Gene Snitsky
Gene Snitsky (also spelled as Gene Snisky; listed from Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania) is a professional wrestler currently performing for World Wrestling Entertainment on the RAW brand.
Profile
- Height: 6'4" (1.92 m)
- Weight: 300 lbs (136.07 kg)
- Hometown: Allentown, PA
- Trained by: Wild Samoan Afa
- Professional Debut:
- Finishing/Signature Moves: Egoist Schwein (Pumphandle Side Slam)
Early career
He is a graduate of the Wild Samoan Training Center and wrestled in Ohio Valley Wrestling as Mean Gene Mondo. He previously wrestled with World eXtreme Wrestling under the name "Mean" Gene Snisky and won the tag-team championship along with his partner Robb Harper. When he went to singles competition, he won the WXW Heavyweight Championship.
Career in World Wrestling Entertainment
He made his WWE debut on the September 13, 2004 edition of RAW against Kane. During this match, Snitsky hit Kane on the back with a steel chair causing Kane to fall on his "pregnant wife" Lita resulting in the "death" of their "baby". During this angle he repeatedly stated "It wasn't my fault", which became his catch phrase. He has thus become a cult hero.
He was then situated in a major feud with Kane, which lead to a match at Taboo Tuesday. In this match, Snitsky used a steel chair and "crushed" Kane's larynx. WWE used this angle as kayfabe for Kane's absence, when in reality Kane was going to film a movie. This feud resumed at the WWE New Year's Revolution pay-per-view, when Kane came back from filming his WWE-produced movie with Snitsky losing to Kane.
On the January 17, 2005 RAW, Kane and Snitsky were booked to compete in a No Holds Barred match. Kane and Snitsky battled inside and outside the ring in their scheduled match. The Kane-Snitsky match, and the show, ended with Kane performing his finishing move (the chokeslam) to Snitsky while they were both on the edge of the stage, this saw both wrestlers fly off the stage, with both wrestlers falling through tables and other paraphernalia set up below the entrance ramp.
Championships and accomplisments
- 1-Time WXW Heavyweight Champion
- 1-Time WXW Tag-Team Champion (along with Robb Harper)