Wrestler Name:
Rob Sampson
Real Name:
"Mr. Main Event"
Height:
6'2" Weight:250 lbs.
Hometown:
Cincinnati, Ohio
Enterance Music:
"Biggest and the Best" - Clawfinger
Alignment:
Face
Background Information:
Rob has long brown hair that he keeps tied up in a ponytail when he wrestles. Wears a silver singlet, a black elbow pad on his right elbow, 2 black kneepads, and black wrestling boots with the initials "RS" printed on them in silver.
Sampson earned a degree in Business Economics and was set to go to work for a major corporation when he happened to catch a wrestling show on local television. Knowing that he could do just as well, if not better, than those he was watching, he enrolled in a pro wrestling school and soon after a year of training he made his pro debut in New Breed Wrestling.
Continued competing in NBW, but quickly moved on to Sun Belt Wrestling and the World Wrestling Promotions Alliance. Won his first title (the WWPA/IWA North American title) and left the WWPA after losing it. Won the SBW World title and one-half of the SBW World Tag Team titles on the same night at SBW's "The Sun Rises.." PPV, and retired them when the promotion closed. Soon entered Mile High Wrestling, Wild West Wrestling, Pacific Championship Wrestling, and Hardkore World Wrestling. Left Hardkore World over a contract dispute. While in MHW, won the World title and held it for 5 months, and then went on to win one-half of the World Tag Team titles with his brother, Brad, with whom he retired the title. Won PCW's Pacific Pro title and retired it when the promotion closed. Won the WWW Television title in May of 1998 and retired the title when the promotion folded. Returned to Hardkore World and won their World championship on April 20, 1999. Experienced his next run with championship gold when he won the EWI Extreme title, which he held until it was combined with the EWI World title to form the EWI Extreme World championship. Rob would then go on to enter a tournament for the newly-created EWI Federation championship, losing to a masked Eddy Love in the finals, but defeating him for the title in an "I Quit"/tables match at the next PPV. Rob went on to lose the title back to Eddy Love in a title vs. title match and was then forced to referee a match between his Inner Circle teammates, Ash, and Dan Ryan, to determine a new Federation champion. After that match, his teammates attacked him and beat him down, shocking the crowd. However, their reasoning was soon revealed as Rob joined forces just moments after Gemini won the EWI Extreme World title and beat him down. Since the formation of GXW, Sampson has been Television and Continental champion on numerous occasions. Recently he has been on the shelf after a vicious attack by Eric Davis, but fans of "Mr. Main Event" have been clamoring for his return more and more.
Titles Held:
1. WWPA's IWA North American title
2. SBW World title
3. SBW World tag team title
4. MHW World title
5. WWW Television title
6. PCW Pacific Pro title
7. MHW World tag team title
8. HKW World title
9. TCW World title
10. EWI Extreme title
11. EWI Federation title
12. EUWC United States title
13. EUWC 2001 King of the Ring
14. EUWC 2002 Royal Rumble winner
15. EUWC World title
16. GXW Television title
17. GXW Continental title (3x)
18. SCW Superior Tag Team Titles
19. SCW Superior Title
Enterance:
The arena lights are dimmed as Clawfinger's "Biggest and the Best" begins to play. Strobe lights flash all around the entrance stage and above the ring as Sampson strides out from the back. While walking to the ring, he slaps hands the fans standing along the aisle, pointing out signs that feature his likeness or bear epithets of praise for him.
Normal Moves:
1. knife-edge chop
2. kick to the midsection
3. hangman's neckbreaker
4. legdrop
5. clothesline/lariat
6. head-and-arm suplex
7. superkick (aka the Show Stopper)
8. rolling senton splash
9. spinebuster powerbomb
10. half-Boston Crab
11. exploder suplex '98
12. cut-throat suplex
13. top rope elbow drop
14. springboard frog splash
15. double underhook backbreaker
16. fisherman's neckbreaker
17. plancha
18. pescado
19. Sharpshooter
20. rolling butterfly suplexes into double underhook DDT
Set up move:
Show Stopper #2
Set up Description:
Shining Wizard
Finishing Move:
The Headliner
Finishing Move Description:
Inverted DVD
Recent Quote:
Manager Name:
Description of Manager:
Catchphrase:
"Bank on it, pally."
Wrestler's Image:
Handlers Name:
Chad Dupree
Email Address:
cdupree@cinci.rr.com
Messenger Identity:
AIM: ChadDupree, MSN: chaddupree@hotmail.com