Line #44 Wrestling/Rhyno


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4	[[caption-width-right:350:The Man-Beast]]
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6	Terrance Guido Gerin (born October 7, 1975) is an American {{Professional Wrestl\|ing}}er from Dearborn, MI best known for his work in Wrestling/{{ECW}}, Wrestling/{{WWE}} and [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA]] as either Rhino or Rhyno. He debuted in 1994 as Terry Richards, competing in the Detroit independent scene and doing some TV jobs for [=WWE=] and Wrestling/{{WCW}}. He changed his name to Rhino Richards and, along with working in the Midwest and Canada, also competed for the Catch Wrestling Association in Austria[=/=]Germany. In 1999, he debuted in ECW simply as "Rhino," as muscle for Steve Corino in Corino's feud with Wrestling/{{Taz\|z}}. He would go on to hold the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ecw/ecw-tv.html ECW World Television Title]] twice and would be the final [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ecw/ecw-h.html ECW World Heavyweight Champion]]. After ECW closed, he signed with WWE and debuted, renamed "Rhyno," on the March 19, 2001 ''Raw,'' aligning himself with his old allies Wrestling/{{Edge\|Wrestler}} and Wrestling/{{Christian}} from their days in the Canadian indy scene. He would switch to the Alliance.
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8	Over his time in WWE, he would hold the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwf-hc.html WWE Hardcore Title]] three times and the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-us-h.html WCW United States Heavyweight Title]] once. After WWE released him in 2005, he went off to TNA where he reclaimed the original spelling of "Rhino." He would hold the Wrestling/{{N\|ationalWrestlingAlliance}}WA [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/world/nwa-h.html World Heavyweight Title]] once. He later spent time in Wrestling/RingOfHonor before going back to the independents. He later returned to WWE in 2015, and became one half of the first ever Smackdown Tag Team Champions alongside Wrestling/HeathSlater. He was released from WWE in 2019, and has since returned to TNA (now known as Impact Wrestling).
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10	!! "These tropes are going to feel the GORE! GORE! GORE!":
11	* ActionPolitician: He decided to run for the Republican House of Representatives in Michigan and later won the primary. Oh, and he [[FinishingMove Gored]] Wrestling/HeathSlater on the same night.
12	** Depending on how the 2016 election goes, he might be the first person to hold office AND a championship belt.
13	* {{Animal Motif\|s}}: He's got a sea star tattoo...but seriously, rhinos.
14	* TheAlcoholic: It runs in his family, having killed his father, turned him away from his daughter and ruined his marriage. Rhino was very offended when Wrestling/JamesStorm thought pouring liquor down Rhino's throat was a good joke and James Storm was offended that Rhino was offended by free beer.
15	* TheBadGuyWins: He {{Squash\|Match}}ed [[Wrestling/JimFullington the Sandman]] for the ECW World Heavyweight Title at the end of ECW's final [=PPV=], ''Guilty As Charged 2001'', meaning ECW had a heel as its final Champion.
16	* TheBigGuy: As a face.
17	* TheBrute: As a heel. Both are especially evident when he's in a PowerStable.
18	* {{Determinator}}: His first NWA World Title reign in TNA came on perhaps the greatest showing in Rhino's career. At Bound for Glory 2005, Rhino was already booked for a four-way "Monster's Ball" hardcore match against Wrestling/{{Raven}}, Wrestling/JeffHardy and Abyss. Not only did he win that match, but due to Wrestling/JeffJarrett's scheduled challenger Wrestling/KevinNash being unable to compete, he later won a 10-man Gauntlet for the Gold match for the #1 contendership, then beat Jarrett to win the title, all on the same night, undergoing a HeelFaceTurn in the process. He would drop the title less than a month later, but he'd remain a face for some time to come.
19	* DidntSeeThatComing: Not only being the one wrestler in WWE who'd agree to team up with Wrestling/HeathSlater during his 2016 "Free Agent" storyline in order to give him a chance to compete for a job in the Smackdown Tag Team tournament, but the two of them ''winning'' and becoming Tag Team Champions! To say people were surprised would be a ''huge'' understatement.
20	* TheDragon: To Steve Corino, though he was TheBrute for the Network.
21	* TheFace: Of TNA in IPW:UK and the 2007 King Of Europe Cup.
22	* HotBlooded: During a match with pre highlander Rory on [[BShow Sunday Night Heat]] Rhino's head actually turned beat red before his comeback.
23	* IDidWhatIHadToDo: He explained that he joined Immortal because he needed the money to help him take care of his children.
24	* LeotardOfPower: He has several, the design sometimes depending on who his tag team partner is or which stable he is a part of, but this is what he always wrestles in and they are pretty much always black.
25	* TheNapoleon: Rhino is not a small man and is used to being among the largest men on any given roster. In WWE however, there were many larger men such as Rosey and Wrestling/{{Kane}}, though it was clear Rhino still thought of himself as the big guy and had a hard time accepting he no longer was.
26	* NoSell:
27	** No sold a series of punches and elbows from [[Wrestling/DrakeMaverick Rockstar Spud]]. Then Spud started doing knife edge chops to which the crowd chanted "Woo" but Rhino still wasn't selling anything.
28	** Rhino wrestled New Jack during late period ECW. Jack spent most of the match beating him with every weapon available, only for Rhino to no-sell a guitar to the head and hit the Gore for the win.
29	* OlderThanTheyLook: With the exception of a brief period in 2015 where he tried on the overgrown beard look, the man has looked the same for the past 15 years.
30	* PhraseCatcher: Paul Heyman constantly screamed "GORE! GORE! GORE!" whenever Rhyno nailed someone with the move.
31	* PintSizedPowerhouse: Kinda short for a wrestler but built like a tank. His arsenal consists mostly of power moves.
32	* PowerStable:
33	** (Canadian indies): THUG Life (with Adam Copeland, Christian Cage, Joe E. Legend, & "Bloody" Bill Skullion)
34	** (in ECW): The Network
35	** (in WWF/E): Team [=R=]Wrestling/{{E\|dgeWrestler}}[==]Wrestling/{{C\|hristian}}[==]Wrestling/{{K\|urtAngle}}, The Alliance
36	** (in TNA): Planet [[Wrestling/JeffJarrett Jarrett]], The TNA Front Line, Immortal, [=EV2.0=]
37	** (in ROH): [[Wrestling/TruthMartini The House of Truth]], The Embassy, [=S.C.U.M.=]
38	** (in JAPW): D-Factor
39	* PsychoForHire
40	** Certainly in ROH. His first role was as Wrestling/PrinceNana's bodyguard, then he was switched to the House of Truth then S.C.U.M. used him to attack Wrestling/JayLethal.
41	** For La Legion Extranjera in Wrestling/{{AAA}}
42	** One of many working for [[Wrestling/EC3 Ethan Carter III]] in TNA.
43	* PutOnABus: After doing Immortal's dirty work, he was [[UngratefulBastard denied a new contract]].
44	* RammingAlwaysWorks: '''[[RuleOfThree GORE!! GORE!!! GORE!!!!]]'''
45	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Delivers one to Ethan Carter III in the August 20, 2014 episode of ''TNA Impact Wrestling''.
46	* RedBaron
47	** (in ECW): "The Rookie Monster," "The Big F'n Deal"
48	** (in WWE): "The Man-Beast"
49	** (in TNA): "The War Machine"
50	* RedOniBlueOni: The Red to Wrestling/ChrisBenoit's blue.
51	** Is currently the Blue to Wrestling/HeathSlater's Red
52	* RhinoRampage: Of course. Tazz described Ethan Carter III's demands that he face him as throwing him to Rhinos.
53	* ScreamingWarrior: He talks a lot in the ring in general, and when it's not TrashTalk it's this.
54	* SellOut
55	** He turned on EV 2.0 for Eric Bischoff's Immortal, because Eric Bischoff could ensure his income.
56	** He claimed to have personal reasons for siding with Dixie Land but Ethan Carter III came clean and said Rhino was only with him because ECIII paid well.
57	* UnstoppableRage
58	* VersusTitle: XICW 158: ''Rhino vs. Williams III''(Petey Williams was on a team of three), ''XICW 159: Rhino vs. Wrestling/{{Sabu}}'', ''XICW 160: Rhino vs. The DBA'', ''XICW 165: Rhino vs. Mr. Insanity''(Wrestling/JimmyJacobs was also involved in the main event), ''XICW 166: Rhino vs. Jacobs''(no Mr. Insanity)
59	* TheWorfEffect: Despite once being the face of TNA, his record in the company isn't always so impressive. He held the NWA World Heavyweight Title belt for less than a month and in his first two years in the promotion he averaged about one win every 120 days.
60	* WouldHitAGirl: He piledrove the Sandman's wife Lori through a table back in ECW. He's gored Wrestling/{{Jacqueline}}(as a baby face no less) ''and'' Wrestling/MercedesMartinez!
61	* XtremeKoolLetterz: ''Rhyno''.

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