Rob Conway Robert Thomas " Rob " Conway . ( November 28 , 1974 ) is an American professional wrestler and is best known for his 7 year stint with World Wrestling Entertainment working under the name of Rob Conway . He is currently competing for the National Wrestling Alliance , and is a two - time NWA World Heavyweight Champion . Career . Rob Conway began his career in Memphis Championship Wrestling ( MCW ) and Ohio Valley Wrestling ( OVW ) , teaming with Nick Dinsmore under the names Limited Edition ( MCW ) , the Borkcin Brothers and the Lords of the Ring ( OVW ) . While in OVW he and Dinsmore were also members of Kenny Bolin ' s Bolin Services along with The Prototype , Barry Buchanan , and Mark Henry . As the Lords of the Ring , Conway and Dinsmore won the OVW Tag Team titles on 10 occasions and captured the MCW North American Tag Team titles once . On April 28 , 1999 Rob Conway defeated his own partner Nick Dinsmore to win the OVW Heavyweight Championship , but lost it back to him the next week . Conway won the OVW Heavyweight Championship a second time on August 17 , 1999 , pinning Damaja . He lost the title to Rico Constantino on November 10 , regaining it on September 6 , 2000 , with another victory over Nick Dinsmore . World Wrestling Entertainment . 2000 - 2003 . Conway debuted in the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) on the May 20 , 2000 , episode of " Jakked " , where he was defeated by Bull Buchanan . Over the next three years , Conway appeared in tryout matches on " Velocity " and " Sunday Night HEAT " , losing to wrestlers such as A - Train , Randy Orton , and The Hurricane . In a match taped for the July 17 , 2003 episode of " SmackDown ! " , Rob Conway and Nick Dinsmore appeared under masks as " Los Conquistadores " , losing to Rey Mysterio and Billy Kidman . On July 27 , at Vengeance 2003 , Conway once again competed as the masked Conquistador , this time with Johnny Jeter as his partner , as part of the APA Bar Room Brawl . Conway made his proper debut for the company on the August 18 , 2003 , episode of " RAW " , planted in the audience dressed as an American soldier . After Conway was " harassed " by the heel tag team La Résistance ( Sylvain Grenier and René Duprée ) , he was invited into the ring by The Dudley Boyz , who were then feuding with La Résistance . While " celebrating " with the Dudley Boyz and waving the American flag , Conway suddenly hit them both with the flagpole , revealing himself to be a member of La Résistance . The trio feuded with several tag teams , including the Dudley Boyz , The Hurricane and Rosey , Garrison Cade and Mark Jindrak . 2004 - 2005 . When Grenier suffered a back injury in October 2003 , Dupree and Conway held the group together until the March 15 , 2004 edition of " RAW " when Grenier returned . The trio did not last long after that , however , as Dupree was drafted to SmackDown ! on March 22 , 2004 during the Draft Lottery . However , Grenier and Conway continued to team together as La Résistance on " RAW " . With American - Franco hostility subsiding , the WWE ceased billing the team as being from France and instead promoted them as being haughty French Canadians who carried the flag of Quebec to the ring , with Grenier often singing the Canadian national anthem . The team held the World Tag Team Championship three times . Their first title reign came when they defeated Chris Benoit and Edge on the May 31 , 2004 edition of RAW in Grenier ' s home town of Montreal , Quebec . Shortly after this Conway grew his hair out and combed it back . The team dropped the belts to the same team of Benoit and Edge at Taboo Tuesday on October 19 when , even though Edge walked out on Benoit , Benoit was able to defeat La Résistance by himself . It wasn ' t long before La Résistance reclaimed the tag team gold for the second time on the November 1 , edition of " RAW " , defeating Chris Benoit after Edge walked out on Benoit again . This time La Résistance didn ' t hold the titles as long as their last reign as they lost the belts two weeks later on " RAW " when they faced the team of William Regal and Eugene as well as Tajiri and Rhyno in a 3 - Way Elimination match dropping the titles to Regal and Eugene . Their third , and final , Tag Team Title reign began at a " RAW " - brand House show on January 16 , 2005 in Winnipeg , Manitoba when they defeated Regal and Jonathan Coachman — Regal ' s actual partner , Eugene , had been injured and Coachman was selected to be his fill in partner , though Regal never tagged him in — to win the belts . La Résistance dropped the belts again a few weeks later on the February 7 , edition of " RAW " , from Tokyo , Japan , to William Regal and his new tag team partner Tajiri . Conway cut his hair back short in March , 2005 . La Résistance repeatedly attempted to regain the gold ( mainly on " Heat " ) from Regal and Tajiri in a number of different matches but fell just short each time . During their " last shot " the team thought they had won back the titles only to have the decision reversed by referee Mike Chioda due to La Résistance not pinning the legal man . The match was restarted but La Résistance lost the match and their last chance against Regal and Tajiri in a normal tag team contest . The team was given one more chance at Regal and Tajiri , only this time during a Tag Team Turmoil match including five teams — La Résistance , Regal and Tajiri , The Heart Throbs ( Romeo Roselli and Antonio Thomas ) , Simon Dean and Maven , and The Super Heroes Hurricane and Rosey , during Backlash . During the match La Résistance managed to eliminate the champions , but were defeated by the last remaining team ( and winners of the match ) Hurricane and Rosey . The team split in mid - May 2005 after repeatedly quarreling over which of them was the superior wrestler . Grenier and Conway went into singles competition with announcers claiming that the members of La Résistance were trying to " one up " each other in singles matches without the other man in their corner . This saw Conway defeat a jobber and Val Venis , while Grenier was defeated by both Venis and Chris Jericho before both men competed in a triple threat match ( against Intercontinental Champion Shelton Benjamin for the title ) , Benjamin won the match not long after the La Résistance members began to argue and fight with each other . This altercation led to a main event match for the June 12th " Heat " ( taped on June 6 ) in which Rob Conway portrayed the heel , and defeated Grenier . On June 30 , 2005 , Grenier was a last minute trade in the 2005 WWE Draft , sending him to " SmackDown ! " while Conway stayed on RAW . Despite the return to " RAW " of René Duprée in the same lottery which claimed Grenier , Conway began wrestling in singles competition . Conway continued to wrestle in singles competition on both Heat and Raw episodes notably losing all his matches . On the July 17 , 2005 edition of " WWE Heat " Conway brought back his original identity of Rob Conway , making his new persona a narcissistic model and developing a new appearance including sunglasses , a mustache , and a new haircut . He began referring to himself as " The Con - Man " Rob Conway . A notable trademark of the new Con - Man was that while his music , " " Just Look At Me " " played him to the ring , he would lip - synch . With the new look came a long winning streak . During the " WWE Homecoming " edition of " RAW " , Conway interrupted a segment involving a number of WWE Legends . After disrespecting the legends , they assaulted him en masse . Conway , seeking retaliation , then went on to have matches against a number of legends , picking up wins over Doink The Clown , Greg Valentine ( by disqualification ) and Koko B . Ware . During this time he would go on to begin feuding with Eugene , a big fan of the legends who stuck up for them . At the 2005 Taboo Tuesday pay - per - view , Conway teamed with Tyson Tomko to face Eugene and a legend ( as voted for by the fans ) . Jimmy Snuka beat out Kamala and Jim Duggan in the voting to become Eugene ' s partner and picked up the win after a Superfly Splash ending Conway ' s winning streak . On the next " RAW " , Conway attempted to take the Intercontinental Championship from Ric Flair , but came up short when he was locked in Flair ' s infamous Figure four leglock . 2006 - 2007 . After losing to Flair , Conway went on a long losing streak , losing almost every match he was in through the rest of the 2005 and the start of 2006 . Conway went back to competing on " Sunday Night Heat " making few appearances on " RAW " and losing on every occasion . On the April 10 , 2006 edition of " RAW " Conway debuted a slightly changed look , including longer hair , no mustache , and blonde highlighted hair , in a loss to Rob Van Dam . Conway finally broke his losing streak for one night only on the May 12 , 2006 edition of " Heat " when he won a mixed tag team match with Victoria against the team of Viscera and Torrie Wilson . It was short lived , however , as the next week he was defeated by Jim Duggan , restarting his losing streak but starting a short program with Duggan and his protege Eugene . At the start of August 2006 Conway dropped the Con - Man Gimmick as he stopped wearing sunglasses and his Ego dropped . From this point on , Conway was used as a Tweener who was desperate to pick up a victory over anyone possible but failed every time he tried . On the November 15 edition of OVW , Conway made a surprise appearance , teaming with Sylvain Grenier to reform their old stable , La Résistance . The reformed team defeated Cody Runnels and Shawn Spears to earn a shot at the OVW Southern Tag Team Titles . However , the team lost the title match . After months of losing , Conway appeared on the January 1 , 2007 edition of " RAW " . Rob proceeded to make a New Year ' s resolution and vowed that he would not lose another match and if he did he would quit " RAW " . His opponent would be Intercontinental Champion Jeff Hardy , but he was pinned after 21 seconds . After the match , WWE Chairman Vince McMahon entered the ring . Vince then began to talk about how the famous phrase " You ' re Fired " used by Donald Trump on The Apprentice didn ' t originate there but it originated right here in the WWE . He proceeded by telling Conway that he wasn ' t going to allow him to quit , he continued and told Rob , " You ' re Fired ! " On May 11 , 2007 , Rob Conway was released from his contract with WWE . Juggalo Championship Wrestling ( 2011 ) . Conway debuted in Juggalo Championship Wrestling at the event Hardcore Hell . Per storyline , he announced that he was a master of submissions and a wrestler for hire . That night , Conway submitted three different opponents to showcase his skills . Two weeks later , he was hired by Breyer Wellington to face JCW Heavyweight Champion Corporal Robinson , but was defeated . Conway then participated in Juggalo Championship Wrestling ' s first internet pay - per - view Hatchet Attacks , where he submitted Sal the Man of a Thousand Gimmicks . At Up in Smoke , Conway was hired by Sabu ' s manager Charlie Brown to attack 2 Tuff Tony . After Rhino scared off Sabu and Conway , a tag team match was scheduled between the two and Rhino and Tony at St . Andrew ' s Brawl . National Wrestling Alliance ( 2013 – present ) . On March 16 , 2013 , Conway defeated Kahagas to win the National Wrestling Alliance ( NWA ) World Heavyweight Championship . Through NWA ' s working relationship with New Japan Pro Wrestling , Conway appeared via video at New Japan ' s March 23 event announcing that he would be taking part in the promotion ' s April 7 Invasion Attack event . He was then challenged to a match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship by Satoshi Kojima . Conway made his debut appearance for New Japan on April 5 , when he , accompanied by NWA president Bruce Tharpe , had an in - ring confrontation with Kojima . Two days later , Conway defeated Kojima , following interference from Tharpe and fellow NWA wrestler Jax Dane , to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Championship . On April 20 , Conway successfully defended the NWA World Heavyweight Championship against Chris Masters in Houston , Texas , after which he was presented a new title belt . On June 22 , Conway returned to New Japan at Dominion 6 . 22 , where he successfully defended the NWA World Heavyweight Championship against Manabu Nakanishi . Conway would show up in a video on September 5 , 2013 at NJPW IPPV at the Korauken Hall to challenge Jushin Thunder Liger to a future title match . Liger came out after the video and accepted the challenge . On September 29 at Destruction , Conway defeated Liger to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Championship . On November 9 , Conway returned to NJPW at Power Struggle , where he and Jax Dane defeated K . E . S . ( Davey Boy Smith , Jr . and Lance Archer ) and Tencozy ( Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima ) in the first fall of a two - fall three - way match to win the NWA World Tag Team Championship , making Conway a double champion and the first wrestler to simultaneously hold both the World Heavyweight and World Tag Team Championships . From November 23 to December 7 , Dane and Conway took part in New Japan ' s 2013 World Tag League , where they finished with a record of three wins and three losses , failing to advance to the semifinals . Conway was pinned in only one of his team ' s three losses , which led to his defeater , Satoshi Kojima , challenging him to a rematch for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship . On January 4 , 2014 , at Wrestle Kingdom 8 in Tokyo Dome , Conway lost the NWA World Heavyweight Championship to Kojima . The following day , Conway pinned Kojima following a distraction from Bruce Tharpe and a low blow , when he and Dane successfully defended the NWA World Tag Team Championship against Tencozy . Conway and Dane returned to New Japan on April 6 at Invasion Attack 2014 , where they lost the NWA World Tag Team Championship to Tencozy . On April 12 , Conway received a rematch for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship during New Japan ' s trip to Taiwan , but he was again defeated by Kojima . The following day , Conway and Dane also failed in their attempt to regain the NWA World Tag Team Championship from Tencozy . Conway also failed to regain the title alongside Wes Brisco on May 25 at Back to the Yokohama Arena . On June 2 , Conway defeated Satoshi Kojima in Las Vegas to regain the NWA World Heavyweight Championship . Conway and Dane returned to New Japan in November to take part in the 2014 World Tag League . The team finished second to last in their block with a record of three wins and four losses . Conway returned to NJPW on February 11 , 2015 , at The New Beginning in Osaka , where he and Chase Owens defeated Jushin Thunder Liger and Hiroyoshi Tenzan in a tag team match . Three days later at The New Beginning in Sendai , Conway lost the NWA World Heavyweight Championship to Tenzan . Personal life . Rob graduated from New Albany High School ( Indiana ) in 1990 where he was a very accomplished athlete , especially in basketball . He later played basketball at the now defunct Graceland College in New Albany . Following college , Rob sold fitness equipment and worked as a personal trainer in the Southern Indiana / Louisville area . He broke into wrestling after driving past the old Danny Davis arena in Jeffersonville , Indiana in 1997 . After walking in and watching what he considered out of shape guys wrestle , he thought he would give it a try . Within five minutes of being in the ring , Rob stated in a 2004 article in Indianapolis Monthly he knew this is what he wanted to do . Based on the appearance of the local wrestlers , he thought it would only take six months to make it to the WWE ( then WWF ) based on his excellent build and athleticism . It took him six years .