{{Short description|Canadian professional wrestler}} {{BLP sources|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox professional wrestler |name = Bobby Sharp |image = |caption = |alt = |birth_name = Robert Sharp |names = '''Bobby Sharp''' |height = 6 ft 0 in<ref name="axelsaalbach">{{cite web|url=http://wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=bios&wrestler=10522|title=Wrestlingdata.com - The World's Largest Wrestling Database|author=Axel Saalbach|work=wrestlingdata.com|accessdate=September 21, 2015}}</ref> - 6 ft 1 (185 cm)<ref name="OWW">{{cite web |url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/bios/b/bobby-sharp-2/ |title=Bobby Sharp|publisher=Online World of Wrestling |accessdate=September 18, 2016}}</ref> |weight = 205 lbs<ref name="cagematch">{{cite web|url=http://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=9244|title=Bobby Sharp|author=Philip Kreikenbohm|work=cagematch.net|accessdate=September 21, 2015}}</ref> - 209 lbs (95 kg)<ref name="OWW"/> |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|09|10|mf=y}} |birth_place = Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |death_date = |billed = Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada |trainer = Andy Anderson<ref name="cagematch"/><br/>Chi Chi Cruz<ref name="cagematch"/><br/>Sean Dunster<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.highriveronline.com/local/22051-pro-wrestlers-join-the-fight-for-life-at-senator-riley|title=Pro Wrestlers Join The Fight For Life At Senator Riley|work=Local News|publisher=HighRiverOnline.com|date=May 10, 2013|accessdate=2016-05-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616224440/http://www.highriveronline.com/local/22051-pro-wrestlers-join-the-fight-for-life-at-senator-riley|archive-date=June 16, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><br>Eddie Watts<ref name="cagematch"/> <br>Phil Lafon |debut = 2003<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=bios&wrestler=10522|title=Bobby Sharp|publisher=WrestlingData.com|accessdate=May 21, 2016}}</ref> |retired = }} '''Robert Sharp''' (born September 10, 1988) is an active Canadian professional wrestler, better known by his ring name '''"Lion Warrior" Bobby Sharp'''. He is currently working for numerous companies across Canada including Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling, High Impact Wrestling Canada, Monster Pro Wrestling, and Real Canadian Wrestling. Sharp is a Cauliflower Alley Club Future Legend award winner (and the third Canadian to win the award)<ref name="futurelegend">{{cite web |url=http://www.caulifloweralleyclub.org/congratulations-to-bobby-sharp-the-2013-cac-future-legend-award-winner/ |title=Congratulations to Bobby Sharp – the 2013 CAC Future Legend award winner |publisher=Cauliflower Alley Club |date= |accessdate=September 29, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304034951/http://www.caulifloweralleyclub.org/congratulations-to-bobby-sharp-the-2013-cac-future-legend-award-winner/ |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and a Canadian National Wrestling Association (CNWA) National Champion (2012).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2012/09/14/20198421.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927211151/http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2012/09/14/20198421.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 27, 2015|title=CANOE -- SLAM! Sports - Wrestling - Albertan Bobby Sharp aiming for National status|work=Canoe.com|accessdate=21 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.edmontonexaminer.com/2012/10/09/edmonton-wrestler-wins-inaugural-cnwa-championship|title=Edmonton wrestler wins inaugural CNWA championship|publisher=Edmonton Examiner|accessdate=September 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927201228/http://www.edmontonexaminer.com/2012/10/09/edmonton-wrestler-wins-inaugural-cnwa-championship|archive-date=September 27, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.prairiepost.com/news/swift-current/item/5993-professional-wrestlers-coming-to-swift-current-for-a-good-cause.html |title=Professional wrestlers coming to Swift Current for a good cause |publisher=Prairie Post |date=2014-05-01 |accessdate=September 26, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928005033/https://www.prairiepost.com/news/swift-current/item/5993-professional-wrestlers-coming-to-swift-current-for-a-good-cause.html |archive-date=September 28, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Professional wrestling career== Bobby Sharp had his first professional wrestling match at the age of 14 in Edmonton, Alberta for Monster Pro Wrestling. He continued his career as one of the youngest active Canadian Wrestlers in history, and became the youngest Canadian Jr. Heavyweight Champion ever in March, 2005 at age 16. He would go on to win the championship a second time in July of the same year. It was also in 2005 that the Edmonton Combative Sports Commission voted Sharp as the Professional Wrestler of the Year, and he remains the youngest recipient to win that award to date.
===Independent wrestling (2009-present)=== Bobby Sharp has been a regular on the Canadian Independent wrestling scene for the better part of ten years. During which he has competed for World Wrestling Entertainment, Monster Pro Wrestling, Prairie Wrestling Alliance, Elite Canadian Championship Wrestling, High Impact Wrestling Canada, Stampede Wrestling, Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling, Global Force Wrestling, Canadian Wrestling Elite, Action Wrestling Entertainment, Wrestling Fan Xperience, Canadian National Wrestling Alliance, Hart Legacy Wrestling, Destiny Wrestling, and Border City Wrestling among many other companies. In 2013 Sharp was booked in the maritimes to tour for the reboot of Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling. He continued touring alongside Rene Dupree as the "Canadian Outlawz.
===Can-Am School=== In 2016, Sharp moved to Ontario to further his training with Scott D'Amore and Johnny Devine.<ref name="ctvwindsor">{{cite web|url= http://windsor.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=933089|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160821172623/http://windsor.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=933089|url-status= dead|archive-date= August 21, 2016|title=Border City Wrestling|date=18 August 2016 }}</ref>
===Ontario Wrestling=== Bobby Sharp debuted for Global Force Wrestling in a tag team match with partner Cody Deaner at the October 2nd Global Showdown 2016 event in Mississauga. The event was taped for TV.<ref name="wrestling news net">{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestling-news.net/gfw-global-showdown-results/84299/|title=GFW Results: Global Showdown – Toronto, Ontario, Canada (10/2)|date=2016-10-03|access-date=2016-12-17}}</ref>
=== Return to Edmonton === Bobby Sharp returned to Edmonton at some point and wrestles know for companies like Top Talent Wrestling and Real Canadian Wrestling.
==Personal life== Sharp is in a long time relationship with fellow wrestler Kat Von Heez. In 2015 they both auditioned for the WWE series Tough Enough.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.caulifloweralleyclub.org/bobby-sharp-and-kat-von-heez-balance-life-in-and-out-of-the-ring/|title=Bobby Sharp and Kat Von Heez balance life in and out of the ring|publisher=CauliflowerAlleyClub.org|date=September 7, 2014|accessdate=May 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160629135326/http://www.caulifloweralleyclub.org/bobby-sharp-and-kat-von-heez-balance-life-in-and-out-of-the-ring/|archive-date=June 29, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/bobby-sharp-and-kat-von-heez-audition-for-tough-enough/|title=Bobby Sharp and Kat Von Heez audition for Tough Enough|author=Buckler, David|publisher=Online World Of Wrestling|date=April 25, 2015|accessdate=May 20, 2016}}</ref>
On December 24, 2015; Sharp proposed to longtime girlfriend Von Heez.
==Championships and accomplishments== *'''All-Star Wrestling - British Columbia''' **ASW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Tyler James<ref name="bstitlescagematch">{{cite web |url=http://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=9244&page=11 |title=Bobby Sharp - Titles|publisher=Cagematch - Internet Wrestling Database}}</ref> **West Coast Tag Team Classic II (2018) – with Tyler James *'''CanAm Wrestling''' **CanAm Community Chaos Championship (1 time)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=378916|title=CanAm Travisty|date=October 27, 2023|publisher=Cagematch - Internet Wrestling Database|access-date=November 23, 2023}}</ref> **CanAm Stu Hart Memorial Heavyweight Championship (1 time)<ref name="bstitlescagematch"/> *'''Canadian National Wrestling Alliance''' **CNWA National Championship (2 times, inaugural, current)<ref name="bstitlescagematch"/> **CNWA National Title Tournament (2012) *'''Cauliflower Alley Club''' **Future Legend Award (2013)<ref name="futurelegend"/> *'''Edmonton Combative Sports Commission''' **Edmonton Combative Wrestler of the Year (2005)<ref name="OWW"/> *'''High Impact Wrestling''' **HIW Central Canadian Heavyweight Championship (1 time)<ref name="bstitlescagematch"/> **HIW Wildside Provincial Championship (2 times) **Principal Pound "School of Hard Knocks" Memorial Battle Royal (2019) **King's Challenge V Tournament (2015) *'''Monster Pro Wrestling''' **MPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)<ref name="OWW"/> **MPW Provincial Championship (3 times) **MPW Ripper Hardcore Championship (1 time) *'''Pure Power Wrestling''' **PPW Heavyweight Championship (2 times)<ref name="bstitlescagematch"/> **PPW Western Canadian Championship (1 time) *'''Prairie Wrestling Association''' **PWA Mayhem Championship (1 time)<ref name="bstitlescagematch"/> **PWA Canadian Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Scotley Crue (1) and Michael Allen Richard Clark (1)<ref name="bstitlescagematch"/> *'''''Pro Wrestling Illustrated''''' **PWI ranked him #'''376''' of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2014<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=9244&page=12 |title=Bobby Sharp - Awards|publisher=cagematch.net|accessdate=April 14, 2017}}</ref> *'''Real Canadian Wrestling''' **RCW Alberta Heritage Championship (1 time) **RCW British Commonwealth Championship (2 time, current)<ref name="bstitlescagematch"/> **RCW Canadian Heavyweight Championship (1 time)<ref name="bstitlescagematch"/> **RCW Lightweight Championship (1 time)<ref name="bstitlescagematch"/> **RCW North American Championship (1 time) *'''Thrash Wrestling''' **Thrash Wrestling Championship (1 time) **Thrash Wrestling Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Vance Nevada *'''Wild Rose Sports Association''' **WRSA Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *'''Best Entertainment Wrestling''' **BEW Interim National Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
==References== {{Reflist|2}}
== External links == * [http://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=9244&name= Bobby Sharp]'s profile at Cagematch.org
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