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Bob Roop

Nickname: All-American; The Enforcer; Star Warrior

Height: 6' 1"

Weight: 260 lbs

From: Blacksburg, VA

Birthday: Jul 22nd

Pro Debut: 1969

Aliases: Maya Singh, Maha Singh, The Gladiator

Feds Worked For: MSW, NWA, WCCW, Championship Wrestling From Florida (FL), International Championship Wrestling (KY)

Finisher: Shoulder Breaker

Career Highlights: -ICW Television Champion
-ICW Southeastern Tag Team Champion (3x; 1 each w/ Bob Orton, Jr, Terry Gibbs, & Big Boy Williams)
-MSW North American Champion
-MSW Louisiana Champion
-NWA Florida Champion (3x)
-NWA Florida Brass Knuckles Champion
-NWA (Florida) Southern Tag Team Champion (w/ Buddy Fuller)
-NWA Florida Tag Team Champion (5x; 2 w/ Bob Orton, Jr.; 1 each w/ Boris Malenko, Harley Race, & Bob Orton, Sr.)
-NWA Florida Television Champion
-NWA Louisiana Champion
-NWA National Television Champion
-NWA (San Francisco) United States Champion
-NWA (San Francisco) World Tag Team Champion (w/ Alexis Smirnoff)
-NWA Southeastern Tag Team Champion (2x; 1 each w/ Bob Orton, Jr. & Jimmy Golden)
-NWA Southeastern Television Champion
-NWA World Television Champion (2x)

Affiliates: Kevin Sullivan, Army of Darkness, Bob Orton, Jr., Boris Malenko, Bob Orton, Sr., Harley Race, Gary Hart, Paul Orndorff, Buddy Landel, Terry Gibbs, Big Boy Williams, Buddy Fuller, Alexis Smirnoff, Jimmy Golden, Jack Brisco, Dan Miller, The Mongolian Stomper, Larry Hennig, Ron Fuller, Hiro Matsuda, Mark Lewin

Notable Feuds: Steve Keirn, Mike Graham, Ronnie Garvin, Bob Orton, Jr., Jerry Brisco, Dusty Rhodes, Jack Brisco, Ciclón Negro, Rocky Johnson, Ted DiBiase, Kendall Windham, Randy Savage, Dick Murdoch, Thunderbolt Patterson, Bob Backlund, Eddie Graham, Rocky Smith, Omar Atlas, Bobby Hart, Dick Slater, The Great Mephisto, Tommy Rich, Ole Anderson, Curtis Smith, Doug Vines, Masa Saito, Terry Funk, Jeff Sword, Blackjack Mulligan, Hiro Matsuda, Dale Lewis, Bob Armstrong, Joe Ventura, Barry Windham, Rip Rogers, Frank Monte, Brad Armstrong, Jos LeDuc, Italian Stallion, Joe Soto, Brett Sawyer, Rene Goulet, Doug Gilbert, Gordon Nelson, Antonio Inoki, Smasher Sloan, Boris Malenko, Lorenzo Parente, Mike York, Jerry Oates, Wahoo McDaniel, Tim Horner

Other Facts: -Stepbrother of professional wrestling manager and referee Bill Alfonso
-Wrestled for a time as The Gladiator. Not to be confused with Mike Awesome who used the same name while wrestling in Japan.
-Began wrestling in 8th grade. As a Varsity Freshman, he had a record of 0-22-1. By the time he was a senior, he his record was 27-0-0 and he took a state championship.
-College record was 66-18. His senior year record was 16-3.
-Competed as a heavyweight in Greco-Roman Wrestling at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico and finished 7th. He attempted to compete in the 1964 Olympics, but was beaten in the qualifying trials by Baron Von Raschke.
-Wrestled Adnan Al-Kaissie in Iraq in 1972 and defeated him. He was held in custody by Saddam Hussein after that. He documented all of these events in the book "Wrestling With Saddam"
-While working for Angelo Poffo in ICW, he did a gimmick where he would put people in a sugar hold and if they could get out, they would win $1000. William Harding, who had a background in martial arts, but was also of very slight build, answered this challenge and was able to escape, which embarrassed the company because ICW had no intention of actually paying him. Harding then held the ring and demanded his money, despite Poffo sending Bob Orton, Jr. out to try and intimidate him. Harding was then taken by police to the back where he was told to let this go, but continued to refuse and ultimately got the money he was promised.
-Was Bruiser Brody's first opponent
-Made a cameo appearance in the 1978 Sylvester Stallone movie "Paradise Alley"
-Helped train Lex Luger for wrestling
-Former member of The Army of Darkness
-Wrote the novel "Death Match" which was published in 2002.
-Currently a school teacher in Michigan
-Ranked # 355 in the 1993 PWI 500
-Inducted into the George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2006
-Inducted into the International Institute and Museum Hall of Fame in 2006
-Inducted into the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum in 2019
-Was a panelist on the "Tales from the Territories" episode entitled "CWF: Bloodstains in the Everglades" with Gerald Brisco, Brian Blair, Steve Keirn, and Kevin Sullivan in 2022