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OWW Wrestler of the Week: Hernandez
Our resident philosopher looks at the Latino Superstar who scored the upset of the year by cleanly defeating Samoa Joe on Impact.
Upsets are a major part of pro wrestling. Hernandez scored, perhaps, the biggest upset in the history of TNA when he used a Splash off the top rope to cleanly pin the Samoan Submission Machine, Samoa Joe. Hernandez is this week’s OWW Wrestler of the Week.
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Shawn Hernandez grew up in the Houston, Tx area. Shawn started his sports career by playing Arena Football. Shawn was noticed by Texas wrestling legend, Tugboat Taylor, who suggested the big Latino consider pro wrestling. Taylor made arrangements for Shawn to receive training at the wrestling school owned by Shawn Michaels and Rudy Boy Gonzales. After finishing his initial training, Shawn Michaels made calls to the WWE and got Hernandez a few dark matches with the company. He took the role of jobber, working only a handful of matches.