Bobby Roode | |
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![]() Roode in April 2018 | |
Birth name | Robert Francis Roode Jr. |
Born | [1] Peterborough, Ontario, Canada[2] | May 11, 1976
Spouse(s) | Tracey Roode (m. 1995) |
Children | 3 |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Bobby Roode[2][3] Bobby Rude[2] Lee Awesome[2] Robert Roode[4] Rudy Rude |
Billed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[4] |
Billed weight | 235 lb (107 kg)[4] |
Billed from | Toronto, Ontario, Canada[4] |
Trained by | Scott D'Amore[2] Shane Sewell[2] Val Venis[2] |
Debut | June 19, 1998[5] |
Robert "Bobby" Francis Roode Jr.[6] (born May 11, 1976)[1] is a Canadian professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he is a producer.[7] As an active wrestler in the WWE, he became a one-time NXT, United States and WWE 24/7 Champion, and a three-time Tag Team Champion (two reigns as Raw Tag Team Champion with Chad Gable and Dolph Ziggler and one as SmackDown Tag Team Champion with Ziggler).
He is also known for his 12-year run for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. He was a member of the stable Team Canada, and the tag team Beer Money, Inc., along with James Storm. Together they are five-time TNA World Tag Team Champions and the longest reigning champions in TNA history. As a singles wrestler, Roode is a two-time TNA World Heavyweight Champion, with his first reign being the second longest reign in the company's history at 256 days.