Gene Snitsky
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| Birth name | Eugene Alan Snisky |
| Born |
January 14, 1970 Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Residence | Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Gene Snitsky Snitsky Gene Mondo |
| Billed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) |
| Billed weight | 296 lb (134 kg) |
| Billed from | Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania |
| Trained by | Afa Anoaʻi |
| Debut | 2002 |
Eugene Alan "Gene" Snisky (born January 14, 1970) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Gene Snitsky, who is best known for his time spent with World Wrestling Entertainment. He had played college football at the University of Missouri and was on the pre-season roster in 1995 for the Birmingham Barracudas of the Canadian Football League.
Snitsky wrestled in Ohio Valley Wrestling as "Mean" Gene Mondo (a name inspired by "Mean" Gene Okerlund), the brother of Mike Mondo. He signed with Allentown, Pennsylvania based World Xtreme Wrestling (wXw) under the name "Mean" Gene Snitsky and won the tag-team championship along with his partner Robb Harper as the Twin Tackles, under a football gimmick. When he entered singles competition, he won the WXW Heavyweight Championship.
Snitsky had a tryout match with the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) the day after winning the WXW Championship on October 20, 2003 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania at a Raw taping. Snitsky, wrestling as Gene Snisky, was defeated by fellow WXW wrestler "Smooth" Tommy Suede. It was following this match that he was sent to OVW for a developmental deal.
He made his WWE debut on the September 13, 2004 edition of Raw against Kane in a no-disqualification match. As Kane, a heel at the time, prepared to injure Snitsky, he was distracted by Lita, who was (kayfabe) pregnant with Kane's child. Snitsky would use the distraction to hit Kane from behind with the chair, causing Kane to fall on Lita, and causing Lita to miscarry her unborn baby. When interviewed about the incident, Snitsky vehemently claimed that "It Wasn't My Fault" (which would go on to become the character's catchphrase). This facilitated a face turn for Kane and would have Snitsky quickly establish himself as a full-time heel wrestler.
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