Allen Sarven
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Allen Sarven (born July 18, 1963 in Lima, Ohio) is a professional wrestler better known by his stage name of Al Snow.
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Profile
- Height: 6' 1"
- Weight: 232 lbs
- Trained By: Jim Lancaster
- Professional Debut: May 22, 1982
- Previous Manager(s): Jim Cornette, Skandor Akbar, Jerry Lawler, Jonathan Coachman
- Quote(s): "What does everybody want?"
Previous Identities
- Al Snow
- "Aluring" Al Snow
- Avatar
- The Five Star Ninja
- Leif Cassidy
- Shinobi
- "The Snowman" Al Snow
- Steve Moore
Finishing Moves
Signature Moves
- Snowplex (wheelbarrow suplex)
- Asai Moonsault
- Diving leg drop
- Trapping Headbutts
- Sit-out Spinebuster
- DDT
- Running Clothesline
- Baseball slide Irish whip evasion
Career
In the mid-1990s, Sarven received his first mainstream exposure with the WWF as Leif Cassidy, the tag team partner of legendary tag team wrestler Marty Jannetty. The duo was promoted as "The New Rockers", a throwback to the 1980s team of Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty. Inevitably, the storyline was dropped and Sarven was reduced to jobbing for mid-carders. In the late 1990s, WWF and ECW began to cross-promote their organizations to counteract the success of WCW. One of the wrestlers sent to wrestle in ECW was Sarven.
Within this new environment, Sarven found success as the character of Al Snow. In this role, Sarven received a lot of fan and management support for his Job Squad storyline, which promoted him as being angry with and driven mad by his years as a jobber for WWF. He would come to the ring with a mannequin head that he talked to as if it were a real person and prompt ECW crowds to chant "We want head", an intentional double entendre. Just two days before he was booked to win the ECW Championship, Sarven was recalled to WWF.
Since then, Sarven, who still uses the Snow character, has enjoyed some mid-card success in WWE, and still performs an on-air role as a commentator for Sunday Night Heat. He has made the most impact in the WWE as lead trainer on the promotion's reality show Tough Enough.
Titles/Accomplishments
- 1-Time WWF World Tag Team Champion with Mankind
- 6-Time WWE Hardcore Champion
- 1-Time WWE European Champion
Other Titles
- 1-Time Motor City Wrestling Heavyweight Champion
- 1-Time Motor City Wrestling Tag Team Champion (with Denny Kass)
- 5-Time ICW United States Tag Team Champion (with ?)
- 2-Time Midwest Tag Team Champion (with ?)
- 1-Time Midwest Territories Heavyweight Champion
- 2-Time GWA Tag Team Champion (with ?)
- 1-Time GWA Junior Heavyweight Champion
- GWA BodySlammers Tourney Winner (1994)
- 2-Time MTW Heavyweight Title (first-ever)
- 1-Time MTW Tag Team Champion (with Ray Roberts)
- 1-Time BCW Can-Am Tag Team Champion (with Denny Kass)
- 1-Time WWA World Tag Team Champion (with Mickey Doyle)
- 1-Time SMW Tag Team Champion (with Unibomb (AKA Kane))
- 1-Time JAPW Heavyweight Champion
- 1-Time USA Pro Wrestling Heavyweight Champion
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) ranked him # 329 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003.
Job Titles
- Co-host of Sunday Night Heat
- WWE RAW Commentator
- Head Tough Enough Trainer