It has been 20 years
since Dearborn resident Terry Gerin had his first professional wrestling match.
Starting off using the name Terry Richards before becoming more widely known as
Rhino, the Dearborn Heights native worked his way through local wrestling
promotions on his way to national prominence and the WWE Hardcore Championship.
Rhino is still
wrestling and winning all over the country, appearing most recently on
television for the WWE’s NXT division.
His 20-year anniversary
as a wrestler will be recognized at pro wrestling exhibition to benefit the
VFW, to be held Thursday, March 12, at the Sgt. Romanowski VFW hall at 28945
Joy Road, east of Middle Belt Road, Westland.
Doors will open at 7
p.m. with matches to start at 7:30. Admission
is just $5.
Rhino’s 20th
anniversary match will be the main event, with his opponent being Tyson Dux,
another seasoned competitor who has also performed in the WWE and with the
national Ring of Honor promotion.
Rhino has asked Wayne
County Commissioner Gary Woronchak to accompany him at ringside for his
milestone match. One of Rhino’s first matches when he was starting his career 20
years ago was for a wrestling promotion that Woronchak ran in Taylor. Ringside
manager Truth Martini will accompany Tyson Dux at ringside.
The tag-team co-feature
will match the Scarboni Brothers, who are also managed at ringside by Truth
Martini, against the team of D.B.A. and Malcolm Monroe III.
Also scheduled to
appear is Dearborn resident John McFarlin, known in local wrestling arenas as
ringside manager Handsome Johnny Bradford.
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