Rip Rogers

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Rip Rogers


Statistics
Ring name(s)	Disco Kid Rip Rogers Hercules Marseilles Mark Skeara
Billed height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Billed weight	237 lbs (108 kg)
Born	February 14, 1955 (1955-02-14) (age 53) Seymour, Indiana, United States
Resides	Louisville, Kentucky
Debut	1974
Retired	2000

Mark Sciarra (Born February 14, 1955) whose professional name is Rip Rogers is a former professional wrestler and was a trainer for Ohio Valley Wrestling. He is currently a trainer for Derby City Wrestling in Louisville, Kentucky.

1 Career
2 In wrestling
3 Championships and accomplishments
4 Other media
5 Notes

[edit] Career

Rip Rogers started wrestling in 1974. He formed the "Convertible Blondes" with Pez Whatley and Gary Royal in Angelo Poffo's ICW and won the Tag Team Titles with Royal. As with the three-member version of Demolition defending the WWF World Tag Team Championship with any two of the three members, the Convertible Blondes also used the so-called "Freebird Rule" to defend the ICW Tag Team Championship in this manner. He left the ICW following a dispute with Angelo Poffo's son Randall Poffo better known by his ring name Randy Savage.

In 1984, he went to the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA)'s Jim Crockett Promotions where he formed "The Hollywood Blondes" with Ted Oates and won the National Tag Team Titles. By early 1986, he was in the Tennessee area feuding with Dutch Mantel.

In 1989, he wrestled for the World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico as one of their top heels with partner Abbuda Dein.

He was back in the NWA in time for it to be renamed World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 1991 and he lost several matches to Brian Pillman.He later substitued for Pillman, being the scapegoat in the ill-faded Yellow Dog angle. His biggest win was at WCW BattleBowl in 1993 where he teamed with Road Warrior Hawk and defeated Davey Boy Smith & Stevie Ray then named Kane. By late 1991, he had left WCW for the Global Wrestling Federation where he joined The Cartel, which included Scotty Anthony, Makhan Singh and Cactus Jack. They were the top heels for several months and he created a lot of havoc while there.

After that run, he popped up here and there in the United States, wrestling for a time with a promotion in Indianapolis known as Circle City Wrestling. He finally settled in Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) in 1997. He teamed with Dave the Rave and formed the "Suicide Blondes" with Jason Lee. When he retired from active competition in 2000, he was named head trainer at OVW. He was released from that position in March 2004 by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) although Rogers still currently runs the intermediate wrestling classes at Derby City Wrestling (DCW). At the age of 48, Rogers was involved in a car accident which forced him to completely retire from in ring competition^[1].

[edit] In wrestling

Finishing and signature moves
- Rear naked choke
- Bridging German suplex
- Belly to back suplex
- Body scissors
- European uppercut
- Headbutt

Managers
- Brenda Britton
- Max Andrews

Gimmicks
- Often after losing a match, Rogers would make vociferous complaints to the referee, vehemently declaring that his opponent had cheated to pick up the win. Rogers accompanied these complaints by wild gyrations, often acting out in an over-the-top manner what he was claiming his opponent had done (e.g. pulling Roger's wrestling trunks).