Bobby Roode is a Canadian professional wrestler known for his successful wrestling career. He has done endorsement work for brands like Jimmy’s Famous Seafood and Prep Shop and is represented by the popular wrestling promotion, WWE Inc. Bobby has a huge social media fan base with more than 100k followers on Instagram, more than 500k followers on Twitter, and more than 200k followers on Facebook.
Sun Sign
Taurus
Residence
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Manager
Bobby Roode is signed up with WWE Inc.
Girlfriend / Spouse
Bobby Roode has dated –
- Tracy Roode – Bobby Roode is married to Tracy. In course of their marriage, they have become parents to 3 sons – Robert III, Riley, and Nicholas.
Sexual Orientation
Straight
Distinctive Features
- Imposing physique
- Short cropped hair
- Beard
- Blue-green eyes
Brand Endorsements
Bobby Roode has used his strong social media presence to endorse brands like Jimmy’s Famous Seafood and Prep Shop.
Best Known For
- His association with the iconic WWE wrestling promotion. With WWE, he has competed in NXT and RAW brand.
- Having competed for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). During his stint with TNA, he managed to win multiple individual and tag team championships.
First WWE Match
In June 2016, he competed in his first WWE match against Angelo Dawkins in the NXT event.
First TV Show
Apart from the telecast of the wrestling matches, Bobby Roode hasn’t appeared on any TV show yet.
Personal Trainer
Bobby Roode regularly hits the gym to keep his body in top shape. He focuses on lifting heavy weights in the gym to sustain his bulky muscles. He also tries to improve his and stamina with work. Plus, he spends hours in the gym to improve his wrestling skills and in-ring work.
In Wrestling
Finishing Moves
- As Bobby Roode
- Arm trap cross face
- Pay Off (Bridging fisherman suplex)
- Northern Lariat (Lariat to the back of an opponent’s head)
- Glorious Bomb (Pumphandle Slam)
- Roode Bomb (Fireman’s carry neck breaker slam)
- Glorious DDT (Lifting DDT)
- As Robert Roode
- Fujiwara armbar
- Pay Off (Rolling cutter or a bridging fisherman suplex)
Signature Moves
- Diving knee drop
- Rolling neck snap
- Roode Awakening (Hangman’s) – adopted from Rick Rude
- Spinning spine buster / Double R spine buster
- Superplex
- Spear
Bobby Roode Favorite Things
- Childhood Wrestler – Roddy Piper, Jimmy Snuka, , and
- Wrestling Inspiration – ‘Mr. Perfect’ Curt Hennig
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Bobby Roode Facts
- Early in his wrestling career, he met legendary wrestler Val Venis at a local gym. Venis decided to train him for free.
- Before he started focusing on his wrestling career, he had studied at the community college in his hometown, which led to him working as a corrections officer.
- His first memory of watching a wrestling show was of Randy Savage’s reunion with Miss Elizabeth at the WrestleMania VII.
- In the early 2000s, he was featured in numerous dark matches, which were untelevised warm-up matches, for WWE events held in Toronto. He competed in such matches for about 6 years.
- When he was signed up by TNA in May 2004, he was competing in Canadian independent promotion, Border City Wrestling. He was incidentally brought into TNA by Scott D’Amore, who was the owner of Border City Wrestling.
- Bobby holds the distinction of being the first wrestler in the history of TNA to have held onto his TNA World Champion for more than 250 days.
- He made his wrestling debut in June 1998 using the moniker Total Lee Awesome in a match against Pete Rock. Before he made his debut, he got training from fellow Canadian wrestlers Sean Morley and Shane Sewell.
- Follow him on , , and .
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Facts of Robert Francis Roode Jr.
- Gender Male
- full nameRobert Francis Roode Jr.
- nicknamesBobby Roode, Bobby Rude, Lee Awesome, Mark Rude, Robert Roode, The Canadian Enforcer, The Glorious, The It Factor, The Natural, ‘The Canadian Enforcer’ Bobby Roode, ‘The Natural’ Bobby Rude
- birthplacePeterborough, Ontario, Canada
- Date of Birth May 11, 1977
- Age 47 years 3 months
- Horoscope Taurus
- Lucky Number 4
- Lucky Stone Emerald
- Lucky Color Green
- Best Match for Marriage Virgo, Cancer, Capricorn
- ethnicity / ethnic backgroundWhite
- nationalityCanadian
- net worth$1.5 million
- professionProfessional Wrestler
- weight107 kg or 236 lbs
- height6 ft or 183 cm
- hair colorDark Brown
- eye colorBlue with a hint of green
- body type / buildMuscular
- motherSandy Roode
- fatherBob Roode