The Pink Assassin

The Pink Assassin
Birth nameRobert Shoup
BornBoston, Massachusetts, U.S.[1]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)The Pink Assassin[1][2]
Bob Van Winkle[1]
Rob Van Winkle
The Wrestling School Dropout
Billed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[1][2]
Billed weight231 lb (105 kg)[1][2]
Billed fromFire Island, New York[2]
Debut1984[2]
Retired2011

Robert "Bob" Shoup,[1] better known by his ring name The Pink Assassin, is an American retired professional wrestler and manager. He was best known for his time in International Championship Wrestling where he feuded with "Jumping" Joe Savoldi and Robbie Ellis over the ICW Junior Heavyweight Championship during the 1980s.[3]

Shoup later moved on to the Century Wrestling Alliance where he became one of the promotion's biggest stars.[4] During his tenure with the company, he won the CWA Cruiserweight Championship two times.[2][3][5] After his retirement in 2001, Shoup managed a number of wrestlers on the Northeastern independent circuit including, most notably, Ox Baker's Army in the Millennium Wrestling Federation.[4] From 2006 to 2008, he appeared at several charity wrestling shows for Power League Wrestling.

  1. ^ a b c d e f "The Pink Assassin Profile". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2007-07-13.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Simpson, Greg. "Mindbender's Wrestling Greats: "P"". Mindbenders.ca. Mindbenders Wrestling Greats. Archived from the original on 2009-10-27.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference KM was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b "The Pink Assassin". BostonWrestling.com. July 25, 2006. Archived from the original on February 4, 2009.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Titles was invoked but never defined (see the help page).