Rhino (wrestler)
Terry Gerin ( born October 7, 1975 in Detroit, Michigan ) is an American professional wrestler, who is currently under contract with Ring of Honor. He is better known by the ring name Rhino, formerly Rhyno. Terry Gerin is a recovering alcoholic.
Career
Terry Gerin was trained by Scott D'Amore, among others and began his career in 1994 under the name Terry Richards in regional leagues in Michigan, as well as a jobber in the World Wrestling Federation (now WWE). Later Gerin appeared as Rhino Richards mainly in Canada, where he wrestled together with Jason Reso and Adam Copeland.
Extreme Championship Wrestling
Extreme Championship Wrestling committed Gerin in 1999 and let him compete under the name Rhino along with Steve Corino for the ECW World Tag Team Championship. He later feuded with The Sandman. After Rhino was lost in March 2000, the final of the tournament for the ECW World Television Championship against Super Crazy, he won the title a month later by Yoshihiro Tajiri. Just days after losing the title to Kid Kash in August he brought him back from selbigem.
The feud with the Sandman persisted for months. The Sandman was able to secure early January 2001 the ECW World Heavyweight Championship from Steve Corino, but right after the match, Rhino defeated his rival in a squash match and became the new champion. Rhino united then the World Title and the Television Title, which he created the Unified ECW World Heavyweight Championship. He stayed until the bankruptcy of ECW in April 2001 titleholder.
World Wrestling Federation
Immediately after the dissolution of the ECW was obliged Terry Gerin of the WWF (now WWE). Along with Kurt Angle and his former companions Edge and Christian, he formed under the name Rhyno, Stable Team RECK. In the course of 2001 Rhyno won the WWF Hardcore Championship three times. In July, he allied himself with other former ECW wrestlers, which in turn joined forces with former WCW wrestlers to Stable The Alliance. In the following years the Alliance feuded during the Invasion storyline against representatives of the WWF. In November, Rhyno had to undergo neck surgery and sidelined for 13 months. In the storyline his time-out was explained that he was suspended temporarily from the Alliance after a defeat against Kurt Angle. In this match, Rhyno lost its recently acquired by Tajiri WCW United States Championship.
After his return to the now renamed World Wrestling Entertainment League to Rhyno teamed with Chris Benoit and defeated him at WrestleMania XIX WWE Tag Team Champions Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Haas. In July 2003, after turning against his partner and joined now mainly on SmackDown! the WWE United States Championship at. After his move to RAW in the spring of 2004, teamed with Rhyno Tajiri.
At a party after WrestleMania 21 Terry Gerin got into an argument with his estranged wife over custody of their daughter and rioted in the course of the conflict in the lobby of a hotel. Thereupon he was fired from the WWE and entered only nor the first ECW One Night Stand in June 2005 for the league to.
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
In July 2005, Rhino debuted in TNA and attacked the reigning NWA World Heavyweight Champion Raven. Thus he joined the Stable Planet Jarrett. At Bound for Glory 2005 Rhino won a Gauntlet Match, earning him a title match again. On the same evening he had already Jeff Hardy, Chris Parks and Sabu defeated in a Monter 's Ball match. In his third match at this show Rhino finally defeated title holder Jeff Jarrett and became the new NWA World Heavyweight Champion. Two weeks later, Rhino had the title in a two-hour special edition of TNA iMPACT! give back to Jarrett.
In July 2006, burned Rhino the belt of the ECW World Heavyweight Championship, which he had kept as the last title holder after the bankruptcy of ECW, in a container filled with burning oil barrel since the WWE had threatened as the owner of ECW Trademarks legal action, remained the belt case, however, hidden in a burlap sack. Later, however, he admitted that it is the burnt belt negotiated a replica, and it has the original belt still. This happened due to the orientation of the new ECW in the WWE.
After that there were several for Rhino, insignificant feuds. He joined, among others, the Frontline on (Stable from "young" TNA Superstars ) and feuded with the front line against the Main Event Mafia. His last feud, he played against Rob Van Dam. On 6 December 2010 he had his last appearance for TNA Wrestling.
Ring of Honor
After a few performances in the independent scene he was 13 June 2011 his debut for Ring of Honor as a member of The Embassy.
Achievements
- Border City Wrestling
- 2x CWA World Tag Team Champion (1x with Joe Legend and Pierre Ouellette )
- European Wrestling Promotion
- Extreme Championship Wrestling
- 2x ECW World Television Champion (last champion. The original belt is in his possession. )
- 1x ECW World Heavyweight Champion (last champion. The original belt is in his possession. )
- Jersey All Pro Wrestling
- Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
- World Series Wrestling
- World Wrestling Federation