Rob Terry Robert " Rob " Terry ( December 23 , 1980 ) is a Welsh professional wrestler and bodybuilder . He is previously signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ) under the ring name s Robbie T as a tag team partner of Robbie E and as The Freak as a member of The Menagerie . Terry also worked in TNA ' s developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling ( OVW ) from 2011 - 2014 , where he became a two - time Heavyweight Champion and a one - time Southern Tag Team and Television Champion . Before signing with TNA , he was under contract with World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) and competed in the company ' s developmental territory , Florida Championship Wrestling . Upon his release from TNA , Terry returned to wrestle on the independent circuit . Career . World Wrestling Entertainment ( 2007 – 2008 ) . Terry signed a developmental contract with World Wrestling Entertainment in 2007 and was assigned to Florida Championship Wrestling . On November 10 , Terry , under the ring name Big Rob , debuted as Nick Nemeth ' s bodyguard and accompanied Nemeth to the ring for his matches . On December 1 , Big Rob made his in - ring debut as he and Nemeth defeated Robert Anthony and Bryan Kelly in a tag team match . In December 2007 and January 2008 , Terry appeared at several WWE television program tapings , accompanying Nemeth to the ring for dark matches . On January 12 , Big Rob teamed with Nick Nemeth in a losing effort to Mighty Mikey and Matt O ' Neal . Three days later , Rob and Nemeth lost to Mikey and O ' Neal in a rematch . In August 2008 , Terry was released from his WWE developmental contract . Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( 2009 - Present ) . On the April 30 , 2009 edition of TNA Impact ! , Terry made his Total Nonstop Action Wrestling debut as a member of the newly formed stable known as The British Invasion alongside Doug Williams and Brutus Magnus . Their first act was to attack Hernandez , thus writing him out of storylines until he recovered from a legitimate injury . They claimed Hernandez ' " " Feast or Fired " " briefcase , awarding it to Terry . This implied that Terry could demand a match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship at any time within the remainder of the calendar year , but no formal announcement was made . Since then , Terry had played a minor role , usually performing run - ins on behalf of his team mates . They attacked Team 3D , instigating a feud that led to several matches , mainly without Terry . In July , Terry , Magnus and Williams joined Eric Young , Sheik Abdul Bashir , Kiyoshi and Homicide to form World Elite . World Elite then formed an alliance with The Main Event Mafia , which led to Terry teaming with such wrestlers as Booker T and Scott Steiner . Together , they feuded with Beer Money , Inc . and Team 3D . Terry faced Hernandez at Hard Justice for the " " Feast or Fired " " briefcase , but lost in nine seconds . This initiated a story in which Terry fell out of favour with his allies . Terry would make a series of mistakes , or would fall victim to a team mates ' mistake , and cost the Main Event Mafia or World Elite a match . Initially , World Elite defended their team member and broke their alliance with Main Event Mafia , which dissolved soon thereafter . But the remainder of World Elite would berate Terry for costing them further victories . Eric Young mistakenly hit Terry with a title belt on the November 5 , 2009 episode of TNA Impact ! . One week later , Terry tried to interfere in a match , but accidentally caused World Elite to lose . The members of the team were upset with him for causing the loss . On October 18 , 2009 , at Bound for Glory Magnus and Williams took part in a four way Full Metal Mayhem match for the TNA World Tag Team Championship and the IWGP Tag Team Championship . While the British Invasion lost the IWGP titles to Team 3D , they won the TNA titles from the Main Event Mafia ( represented by Scott Steiner and Booker T ) , when Terry interfered in the match . As a result of this match , a feud between Beer Money , Inc . and the British Invasion was re - ignited . The entire World Elite stable conspired to prevent Beer Money , Inc . from winning the titles , usually by getting themselves disqualified . Terry objected to the plot , believing that British Invasion could legitimately beat Beer Money , Inc . in a clean match . His confidence irked his teammates further . For one episode of Impact , Mick Foley offered Kevin Nash full control . Nash subsequently booked the entire show to benefit himself and the World Elite members . Terry , Williams and Magnus faced Chris Sabin in a handicap match , but still lost very quickly , when Sabin pinned Terry . While Magnus and Williams berated Terry , Terry gestured that he was going to fight back , but he quickly dropped his resistance . At Final Resolution Terry and the rest of World Elite , with the exception of Magnus and Williams , took part in the " Feast or Fired " match . Young claimed that their aim was to prevent Beer Money from earning another match for British Invasion ' s TNA World Tag Team Championship . During the match , Bashir and Nash acquired a briefcase each . Terry assumed that if World Elite claimed all four briefcases , then it would be impossible for James Storm and Bobby Roode to win a title match . But when Terry grabbed a briefcase , Young , Kiyoshi and Homicide reacted as if Terry had betrayed the team . After the match , it was revealed that Terry had the briefcase containing a shot at the X Division Championship . Global Champion ; Immortal ( 2010 – 2011 ) . On January 27 , 2010 , Terry defeated Eric Young at a house show in Cardiff , Wales , to win the TNA Global Championship . Terry ' s win also made him the first Welshman to hold a championship in a major wrestling organization . On the following night ' s edition of Impact ! the British Invasion attacked Amazing Red , but as Terry went to cash in his " Feast or Fired " contract he was ordered by Magnus to hand it over to Williams , who then instead faced Red and quickly defeated him for the X Division Championship . On the February 18 edition of Impact ! Terry finally grew tired of Magnus ' abuse and attacked him , thus ending his alliance with the British Invasion and turning face . On the February 25 edition of Impact ! Terry made his first Global Championship title defense , when he defeated Mr . Anderson , after interference from Kurt Angle . Since then , Terry went on to defend the Global Championship in quick squash matches against his former British Invasion team - mate Doug Williams , as well as Magnus at Destination X . The very next day on Impact ! , Terry squashed Tomko in a title defense which lasted 65 seconds . On the April 5 edition of Impact ! Terry adopted the nickname " The Freak " . On the April 19 edition of Impact ! Terry joined Team Hogan and teamed with Abyss , Jeff Jarrett and Samoa Joe to defeat Team Flair ( Sting , Desmond Wolfe , Robert Roode and James Storm ) in an eight - man tag team match . Later , he start a feud with the newcomer Orlando Jordan . After weeks of stalking Terry , Jordan debuted his new interview segment , O - Zone , on the May 3 edition of Impact ! , during which he attacked Terry . On the next edition of Impact ! Jordan attacked Terry with a lead pipe , when he was getting ready to defend his title against Abyss . At Sacrifice Terry defeated Jordan to retain the Global Championship . On June 20 Terry became the longest reigning Global Champion in history by beating Booker T ' s reign of 143 days as champion . On July 13 at the tapings of the July 22 edition of Impact ! , Terry lost the Global Championship to A . J . Styles , ending his reign at 167 days . Terry received a rematch for the title , now renamed the TNA Television Championship , on the August 5 edition of Impact ! , but was defeated after a low blow . On the December 16 edition of Impact ! , Terry turned heel , when he cost Mr . Anderson and Matt Morgan their match against Jeff Hardy and Kazarian . The following week he was officially hired by Ric Flair to serve as the bodyguard of the Immortal and Fortune alliance . On February 13 , 2011 , at Against All Odds , Terry wrestled his first pay - per - view match in seven months , when he teamed with his Immortal stablemates Gunner and Murphy and faced James Storm , Robert Roode and Scott Steiner in a losing effort . Terry then began feuding with Steiner , attacking him on the February 24 edition of Impact ! , during a posedown between the two . The following week Steiner defeated Terry in a singles match to end the feud . [ 36 ] Two weeks later , Terry was given an opportunity to regain the vacated TNA Television Championship in an all – Immortal three – way match , which also included Murphy and Gunner , who would ultimately go on to win the title . On the April 21 edition of Impact ! , Terry and Murphy unsuccessfully challenged Beer Money , Inc . for the TNA World Tag Team Championship in a steel cage match . On the May 5 edition of Impact ! , Terry was kicked out of Immortal , despite defeating Murphy in a " Loser Leaves Immortal " match . Teaming and feuding with Robbie E ( 2011 – 2013 ) . On the June 30 edition of Impact Wrestling , Terry returned , as a face , for the first time since being exiled from Immortal to save his former British Invasion partners , Magnus and Douglas Williams , from a beatdown by Mexican America ( Hernandez , Anarquia , Rosita , and Sarita ) . Terry made appearances beside Magnus and Williams for the next two weeks , after which his reunion with the two was abruptly forgotten . On the August 25 edition of Impact Wrestling , Robbie E proposed Terry an alliance between two with Terry promising to think it over . At the tapings of the September 8 edition of Impact Wrestling , Terry attacked Eric Young after his match with Robbie E , signifying a new alliance between the two and another heel turn for Terry . Terry ' s and Robbie ' s feud with Young eventually led to a tag team match on the November 10 edition of Impact Wrestling , where Young teamed with Jersey Shore cast member Ronnie to defeat Terry and Robbie . In May 2012 , Terry returned where he , along with Robbie E , began feuding with Devon over the TNA Television Championship , with each of them unsuccessfully him for the title in singles matches on Impact Wrestling and finally in a three - way match on May 13 at Sacrifice . The Robbies would continue their feud with Devon by attacking him during his title matches . On June 10 at Slammiversary , the Robbies were defeated by Devon and Garett Bischoff in a tag team match . While continuing to work for OVW , Terry also remained a regular on TNA ' s programming and on the October 25 episode of Impact Wrestling , unsuccessfully challenged Samoa Joe for the TNA Television Championship . Going into 2013 , tension began to be teased between the Robbies , with Terry constantly upstaging and defying Robbie E . On the February 28 episode of Impact Wrestling , the alliance between the Robbies ended with Robbie E , who was pretending to reconcile with Terry , hitting him over the head with his VIP sign before being chased off by Terry . This turned Terry face once again . The rivalry culminated in a singles match on March 10 at Lockdown , where Terry emerged victorious . On the following episode of Impact Wrestling from Chicago , Illinois , Terry defeated Robbie E in a rematch to end the feud . On the May 2 edition of Impact Wrestling Terry defeated Robbie E , Jesse and Joey Ryan in a 3 on 1 Handicap match . On January 12 , 2013 , Terry took part in Joker ' s Wild ( which aired May 3 , 2013 ) , teaming with Matt Morgan in a first round victory over Joey Ryan and Al Snow . Later in the night during the main event $ 100 , 000 dollar battle royal , Terry entered 11 of 12 but was eliminated by Matt Morgan 8th of 11 . The Menagerie ( 2014 - 2015 ) . In April 2014 , Terry made his return to TNA as part of Knux ' s new Menagerie stable , working under a mask and the ring name The Freak . On January 1 , Terry ' s profile was moved to TNA Alumni section and The Freak was removed from The Menagerie profile . Ohio Valley Wrestling ( 2012 – 2013 ) . On December 6 , 2011 , it was reported that Terry had been sent to TNA ' s new developmental territory , Ohio Valley Wrestling . On January 18 , 2012 , Terry made his debut in OVW as a member of the heel stable The Mascagni Famliy by attacking Jason Wayne during his OVW Heavyweight Championship match with Rudy Switchblade , thereby disqualifying Switchblade and letting him retain his title . After the match ended , an irate and spent Jason Wayne reentered the ring and called out Terry for interfering in his match . Terry returned to the ring and defeated Wayne in a bonus match after a quick beatdown . On February 22 , Terry and Jessie Godderz defeated Jason Wayne and Shiloh Jonze for the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship . The team ' s reign ended on April 7 , when Godderz and Rudy Switchblade , who was also recognized as part of the champions under " The Family Rule " , were defeated by Anarquia and Raul LaMotta . After supposedly defeating stablemate Mohamad Ali Vaez on April 21 in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil for the OVW Television Championship , and losing the title back to him four days later , Terry defeated Johnny Spade on May 12 at OVW ' s Saturday Night Special event to win the OVW Heavyweight Championship . Terry was stripped of the title on June 27 . On December 1 , Terry defeated Crimson to regain the OVW Heavyweight Championship . On January 30 , 2013 , Terry lost the title to Doug Williams . On June 19 , 2013 , Terry defeated Jay Bradley in a number one contenders match for the OVW Heavyweight Championship . On July 6 , 2013 , at the " Saturday Night Special " Terry was defeated by Jamin Olivencia in a match for the OVW Heavyweight Championship . Terry joined forces with Marcus Anthony winning the 2013 Nightmare Cup Tag Team Tournament and earning a shot for OVW Southern Tag Team Championships . Wrestle - 1 and The Menagerie ( 2013 - 2015 ) . As part of a working relationship between TNA and Wrestle - 1 it was announced on November 6 , 2013 , that Terry would be working a tour for the Japanese promotion between November 16 and December 1 . In their debut match for the promotion , Terry and fellow TNA worker Jay Bradley defeated Kaz Hayashi and Shuji Kondo in a tag team match . Terry remained undefeated for the entire tour , teaming with Bradley to win tag team matches against the likes of Koji Kanemoto and Seiki Yoshioka , and Kanemoto and Minoru Tanaka , and finally defeating Bradley in three straight singles matches between November 29 and December 1 . Terry remained with Wrestle - 1 over the new year and in January 2014 , began working alongside the Wrestle - 1 Seikigun against the heel stable Desperado . On March 2 , Terry took part in the big Kaisen : Outbreak event , which featured several wrestlers from TNA , teaming with Keiji Mutoh and Taiyō Kea to defeat Samoa Joe and Desperado members Masayuki Kono and René Duprée in a six - man tag team match . Post - match , Mutoh praised Terry , comparing him to a young Hulk Hogan . Terry ended his Wrestle - 1 tour and returned to the United States on March 23 . In April 2014 , Terry made his return to TNA as part of Knux ' s new Menagerie stable , working under a mask and the ring name The Freak . On the July 3 , episode of Impact Wrestling , The Menagerie ( Knux and The Freak ) unsuccessfully challenged The Wolves ( Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards ) in a three way tag team match for the TNA World Tag Team Championships The BroMans ( Jessie Godderz and DJ Z ) were also included in the match . Terry ' s last TNA match was on August 7 , 2014 , with a lost to Magnus . On January 1 , 2015 , Terry ' s profile was moved to TNA Alumni section and The Freak was removed from The Menagerie profile . Return to Independent circuit ( 2015 - present ) . After his release from TNA , Terry wrestled his first match on May 1 at German Wrestling Promotion ' s Focus On Optimum III event , where he challenged for the GWP World Championship in a title match won by champion Absolute Andy . On August 22 , Terry teamed with fellow WWE alumni Sylvain Grenier in a match for the Portneuf Wrestling Association , defeating Brody Steele & MG Animal . The following year on April 16 , 2016 , Terry wrestled and defeated Bruce Santee at Go Wrestle ' s Titans Clash event . On May 14 , Terry wrestled two matches for Ring Warriors beginning with a battle royal won by Steve Madison ; and second match teaming with Joe Bucks to defeat Pepe Prado & Steve Madison . On September 17 , 2016 , Terry wrestled in Full Throttle Pro Wrestling ' s event where he was defeated by Braydon Knight .