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1->"'''GLORIOUS!!!'''"
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4[[caption-width-right:325:The Glorious.]]
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6Robert Francis Roode Jr. (born May 11, 1977 in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada), known simply as '''Bobby Roode''', is a UsefulNotes/{{Canad|a}}ian {{professional wrestl|ing}}er best known for his tenure in [[Wrestling/{{TNA}} Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] and Wrestling/{{WWE}}.
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8He made his debut in 2004 as a member of [[CanadaEh Team Canada]], a group of {{heel}}s under the tutelage of Scott D'amore. With fellow stablemate and Canadian Wrestling/EricYoung he went on to capture the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/world/nwa-t.html NWA World Tag Titles]] twice and went by the [[RedBaron nickname]] of "The Canadian Enforcer" as he was TheDragon of the group.
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10When Team Canada was disbanded he declared himself the hottest free agent in wrestling, being interviewed by many prospective managers (including [[Wrestling/BobbyHeenan Bobby "The Brain" Heenan]] and [[Wrestling/SherriMartel "Sensational" Sherri Martel]]), in the end taking on Traci Brooks as his manager. He also [[{{Kayfabe}} inherited a company from his late grandfather]] and became rich ([[WhatExactlyIsHisJob though it was never said what the company exactly was]]). He then bought out former friend Eric Young's contract and basically treated him like dirt, ignoring they were former two time NWA World Tag Team Champions for a long time. After Young won his freedom, however, [[BadBoss he turned his mistreatment on Ms. Brooks]] until they finally had it with each other and he "fired" her.
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12Come 2008, after another run with a buxom assistant (Payton Banks) that didn't last long, Roode was paired with "Cowboy" James Storm. The two went on to become Beer Money Incorporated, arguably TNA's most successful and greatest tag team. Beer Money captured the TNA tag titles four times, the last being the longest tag title reign in company history as well. From 2008 to 2011 they feuded with many teams such as [[Wrestling/TheDudleyBoys Team 3D]], LAX, The Motor City Machine Guns, and others, and they produced several great matches. However, near the end, they both had their eyes on a bigger prize--especially Roode.
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14In October of 2011, Roode was facing Storm in a match for the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tna/tna-h.html TNA World Heavyweight Title]] (Storm having won it two weeks ago against Wrestling/KurtAngle, who Roode had come up short against) and during it he got knocked outside and near Storm's beer bottle. After a [[FriendOrIdolDecision moment of hesitation]] he grabbed it and slammed it into Storm's head, knocking him out and winning the title whilst ending Beer Money. Roode underwent a FaceHeelTurn as he turned his back on his best friend and become concerned with only one person: [[ItsAllAboutMe himself]].
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16Bobby Roode's title reign would go on to be the longest TNA world title reign in company history at 256 days. During that time period many people praised his promo skills and match skills, as his every move successfully turned his character into the biggest jerk in the business, with even [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]] himself approving of him.
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18Roode has since lost the world title, gone through various feuds and title chases, gradually come to [[HeelRealization regret]] and even [[HeelFaceTurn repent from]] his {{Jerkass}} ways after being on the receiving end of mistreatment from [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Dixie Carter]] and [[Wrestling/MontelVontaviousPorter MVP]], and finally (albeit briefly) retaken the World Heavyweight Championship after defeating Wrestling/BobbyLashley in late 2014.
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20In 2016, he signed with Wrestling/{{WWE}} and competes on [[Wrestling/{{WWENXT}} NXT]]. In January 2017, Roode became a NXT Champion after beating Wrestling/ShinsukeNakamura at Takeover: San Antonio. This resulted in the start of what he called the "Glorious Era" of NXT, as well as a feud with Nakamura which ended when Roode beat him again at Takeover: Orlando. Roode eventually dropped the belt to Wrestling/DrewMcIntyre in August 2017 at Takeover: Brooklyn III. He made his main roster debut on Smackdown Live the following week.
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23!!"GLORIOUS tropes!":
24* AlliterativeName: The formal "'''Ro'''bert '''Ro'''ode", which he used in ''TNA'' from the time he left the disbanded Team Canada in 2007 to the time he turned face with Fortune in 2011. Reverted to this in ''WWE'' on the April 22, 2019 episode of ''Wrestling/WWERaw'' to complete his main roster heel turn after he and recent partner Chad Gable were drafted apart.
25* AscendedMeme: Inverted. His original FinishingMove in NXT was called the "Glorious Bomb", but that later became known as the name of the infamous video meme with Gargano and Ciampa playing his theme in his presence.
26* BadassBoast: "I am the It Factor of Professional Wrestling!"
27* BadassLongrobe: Got his from former WCW wrestler and TNA road agent Terry Taylor. He also had an alternate one with the colors switched around that he'd only wear at non-televised events. Then he went to NXT and got a bunch of new robes with either "Roode" or "GLORIOUS" on the back, even getting "Glorious" added to the back of Taylor's robe.
28* BashBrothers: Was this with Storm and Fourtune.
29* BorrowedCatchPhrase: All he wants from Lashley is "[[Wrestling/{{Christian}} One More Match!]]" Said match would turn out much better for him than it did for the original.
30* TheBrute: Was this when Fourtune was heel, then turned into TheLancer when they became face.
31* CanadaEh: A proud Canadian, where he says winners come from. Wrestling fans won't disagree. Wrestling/{{Edge|Wrestler}}, [[Wrestling/ChrisJericho Jericho]], Wrestling/{{Owen|Hart}} and Wrestling/BretHart, etc.
32* CanonDiscontinuity: According to Roode, Kaz, and Daniels, their VillainTeamUp, the Extraordinary Gentlemen's Organization (E.G.O.) was in fact a '''new''' alliance, ignoring their time in Wrestling/{{Fortune}}.
33* CatchPhrase:
34** "It pays to be Roode!"
35** Also borrowed James Storm's "Sorry about your damn luck!" during the Beer Money days.
36** "GLORIOUS!"
37* CompositeCharacter: Basically a fusion of [[Wrestling/TedDiBiase "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase]] (the CorruptCorporateExecutive aspects), Wrestling/TripleH (a guy who as a heel wears suits when not wrestling but could get tough in the ring, has {{Red Baron}}s synonym with "top dog" and uses Wrestling/ArnAnderson's moves) and Wrestling/RickRude (a guy in a robe who, as a heel, looks down on the fans and uses the Rude Awakening neckbreaker) in one wrestler. He also may or may not have raided Wrestling/RicFlair's surplus closet on the way (with The Naitch's [[Wrestling/{{Fortune}} permission]], of course).
38* ContinuityNod: When he asked Bobby Lashley if his real passion was "Professional Wrestling, or MMA", Roode actually wasn't referring to Lashley competing in both TNA and Bellator at once, but rather Lashley's first TNA run, which ended due to his desire to focus exclusively on MMA since no one there threatened his wife the way Wrestling/ScottSteiner was. It becomes a much more loaded question when one remembers that angle.
39* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Explained shortly after his initial heel turn and singles push: His grandfather died and left him a huge, profitable company, he did some smart investing and made it even more huge and more profitable. While Roode Inc. was still a major part of his gimmick, we saw Roode employ such markers of its resources as hiring buxom assistants such as Traci Brooks and [[LoonyFan Payton Banks]], employing a one-night security team for [[Wrestling/{{Christian}} Christian Cage]], and supporting Wrestling/JamesStorm's Bar and Grille before they officially became Beer Money. Despite all this, [[WhatExactlyIsHisJob it was never made clear what, exactly, this company does]].
40* {{Crossover}}: During TNA's 2014 hiatus, he got to take their World Heavyweight Championship to Maritime Sports and Wrestling events, as well as to the World Wrestling League [[http://superluchas.net/2014/11/25/wwl-vs-tna-en-navidad-corporativa/ against]] Glamour Boy Shane… which didn't actually happen due to the flight not making it. It's the only wrestling show Roode's ever been scheduled for and missed. Roode's been on other WWL shows though.
41* CrowdSong: The NXT audience got this going with his theme song, "Glorious Domination" [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URNRTrpnT7g&itct=CA8QpDAYAyITCP67r5uL384CFYGjWAod0DcNJjIHcmVsYXRlZEijoL7r6oCD3RM%3D during his debut match entrance]] at [=NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn II=]. And the crowd now does it EVERY TIME he has an entrance.
42* DivideAndConquer: His dealing with Wrestling/BobbyLashley, Kenny King and Wrestling/{{M|ontel Vontavious Porter}}VP always saw Bobby Roode trying to create dissension in their ranks. MVP eventually called Roode out on it, insisting he would never be able to break them up. Roode wasn't…until he got Wrestling/KurtAngle's help…and MVP overestimated Lashley's loyalty…specifically his tolerance for bullshit.
43* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: His first NXT match. The crowd weren't as noticeably over for him (although they still popped when he entered) and he hadn't yet got his '''GLORIOUS''' new theme.
44* EnemyMine: He was the member of Fortune who took the most advantage of Wrestling/KurtAngle's mutual dislike of their enemies.
45* FinishingMove: Many. In rough chronological order, Northern Lariat (lariat to the back of the head), Pay Off (fisherman suplex), Fujiwara Armbar, [[Wrestling/ChrisBenoit Crossface]], and Roode Bomb (neckbreaker slam). Occasionally uses the RR Spinebuster to finish a match as well. Since joining NXT he for a short time had the Glorious Bomb (a simple pumphandle slam) and now uses the Glorious DDT (Impaler DDT).
46* FleetingDemographicRule: The way Roode used special enforcer Wrestling/{{Sting}} to retain the title at ''Against All Odds 2012'' was an adaptation of Wrestling/BretHart's WWF Championship victory against Wrestling/TheUndertaker with Wrestling/ShawnMichaels as the referee at ''Wrestling/SummerSlam 1997'', except Hart's looked a bit more like he lucked into it thanks to Shawn hating him so much whereas Roode actively goaded and baited Sting like an evil genius.
47* ForeignWrestlingHeel: In Team Canada.
48* FunWithAcronyms: His VillainTeamUp with Kaz and Daniels from August 2013 up to February 2014 was called the '''E'''xtraordinary '''G'''entlemen's '''O'''rganization (E.G.O.).
49* GloriousLeader: Blatantly {{invoked|Trope}} and cleverly {{inverted|Trope}} in WWE, stating that his dominance would make NXT so lucrative it would replace the working-class crowd with Fortune 500 ticketholders in order to get heel heat from the faithful while walking out to entrance music that sings about how glorious he is.
50* HeelRealization: Seemed to have this in early 2014. Oddly enough, this was used to set up his next two feuds as a heel before he got his HeelFaceTurn a few months later.
51* {{Hypocrite}}: In his Selfish Generation heel gimmick in TNA. No one is allowed to talk about his kids (see PapaWolf below), but he's totally cool with pissing you off by bringing yours up if it gets him what he wants. Just ask Wrestling/JamesStorm, who Roode goaded into putting a world title shot on the line by threatening to pursue his girl as soon as she's of age.
52* IdenticalStranger: For two guys that aren't closely related, he and Wrestling/TripleH bear an ''uncanny'' resemblance to each other, which gets pointed out every time they share a photo together (which is a lot).
53* ItWillNeverCatchOn: Went to a WWF training camp and was said to be the standout there by his peers, yet didn't get signed. In all fairness, it is not as if the WWF did much with Josh Matthews or Sean O'Haire even though they were signed as well as said to promising (Matthews) and proven (O'Haire). Wrestling/ChrisJericho actually told him to stop bothering with WWE, suggesting he'd get a better shot from TNA.
54* ItsAllAboutMe: Do the words "Leader of the Selfish Generation" really make it obvious?
55* ItsPersonal: Before his 2011 heel turn, he considered Immortal firing Wrestling/JayLethal, a friend of his, this. Resulting in him giving Wrestling/HulkHogan a major TheReasonYouSuckSpeech and telling them its soon to be game over.
56* LargeHam: His intensity is profound.
57* LegionOfDoom: Joined back up with Bad Influence, along with Dixie Land, The Bromans and Brian Stiffler to finally rid TNA of AJ Styles, and Sting for trying to stop them from getting rid of AJ Styles. That was an eleven on two advantage!
58* OneSteveLimit: Bobby Roode is the reason Lashley was rarely referred to by his first name while in TNA.
59* PapaWolf: A very understated example during his "Leader of the Selfish Generation" gimmick. While berating his friend Tracy Koleski for bringing up how his family wants him to stop being a selfish cheater, he derides his parents and sister for supposedly not supporting him until he became a top champion and accuses them of going after him for money, but when he gets to the part about his kids his tune is decidedly different:
60--> "Don't you ever, EVER, talk about my kids!"
61* PromotedFanboy: Invoked when he hired Payton Banks, who had already been waving signs in his support from the crowd and "stalking" Traci Brooks.
62* PunnyName: The Dirty Heels tag team with Austin Aries. The name was first adopted by fans as a joke based on their wearing matching shirts with those words once on Impact, eventually becoming their official name first in House of Hardcore then in their second team-up in TNA.
63* PuttingTheBandBackTogether: When Beer Money finally reunited in earnest at the start of 2016.
64* RedBaron: The It Factor of Professional Wrestling. The Leader of the Selfish Generation. Was previously the Canadian Enforcer for Team Canada and the Wizard of Wall Street for his Robert Roode Inc. gimmick.
65* RedOniBlueOni: The Blue to Storm's Red in Beer Money.
66* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Other heels don't like him much, but are willing to do his dirty work and attack his opponents if he pays them.
67* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: His actions during the [[TournamentArc Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic]] in [[Wrestling/{{WWENXT}} WWE NXT]]. In the first round, his newly formed tag team with Tye Dillinger drew the debuting Wrestling/{{Sanity}}. Enter four [[MalevolentMaskedMan unfriendly-looking figures in masks]] that look like they stumbled out of [[VideoGame/Fallout4 the Commonwealth]], and it becomes pretty obvious from the jump that none of them are quite all there in the head. Roode's reaction to this was basically "Nope. To hell with this." He flees the ring for safer ground and leaves Dillinger to absorb the beating by himself. And then it turns out one of those guys is his old friend/enemy Wrestling/EricYoung. He was probably relieved to have left.
68* ShoutOut: If the name didn't give away the clear take on "Ravishing" Rick Rude, he's even used the Rude Awakening a couple times. He also has one to Wrestling/ArnAnderson, using the spinebuster as a signature move and calling it the Double R. Fitting since he was the enforcer for Team Canada and Fourtune and Anderson was one for the Horsemen.
69* StayInTheKitchen:
70** Earlier in his career. Fittingly, this ended when he first started hanging around with James Storm and Storm's then-sidekick [[Wrestling/{{Jacqueline}} Jacqueline Moore]], an obviously [[SassyBlackWoman different shade of woman]] from either Brooks or Banks and one who he could better identify with.
71** Restored this attitude to [[RefugeInAudacity audacious levels]] toward Dixie Carter in particular in his main event FaceHeelTurn.
72* TagTeam: In Wrestling/{{TNA}} Beer Money Inc with Wrestling/JamesStorm. In Wrestling/{{WWE}} with [[Wrestling/AmericanAlpha Chad Gable]] and Wrestling/DolphZiggler.
73* TarAndFeathers: After Wrestling/EricYoung had taken the pin in a match against [[Wrestling/TheDudleyBoys Team 3D]] on the 8/2/2007 edition of "iMPACT", Roode and Brooks arrived to tar and feather him.
74* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Has had this with James Storm in recent one-off Beer Money reunions.
75* TookALevelInJerkass: Took massive levels when he won the title.
76* UndyingLoyalty: With the departure of Wrestling/JamesStorm, Roode was one of the last three TNA Originals left in the company, alongside Eric Young and Abyss. Considering how Roode's initial run with the TNA World Heavyweight Championship came about under Hogan, that means a ''lot'', especially when you think of how that sort of treatment is what drove AJ Styles away from TNA. And then he served his notice in 2016 and turned up in NXT.
77* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: When Roode helped Team Dixie by capping off their career assassinations of Wrestling/AJStyles and Wrestling/{{Sting}}, the worst people thought Roode was doing was taking out the heart of TNA in hopes of getting a title shot that was promised to him. [[LittleDidIKnow Little did he know]], he was also opening the door for [[Wrestling/MontelVontaviousPorter an even more resourceful, cunning, and heartless tyrant]] to come in the door and [[EvilerThanThou take Dixie's power for his own]] [[BitchInSheepsClothing while playing himself off as the incoming hero]]. Even a year after entering the company and months after losing his booking authority, MVP was still laying TNA under siege and making Roode's life among others miserable. It took a real-life negotiating mistake on the part of MVP and TNA management to put an end to the threat that Roode helped open the door to.
78* VillainTeamUp
79** Him and Wrestling/AustinAries. They vowed to capture all the titles in TNA together, but it's obvious neither will let the other become World Heavyweight Champion.
80** Quietly dissolved as the two moved in different directions in the Bound for Glory series, with Roode deciding to link up with the Bad Influence of Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels and [[Wrestling/FrankieKazarian Kazarian]].
81** He hired Wrestling/{{Aces And Eights|Wrestlers}} to take out Wrestling/JeffHardy.
82* VillainousBreakdown: Losing the belt to Wrestling/AustinAries did a real number on him and he could barely form sentences without going into a rage. Even after recovering it took him two years before he could admit that Aries' victory over him was not a fluke.
83* WhamLine: To James Storm. If the feud wasn't personal before, he pretty much certified it with this:
84--> '''Roode:''' You'll need all the luck you can get. Considering your history with [[NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead your two dead brothers and your dead father]], ''you have NO luck.''
85* WouldHitAGirl: He was not very nice to Miss Brooks, though at her complaints that he stooped to hitting women he did eventually hire "Miss Payton Banks" to beat Brooks for him, while he moved onto other things.
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87->''And I'll do what I must\
88No, I won't give in\
89I won't give in\
90Oh, so glorious\
91Until the end\
92Until the end''

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