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History:

Below is the History of Terry Gerin. check out him from school days to wwe days..

School Days
-Terry attended Annapolis High School outside of Dearborn, Michigan.
-Terry Wrestled for the high school team from 1989 to 1993.
-He placed 8th in the state wrestling tournament in his junior year and 5th in his senoir year.

Work Before Wrestling
-Rhyno worked as a car mechanic after high school.

Wrestling Training
-On Sept 23 1994 he enrolled in Can-Am Pro Wrestling School in Windsor, Ontario, and worked with trainer Mickey Doyle and Scott DeAmore.

Indy Wrestling
-Rhyno wrestled in North American Indepandents for two years.
-Then Went to wrestle for Otto Wanz's Catch Wrestling Association in 1997.
-He worked alot with future WWE Superstar D'Lo Brown
-Just before he left the US he was christened "Rhino" by D'Lo Brown
-He Dominated the wrestling scene in Germany and Austria

Wrestling for CWA
-He captured two tag team titles, one with JP Lafitte on October 11 1997 and the other with Joe Legend (later crowned Just Joe by the WWE) on October 10 1998.
-He and Legend (Just Joe) became champion for nearly a year before being stripped of the title.

The ECW Years
-At the begining of 1999 he returned to the united states.
-Thanks to former ECW competitor Ulf Hermann, he found himself at an ECW show in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in January of 1999.
-On January 20 1999 Rhino worked out with several ECW peformers and caught the attention of ECW owner Paul Heyman. He was hired soon afterwards.
-Rhino won his first major gold on the 21 April 2000.
-He defeated Yoshihiro Tajiri for the ECW Television Title.
-He briefly dropped the Title to Kid Kash on the 27th August 2000 but soon regained the belt back 5 days later.
-At Anarchy Rulz 2000, Rhino impressively defended his ECW TV Title by beating Top ECW Superstar Rob Van Dam.
-Rhino recieved the ultimate accolade ECW has to offer when he became the ECW World Heavyweight Champion.
-Rhyno was the very last ECW WORLD and TV Champion
-And All in one year!

WWF/WWE (The Top)
-After ECW went downhill due to money problems, Rhino left to sign for the WWF.
-Vince McMahon made rhyno lose alot of weight before signing him.
-Vince Then Changed the Name "Rhino" to "Rhyno".
-Rhyno made his WWF debut on March 19 2001 ineterfering in Edge and Christians match with the Hardyz, costing the Hardyz's the Tag Belts.
-Rhyno then aligned himself with Edge And Christian.
-Rhyno captured his frist WWF belt when he beat Kane for the WWF Hardcore Title on 17 April 2001.
-After a very impressive time in the WWF Rhyno regained the Hardcore title 3 times!
-He Also Won the WCW US Title in the Aliance Vs WWF Saga

The Injury
-After Losing the title to Kurt Angle. Rhyno was "Suspended" by Shane McMachon
-The Real reason beeing rhynos major Neck injury.
-Rhyno Was Sucspected to make a return within a year of leaving.

Return To the WWE
-After 16 Months of rehab. Rhyno made his comeback to the WWE on Smackdown
-He was Rumored to team with Matt Hardy but insted he was against him.
-Rhynos Return match on the 27th Febuary 2003 was awesome. as Rhyno and Benoit defeted Matt Hardy and Shannon Moore.

The Future
-So Far the future looks bright.
-Rhyno is wrestling in the big league. He looks great and very well recovered