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** His famous fight against Matt Hume, which ended in a spectacular northern lights suplex dropped into a kimura, was actually an exhibition accorded among them due to Hume getting injuried before the bout.
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** His famous fight against Matt Hume, which ended in a spectacular northern lights suplex dropped into a kimura, was actually an exhibition accorded among them due to Hume getting injuried injured before the bout.
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** Ken was told to throw his second match with Minoru Suzuki in order to drop to him the King of Pancrase title, as Shamrock would compete later against Dan Severn (former UWF-i wrestler) in UFC and Pancrase could not take the risk of their champion losing to a wrestler belonging to a worked wrestling promotion.
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** Ken was told to throw his second match with Minoru Suzuki in order to drop to him the King of Pancrase title, as Shamrock would compete later against Dan Severn (former UWF-i wrestler) in UFC and Pancrase could not take the risk of their champion losing to a wrestler belonging to a worked wrestling promotion.promotion.
* WrestlingDoesntPay: Subverted. He took up pro wrestling because MMA was not paying enough.
* WrestlingDoesntPay: Subverted. He took up pro wrestling because MMA was not paying enough.
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* BadassTeacher: He owns the Lion's Den MMA Gyms and has thought fighters like Vernon 'Tiger' White, Guy Mezger, Frank Shamrock, Maurice Smith, Jerry Bohlander, Tra Telligman, Pete Williams, Mikey Burnett, Oleg Taktarov, Mark Coleman, Jason Delucia, Roy Nelson, Joe Hurley and many others.
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* BadassTeacher: He owns the Lion's Den MMA Gyms and has thought trained fighters like Vernon 'Tiger' White, Guy Mezger, Frank Shamrock, Maurice Smith, Jerry Bohlander, Tra Telligman, Pete Williams, Mikey Burnett, Oleg Taktarov, Mark Coleman, Jason Delucia, Roy Nelson, Joe Hurley and many others.
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* ArchEnemy: Dan "The Beast" Severn, in [=UFC=] and in WWE. In MMA also Tito Ortiz.
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* HeroicBuild: In his younger days.
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* UnskilledButStrong: Subverted. While his technique was at nowhere near the level of guys like Funaki and Suzuki, Ken was not slouch neither, and but it was his very superior physique and strenght which allowed him to outmuscle rather everybody in Pancrase and dominate on the ground.
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** Ken was told to throw his second match with Minoru Suzuki in order to drop to him the King of Pancrase title, as Shamrock would compete later against Dan Severn (former UWF-i wrestler) in UFC and Pancrase could not take the risk of their champion losing to a wrestler belonging to a worked wrestling promotion.
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** Ken was told to throw his second match with Minoru Suzuki in order to drop to him the King of Pancrase title, as Shamrock would compete later against Dan Severn (former UWF-i wrestler) in UFC and Pancrase could not take the risk of their champion losing to a wrestler belonging to a worked wrestling promotion.
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* ReligiousBruiser: Is born-again Christian.
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* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: According to Maurice Smith, Ken was one of the strongest guys from his time, even more than dominant wrestlers like Mark Coleman.
* TheDreadedOne: Back in his prime in MMA, he was feared even by his own training partners for his strenght and skill.
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* GameBreakingInjury: Suffered one in the WWF when Curtis Hughes kicked him stiffly in the neck, aggravating an old injury.
* GameBreakingInjury: Suffered one in the WWF when Curtis Hughes kicked him stiffly in the neck, aggravating an old injury.
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* WorkedShoot: Ken had a long career in Japanese shoot-style promotions, which mean matches designed to look like MMA fights, and eventually a longer career in Pancrase, a MMA company famous for its relaxation at the time of host worked fights to promotional purposes. Shamrock has stated he fought those predetermiend fights for the business's sake.
** His famous fight against Matt Hume, which ended in a spectacular northern lights suplex dropped into a kimura, was actually an exhibition accorded among them due to Hume getting injuried before the bout.
** The second fight against Masakatsu Funaki is believed to be a work in order to rebuild Funaki's reputation, which got damaged after losing to Ken at the first Pancrase event, and also to preserve Ken before his fights in UFC 3.
** Ken was told to throw his second match with Minoru Suzuki in order to drop to him the King of Pancrase title, as Shamrock would compete later against Dan Severn (former UWF-i wrestler) in UFC and Pancrase could not take the risk of their champion losing to a wrestler belonging to a worked wrestling promotion.
* UnstoppableRage
* WorkedShoot: Ken had a long career in Japanese shoot-style promotions, which mean matches designed to look like MMA fights, and eventually a longer career in Pancrase, a MMA company famous for its relaxation at the time of host worked fights to promotional purposes. Shamrock has stated he fought those predetermiend fights for the business's sake.
** His famous fight against Matt Hume, which ended in a spectacular northern lights suplex dropped into a kimura, was actually an exhibition accorded among them due to Hume getting injuried before the bout.
** The second fight against Masakatsu Funaki is believed to be a work in order to rebuild Funaki's reputation, which got damaged after losing to Ken at the first Pancrase event, and also to preserve Ken before his fights in UFC 3.
** Ken was told to throw his second match with Minoru Suzuki in order to drop to him the King of Pancrase title, as Shamrock would compete later against Dan Severn (former UWF-i wrestler) in UFC and Pancrase could not take the risk of their champion losing to a wrestler belonging to a worked wrestling promotion.
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'''Ken Shamrock''' (b. Ken Kilpatrick in 1964) is a retired American {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er and UsefulNotes/{{Mixed Martial Art|s}}ist best known for his work in Wrestling/{{WWE}} and [[UsefulNotes/UltimateFightingChampionship the UFC]]. He actually started as a pro wrestler, debuting in the South Atlantic Pro Wrestling promotion in 1989, under the name "Mr. Wrestling" Vince Torelli. This led him to Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling, and he would go back and forth between SAPW and Japanese "shoot-style" promotions such as UWF and [=PWFG=] until he walked away from wrestling for [=MMA=]. He competed for [=Pancrase=] and was on the first [=UFC=] event and would compete regularly for them until he returned to wrestling in 1997, this time for WWE. Over his time in WWE, he would hold the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/ic.html WWE Intercontinental Heavyweight Title]] once, the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-t.html WWE World Tag Team Title]] once with [[Wrestling/BigBossman the Big Bossman]] and win the 1998 ''King of the Ring'' Tournament. He returned to [=MMA=] in 2000 and went back and forth between the two. In 2002, he signed with the new [[Wrestling/{{TNA}} NWA TNA]] promotion, and was crowned the new [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/world/nwa-h.html NWA World Heavyweight Champion]] at ''NWA TNA #1''. He has also been a trainer and was a coach on ''The Ultimate Fighter''. His achievements in [=MMA=] include winning the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/mma/ufc/ufc-sf.html [=UFC Superfight=] Title]], the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/pancrase/panc-ow.html King of [=Pancrasists=] Open-weight Title]] and, along with Royce Gracie, being one of the first inductees into the [=UFC=] Hall of Fame.
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'''Ken Shamrock''' (b. Ken Kilpatrick in 1964) is a retired American {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er and UsefulNotes/{{Mixed Martial Art|s}}ist best known for his work in Wrestling/{{WWE}} and [[UsefulNotes/UltimateFightingChampionship the UFC]]. He actually started as a pro wrestler, debuting in the South Atlantic Pro Wrestling promotion in 1989, under the name "Mr. Wrestling" Vince Torelli. This led him to Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling, and he would go back and forth between SAPW and Japanese "shoot-style" promotions such as UWF Wrestling/UniversalWrestlingFederation and [=PWFG=] until he walked away from wrestling for [=MMA=]. He competed for [=Pancrase=] and was on the first [=UFC=] event and would compete regularly for them until he returned to wrestling in 1997, this time for WWE. Over his time in WWE, he would hold the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/ic.html WWE Intercontinental Heavyweight Title]] once, the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-t.html WWE World Tag Team Title]] once with [[Wrestling/BigBossman the Big Bossman]] and win the 1998 ''King of the Ring'' Tournament. He returned to [=MMA=] in 2000 and went back and forth between the two. In 2002, he signed with the new [[Wrestling/{{TNA}} NWA TNA]] promotion, and was crowned the new [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/world/nwa-h.html NWA World Heavyweight Champion]] at ''NWA TNA #1''. He has also been a trainer and was a coach on ''The Ultimate Fighter''. His achievements in [=MMA=] include winning the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/mma/ufc/ufc-sf.html [=UFC Superfight=] Title]], the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/pancrase/panc-ow.html King of [=Pancrasists=] Open-weight Title]] and, along with Royce Gracie, being one of the first inductees into the [=UFC=] Hall of Fame.
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* NoodleIncident: It was never explained ''why'' he put so much enthusiasm into beating up Billy Gunn. Granted, he put a lot of enthusiasm into everything he did, but, for some reason Gunn seemed to bring out something extra in him.
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* NoodleIncident: It was never explained ''why'' he put so much enthusiasm into beating up Billy Gunn.Wrestling/BillyGunn. Granted, he put a lot of enthusiasm into everything he did, but, for some reason Gunn seemed to bring out something extra in him.
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: During his first fight against Royce Gracie on UFC 1, Shamrock got two iterations of the trope. The first one was that he dropped backwards to leglock Gracie without knowing he had Royce's gi wrapped around his hand, which accidentally pulled his opponent on top of him. And the second and worst one was that he insisted on locking the hold without figuring he had to defend gi chokes, which let Gracie to do exactly that and submit him.
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* UnrelatedBrothers: He's unrelated to his fellow foster brother and MMA fighter Frank Shamrock. In Kayfabe, Ryan Shamrock is his sister.
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* InsultBackfire: Shamrock's threat to beat Tito Ortiz "into a living death" caused Tito to burst into laughter. It's one of MMA's most famous groaners.
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: His [[DisappearedDad father]] left when he was five. His mother married a [[AbusiveParents man who abused Ken]]. Ken spent time in foster homes, juvenile hall and group homes. That isn't {{Kayfabe}}, either.
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: His [[DisappearedDad father]] left when he was five. His mother married a [[AbusiveParents man who abused Ken]]. Ken spent time in foster homes, juvenile hall and group homes. That isn't {{Kayfabe}}, either. He was legally adopted by his foster father and took his last name.
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* TrainingFromHell: Apparently, what it's like to train under him. Shamrock himself passed one under Yoshiaki Fujiwara in Japan.
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* [[IKnowKarate I Know MMA]]MMA]]: Specifically the Japanese shoot-style MMA, which is based around catch wrestling and other martial arts.
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* HitMeDammit: During his Intercontinental Heavyweight Title match against Val Venis at ''WWF In Your House 27: St. Valentine's Day Massacre'', Ryan Shamrock was supposed to slap him but missed her cue, with Ken attempting to salvage the situation.situation by audibly yelling, "SLAP ME!"
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* OvershadowedByAwesome: He defeated [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson the Rock]] to win the 1998 ''King of the Ring'' Tournament...the same night as the Hell In A Cell II match between [[Wrestling/MickFoley Mankind]] and Wrestling/TheUndertaker.
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* [[WrestlingFamily [=MMA=] Family]]: His brother Frank.
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: His [[DisappearedDad father]] left when he was five. His mother married a [[AbusiveParents man who abused Ken]]. Ken spent time in foster homes, juvenile hall and group homes. That isn't {{Kayfabe}}, either.
* RealSongThemeTune: For most of his [=UFC=] career, he used [=Reveille=]'s "What You Got."
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'''Ken Shamrock''' (b. Ken Kilpatrick in 1964) is a retired American {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er and UsefulNotes/{{Mixed Martial Art|s}}ist best known for his work in Wrestling/{{WWE}} and [[UsefulNotes/UltimateFightingChampionship the UFC]]. He actually started as a pro wrestler, debuting in the South Atlantic Pro Wrestling promotion in 1989. This led him to Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling, and he would go back and forth between SAPW and Japanese "shoot-style" promotions such as UWF and [=PWFG=] until he walked away from wrestling for [=MMA=]. He competed for [=Pancrase=] and was on the first [=UFC=] event and would compete regularly for them until he returned to wrestling in 1997, this time for WWE. Over his time in WWE, he would hold the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/ic.html WWE Intercontinental Heavyweight Title]] once, the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-t.html WWE World Tag Team Title]] once with [[Wrestling/BigBossman the Big Bossman]] and win the 1998 ''King of the Ring'' Tournament. He returned to [=MMA=] in 2000 and went back and forth between the two. In 2002, he signed with the new [[Wrestling/{{TNA}} NWA TNA]] promotion, and was crowned the new [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/world/nwa-h.html NWA World Heavyweight Champion]] at ''NWA TNA #1''. He has also been a trainer and was a coach on ''The Ultimate Fighter''. His achievements in [=MMA=] include winning the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/mma/ufc/ufc-sf.html [=UFC Superfight=] Title]], the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/pancrase/panc-ow.html King of [=Pancrasists=] Open-weight Title]] and, along with Royce Gracie, being one of the first inductees into the [=UFC=] Hall of Fame.
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'''Ken Shamrock''' (b. Ken Kilpatrick in 1964) is a retired American {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er and UsefulNotes/{{Mixed Martial Art|s}}ist best known for his work in Wrestling/{{WWE}} and [[UsefulNotes/UltimateFightingChampionship the UFC]]. He actually started as a pro wrestler, debuting in the South Atlantic Pro Wrestling promotion in 1989.1989, under the name "Mr. Wrestling" Vince Torelli. This led him to Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling, and he would go back and forth between SAPW and Japanese "shoot-style" promotions such as UWF and [=PWFG=] until he walked away from wrestling for [=MMA=]. He competed for [=Pancrase=] and was on the first [=UFC=] event and would compete regularly for them until he returned to wrestling in 1997, this time for WWE. Over his time in WWE, he would hold the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/ic.html WWE Intercontinental Heavyweight Title]] once, the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-t.html WWE World Tag Team Title]] once with [[Wrestling/BigBossman the Big Bossman]] and win the 1998 ''King of the Ring'' Tournament. He returned to [=MMA=] in 2000 and went back and forth between the two. In 2002, he signed with the new [[Wrestling/{{TNA}} NWA TNA]] promotion, and was crowned the new [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/world/nwa-h.html NWA World Heavyweight Champion]] at ''NWA TNA #1''. He has also been a trainer and was a coach on ''The Ultimate Fighter''. His achievements in [=MMA=] include winning the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/mma/ufc/ufc-sf.html [=UFC Superfight=] Title]], the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/pancrase/panc-ow.html King of [=Pancrasists=] Open-weight Title]] and, along with Royce Gracie, being one of the first inductees into the [=UFC=] Hall of Fame.
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* GimmickMatches: At ''Wrestling/{{SummerSlam}} 98'', he defeated Wrestling/OwenHart in a "Lion's Den Match."Match," which was held in a modified [=UFC=]-style octagon. At ''Fully Loaded 99'', he defeated Wrestling/SteveBlackman in an "Iron Circle Match," which was a [[GarbageWrestler hardcore match]] where they were surrounded by cars in a parking garage. Shamrock won by choking out Blackman with a chain.
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'''Ken Shamrock''' (b. Ken Kilpatrick in 1964) is a retired American {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er and UsefulNotes/{{Mixed Martial Art|s}}ist best known for his work in Wrestling/{{WWE}} and [[UsefulNotes/UltimateFightingChampionship the UFC]]. He actually started as a pro wrestler, debuting in the South Atlantic Pro Wrestling promotion in 1989. This led him to Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling, and he would go back and forth between SAPW and Japanese "shoot-style" promotions such as UWF and [=PWFG=] until he walked away from wrestling for [=MMA=]. He competed for [=Pancrase=] and was on the first [=UFC=] event and would compete regularly for them until he returned to wrestling in 1997, this time for WWE. Over his time in WWE, he would hold the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/ic.html WWE Intercontinental Heavyweight Title]] once, the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-t.html WWE World Tag Team Title]] once with [[Wrestling/BigBossman the Big Bossman]] and win the 1998 ''King of the Ring'' Tournament. He returned to [=MMA=] in 2000 and went back and forth between the two. In 2002, he signed with the new [[Wrestling/{{TNA}} NWA TNA]] promotion, and was crowned the new [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/world/nwa-h.html NWA World Heavyweight Champion]] at ''NWA TNA #1''. He has also been a trainer and was a coach on ''The Ultimate Fighter''. His achievements in [=MMA=] include winning the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/mma/ufc/ufc-sf.html [=UFC Superfight=] Title]], the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/pancrase/panc-ow.html King of [=Pancrasists=] Open-weight Title]] and, along with Royce Gracie, being one of the first inductees into the [=UFC=] Hall of Fame.
As usual, you can find the basics at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Shamrock The Other Wiki]].
!!! "Ultimate, Dangerous Tropes":
* {{Badass}}
* TheBigGuy
* BoisterousBruiser
* {{Determinator}}
* FingerlessGloves
* FinishingMove: Ankle Lock.
* GimmickMatches: At ''Wrestling/{{SummerSlam}} 98'', he defeated Wrestling/OwenHart in a "Lion's Den Match."
* HotBlooded
* [[IKnowKarate I Know MMA]]
* KingOfBeasts: He has a chain of [=MMA=] schools called the Lion's Den.
* KnightTemplarBigBrother: To Ryan Shamrock, who luckily didn't like to travel.
* {{Permastubble}}
* PowerStable:
** Wrestling/TheCorporation
** The Union, with Mankind, the Big Show and Test after his face turn.
* ScreamingWarrior
* UnderwearOfPower
* [[UnrelatedBrothers Unrelated Brother and Sister]]: With Ryan Shamrock
* UnstoppableRage
'''Ken Shamrock''' (b. Ken Kilpatrick in 1964) is a retired American {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er and UsefulNotes/{{Mixed Martial Art|s}}ist best known for his work in Wrestling/{{WWE}} and [[UsefulNotes/UltimateFightingChampionship the UFC]]. He actually started as a pro wrestler, debuting in the South Atlantic Pro Wrestling promotion in 1989. This led him to Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling, and he would go back and forth between SAPW and Japanese "shoot-style" promotions such as UWF and [=PWFG=] until he walked away from wrestling for [=MMA=]. He competed for [=Pancrase=] and was on the first [=UFC=] event and would compete regularly for them until he returned to wrestling in 1997, this time for WWE. Over his time in WWE, he would hold the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/ic.html WWE Intercontinental Heavyweight Title]] once, the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-t.html WWE World Tag Team Title]] once with [[Wrestling/BigBossman the Big Bossman]] and win the 1998 ''King of the Ring'' Tournament. He returned to [=MMA=] in 2000 and went back and forth between the two. In 2002, he signed with the new [[Wrestling/{{TNA}} NWA TNA]] promotion, and was crowned the new [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/world/nwa-h.html NWA World Heavyweight Champion]] at ''NWA TNA #1''. He has also been a trainer and was a coach on ''The Ultimate Fighter''. His achievements in [=MMA=] include winning the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/mma/ufc/ufc-sf.html [=UFC Superfight=] Title]], the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/pancrase/panc-ow.html King of [=Pancrasists=] Open-weight Title]] and, along with Royce Gracie, being one of the first inductees into the [=UFC=] Hall of Fame.
As usual, you can find the basics at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Shamrock The Other Wiki]].
!!! "Ultimate, Dangerous Tropes":
* {{Badass}}
* TheBigGuy
* BoisterousBruiser
* {{Determinator}}
* FingerlessGloves
* FinishingMove: Ankle Lock.
* GimmickMatches: At ''Wrestling/{{SummerSlam}} 98'', he defeated Wrestling/OwenHart in a "Lion's Den Match."
* HotBlooded
* [[IKnowKarate I Know MMA]]
* KingOfBeasts: He has a chain of [=MMA=] schools called the Lion's Den.
* KnightTemplarBigBrother: To Ryan Shamrock, who luckily didn't like to travel.
* {{Permastubble}}
* PowerStable:
** Wrestling/TheCorporation
** The Union, with Mankind, the Big Show and Test after his face turn.
* ScreamingWarrior
* UnderwearOfPower
* [[UnrelatedBrothers Unrelated Brother and Sister]]: With Ryan Shamrock
* UnstoppableRage
