History Wrestling / DamienSandow

* VillainousBreakdown: Had a minor one during the September 21 episode of Smackdown when Wrestling/{{Edge}}, Wrestling/{{Kane}}, and [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]] were in the process of "hugging it out" to get rid of their frustrations. Sandow came out and was doing his usual schtick when Edge asked the audience if they'd rather see Sandow face Kane or Bryan. After a short period of time, Sandow went from being calm like he usually is to screaming "STOP IT! STOP IT! STOP IT!"

!! "My name is Damien Sandow, and these tropes are here to help you.":

* AltumVidetur: Has a showboaty elbow drop he calls the "Cubito Aequet" (Elbow of Disdain). Careful examination of the Latin language will reveal that the second word is translated as ''distain,'' which means "to discolor" or "to sully," and thus makes no sense in this context. But since few people actually know Latin, [[TheyJustDidntCare it doesn't matter much.]] The correct name would be ''Cubito Fastidia''.

* CatchPhrase: Begins his promos with "Allow me to beg your indulgence. My Name is Damien Sandow, and I'm here to help all of you." Ends his promos - and occasionally his beatdowns - with "You're Welcome." Also tends to use "I do this for the benefit and the welfare of you, the unwashed masses"

* WhosOnFirst: In [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwgFCcYPk3A this clip]], he does a brief bit with a guy dressed as ''Series/DoctorWho.''

* VillainTeamUp: With Wrestling/CodyRhodes, calling themselves Team Rhodes Scholars, who Damien says is the only guy on the roster that he can have an intelligent conversation with (which is hilarious when you consider who Cody's [[Wrestling/DustyRhodes father]] and [[Wrestling/{{Goludst}} brother]] are.) After a couple months as a tag team, they went their separate ways, but vowed to to remain best friends... or at least that was the plan. The two continued to support one each other regardless and reunited only a month afterwards.

* BadassBeard

* BeardOfEvil: And a very robust one at that.

* MeanCharacterNiceActor: He plays the obnoxious know-it-all to perfection, but during an episode of ''WWE Main Event,'' Wrestling/CodyRhodes took a nasty fall that left him with head and shoulder injuries. Cody and a lot of fans noticed that Sandow refused to tag Cody back into the match after it happened and prevented the injury from getting worse. Cody later thanked him saying it probably saved his career.

* VillainTeamUp: With Wrestling/CodyRhodes, calling themselves Team Rhodes Scholars, who Damien says is the only guy on the roster that he can have an intelligent conversation with (which is hilarious when you consider who Cody's father and brother is.) After a couple months as a tag team, they went their separate ways, but vowed to to remain best friends... or at least that was the plan. The two continued to support one each other regardless and reunited only a month afterwards.

** Also comparable to Wrestling/{{Goldust}}, in that his early pre-debut vignettes also started with quotations. Though, instead of referencing movies, his started with him quoting [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuKVQqv_NNM Marshall [=McLuhan=]]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfBX1yKmIuQ and]] Creator/BenjaminFranklin.

* CatchPhrase: Begins his promos with "Allow me to beg your indulgence. My Name is Damien Sandow, and I'm here to help all of you." Ends his promos - and occasionally [[RefugeInAudacity his beatdowns]] - with "You're Welcome." Also tends to use "I do this for the benefit and the welfare of you, the unwashed masses"

** Also comparable to Wrestling/{{Goldust}}, since, instead of quoting movies, his early pre-debut vignettes started with him quoting [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuKVQqv_NNM Marshall [=McLuhan=]]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfBX1yKmIuQ and]] Creator/BenjaminFranklin.

** It's less common as the other two, but a few people have also drawn comparisons between him and Wrestling/MuhammadHassan, because he has a distinctive theme and a habit of interrupting other people's promos.

* TagTeam: (in OVW): The Jersey Shore Crew, w[=/=][[Wrestling/MikeBucci Nova]]

* VillainTeamUp: With Wrestling/CodyRhodes, calling themselves Team Rhodes Scholars, who Damien says is the only guy on the roster that he can have an intelligent conversation with (which is hilarious when you consider who Cody's father and brother is.) After a couple months as a tag team, they went their separate ways, but vowed to to remain friends

** His FinishingMove is also called ''Terminus'', or "The End." [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Even most people that ''don't'' know Latin can figure that one out.]]

!! Tropes associated with Damien Sandow include:

'''Aaron Steven Haddad''' is a professional wrestler, known under his ring name '''Damien Sandow''', made his Wrestling/{{WWE}} debut in 2006 wrestling under the ringname "Idol Stevens". He was one half of a tag team with KC James and managed by [[Wrestling/LayCool Michelle McCool]]. Stevens would later be released from WWE in 2007, and James would linger [[{{Jobber}} in perpetual jobberhood]] under the name James Curtis before following suit a year later. In 2010, Stevens was rehired and sent back to developmental, where he received a gimmick change and a new ringname (Damien Sandow). Originally portrayed as a militant character, he would later receive another gimmick change. He is currently portrayed as an InsufferableGenius-type character who proclaims himself to be "The Intellectual Savior of the Unwashed Masses".

* AltumVidetur: Has a showboaty elbow drop he calls the "Cubito Aequet" (Elbow of Disdain). Careful examination of the Latin language will reveal that the second word is translated as a homophone of the word they were really looking for. But since few people actually know Latin, [[TheyJustDidntCare it doesn't matter much.]] The correct name would be ''Cubito Fastidia''.

* BullyingADragon[=/=]TooDumbToLive: His choice to interrupt, of all things, the DGenerationX reunion on the 1000th episode of [[{{WWERAW}} Monday Night Raw]]. And this wasn't just ''any'' DX reunion: this was a '''''DX Army''''' reunion - [[{{Wrestling/TripleH}} Trips]], [[Wrestling/ShawnMichaels Shawn]], The New Age Outlaws, and X-Pac. And it gets better: Sandow actually [[LampshadeHanging acknowledges how stupid it is]] during the promo and admits ([[SesquipedalianLoquaciousness in so many words]]) that he's probably going to get his ass kicked. (Of course, he does.)
** Also with BrodusClay, who he repeatedly ambushed and assaulted. When they finally have a straight match, Brodus spends most of it [[CurbStompBattle beating the crap out of him]], only losing when Damien cheats and grabs his tights. And after that, Damien finds himself on the receiving end of Brodus' wrath.
** And again with [[DwayneJohnson The Rock]].

* DifficultySpike: After his Tag Team Partner, Wrestling/CodyRhodes, was PutOnABus due to injury, his most recent gimmick involved him "searching for an apprentice" by calling a random person from the audience up into the ring and asking three questions to test their intellect. The first two are usually easy enough that almost anyone with a basic education can get them right, but the third ends up being a question better suited for the Million Dollar Question in WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire. This gimmick was dropped when [[TheBusCameBack Cody Rhodes returned]] and Team Rhodes Scholars was reformed.

'''Damien Sandow''' (born Aaron Steven Haddad) is a professional wrestler who made his [[Wrestling/{{WWE}} WWE]] debut in 2006 wrestling under the ringname "Idol Stevens". He was one half of a tag team with KC James and managed by [[Wrestling/LayCool Michelle McCool]]. Stevens would later be released from WWE in 2007, and James would linger [[{{Jobber}} in perpetual jobberhood]] under the name James Curtis before following suit a year later. In 2010, Stevens was rehired and sent back to developmental, where he received a gimmick change and a new ringname (Damien Sandow). Originally portrayed as a militant character, he would later receive another gimmick change. He is currently portrayed as an InsufferableGenius-type character who proclaims himself to be "The Intellectual Savior of the Unwashed Masses".

!!'''Tropes associated with Damien Sandow include:'''

* VillainTeamUp: With Wrestling/CodyRhodes, calling themselves Team Rhodes Scholars, who Damien says is the only guy on the roster that he can have an intelligent conversation with (which is hilarious when you consider who Cody's father and brother is.)

* DifficultySpike: After his Tag Team Partner, CodyRhodes, was PutOnABus due to injury, his most recent gimmick involved him "searching for an apprentice" by calling a random person from the audience up into the ring and asking three questions to test their intellect. The first two are usually easy enough that almost anyone with a basic education can get them right, but the third ends up being a question better suited for the Million Dollar Question in WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire. This gimmick was dropped when [[TheBusCameBack Cody Rhodes returned]] and Team Rhodes Scholars was reformed.

* DifficultySpike: His most recent gimmick involves him "searching for an apprentice" by calling a random person from the audience up into the ring and asking three questions to test their intellect. The first two are usually easy enough that almost anyone with a basic education can get them right, but the third ends up being a question better suited for the Million Dollar Question in WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire.

* AltumVidetur: Has a showboaty elbow drop he calls the "Cubito Aequet" (Elbow of Disdain). Careful examination of the Latin language will reveal that the second word is translated as a homophone of the word they were really looking for. But since few people actually know Latin, [[TheyJustDidntCare it doesn't matter much.]] The correct name would be ''Cubito Fastidii''.

* VillainTeamUp: With Wrestling/CodyRhodes, calling themselves Team Rhodes Scholars, who Damien says is the only guy on the roster that he can have an intelligent conversation with (which is hilarious when you consider who Cody's father is.)

* AltumVidetur: Has a showboaty elbow drop he calls the "Cubito Aequet" (Elbow of Disdain). Careful examination of the Latin language will reveal that the second word is translated as a homophone of the word they were really looking for. But since few people actually know Latin, [[TheyJustDidntCare it doesn't matter much.]] The correct name would be ''Cubito Fastidia''.

* MinorInsultMeltdown: Sandow was supposed to wrestle Yoshi Tatsu, but deemed him an unworthy opponent. He beat him up anyway when Tatsu called him "chicken".
* RedBaron: The (Self-Proclaimed) Intellectual Savior of the Unwashed Masses.

* GratuitousLatin: Has a showboaty elbow drop he calls the "Cubito Aequet" (Elbow of Disdain). Careful examination of the Latin language will reveal that the second word is translated as a homophone of the word they were really looking for. But since few people actually know Latin, [[TheyJustDidntCare it doesn't matter much.]] The correct name would be ''Cubito Fastidia''.

'''Damien Sandow''' (born Aaron Steven Haddad) is a professional wrestler who made his [[{{Wrestling/WWE}} WWE]] debut in 2006 wrestling under the ringname "Idol Stevens". He was one half of a tag team with KC James and managed by [[{{Wrestling/LayCool}} Michelle McCool]]. Stevens would later be released from WWE in 2007, and James would linger [[{{Jobber}} in perpetual jobberhood]] under the name James Curtis before following suit a year later. In 2010, Stevens was rehired and sent back to developmental, where he received a gimmick change and a new ringname (Damien Sandow). Originally portrayed as a militant character, he would later receive another gimmick change. He is currently portrayed as an InsufferableGenius-type character who proclaims himself to be "The Intellectual Savior of the Unwashed Masses".

* ArchEnemy: It may still be too early to tell, but [[{{Wrestling/ZackRyder}} Zack Ryder]] seems to be becoming one to Sandow.

* BullyingADragon[=/=]TooDumbToLive: His choice to interrupt, of all things, the DGenerationX reunion on the 1000th episode of [[{{WWERAW}} Monday Night Raw]]. And this wasn't just ''any'' DX reunion: this was a '''''DX Army''''' reunion - [[{{Wrestling/TripleH}} Trips]], [[{{Wrestling/ShawnMichaels}} Shawn]], The New Age Outlaws, and X-Pac. And it gets better: Sandow actually [[LampshadeHanging acknowledges how stupid it is]] during the promo and admits ([[SesquipedalianLoquaciousness in so many words]]) that he's probably going to get his ass kicked. (Of course, he does.)

* CatchPhrase: Begins his promos with "Allow me to beg your indulgence. My Name is Damien Sandow, and I'm here to help all of you." Ends his promos - and occasionally [[RefugeInAudacity his beatdowns]] - with "You're Welcome."
** Also tends to use "I do this for the benefit and the welfare of you, the unwashed masses"

* {{Expy}}: He gets a lot of comparisons to both "The Genius" Lanny Poffo (brother of [[{{Wrestling/RandySavage}} Randy Savage]]) and [[{{Wrestling/TripleH}} Triple H]] in his original "Hunter Hearst Helmsley" gimmick.
** It's less common as the other two, but a few people have also drawn comparisons between him and [[{{Wrestling/MuhammadHassan}} Muhammad Hassan]], because he has a distinctive theme and a habit of interrupting other people's promos.

* {{Hypocrite}}: Claims to be more refined than anyone else in the building, but his wrestling attacks are every bit as savage as [[{{Wrestling/RandyOrton}} Randy Orton]]'s.

* MeanCharacterNiceActor: He plays the obnoxious know-it-all to perfection, but during an episode of ''WWE Main Event,'' [[{{Wrestling/CodyRhodes}} Cody Rhodes]] took a nasty fall that left him with head and shoulder injuries. Cody and a lot of fans noticed that Sandow refused to tag Cody back into the match after it happened and prevented the injury from getting worse. Cody later thanked him saying it probably saved his career.

* VillainTeamUp: With [[{{Wrestling/CodyRhodes}} Cody Rhodes]], calling themselves Team Rhodes Scholars, who Damien says is the only guy on the roster that he can have an intelligent conversation with (which is hilarious when you consider who Cody's father is.)
* VillainousBreakdown: Had a minor one during the September 21 episode of Smackdown when [[{{Wrestling/Edge}} Edge]], [[{{Wrestling/Kane}} Kane]], and [[{{Wrestling/BryanDanielson}} Daniel Bryan]] were in the process of "hugging it out" to get rid of their frustrations. Sandow came out and was doing his usual schtick when Edge asked the audience if they'd rather see Sandow face Kane or Bryan. After a short period of time, Sandow went from being calm like he usually is to screaming "STOP IT! STOP IT! STOP IT!"

* YouLookFamiliar: Was once Idol Stevens, part of a tag team managed by [[{{Wrestling/LayCool}} Michelle McCool]].

'''Damien Sandow''' (born Aaron Steven Haddad) is a professional wrestler who made his Wrestling/{{WWE}} debut in 2006 wrestling under the ringname "Idol Stevens". He was one half of a tag team with KC James and managed by Michelle [=McCool=]. Stevens would later be released from WWE in 2007, and James would linger [[{{Jobber}} in perpetual jobberhood]] under the name James Curtis before following suit a year later. In 2010, Stevens was rehired and sent back to developmental, where he received a gimmick change and a new ringname (Damien Sandow). Originally portrayed as a militant character, he would later receive another gimmick change. He is currently portrayed as an InsufferableGenius-type character who proclaims himself to be "The Intellectual Savior of the Unwashed Masses".

* ArchEnemy: It may still be too early to tell, but ZackRyder seems to be becoming one to Sandow.

* BullyingADragon[=/=]TooDumbToLive: His choice to interrupt, of all things, the DGenerationX reunion on the 1000th episode of MondayNightRaw. And this wasn't just ''any'' DX reunion: this was a '''''DX Army''''' reunion - Trips, Shawn, The New Age Outlaws, and X-Pac. And it gets better: Sandow actually [[LampshadeHanging acknowledges how stupid it is]] during the promo and admits ([[SesquipedalianLoquaciousness in so many words]]) that he's probably going to get his ass kicked. (Of course, he does.)

* {{Expy}}: He gets a lot of comparisons to both "The Genius" Lanny Poffo (brother of RandySavage) and TripleH in his original "Hunter Hearst Helmsley gimmick.
** It's less common as the other two, but a few people have also drawn comparisons between him and MuhammadHassan, because he has a distinctive theme and a habit of interrupting other people's promos.

* GratuitousLatin: Has a showboaty elbow drop he calls the "Cubito Aequet" (Elbow of Disdain). Careful examination of the Latin language will reveal that the second word is translated as a homophone of the word they were really looking for. But since few people actually know Latin, [[TheyJustDidntCare it doesn't matter much.]]
* {{Hypocrite}}: Claims to be more refined than anyone else in the building, but his wrestling attacks are every bit as savage as RandyOrton's.

* MeanCharacterNiceActor: He plays the obnoxious know-it-all to perfection, but during an episode of ''WWE Main Event,'' Cody took a nasty fall that left him with head and shoulder injuries. Cody and a lot of fans noticed that Sandow refused to tag Cody back into the match after it happened and prevented the injury from getting worse. Cody later thanked him saying it probably saved his career.

* VillainTeamUp: With Wrestling/CodyRhodes, calling themselves Team Rhodes Scholars, who Damien says is the only guy on the roster that he can have an intelligent conversation with.
* VillainousBreakdown: Had a minor one during the September 21 episode of Smackdown when {{Wrestling/Edge}}, {{Wrestling/Kane}}, and [[BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]] were in the process of "hugging it out" to get rid of their frustrations. Sandow came out and was doing his usual schtick when Edge asked the audience if they'd rather see Sandow face Kane or Bryan. After a short period of time, Sandow went from being calm like he usually is to screaming "STOP IT! STOP IT! STOP IT!"

* YouLookFamiliar: Was once Idol Stevens, part of a tag team managed by [[LayCool Michelle McCool.]]