Gene Snitsky

He made his WWE debut on the September 13, 2004 edition of *Raw* against Kane in a no-disqualification match. As Kane, a heel at the time, prepared to injure Snitsky, he was distracted by Lita, who was pregnant with Kane's child. Snitsky would use the distraction to hit Kane from behind with the chair, causing Kane to fall on Lita, and causing Lita to miscarry her unborn baby. When interviewed about the incident, Snitsky vehemently claimed that "It Wasn't My Fault" (which would go on to become his catchphrase). This facilitated a face turn for Kane and would have Snitsky quickly establish himself as a full-time heel wrestler.

He was then situated in a major feud with Kane, which led to a match at Taboo Tuesday. In this match, Snitsky used a steel chair and crushed Kane's larynx. This feud resumed at the New Year's Revolution pay-per-view, when Kane returned and defeated Snitsky. On the January 31 edition of *Raw*, Snitsky lost a steel cage match to Kane to end the feud.

At Survivor Series, Snitsky had an encounter with a character similar to his own, Heidenreich. Snitsky was then in the main event, in which he was on Team Triple H against Team Randy Orton. During the match, he was busted open by Maven and was subsequently disqualified for attacking Maven with a steel chair. At the 2005 Royal Rumble, the two met up again as Snitsky secretly partnered with Heidenreich, planning to interfere in Heidenreich's casket match with The Undertaker. It was later revealed that Kane was hidden in the casket, who pounced on both Snitsky and Heidenreich. They continued their fight in the crowd, before letting the casket match continue. Later that night, Snitsky competed in the Royal Rumble match in which he eliminated Paul London, before being eliminated himself by Batista.

He was absent from WWE television between April and May 2005 due to medical reasons. He returned to action on May 28, and reappeared on *Raw* on May 30, where he began a feud with Chris Benoit. The feud concerned Benoit's appearance at ECW One Night Stand; Snitsky was a "hired gun" for Eric Bischoff's *Raw* volunteers, brought in to try to invade the pay-per-view and ruin the ECW reunion.

Snitsky was then used by Edge and Lita to attack Kane. On July 11 episode of *Raw*, Edge informed Snitsky that he knew about his female foot fetish and offered Snitsky to "have a go with Lita's feet" if he'd help him in a match against Kane. Lita and Snitsky's past was addressed when Lita actually thanked Snitsky for his actions nine months prior, saying that she was better off for not having birthed the spawn of Kane, and then gave him a kiss as a reward.

When his rivalry with Kane ended, Snitsky had a shot at the Intercontinental Championship, which then was held by Shelton Benjamin. Snitsky lost by disqualification after hitting Benjamin with a steel chair.

On the July 18 episode of *Raw*, Snitsky faced WWE Champion John Cena in the lumberjack match, where Chris Jericho picked all heel lumberjacks to make the odds unfair for Cena.

After a few weeks mainly wrestling on *Heat*, Snitsky formed a tag team with an initially reluctant Tyson Tomko. In their first team match together, the pair squashed the tag team of Viscera and Val Venis. The pair would have some success as a tag team, earning the number one contenders spot for the World Tag Team Championship at one point. The pair were unable to win the titles from Big Show and Kane, both of whom Snitsky had feuded with in the past. The team was broken up in April 2006 when Tomko left WWE.

Following that, Snitsky turned face and formed a tag team with Goldust, defeating various teams of wrestlers on *Heat*, which eventually earned them an unsuccessful title shot against Spirit Squad. However, this team was also broken up when Goldust was released from WWE.

In 2007, Snitsky's character underwent a drastic overhaul and was now portrayed as a psychotic madman with a grotesque appearance. To this effect, all of the hair on Snitsky's head and face was shaved off (including his eyebrows), his teeth were colored a dark yellow, and several red marks were placed on his face. On the February 6, 2007 edition of *ECW on Sci Fi*, a vignette introduced the newly changed Snitsky to the viewers and announced him coming to *ECW*. Later during the same show, Snitsky debuted and assaulted the ECW World Champion Bobby Lashley. This re-established him as a monstrous heel. Over the next several weeks, Snitsky would run into the ring after matches and attack various *ECW* superstars, including CM Punk, Hardcore Holly, Balls Mahoney, and Matt Striker.

On April 3, 2007, Snitsky faced Holly in a match, which he won. After the match, Snitsky wedged Holly's arm in between two steel steps and repeatedly hit the steps with a steel chair, in storyline, breaking Holly's arm. Snitsky then began a short feud with Balls Mahoney. Then, he would begin another short feud with Rob Van Dam. During this feud, Snitsky would suffer his first ECW loss when he was defeated by Van Dam by disqualification.

On the June 11 edition of *Raw*, Snitsky was drafted from *ECW* back to *Raw* as part of the WWE Draft. Snitsky made his return to the brand on the July 9 edition of *Raw*, defeating Super Crazy.

Snitsky continued to go undefeated on *Raw* throughout the summer, having pinfall victories over various wrestlers including Super Crazy, Val Venis, Rory McAllister, and Robbie McAllister.

On August 20, Snitsky competed in his first one-on-one main-event match since losing to John Cena on *Raw* in 2005, once again against Cena, which he lost via disqualification when Randy Orton interfered. This was Snitsky's first loss since returning to the *Raw* brand. On the September 10 *Raw*, it was revealed that Snitsky was not Vince McMahon's illegitimate son. Snitsky returned on the October 8 *Raw*, defeating Val Venis, substituting for Santino Marella, who was feuding with Venis. On December 3, Snitsky was pinned by Jeff Hardy in an Intercontinental Championship match, his first pinfall loss in the year. Snitsky last appeared on WWE television on the November 24, 2008 *Raw*, losing an Intercontinental Championship tournament match to CM Punk. On December 11, 2008, at his request, Snitsky was released from his WWE contract.