.0 members Tommy Dreamer , Raven , Rhino, Sabu and Stevie Richards . On
42784-433: The team led by Garett Bischoff , defeated Daniels and Kazarian, on the team led by Eric Bischoff. On the following episode of Impact Wrestling , Anderson and Jeff Hardy were defeated by Rob Van Dam in a three-way number one contender's match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. During the first "Open Fight Night" the following week, Anderson teamed up with Hardy to unsuccessfully challenge Magnus and Samoa Joe for
43008-467: The team of The Miz and Asuka . On April 16, Roode was moved to the Raw brand as part of the Superstar Shake-up . In his Raw debut, he was unveiled as the surprise member of the ten man tag match in which he teamed with Bobby Lashley, Braun Strowman, Finn Bálor, and Seth Rollins in successful fashion as they faced off against The Miz, Bo Dallas , Curtis Axel , Kevin Owens , and Sami Zayn . At
43232-553: The team's first SmackDown Tag Team Championship, second tag team championship overall as a team, and Roode's third tag team championship as an individual. On the February 5 episode of Smackdown, Roode and Ziggler defeated Alpha Academy in a non title tag-team match. On the April 2 episode of Smackdown, Roode and Ziggler together with Alpha Academy defeated The Mysterios and the Street Profits in an 8-person tag-team match. At WrestleMania SmackDown on April 8, Roode and Ziggler defeated Alpha Academy, The Mysterios and The Street Profits in
43456-431: The title after Fortune turned on Immortal, who were interfering. On February 13 at Against All Odds , Anderson lost the TNA World Heavyweight Championship back to Hardy in a ladder match. Eleven days later, Anderson defeated Kurt Angle and Rob Van Dam in a three-way match to earn a rematch for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. Anderson was looking to get his title match on the following edition of Impact! , but it
43680-495: The title at WrestleMania 34 in a fatal 4-way match against Orton, Mahal and Rusev , which was won by Mahal. During this time, in the Mixed Match Challenge , Flair (who had to undergo a minor teeth surgery) was replaced by Becky Lynch via fan-vote on social media, and Roode and Lynch defeated Finn Bálor and Sasha Banks . Flair returned for the finals of the Mixed Match Challenge , which Roode and Flair lost to
43904-400: The title defense against the British Invasion at Slammiversary IX . At the pay-per-view, Storm and Shelley were successful in their title defense. Roode made his in-ring return on the June 23 episode of Impact Wrestling , in a tag team match, where he and Storm were defeated by Crimson and Matt Morgan. On July 13, Beer Money, Inc. became the longest reigning TNA World Tag Team Champions in
44128-433: The title match. Anderson returned on December 2, chasing Hardy and Fortune out of the ring, before being announced as the special guest referee for the title match between Hardy and Matt Morgan at Final Resolution . Anderson was bloodied and taken out of that match by Eric Bischoff, who helped Hardy retain the title after another referee replaced Anderson. On January 9, 2011, at Genesis , Anderson defeated Morgan in
44352-450: The title's history, breaking the previous record of 184 days set by A.J. Styles and Tomko in 2007. On August 7 at Hardcore Justice , Beer Money, Inc. successfully defended the TNA World Tag Team Championship against Mexican America ( Anarquia and Hernandez). Two days later, at the tapings of the August 18 episode of Impact Wrestling , Mexican America defeated Beer Money, Inc. in a rematch, following interference from Jeff Jarrett, to win
44576-462: The title. Anderson was mathematically eliminated on August 23. On September 27, Anderson received a shot at the vacant TNA Television Championship , but was defeated by Samoa Joe via submission with the " Coquina Clutch ". After several weeks of absence, Anderson returned to Impact Wrestling on December 27, where he was offered a position in Aces & Eights , a heel stable, which Anderson accepted
44800-492: The title. As part of the 2020 Draft in October, both Roode and Ziggler was drafted back to the SmackDown brand. At Survivor Series , Roode competed in an 18-man Dual Brand Battle Royal, which was won by The Miz. On the January 8, 2021 episode of SmackDown, Roode and Ziggler defeated The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) to win the SmackDown Tag Team Championship. This would mark
45024-548: The titles. On the October 14 episode of Raw , Roode and Ziggler lost the titles to The Viking Raiders ( Erik and Ivar ), ending their reign at 29 days. Later that night, both Roode and Ziggler were drafted to the SmackDown brand as part of the 2019 Draft . At Survivor Series , Roode and Ziggler won a 10-team Interbrand Tag Team Battle Royal . In the following weeks, they aligned themselves with King Corbin during his feud against Roman Reigns . On December 10, Roode
45248-477: The two following matches in the Best of Five Series, a steel cage match and an Ultimate X match , to even the score to 2–2 and set up a deciding match for the August 12 episode of Impact! . On the August 12 episode of Impact! Beer Money, Inc. was defeated in a Two Out of Three Falls match and as a result lost the Best of Five Series 2–3. Later that night Douglas Williams and Matt Morgan were added to Fourtune, as
45472-521: The two traded wins over each other. After several months of minor feuds and short storylines, Kennedy was not seen for weeks after WrestleMania XXIV because he was filming Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia . Kennedy returned to Raw on April 28, 2008, confronting and brawling with Raw General Manager and newly crowned King of the Ring William Regal, turning face in the process. On the May 19 episode of Raw , Kennedy defeated Regal in
45696-636: The vacant NWA Shockwave Heavyweight Championship at Disturbing the Peace 2006 in a four-way match. Roode held both titles until May 21, when he dropped the Internet title and successfully defended the Heavyweight title against Slyck Wagner Brown . Due to the restarting of the company, all of the NWA Cyberspace championships were vacated, including Roode's Heavyweight title. Roode performed for
45920-523: The winner of a Best of Three Series between Anthony Nese and Zema Ion . Ion won the first match by pinfall, Nese won the second match by pinfall, but Ion won the third in a Contract on a Pole match . Robert Roode Robert Francis Roode Jr. (born May 11, 1976) is a Canadian retired professional wrestler . He is signed to WWE , where he is a producer . Roode is known for his 12-year tenure for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). After debuting for TNA as part of Team Canada in 2004, he won
46144-404: Was a victim of a five-on-one beatdown at the hands of Immortal as a retribution for what he did to Flair at Lockdown. Two weeks later, Eric Bischoff attempted to strip Beer Money, Inc. of their TNA World Tag Team Championship due to Roode's injury, but was interrupted by the champions' former rival Alex Shelley (whose partner, Chris Sabin, had also become injured), who agreed to take Roode's spot in
46368-583: Was also a stick boy for the OHL's Peterborough Petes and witnessed players such as future NHLers Mike Ricci , Tie Domi , and Chris Pronger train for the local major junior team. Roode was trained in his hometown of Peterborough, Ontario by fellow Ontarians Shane Sewell and Sean Morley . He completed his training after a year and wrestled his debut match in June 1998 as "Total" Lee Awesome against Pete Rock. He then went on to work for various Canadian independent promotions , as well as making appearances for
46592-490: Was also able to convince Devon's kids to turn on their own father, claiming that they were now his kids. The next week, before an attack by Devon ensued, Dinero announced his match against Devon at Genesis. Samoa Joe and Magnus took on defending champions Matt Morgan and Crimson for the TNA World Tag Team Championship . This match came together based on a Wild Card Tournament that was instituted in order to randomly pair wrestlers together to decide number one contenders to
46816-471: Was announced to team with SmackDown Women's Champion Charlotte Flair (dubbed The Robe Warriors) in the Mixed Match Challenge tournament. After Ziggler vacated the United States Championship on the December 19 episode of SmackDown Live , an eight-man tournament was set up to crown a new champion. Roode defeated Baron Corbin in the first round and Mojo Rawley in the semi-finals. On
47040-453: Was between two former Immortal associates, Abyss and Bully Ray , heading into Genesis to compete in a Monster's Ball match , where if Abyss lost, he would have to rejoin Immortal. At Turning Point , after his separation from Immortal, Abyss partnered with Mr. Anderson to defeat his former Immortal allies and new enemies, Bully Ray and Scott Steiner . On the December 15 edition of Impact Wrestling , Abyss, forced to coexist with Immortal,
47264-417: Was called up to WWE's main roster to work on Velocity . He credits Heyman with helping him develop the character with which he would achieve success. Before his first SmackDown! match, he showed himself to be a cocky and arrogant wrestler by taking a microphone and performing his own ring announcement. He referred to himself as "Mr. Anderson" for this match. A few weeks later, to avoid comparisons with
47488-502: Was defeated by Lashley at No Surrender and failed to win the title. On the October 15 episode of Impact Wrestling , he defeated Austin Aries, Eric Young and Jeff Hardy once again to be the number one contender to the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. On September 18, 2014, in the main event of the Impact Wrestling episode taped to air on October 28, Roode defeated Lashley to win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship for
47712-420: Was dressed as The Great Muta . On June 12 at Slammiversary IX, Anderson defeated Sting after a low blow from Eric Bischoff and a "Mic Check" to win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship for the second time, turning heel once again. On June 18, Anderson represented TNA at Mexican promotion AAA 's Triplemanía XIX pay-per-view, where he and Abyss unsuccessfully challenged Extreme Tiger and Jack Evans for
47936-455: Was entered into an eight-man tournament for the title, defeating Jay Lethal in the first round and D'Angelo Dinero in the semifinals. On September 21, TNA President Dixie Carter announced that Anderson had signed a new long-term contract with the company. At Bound for Glory , Anderson failed in his attempt to win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship when Jeff Hardy, with the assistance of both Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff , pinned him in
48160-514: Was instead given to the returning Sting, who defeated Hardy to win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. On the March 10 edition of Impact! , Anderson attacked Sting backstage, claiming that he had been screwed out of his title match. In the main event of that show, Anderson teamed with Jeff Hardy against Rob Van Dam and Sting. During the match, Anderson took on the role of a tweener by turning on Hardy before being pinned by Van Dam. On April 17 at Lockdown , Anderson failed in his attempt to regain
48384-429: Was leaving the ring. Roode's fan, named Ms. Payton Banks , replaced Brooks. After Final Resolution, and with Payton Banks by his side, Roode continued his feud with Booker T. at Against All Odds , where the two faced off in a singles match. Roode ran from the ring and escaped the arena in a car, only to further infuriate Booker. Booker and Roode faced off again at Destination X in a Stand By Your Man Strap Match, with
48608-436: Was not done well enough or with sufficient respect, and therefore performing his own introductions or forcing Chimel to introduce him again. Kennedy's self-ring introductions before the match became one of his trademarks. While working on both Velocity and SmackDown! , he was also still working in OVW. Kennedy made his pay-per-view debut at No Mercy on October 9, defeating Hardcore Holly and injuring Holly's ribs during
48832-438: Was not pinned; had he been, he would not get another title opportunity until Bound for Glory 2013. However, on the following episode of Impact Wrestling , Roode defeated Storm in a rematch for the number one contendership for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. On the December 6 episode of Impact Wrestling , Roode was revealed as the man who paid off the Aces & Eights to attack TNA World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Hardy at
49056-613: Was randomly drawn to team with Steiner in wake of the Wild Card Tournament to decide new contenders for the Tag Titles. As expected, Abyss turned on Steiner lifting him up around the torso from the side and executing the Black Hole Slam in their semifinal match against A.J Styles and Kazarian, giving them the win. Afterwards, Ray knocked the actions of Abyss as being "deplorable" after all Immortal did for him. Upon asking Abyss what he wanted, Abyss challenged Ray to
49280-938: Was released from his WWE contract on May 29, just four days after his return. In a March 2010 interview with WrestleZone , Anderson explained that his release was due to fellow wrestler Randy Orton complaining to WWE management that Kennedy was reckless in the ring, citing a botched backdrop that caused Orton to land on his head and neck instead of on his back. Orton argued that this could have potentially ended his career. According to Kennedy, Orton also persuaded John Cena to complain to Vince McMahon about Kennedy's in-ring performance, which prompted McMahon to release Kennedy from his contract. In his first interview since his release, Kennedy expressed to 540 ESPN Radio in Milwaukee his interest in joining Total Nonstop Action Wrestling . Kennedy appeared at World Wrestling Council 's 2009 Anniversary show, where he lost to Eddie Fatu . After
49504-587: Was seen walking into Regal's office, hinting that Roode was about to sign with WWE or had already done so. On June 11 during NXT 's tour in the United Kingdom at Download Festival , Roode made his in-ring debut and defeated Angelo Dawkins. On August 3, Roode made his NXT television debut and quickly turned on the crowd to establish himself as a heel . The following week on NXT , Roode appeared after Andrade "Cien" Almas defeated Angelo Dawkins and informed Almas that General Manager William Regal scheduled
49728-399: Was suspended for 30 days, for violating WWE's Wellness Policy. Roode returned on the January 10, 2020 episode of SmackDown , where he helped Ziggler and Corbin beat down Reigns and The Usos . Roode entered the Royal Rumble match at the namesake pay-per-view at number 4, but was eliminated by Brock Lesnar . At Elimination Chamber , Roode and Ziggler competed in the namesake match for
49952-443: Was used to write Flair off television for a month. In early May, Roode began once again using the first name Bobby. On May 15 at Sacrifice , Beer Money, Inc. successfully defended the TNA World Tag Team Championship against Immortal representatives Matt Hardy and Chris Harris, Storm's old tag team partner who had made his surprise return to TNA on the previous episode of Impact! . On the following episode of Impact Wrestling , Roode
50176-417: Was won by Omos . On the December 6 episode of Raw, Roode unsuccessfully challenged Damian Priest for his United States Championship. On the December 13 episode of Raw, Roode and Ziggler defeated Damian Priest and Finn Bálor in a tag-team match. At Royal Rumble , on January 29, 2022, Roode competed in the Royal Rumble match where he was eliminated by AJ Styles. The night before WrestleMania 38 during
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