Gene Snitsky
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| Ring name(s) | Gene Snitsky Snitsky "Mean" Gene Mondo "Mean" Gene Snisky |
Gene Snitsky or simply Snitsky (born Eugene Andrew Snisky on January 14, 1970 in Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania) is a professional wrestler currently performing for World Wrestling Entertainment on the RAW brand.
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[edit] Wrestling career
Snitsky is a graduate of the Wild Samoan Training Center and wrestled in Ohio Valley Wrestling as Mean Gene Mondo, the kayfabe brother of Mike Mondo. He previously wrestled with world eXtreme wrestling under the name "Mean" Gene Snisky (a name inspired by "Mean" Gene Okerlund) and won the tag-team championship along with his partner Robb Harper. When he entered singles competition, he won the wXw Heavyweight Championship.
[edit] World Wrestling Entertainment
He made his WWE debut on the September 13, 2004 edition of RAW in what appeared to be a random jobber against Kane in a no DQ match. During this match, Snitsky hit Kane on the back with a steel chair, causing Kane to fall on his pregnant wife Lita, which in turn resulted in the death of their baby. During this incident he repeatedly stated "It wasn't my fault", which became his catch phrase.
He was then situated in a major feud with Kane, which led to a match at Taboo Tuesday 2004. 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 New Year's Revolution pay-per-view, when Kane came back from filming his WWE-produced movie, with Snitsky losing to Kane.
At Survivor Series 2004, Snitsky had an encounter with another psychotic from SmackDown!, Heidenreich, in which they both exchanged their views on each other – "I like .. your .. poems."; "I .. like what you do.. to babies." — while breathing hard, both their trademark ways of talking. At Royal Rumble 2005, the two met up again as Snitsky secretly partnered with Heidenreich, planning to interfere in Heidenreich's Casket Match with the Undertaker. It was later revealed that Kane was hidden in the casket, and pounced on both Snitsky and Heidenreich, where they continued their fight in the crowds, before letting the Casket Match continue. This started a chain reaction of feuds, where WrestleMania 21 would see Undertaker partner with Kane to take on Snitsky and Heidenreich. The idea was later nixed by Undertaker — who instead would face Randy Orton.
By this time Snitsky stopped using his first name professionally as it was thought "Gene Snitsky" didn't sound mean enough. He was absent from WWE television between April and May 2005 due to a blood clot in his stomach. He returned to house show action on May 28, and reappeared on RAW on May 30, where he began in earnest his televised feud with house show opponent Chris Benoit. The feud concerned Benoit's appearance in the June 12 One Night Stand 2005 pay-per-view; Snitsky was a "hired gun" for Eric Bischoff's RAW volunteers, brought in to try to invade the pay-per-view and ruin the ECW reunion. He and the other invaders were ultimately unsuccessful.
Since then Snitsky has been used by Edge and Lita to attack Kane, and by Eric Bischoff as punishment to anybody that he doesn't like. On July 11th, 2005 Edge informed Snitsky that he knew about his female foot fetish and offered Snitsky to "have a go with Lita's feet" if he'd help him in a match against Kane. Lita and Snitsky's past was addressed when Lita actually thanked Snitsky for his actions nine months prior, saying that she was better off for not having birthed the spawn of Kane, and then gave him a kiss as a reward.
On the July 18th 2005 edition of RAW, Snitsky faced WWE Champion John Cena in the Lumberjack match where Chris Jericho picked all heel lumberjacks to make the odds unfair for Cena hoping Snitsky would win. At the end, the baby-face superstars came out to make the odds even and Cena picked up the win with the F-U.
On August 22nd, 2005 his foot fetish storyline continued as Snitsky encountered backstage interviewer Maria Kanellis and tried to lick her foot. At this point, The Big Show got involved placing his own foot in Snitsky's view and slapped Snitsky for being a "pervert." He would later give Snitsky the name "Snitch-Bitch". Big Show went on to defeat Snitsky by count-out in their upcoming single match. Snitsky would continue with this short feud with Big Show for a while before disappearing off the main show.
Snitsky would wrestle mainly on HEAT, after a few weeks he would try to form a tag team with a reluctant Tyson Tomko. On a later HEAT Snitsky appeared backstage with Tomko, who had apparently accepted the team request. In their first team match together the pair squashed the tag team of Viscera and Val Venis.
The pair would have some success as a tag team, earning the #1 contenders spot to RAW's Tag Titles at one point. However, the pair were unable to dethrone then champions Kane and The Big Show, two men Snitsky has feuded with. The team was effectively broken up in April 2006 when WWE released Tyson Tomko.
On the April 7, (taped April 3), 2006, edition of HEAT, Snitsky turned face for the first time in his career and teamed up with Goldust to defeat two jobbers. Goldust and Snitsky continued to team on HEAT for several weeks, feuding with the team of Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch. However, Snitsky and Goldust would get a shot at the World Tag Team Championship together during an episode of RAW, but the pair were cut short due to Goldust's release from the WWE. Since then, Snitsky has primarily been used as a jobber to the stars RAW but a major star on HEAT.
[edit] Finishing and signature moves
- Egoist Schwein (Pumphandle side slam)
- Faultless Finish (Fireman's carry into a swinging side slam)
- Running big boot
- SnitskyT (Reverse DDT)
- Cobra clutch
- Delayed scoop slam
[edit] Championships and accomplishments
- 1-Time wXw Heavyweight Champion
- 1-Time wXw Tag Team Champion
