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‘Generation Iron’ with top natural bodybuilder, firefighter, pro wrestler Rob Terry

TNA Impact Wrestling alum and natural bodybuilder Rob Terry is a two-time Natural Mr. Olympia, currently featured in a successful docuseries.

Terry, 40, who resides in Clearwater, received his wrestling start nearby in Tampa with WWE’s developmental group Florida Championship Wrestling in 2007. He was discovered by a WWE talent scout at a bodybuilding show in Hollywood, California.

Photo By Eric Lipton Courtesy of Rob Terry

Originally from Swansea, Wales, in the United Kingdom, he is 6-5, 278 pounds of natural steel, a larger-than-life force who continues to wrestle, primarily on the indies and in Japan, pre-COVID, and train for natural bodybuilding shows.

Photo Courtesy Rob Terry

He is also a certified, genuine firefighter in Central Florida.

Terry is featured in the latest “Generation Iron” docuseries — “Generation Iron: Natty 4 Life” — along with world famous natural bodybuilder and former American Gladiator Mike O’Hearn and American IFBB professional bodybuilder Kai Greene.

Talking Terry

In my audio interview with Rob Terry, he discusses natural bodybuilding, becoming a firefighter, the docudrama “Generation Iron: Natty 4 Life,” his homeland Wales, Ohio Valley Wrestling, pro wrestling, getting discovered, Arnold Schwarzenegger and more.

If you’re nWo and Natty, you’re nWo and Natty 4 Life.

About ‘Generation Iron: Natty 4 Life’

The Vladar Company and Generation Iron Brands release their new film “Generation Iron: Natty 4 Life,” featuring world famous natural bodybuilder and former American Gladiator Mike O’Hearn, American IFBB professional bodybuilder Kai Greene and Terry.

Photo Courtesy Rogers & Cowan PMK

“Generation Iron: Natty 4 Life” explores the inner workings of professional natural bodybuilding in attempt to expose the truth behind the all-natural claim of the sport.

This next chapter in the flagship film series will also feature Kai Greene and explore the controversial world of professional natural bodybuilding alongside top pros competing for Natural Olympia in a league dedicated to ensuring all competitors are free of performance-enhancing drugs. With medicine and technology continuing to change at a rapid pace across sports and entertainment, natural bodybuilding as a whole has been criticized and questioned. Can the league guarantee that these competitors are truly natural?

Vlad Yudin is the director of this docudrama and also founder of The Vladar Company and Generation Iron Brands, a Manhattan-based digital media content publisher, broadcaster and producer of strength sports, wellness, bodybuilding, fitness, MMA, entertainment, news and original content. Its reach is more than 3 million readers monthly with more than 1.2 million subscribers.

“Generation Iron: Natty 4 Life,” not rated, is 107 minutes. It’s available on VOD on Friday.

Website: https://generationiron.com/watch-generation-iron-4/

More about Rob Terry

Terry has wrestled for WWE’s FCW, TNA Impact Wrestling, Ohio Valley Wrestling, and the indies, including Florida’s Full Throttle Pro Wrestling.

Photo Courtesy Rob Terry

TNA Impact Wrestling (pictured with Robbie E) gave him his first consistent TV exposure through pro wrestling, which led to ample opportunities.

He’s traveled the world wrestling, including stints in Japan for Wrestle-1 and Diamond Stars where in 2017 he and Kazushi Miyamoto won the NWA World tag team titles.

He is known as The Freak and The Welsh Warrior.

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This story was originally published July 29, 2020 at 10:11 AM with the headline "‘Generation Iron’ with top natural bodybuilder, firefighter, pro wrestler Rob Terry."

Jim Varsallone
Miami Herald
Jim Varsallone writes a high school sports column twice a week, featuring top performers in all varsity sports (boys and girls) in Broward and Miami-Dade counties. He also covers pro wrestling, something he’s done since his college days in the late 1980s. Now in his fifth decade of coverage, he currently follows WWE (Raw, SmackDown and NXT), AEW, Ring of Honor, TNA Impact Wrestling, MLW, WOW, NWA, and the South Florida indies, mainly CCW. He writes MMA, too -- mostly profile stories and video interviews with American Top Team and Sanford MMA fighters in South Florida. As for pro wrestling, he writes feature stories and profile pieces, updates upcoming show schedules in South Florida, photographs the action and interviews talent (audio and video) -- sharing the content here and via social media on his Facebook, Twitter and YouTube channel: jim varsallone (jimmyv3 channel). Support my work with a digital subscription
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