Robert Roode

He was trained in his hometown of Peterborough, Ontario, by fellow Ontarians Val Venis and Shane Sewell. He completed his training after a year and wrestled his debut match against Pete Rock, then went on to work for various Canadian independent promotions, as well as appearing for the Puerto Rican World Wrestling Council.

Roode began working for Real Action Wrestling in 2001, where he formed a heel stable known as The Kardinal Sinners along with Kingman and Mike Hughes. He would later rejoin these two as a part of a couple of shows run for their Wrestling Reality show to be aired on The Fight Network. Bobby will not be seen on these episodes due to contractual obligations with TNA. He went on to work a series of dark matches for World Wrestling Entertainment between 2001 and 2004. Robert's wrestling robe looks exactly the same as Terry Taylor's "Red Rooster" robe which Taylor wore during his stint in the WWF during the late 1980's.