Al Snow

At 61 years old, Al Snow has this physical status:

Allen Ray Sarven (born July 18, 1963) is an American professional wrestler, color commentator, trainer, promoter, and actor, better known by his ring name Al Snow.

He is best known for his participation in Extreme Championship Wrestling, World Wrestling Entertainment, and Impact Wrestling.

Snow worked as a road agent for Total Nonstop Wrestling, as a show producer from 2010 to 2017.

Personal life

Three times snow has been married. Pam Sarven married him in 1986, and the couple had two children together. In 2004, the couple split. Cynthia Lynch, a fellow wrestler who wrestled under the name of Bobcat, was his second wife. They married in 2009 and divorced in 2015. Jessica Gousha, his third wife, married him in 2017.

Prowrestling.net broke the news that Snow had signed an agreement with ECW Press to publish an autobiography on August 29, 2017. Ross Owen Williams, who also co-authored Bob Holly's autobiography The Hardcore Truth, was published in April 2019. "We want the book to cover more than what I did in front of the cameras," Snow said in a press release. There are so many stories from the road; things that only seem to have happened to me—that have made me who I am today. I've always thought of every new situation as a learning opportunity, and this book will give me the opportunity to share it, whether good or bad."

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Professional wrestling career

Sarven attended an official wrestling tryout camp run by Ole and Gene Anderson. Jim Lancaster, promoter of Ohio's Midwest Championship Wrestling, who promised to teach him, was present. Sarven was later described as "a leader in the ring" who "had drive and natural abilities" as a result. He made his debut on May 22, 1982. Sarven defeated Lancaster in 1985 for the Midwest Championship Wrestling title.

Sarven competed in various independent competitions in the 1980s and early 1990s, winning both tag team and singles titles, but didn't have any big breaks. He competed in the WWF as a jobber in 1993, losing to Marty Jannetty and The Undertaker under the name Steve Moore. He is best known for his role as "the best-kept mystery in wrestling." Sarven helped prepare future Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Hall of Fame member Dan Severn and NWA World Heavyweight Champion Dan Severn. During this period, he would often fight as Shinobi, a ninja-style masked gimmick. He wrestled in the vacant NWA World Heavyweight Championship in November 19, 1994, but lost to Chris Candido, the tournament's eventual champion.

Snow operated "Body Slammers" in Lima, Ohio, from 1995 to 1997, recruiting D'Lo Brown as an assistant trainer. It has now grown to Ottawa with one of his mentors running "Bodyslammers."

Sarven wrestled in Michigan against Sabu, an Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) regular who recommended trying ECW after a tour of Japan. Sarven defeated Chris Benoit as Al Snow in a 15-minute match that was dubbed one of the year's best of the year after making his debut against The Tazmaniac and losing by pinfall on February 4, 1995.

Jim Cornette was also being sued by Sarven for his Smoky Mountain Wrestling federation. Paul Heyman, an ECW booker, has agreed to work for both companies. Sarven soon discovered that he was not being used by ECW and went to Smoky Mountain full-time. Snow co-founded The Dynamic Duo and defeated The Rock 'n' Roll Express in Smoky Mountain Wrestling. Both wrestlers attracted the attention of the World Wrestling Federation and were signed by the end of 1995.

Sarven began serving with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) when he agreed to a deal in August 1995. Sarven struggled under numerous gimmicks during his time with the organization, including Avatar, a Ninja Ranger with Sarven, bringing on a mask to fight and then removing it later. The gimmick was based on Mighty Morphin Power Rangers' fame, which the corporation wanted to capitalize on at that time. Sarven's WWF debut as Avatar took place on October 23, 1995, defeating Bryan Walsh during his brief appearance under this gimmick. About a month after his debut, he was supposed to be the third man for The Underdogs in the Survivor Series, but Bob Holly replaced him for reasons unknown. He started working with Aldo Montoya after this. Avatar's two last matches were against Sycho Sid & 1-2-3 Kid. He was supposed to participate in the 1996 Royal Rumble match but for unknown reasons, he didn't appear again. Isaac Yankem was his last match in February. Sarven fought as Shinobi, a "ninja assassin" hired by Jim Cornette on February 20, 1996, who defeated Shinobi in a quick manner. Avatar made his MSG debut against Justin Bradshaw on March 17, 1996, in a losing proposition.

Sarven became Leif Cassidy, Marty Jannetty's tag team partner, in February 1996, and he had his first mainstream exposure with the WWF. The two young people were dubbed The New Rockers, a throwback to the original Rockers team of Jannetty and Shawn Michaels. In January 1997, Jannetty was released, and Sarven was limited to mid-carders. WWF and ECW began to cross-promote their organisations in the 1990s to prevent World Championship Wrestling's (WCW)'s triumph (ECW); Sarven was one of the wrestlers sent to Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). Tiger Ali Singh's last appearance in WWF in September 1997 was a loss at WWF One Night Only.

Sarven's return to ECW was a hit for him, despite being identified as Al Snow once more. Sarven's character gimmick after reading about abnormal psychology and discovering a mannequin head on the street near the ECW Arena during a Mummers Day parade. He had the idea to make a head a prop for projection by portraying an individual with a schizophrenic disorder. Sarven's J.O.B. job earned him a lot of praise and supervision for his J.O.B. He was portrayed as insane by his time as a WWF jobber.

Snow, who was ill at his job in life, asked Cactus Jack what he needed to do to get to wrestle. Jack told Snow that he had to "get a little head" to become famous (meaning he had to sleep with/have sex with the booker). Snow, on the other hand, took this literally, and eventually stepped forward with the mannequin head (with the words "Help Me" written backwards on its forehead), prompting ECW crowds to yell "We Want Head," an intentional double entendre. At wrestling shows, ECW promoters handed out styrofoam mannequin heads, and audience members began waving them and shouting, "Head!

Head!

Head!"

The Prodigy's entrance music brings him right back to "Breathe." The entire audience would then throw the heads into the ring before the game began. He competed for the promotion's World Heavyweight Championship, losing to Shane Douglas at Wrestlepalooza in 1998. This was the biggest match of his ECW career.

Sarven was then recalled to the company, where he continued his gimmick of "Head" to include wrestling himself in a difficultcore competition (which he gained by removing himself from a table) and his short-lived comedy tag team with Steve Blackman.

When Wal-Mart pulled his action figure from their shelves in 1999, Sabrena Parton, a Kennesaw State University professor, said that "Head" sent an incorrect message about women's violence. "What kind of message will this toy send children about violence against women?" Parton was quoted as saying. Sarven used the incident to illustrate how Al Snow was prone to develop depression as a result of the scandal.

Snow lost a WWF Hardcore Championship triple threat match involving Hardcore Holly and Billy Gunn at WrestleMania XV. Snow replaced Head with a chihua named Pepper, who reportedly spoke to him during the summer of 1999, at the end of a storyline where Head was impaled with a spike by Prince Albert. A variety of segments were shown on television illustrating Snow's interactions with the dog, including taking Pepper to the ring to either "participate" in matches or be held by the broadcast team. This culminated in a tale in which Big Boss Man kidnapped Pepper. Boss Man promised to return the dog if Snow defeated him in a match for the Hardcore championship; however, after losing the match, he reneged and kept the dog. Boss Man invited Snow to his hotel room to discuss the situation before deciding that it was Pepper, later on. (In a 2008 interview, Snow said that this story was based on a tale of Mr. Fuji doing something similar to his partner Professor Tanaka's dog.) The feud came to an end at Unforgiven, which consisted of a regular cage but surrounded by a Hell in a Cell structure, with "a certified pack of wild dogs" in between the two teams, and the aim was to get out of both cages without being attacked by the dogs. Al Snow won the match.

Snow would later team with real life friend Mick Foley and became the tag team champions with him for a short period of time, but fell short of him due to Foley's quips about him in his autobiography, Have A Nice Day, and his growing jealousy of Foley's tag team partner, The Rock. Due to fan reaction, he would return to face the boss again later this week. During Foley's tenure as the Commissioner in 2000, Snow was often the butt of Foley's quips. However, they are close friends in real life. In his second book, Foley Is Fine: And the Real World Is Faker Than Wrestling, Foley continued to use Snow as the butt of many jokes.

He began to play for Head Cheese with Steve Blackman as "odd couple" tag team (the "cheese" part of the story was given different explanations, including Snow's assertion that Blackman was a voracious eater of cheese and later his attempt to convince him to wear a Green Bay Packers "Cheesehead" hat). The two teams lost against Test and Albert at WrestleMania 2000. Snow lifted the European Championships from Perry Saturn in the same year. With his theme song sung in the language of the country and wearing clothing that would fit the country's stereotype, he began a tongue-in-cheek effort of joining various European countries' native music, with his theme song sung in the language of the country and wearing clothing that would fit the country's stereotype. This continued until William Regal took over the reins until he lost the title.

Following Foley's on-screen dismissal by Vince McMahon in December 2000, Snow attempted to rally support among the fans to vote for him as the company's new commissioner. A match was held between Snow and Regal to determine the new Commissioner, which resulted in Regal winning. Snow took some time off from the ring in order to set aside more time for the reality show Tough Enough. In October 2001, he returned to the ring during the Invenzione period and challenged Christian for the European Championship at Survivor Series, which he lost.

Snow's last championship appearance came on March 11, 2002, when he defeated Goldust to win his last Hardcore Championship. Just days later, he lost the title to his old Tough Enough pupil, Maven.

He was drafted to SmackDown!

He appeared on Maven as part of the 2002 Brand Extension, where he worked with him. Snow returned as a member of the Raw roster and later became a commentator for Sunday Night Heat alongside Jonathan Coachman after taking time off for another season of Tough Enough. Snow followed suit when Coachman sided with Eric Bischoff, turning heel. After winning at Unforgiven in 2003, the two rivalred with Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler, and they briefly replaced them at the Raw announce table. When Tough Enough IV arrived in SmackDown, Snow was on the scene and turned face once more.

Snow portrayed Shinobi, who died to Tajiri on April 12, 2004 in a Raw appearance.

In September 2004, Snow stopped being a commentator and went to Velocity. Snow as a member of the new ECW brand in June 2006, he returned to full action. At the "WWE vs. ECW Head to Head" special, where he was accompanied by Head, his first appearance in the new brand was in the WWE vs. ECW Battle Royal. He was kicked out of the match. Snow participated in an Extreme Battle Royal on June 13, 2006, which was won by Sabu. He was mainly a jobber, losing to individuals like Test and Kevin Thorn over the course of the next six months.

In 2007, Snow returned to the company as a mentor at Ohio Valley Wrestling. Snow was dubbed the new OVW Troubleshooter by Danny Davis in reaction to Danny Basham's WWE debut on February 3, 2007. Snow performed on the 15th Anniversary Battle Royal on Raw XV, the 15th-Anniversary special on December 10, 2007. Sarven was suspended from his job as a wrestler after WWE ceased affiliation with Ohio Valley Wrestling in February 2008.

Snow was allowed to compete on the independent circuit prior to returning to WWE's active roster in 2006. Snow was pinned by the Millennium Wrestling Federation (MWF) in 2006, a MWF champion "Sudden Impact" Dylan Kage of Paul Bearer's Trifecta stable at MWF Fireworks on the 4th of August.

Snow has regularly participated in many international competitions, especially in the United Kingdom and Germany, since early 2009, especially in the United Kingdom and Europe. In March 2009, he appeared in Chikara's King of Trios tournament, collaborating with Glacier and D'Lo Brown.

Mick Foley, the special guest enforcer for the match between Kurt Angle and Rhino, in the lead-up to TNA's Final Resolution on December 7, 2008. Angle said he had recruited "another former World Champion" and someone who had co-held a world tag team championship with Foley. "Take care of Foley" will be the person on Angle's debut during the game. Al Snow, Angle's enigma ally, was introduced to the match by slapping Foley, and it was a night of doubt. Angle defeated Rhino thanks to the distraction.

Sarven was given a tryout for TNA Wrestling in March 2010. On the return to television by Dixie Carter to TNA, he reacted with fellow ECW alumni Tommy Dreamer, Raven, Stevie Richards, Rhino, Brother Devon, Pat Kenney, and Mick Foley. As a symbol of hardcore wrestling and a final farewell to the company, TNA president Dixie Carter agreed to give the ECW veterans their own reunion pay-per-view function, Hardcore Justice: The Last Stand, the following week. In a three-way match that also included Brother Runt, Snow was defeated by Rhino. He appeared on camera in his real-life role as an employer on several occasions, including fellow agents Ace "D'Lo Brown" Conner and Pat Kenney. Sarven now has the company's trademark, producer. In Spring 2011, Snow split his time between his TNA duties and his role as a show producer for OVW. OVW became TNA's official developmental territory in November of that year.

In May 2012, Snow began to appear as a judge in the monthly Gut Check segment on Impact Wrestling. Following his appearance on TNA Gut Check, Snow launched a storyline feud with Joey Ryan, who had been refused a spot on the TNA roster following his appearance on TNA Gut Check. Following Snow tricked Ryan into signing a match, the two teams met in Bound for Glory on October 14, where Snow wrestled for TNA's second match after interference from Matt Morgan.

Snow participated in Joker's Wild (which aired May 3, 2013), competing with new adversary Joey Ryan in a loss to Matt Morgan and Robbie T.

In an eight-man Hardcore War against Ethan Carter III, Rhino, Big Rycklon, and Gene Snitsky on August 7, 2014, Snow returned to team with Team 3D (Bully Ray and Devon) and Tommy Dreamer against Team 3D (Bully Ray and Devon) and Tommy Dreamer.

Snow returned to television as a heel on February 13, 2015, where he had been seen in the SSE Hydro, excluding Scottish wrestler Grado and British Boot Camp 2 contestant Grado. Grado will come out to the ring, where Snow will give him the opportunity to recover from wrestling, but Grado would decline. Snow will face Grado in a losing proposition on February 20 on Impact Wrestling (also taped January 29), but Grado will then go on to remove Grado's hand turning face in the process. The Beat Down Clan (BDC) will continue to attack both Snow and Grado, but the debuting Drew Galloway will fend off the BDC and who would then stand proud in the ring alongside Al Snow and his colleague, Grado. In the Bound for Gold Gauntlet, Snow competed in the Bound for Glory. On the March 29, 2016 Impact Wrestling Snow returned as a heel in a Grado backstage.

Billy Corgan, the Impact Wrestling TNA Management Director, suspended Al Snow for the week without compensation and said next week, he will apologize. When Al Snow returned from his suspension week, he jumped into the ring and said the ease with which young talents could now be recognized and recognized in the professional wrestling industry pushed him nuts, as he and others of his and generations before him had to wait for long stretches and fight hard to prove themselves worthy back then. Mahabali Shera welcomed him to the ring and apologised for assaulting him and Grado while breaking Grado's arm in the process. Shera shook hands with him, but Al Snow was only for her to tremble and assault him when they were out of the game. At a backstage segment, Al Snow said firmly that he doesn't have to apologize and explain himself to rookies, and that if they want his apology and love, they should beat him in a match.

Al Snow had a match with Shera the week before, but he had blamed the spectators for sitting behind the barricades and not coming to the ring to face him. Shera put on a good fight but Al Snow eventually won the match. Shera and Snow were rematching, with Al Snow winning with his cheating tactics, but she lost due to Grado's involvement in the match, making Shera win. Al Snow was interviewed and blasted Grado and Shera a little later, debasing Grado and Shera in the process. Al Snow of Impact! won a back-and-forth street battle against Grado with the help of the debuting Basille Baraka and Baron Dax, thus creating the tribunal's tag team faction. The Tribunal stabbed him on November 10, causing Shera to save the man, turning face once more in the process. Impact Wrestling, Snow, and Shera defeated The Tribunal in a Double Strap Match on December 8 to bring an end to the feud. Impact Wrestling's Al Snow was released on June 19, 2017.

Snow purchased Ohio Valley Wrestling on April 7, 2018.

Snow sold a majority interest in OVW to a group led by radio host Matt Jones and former 21c Museum Hotels CEO Craig Greenberg in January 2021. The company's day-to-day activities continue to be carried out by snow.

At OVW The Big One, Adam Revolver and Joe Mack defeated him on August 27, 2022 Snow and Doug Basham. The New Rockers, Snow and Kal Herro, were the OFE Tag Team on October 21, the New Rockers. The one of Leif Cassidy's snow attire was the one he wore.

Acting career

He appeared in Dorothy and the Witches of Oz (2012) with Christopher Lloyd, as well as starring in the action film Overtime and the comedy film Acapella. He appeared in Rudy (1993) as an uncredited actor. In Mountain Mafia (2009), Snow appeared in They're Just My Families (2006) and co-stars alongside Tiger Chung Lee. He appeared in The Still Life, an independent film from 2006.

In Feathered Italian Films' latest slasher films The Legacy and Hell House, Snow can also be seen as the violent serial killer Grim, also known as "The Reaper's." In "The Legacy," the head appeared on "The Legacy." He was one of the main characters in director Matt Niehoff's sci-fi/comedy film Overtime (2011).

In the wrestling film Beyond the Mat, Snow had a quick line. He also appeared in Bloodstained Memoirs, a wrestling film.

During the show's first three seasons, Al Snow appeared as a mentor on WWE Tough Enough (then called WWF Tough Enough).

Snow, as well as several other TNA employees, were included in an episode of MTV's Made on November 10, 2012.

On October 23, 2013, Snow completed his work as the "Man in Black" for the independent horror film Lake Eerie. Lance Henriksen, Betsy Baker, and others were among the film's stars who were unveiled in July 2015. In Jessica Sonneborn's horror film Alice D. Snow also appeared in "Henchman" in Jessica Sonneborn's horror film Alice D.

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