Robert Roode
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Roode in May 2016
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| Birth name | Robert Roode Jr. |
| Born |
May 11, 1977 Scarborough, Ontario, Canada |
| Residence | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Spouse(s) | Tracey Roode |
| Children | 3 |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) |
Bobby Roode Bobby Rude Lee Awesome Mark Rude Robert Roode |
| Billed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Billed weight | 235 lb (107 kg) |
| Billed from |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada Wall Street in Manhattan, New York |
| Trained by |
Val Venis Shane Sewell |
| Debut | 1998 |
Robert Roode Jr. (born May 11, 1977) is a Canadian professional wrestler currently signed to WWE performing in its developmental territory, NXT, where he is the current NXT Champion in his first reign.
He is best known for his 12-year tenure working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) from 2004 to 2016, where he is considered a "TNA Original". Roode debuted as part of Team Canada in 2004, becoming a NWA World Tag Team Champion with Eric Young. After exploring a singles run after the team's breakup, he formed a successful pairing with James Storm as Beer Money, Inc. Together with Storm, he is a six-time TNA World Tag Team Champion and they are the longest reigning champions in TNA history. He subsequently defeated Storm to become TNA World Heavyweight Champion and became the longest reigning champion in the company's history, at 256 days. In his final years with the company, he had one additional reign with the TNA World Heavyweight Championship, won the TNA World Tag Team Championship with Austin Aries and was a one-time TNA King of the Mountain Champion.
Roode was trained in his hometown of Peterborough, Ontario by fellow Ontarians Sean Morley and Shane Sewell. He completed his training after a year and wrestled his debut match in June 1998 as "Total" Lee Awesome against Pete Rock. He then went on to work for various Canadian independent promotions, as well as making appearances for the Puerto Rican promotion, World Wrestling Council (WWC). He also went on to work a series of dark matches for World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (WWF/E) between 1998 and 2004 before he was signed by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).
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