Rhino (wrestler)

Terrance "Terry" Gerin (born October 7, 1975) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Rhino (also spelled Rhyno) best known for his time in WWE. In addition to his appearances with WWE, Rhino is also known for his appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) from 1999 to 2001, with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) from 2005 to 2010 and with Ring of Honor (ROH) from 2011 to 2013.

He is a two-time world champion, having held the ECW World Heavyweight Championship and NWA World Heavyweight Championship. Other titles held by Rhino over the course of his career include the United States Championship, the ECW Television Championship, and WWE Hardcore Championship.

Professional wrestling career

Early career (1994–1997)

Gerin trained as a wrestler at the Can-Am Wrestling School located in Windsor, Ontario under Scott D'Amore, who he later reunited with in TNA. He debuted in 1994 on the Detroit independent circuit under the ring name Terry Richards. Gerin made three appearances in WCW. The first two being on Saturday Night as enhancement talent. The first appearance was on the August 5, 1995 episode in a losing effort against "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan and the second was on September 9, 1995 episode on an episode in which he lost a WCW World Television Championship match to then champion The Renegade. His third and final appearance was against Road Warrior Hawk on the September 24, 1995 edition of WCW WorldWide. Gerin made an appearance on the November 6, 1995 episode of Monday Night Raw losing to Henry O. Godwinn. Gerin later adopted the ring name Rhino Richards and began wrestling in Canada, where he formed a stable known as "THUG Life" with Joe Legend, Zakk Wyld (Keith Assoun), Christian Cage, Bloody Bill Skullion, Brett Kimball, and Sexton Hardcastle (later named Edge). He had feuds with Beautiful Brian Fury and Alexis Machine which were part of HotSeat Productions.