Robert "Bobby" Francis Roode Jr. (born May 11, 1976) is a Canadian retired professional wrestler.
He is currently signed to WWE, where he is a producer.
Roode is known for his 12-year tenure for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).
1998
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/World Wrestling Entertainment (WWF/WWE) between 1998 and 2004 before he was signed by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).
2001
Roode began working for Real Action Wrestling in 2001, where he formed a villainous stable known as The Kardinal Sinners along with Kingman and Mike Hughes as well as part-time members Wildman Gary Williams and The Acadian Giant.
Roode later rejoined them as a part of their Wrestling Reality show to be aired on The Fight Network, but he was not seen on these episodes due to contractual obligations with TNA.
While in TNA, Roode also wrestled for BSE Pro in Ontario, Border City Wrestling in Windsor, Ontario and at NWA Shockwave in New Jersey.
Roode performed for the WWF/WWE numerous times between 2001 and 2004.
He usually appeared in secondary television programs like Jakked/Metal, Sunday Night Heat or Velocity.
He also wrestled dark matches before Raw and SmackDown.
2004
After debuting for TNA as part of Team Canada in 2004, he won the NWA World Tag Team Championship with Eric Young.
Following the team's breakup, embarked on a singles run before forming a tag team 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.
Roode eventually became a two-time TNA World Heavyweight Champion, with his first reign being the second longest reign in the company's history at 256 days, only behind Josh Alexander's reign at 335 days.
In his later years with the company, Roode also won the World Tag Team Championship with Austin Aries and was a one-time TNA King of the Mountain Champion.
In May 2004, Roode was brought into Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) by Scott D'Amore, the owner of Border City Wrestling, a Canadian independent promotion for which Roode had worked on occasion.
Roode debuted in TNA as part of the Team Canada stable, and took part in the World X-Cup, which was won by Team USA.
Team Canada went on to feud with 3Live Kru and America's Most Wanted.
on the October 12, 2004 episode of Impact, Team Canada (Roode and Eric Young) defeated Christopher Daniels (4) and James Storm to win the NWA World Tag Team Championship.
at Victory Road, Team Canada lost the titles to 3Live Kru (B.G. James and Konnan).
As the biggest and most powerful member of Team Canada at the time, Roode acted as the enforcer of the group, a role popularised by Arn Anderson.
2005
Roode began a feud with Dustin Rhodes in early 2005, losing to him at April's Lockdown in a best of three falls steel cage match, with the third fall a blindfold match.
At Hard Justice, Roode competed in a Twenty-Man Gauntlet for the Gold which was won by Abyss.
After that Roode feuded with Lance Hoyt, who he defeated at Slammiversary and at No Surrender with Team Canada, Hoyt teaming with The Naturals.
At Sacrifice, Team Canada defeated America's Most Wanted and The Naturals in an Eight-man tag team match.
After defeating Jeff Hardy at Unbreakable in September, Roode and the remainder of Team Canada resumed their feud with 3Live Kru.
At Bound for Glory, Team Canada defeated 3Live Kru.
2006
On March 18, 2006, he won the NWA Shockwave Internet Championship from Josh Daniels at an NWAS/New York Wrestling Connection cross-promotional event.
Eight days later on March 26, Roode won the vacant NWA Shockwave Heavyweight Championship at Disturbing the Peace 2006 in a four-way match.
Roode held both titles until May 21, when he dropped the Internet title and successfully defended the Heavyweight title against Slyck Wagner Brown.
Due to the restarting of the company, all of the NWA Cyberspace championships were vacated, including Roode's Heavyweight title.
In early 2006, recognizing his comparisons to Anderson, he made the request that he be called "The Canadian Enforcer" from that point onward, and began coming to the ring in sequined robes reminiscent of the flashy style popularized by the Four Horsemen and Rick Rude in the late 1980s.
2016
In 2016, he began his WWE career in NXT, where he was a one-time NXT Champion prior to his main roster call-up.
2017
Roode debuted on SmackDown in August 2017, winning the United States Championship in January 2018, his first championship on the main roster, and he won the Raw Tag Team Championship with partner Chad Gable that December.
2019
Since 2019, he has held the 24/7 Championship once and has held the Raw and SmackDown Tag Team Championships once each with Dolph Ziggler.
Overall, Roode is a three-time world champion in professional wrestling.
Roode grew up around an athletic environment playing minor hockey in Peterborough and attended Kenner Collegiate Vocational Institution.
He was also a stick boy for the OHL's Peterborough Petes and witnessed players such as future NHLers Mike Ricci, Tie Domi, and Chris Pronger train for the local major junior team.
Roode was trained in his hometown of Peterborough, Ontario by fellow Ontarians Shane Sewell and Sean Morley.
