Shark Boy Dean Matthew Roll ( January 28 , 1975 ) is an American professional wrestler , better known by his ring name Shark Boy . He is best known for his time in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ) . World Championship Wrestling ( 1999 - 2000 ) . As a result of the exposure gained by his appearances on television and at the Brian Pillman Memorial Shows , coupled with his " cult " following , Shark Boy was signed to a contract by World Championship Wrestling in 1999 . He made several appearances on " WCW Saturday Night " and " WCW Thunder " on [ TBS before being released six months later in early 2000 . World Wrestling All Stars ( 2002 ) . In February 2002 Shark Boy competed for the WWA at their Revolution PPV in Las Vegas . He fought in the opening contest , a 6 - Man Cruiserweight survival match . Also in the match were AJ Styles , Christopher Daniels , Low Ki , Tony Mamaluke , and Nova . He was eliminated first in the match , which was won by Nova . In November 2002 , Shark Boy toured Europe with the World Wrestling All - Stars Professional wrestling promotion | promotion . At the " WWA | Retribution " pay - per - view on December 6 , 2002 , Shark Boy defeated Frankie Kazarian . During this same time from 2002 till its closing , Shark Boy joined and toured with XPW where he had memorable bouts with Kaos , Tracy Smothers , Juventud Guerrera , and Jerry Lynn . On March 7 , 2004 , Shark Boy opened a professional wrestling school named " The Shark Tank " in Ohio . His most notable trainees are Dustin Thomas , Tom Bellman , Darrell Hazel , Jerrod West , Todd Mullins , Ed Gonzales , Donny Redd , Scary Garry , Jake Omen , Showtime James Jordan and Tony X . Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( 2002 – 2011 ) . Shark Boy debuted in 2002 , wrestling for the company but was used mostly as a jobber in the X Division . On the August 14 , 2002 TNA Weekly PPV , Shark Boy showed up on Disco Inferno ' s talk segment Jive _ Talkin ] without his mask playing the character " Dean Baldwin " , a fictional brother of the infamous Baldwin actors . In 2003 , he had a team with New Jack that involved getting New Jack to play board games such as Chutes and Ladders with Shark Boy . When New Jack left , Mad Mikey started teaming with Shark Boy before his untimely death in November 2003 and in 2004 he teamed with D - Ray 3000 which was his most successful tagteam run . In 2008 he returned to TNA after a brief hiatus from a kayfabe coma suffered from multiple ambushes , and tweaked his Shark Boy Gimmick into that of a Stone Cold Steve Austin tribute , even going as far as to drink " Clam Juice " ( a reference to Austin ' s infamous beer drinking ) in the ring after his matches . Upon his gimmick change , he would occasionally team up with Curry Man to form a comedic tag team that was a moderate success . After this gimmick change he started to talk , something he had not been heard to do before . Shark Boy took part in TNA ' s TerrorDome match on May 10 , but it was won by Kaz . Because of that TerrorDome match , Shark Boy was injured ; he returned backstage on the July 17 episode of " Impact ! " with Curry Man and Super Eric as part of a Justice League knock off , called The Prince Justice Brotherhood , where he got whipped by Beer Money , Inc . during a backstage segment . He appeared again with the Brotherhood on the July 24 episode of " Impact ! " . Roll returned on the February 5 edition of " Impact ! " , only to lose to the debuting Brutus Magnus in a squash match . Shark Boy has since been inactive due to showing flu - like symptoms at a recent television taping , causing fears of swine flu . He returned at the August 18 tapings of " Impact ! " , only to lose against Sheik Abdul Bashir in a match broadcast on the TNA website . He was again featured on a webmatch after the August 31 tapings of " Impact ! " , in another losing effort to Consequences Creed . This was his last match with the company for some time , and on October 13 , 2010 , Shark Boy ' s profile was removed from TNA ' s website while he spent some time working as a referee and road agent for the company . Shark Boy regularly appeared on the TNA web cast show " TNA Spin Cycle " in the " Dirty Laundry " segment , but no longer does the role . On December 5 , 2010 , Shark Boy made his return at Final Resolution , forcing Cookie into a shark cage during Robbie E ' s and Jay Lethal ' s match for the TNA X Division Championship . After the match he gave Cookie a " Chummer " . He changed his theme back to the theme he used before the Austin gimmick began . He made his return to the ring on the December 24 edition of " Xplosion " , in a losing effort against Robbie E . On March 3 , 2011 , Shark Boy announced on his website that he had requested and was granted his release from TNA . On July 10 , 2011 Shark Boy made an appearance at Destination X teaming with Eric Young defeating Generation Me . Sporadic Appearences in TNA ( 2013 – 2015 ) . Shark Boy made his return to TNA wrestling on the May 23 , 2013 episode of " Impact Wrestling " . He wrestled against Robbie E in a losing effort on the following episode of " TNA Xplosion " after his TV appearance . On March 17 , 2013 , Shark Boy appeared on TNA 10 Reunion where he was in a 10 - man Gauntlet match , which was won by Matt Morgan , that aired on August 2 , 2013 . On March 19 , 2013 , Shark Boy next appeared on Hardcore Justice 2 where he won a nine - man Hardcore Gauntlet Battle Royal , which aired on July 5 , 2013 . He then made another appearance on November 21 at TNA Turning Point , facing Ethan Carter III in a losing effort . On October 2 , 2014 , a fatigued and overweight Shark Boy made yet another appearance facing off against Manik and losing , then lost again on the October 15th 2014 show against Tyrus . Then made an appearance in the Oct . 29th taping during a backstage segment where he was signing autographs . Afterwards getting a pep talk from road agent Pat Kenney to get back to being " the real shark " referring to when he was in his prime . Shark Boy said he would do it . However , on January 1 , 2015 , Shark Boy ' s profile was moved to TNA Alumni section .