Robert Evans (born September 3, 1972) is an American

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and trainer, best known for his work in

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(ROH). He also wrestles for various

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Professional wrestling career

Independent circuit (1991–present)

In 1991, Evans debuted for

Power League Wrestling Power League Wrestling (PLW) was an American independent professional wrestling promotion based in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. It was founded in Swansea, Massachusetts by Bob Evans and Mark Amaral in 1991, and later taken over by Amaral, Carlos Ar ...

. In November 1991, Evans and Maniacal Mark, collectively known as Brutal Brigade, became the first ever PLW World Tag Team Champions. On December 12, they lost the Tag Team Championships to Darkside (Brian Flynn and Shawn Williams). On May 16, 1993, Evans defeated Scott Z. to win the PLW World Championship. In June, Evans vacated the title. In 2000, Evans debuted for

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. On April 27, 2001, Evans defeated

Slyk Wagner Brown Wagner Brown (born September 5, 1979) is a Jamaican born professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, SWB or Slyck Wagner Brown. Brown currently wrestles on the Independent circuit in the Northeastern United States. Additionally, SWB was ...

to win the

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. On October 26, he lost the Heavyweight Championship to Maverick Wild. On December 1, Evans defeated Maverick Wild and won back the title only to lose it to Alex Arion on March 22, 2002.

World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (1993, 2000, 2002)

In August 1993, Evans debuted in the

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on an episode of ''

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'' losing to Adam Bomb. In 2000, on the August 14 episode of '' Jakked'', Evans returned to the World Wrestling Federation as a

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in a losing effort to Gangrel. On the October 30 episode of ''Jakked'', Evans teamed with Mike Hollow in a losing effort to

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and

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. In early 2002, Evans wrestled in a tryout dark match against Aaron Stevens. It was Stevens' first match in WWF/WWE and he has said that Evans settled him down in that match and it helped him get a developmental contract with the company.

Ring of Honor (2010–2016)

On the December 6 episode of ''Ring of Honor Wrestling'', Evans and his client Mike Bennett appeared in the crowd to watch a match between the

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Eddie Edwards and

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. On June 21 tapings of ''Ring of Honor Wrestling'', Evans teamed up with Mike Bennett losing to

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and Eddie Edwards; after Maria Kanellis slapped Cole, they proceeded to attack Edwards and Cole until “The Queen of Wrestling” Sara Del Rey hit the ring to stop it and attempted to put an ankle lock on Kanellis. On July 28 tapings of ''Ring of Honor Wrestling'', it was later announced Bennett would be teaming with Kanellis to face

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and Eddie Edwards in a mixed tag team match at Boiling Point pay-per-view. At the June 23, 2013, tapings of ''Ring of Honor Wrestling'', Bennett turned on Evans. Evans then formed the Brutal Burgers tag team with

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. In March 2015 at an ROH Baltimore TV Taping, Evans turned heel on Cheeseburger, ending their 18-month tag team run. Evans and Cheeseburger would later face each other at Global Wars with the bout ending in a no-contest after Evans put Cheeseburger through a table.

Iron Week

In late 2012, at 40 years old, Bob decided that he would wrestle seven consecutive sixty-minute Iron Man matches, doing so over a seven-day span, referring to this week of events as Iron Week. Viewing it as a way to prove himself, prove he's not just a manager but a viable in ring performer, capable of working a full-time wrestling schedule with ROH (where he worked as a manager). Bob hand chose his opponents, and began November 25, 2012. Bob would go on to wrestle over the course of Iron Week; Grizzly Redwood, Todd Sople, Julian Starr,

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, Antonio Thomas, and

Vinny Marseglia Vincent Marseglia (born January 24, 1986) is an American professional wrestler, known for his time in Impact Wrestling, where he was a member of Honor No More. He is best known for his tenure in Ring of Honor (ROH), where he is a record setting 4 ...

. Winning twice, losing twice, with three draws.

Championships and accomplishments

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** NWA New England Television Championship (

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) *

(

) * Premier Wrestling Federation ** Mid-Atlantic Masters Championship (1 time) *

**PLW World Championship (1 time) **PLW World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Maniacal Mark *

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**PWI ranked him #266 of the 500 best singles wrestlers in the

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in 2015 *The Sanctuary **The Sanctuary Heavyweight Championship (1 time, current) *Jonquiere Championship Wrestling **JCW Tag Team Championship - With Tim Hughes (1 time, current)

References

External links

Ring of Honor profile

CageMatch profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Evans, Bob 1972 births American male professional wrestlers Living people People from Swansea, Massachusetts Professional wrestlers from Massachusetts Professional wrestling trainers