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* VocalEvolution: Like his mentor Wrestling/TripleH, Bobby's voice has gone from fairly high and nasal in his early Ring of Honor days to a lower BadassBaritone in NXT.

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* VocalEvolution: Like his mentor Wrestling/TripleH, Bobby's voice has gone from fairly high and nasal in his early Ring of Honor days to a lower BadassBaritone BaritoneOfStrength in NXT.
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Robert Anthony Fish (born October 27, 1976), known professionally as Bobby Fish, is an American professional wrestler currently signed to Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling and best known for his time performing in [[Wrestling/{{WWENXT}} NXT]]. He was a member and co-founder of Wrestling/TheUndisputedEra, and is a former 2-time NXT Tag Team Champion alongside his tag team partner Wrestling/KyleOReilly.

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Robert Anthony Fish (born October 27, 1976), known professionally as Bobby Fish, is an American professional wrestler currently signed to Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling and best known for his time performing in [[Wrestling/{{WWENXT}} NXT]].NXT]] and Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling. He was a member and co-founder of Wrestling/TheUndisputedEra, and is a former 2-time NXT Tag Team Champion alongside his tag team partner Wrestling/KyleOReilly.
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* GuestFighter: He had a short tenure in ''Wrestling/ImpactWrestling'' in 2022.
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* AwesomeMcCoolName: If by 'awesome', you mean "tailor-made for a snappy, easily memorable ring name". As you can see above, his actual birth name is 'Robert Anthony Fish.'
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* ManlyFacialHair: Bobby has a disctintive Van Dyke beard, which certainly helps enhance his image as an old-style hook-focused wrestler.
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Robert Anthony Fish (born October 27, 1976), known professionally as Bobby Fish, is an American professional wrestler currently signed to Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling and best known for his time performing in [[Wrestling/{{WWENXT}} NXT]]. He was a member and co-founder of Wrestling/TheUndisputedEra, and is a former 2-time NXT Tag Team Champion alongside his former tag team partner Wrestling/KyleOReilly.

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Robert Anthony Fish (born October 27, 1976), known professionally as Bobby Fish, is an American professional wrestler currently signed to Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling and best known for his time performing in [[Wrestling/{{WWENXT}} NXT]]. He was a member and co-founder of Wrestling/TheUndisputedEra, and is a former 2-time NXT Tag Team Champion alongside his former tag team partner Wrestling/KyleOReilly.
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* BadassBeard: Bobby certainly has great facial hair.

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** In AEW, he's taken to using an inside roundhouse kick called "The Last Rites".



* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Ironically, Wrestling/BryanDanielson made him tap out to a heel hook (one of Fish's SignatureMoves) in their first AEW match.



* RedBaron: The "Infamous" Bobby Fish. O'Reilly's nickname for his is the "Dalai Lama Yokohama".

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* RedBaron: The "Infamous" Bobby Fish. O'Reilly's nickname for his is the "Dalai him was occasionally "The Dalai Lama of Yokohama".


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** He's added a slingshot into the ropes to the exploder suplex, making it even more devastating.
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Robert Anthony Fish (born October 27, 1976), known professionally as Bobby Fish, is an American professional wrestler best known for his time performing on the Wrestling/{{WWENXT}} brand. He was a member and co-founder of Wrestling/TheUndisputedEra, and is a former 2-time NXT Tag Team Champion alongside his former tag team partner Wrestling/KyleOReilly.

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Robert Anthony Fish (born October 27, 1976), known professionally as Bobby Fish, is an American professional wrestler currently signed to Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling and best known for his time performing on the Wrestling/{{WWENXT}} brand.in [[Wrestling/{{WWENXT}} NXT]]. He was a member and co-founder of Wrestling/TheUndisputedEra, and is a former 2-time NXT Tag Team Champion alongside his former tag team partner Wrestling/KyleOReilly.
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Robert Anthony Fish (born October 27, 1976) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to Wrestling/{{WWE}}, where he performs on the Wrestling/{{WWENXT}} brand under the ring name Bobby Fish. He was a member and co-founder of Wrestling/TheUndisputedEra, and is a former 2-time NXT Tag Team Champion alongside his former tag team partner Wrestling/KyleOReilly.

Fish is also well known for his appearances with Wrestling/RingOfHonor from 2013 to 2017, where he wrestled as one-half of the tag team Wrestling/{{ReDRagon}} and held the ROH World Tag Team Championship three times and the ROH World Television Championship once. He is also known for his appearances in Japan for Pro Wrestling NOAH and for Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling (NJPW), where he held the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship twice.

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Robert Anthony Fish (born October 27, 1976) 1976), known professionally as Bobby Fish, is an American professional wrestler currently signed to Wrestling/{{WWE}}, where he performs best known for his time performing on the Wrestling/{{WWENXT}} brand under the ring name Bobby Fish.brand. He was a member and co-founder of Wrestling/TheUndisputedEra, and is a former 2-time NXT Tag Team Champion alongside his former tag team partner Wrestling/KyleOReilly.

Fish is also well known for his appearances with Wrestling/RingOfHonor from 2013 to 2017, where he wrestled as one-half of the tag team Wrestling/{{ReDRagon}} Wrestling/{{reDRagon}} with O'Reilly and held the ROH World Tag Team Championship three times and the ROH World Television Championship once. He is also known for his appearances in Japan for Pro Wrestling NOAH and for Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling (NJPW), where he held the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship twice.

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* ContinuityNod: Fish's RedBaron "The Infamous One" is to his first ROH tag team, "Infamous Talent" with Scott Cardinal.



* FriendToAllChildren: In ROH he said reDRagon served to be role models to all the children of North America. And especially North Korea. Do you understand these kids learned English on their own to correspond with O'Reilly and himself?



* LuckyCharmsTitle: The "infamous" on his tights uses a star instead of an "a".
* NameOfPower: Flying Fish Hook (High Knee), Fish Hook Deluxe Edition (Heel Hook).



* NoSell: While O'Reilly and Strong were both staggering after an exchange of strikes, Fish looked to capitalize and in ring debuting Cheeseburger tried to cut Bobby off. Fish was not amused and, unlike O'Reilly earlier, JustHitHim. Caused enough of distraction for Strong to recover and fight off both for awhile though.
* NotSoSimilar: Bobby Fish has self confidence, Roderick Strong is insecure, [[UnreliableNarrator according to Bobby Fish]].



* RedBaron: The "Infamous" Bobby Fish.

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* RedBaron: The "Infamous" Bobby Fish. O'Reilly's nickname for his is the "Dalai Lama Yokohama".


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* TalkShowWithFists: The Fish Tank. It had a [[NoBudget paper thin budget]], even when he was holding a title belt.


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* TookALevelInBadass: Became a much more credible threat upon his return in 2012 and joining Kyle O'Reilly in reDRagon.
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* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Wrestling/KyleOReilly, his tag partner in Wrestling/{{ReDRagon}} and Wrestling/TheUndisputedEra, for ten years. To the point where reDRagon would be the only Undisputed Era members to remain on speaking terms a few months after Adam Cole's betrayal as of May 2021.

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* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Wrestling/KyleOReilly, his tag partner in Wrestling/{{ReDRagon}} and Wrestling/TheUndisputedEra, for ten years. To the point where reDRagon would be the only Undisputed Era members to remain on speaking terms a few months after Adam Cole's betrayal as of May 2021.2021, respecting each other's independent objectives whereas Roderick Strong couldn't.
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* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Wrestling/KyleOReilly, his tag partner in Wrestling/{{ReDRagon}} and Wrestling/TheUndisputedEra, for ten years. To the point where reDRagon would be the only members of The Undisputed ERA to remain on speaking terms a few months after Adam Cole's betrayal as of May 2021.

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* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Wrestling/KyleOReilly, his tag partner in Wrestling/{{ReDRagon}} and Wrestling/TheUndisputedEra, for ten years. To the point where reDRagon would be the only members of The Undisputed ERA Era members to remain on speaking terms a few months after Adam Cole's betrayal as of May 2021.
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* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Wrestling/KyleOReilly, his tag partner in Wrestling/{{ReDRagon}} and Wrestling/TheUndisputedEra, for ten years.

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* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Wrestling/KyleOReilly, his tag partner in Wrestling/{{ReDRagon}} and Wrestling/TheUndisputedEra, for ten years. To the point where reDRagon would be the only members of The Undisputed ERA to remain on speaking terms a few months after Adam Cole's betrayal as of May 2021.
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* NoIndoorVoice: Possibly the only wrestler to out-yell Bobby is Wrestling/KevinOwens... which is probably where Bobby picked up the habit. It's rare that you can get Bobby to ''stop'' trash-talking in or out of the ring.

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* NoIndoorVoice: Possibly the only wrestler to out-yell Bobby is Wrestling/KevinOwens... which is probably where Bobby picked up the habit.Wrestling/KevinOwens. It's rare that you can get Bobby to ''stop'' trash-talking in or out of the ring.

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Fish is also well known for his appearances with Wrestling/RingOfHonor from 2013 to 2017, where he wrestled as one-half of the tag team Wrestling/{{ReDRagon}} and held the ROH World Tag Team Championship three times and the ROH World Television Championship once. He is also known for his appearances in Japan for Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah) and for Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling (NJPW), where he held the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship twice.

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Fish is also well known for his appearances with Wrestling/RingOfHonor from 2013 to 2017, where he wrestled as one-half of the tag team Wrestling/{{ReDRagon}} and held the ROH World Tag Team Championship three times and the ROH World Television Championship once. He is also known for his appearances in Japan for Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah) NOAH and for Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling (NJPW), where he held the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship twice.


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** Wrestling/{{ReDRagon}}, of course. Bobby and Kyle teamed in ROH, New Japan, PWG, and over a half-dozen indy promotions, carrying over to NXT as well.
** With Eddie Edwards in Pro Wrestling NOAH.
** A short-lived team with Wrestling/RoderickStrong in NXT.
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[[caption-width-right:350:The Infamous One]]

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* AnimalMotifs: Fish, [[CaptainObvious of course]].

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* AnimalMotifs: Fish, [[CaptainObvious of course]]. His mouthpiece frequently has shark's teeth on it.
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* AlliterativeName: Fish was once known as Jerk Jackson, unrelated to Matt and Nick, though they did give him many super kicks. He began working under his real name in Wrestling/ProWrestlingNOAH, [[PunnyName how long did it take you to figure out why]]?

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* AlliterativeName: Fish was once known as Jerk Jackson, unrelated to [[Wrestling/TheYoungBucks Matt and Nick, Nick]], though they did give him many super kicks. He began working under his real name in Wrestling/ProWrestlingNOAH, [[PunnyName how long did it take you to figure out why]]?
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* BerzerkButton: It's not hard to press his, but among them:

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* BerzerkButton: BerserkButton: It's not hard to press his, but among them:
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[[caption-width-right:350:The Infamous One]]

Robert Anthony Fish (born October 27, 1976) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to Wrestling/{{WWE}}, where he performs on the Wrestling/{{WWENXT}} brand under the ring name Bobby Fish. He was a member and co-founder of Wrestling/TheUndisputedEra, and is a former 2-time NXT Tag Team Champion alongside his former tag team partner Wrestling/KyleOReilly.

Fish is also well known for his appearances with Wrestling/RingOfHonor from 2013 to 2017, where he wrestled as one-half of the tag team Wrestling/{{ReDRagon}} and held the ROH World Tag Team Championship three times and the ROH World Television Championship once. He is also known for his appearances in Japan for Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah) and for Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling (NJPW), where he held the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship twice.

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!! Flying Fish Tropes:
* ActionDad: Has two daughters.
* AffablyEvil: As a heel, particularly in Ring of Honor. In ROH, Fish loved the Code of Honor, especially the handshaking part, and would become annoyed if you didn't want to shake his hand and exchange niceties before the asskicking.
* AlliterativeName: Fish was once known as Jerk Jackson, unrelated to Matt and Nick, though they did give him many super kicks. He began working under his real name in Wrestling/ProWrestlingNOAH, [[PunnyName how long did it take you to figure out why]]?
* AnimalMotifs: Fish, [[CaptainObvious of course]].
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Or, "Arrogant Muay Thai Guy". His submission and striking game is extensive, and he'll be the first to tell you he'll kick your head off.
* AwesomeMcCoolName: If by 'awesome', you mean "tailor-made for a snappy, easily memorable ring name". As you can see above, his actual birth name is 'Robert Anthony Fish.'
* BadassBeard: Bobby certainly has great facial hair.
* BadassInANiceSuit: In both his ROH and NXT singles' career. He's definitely the best-dressed in Wrestling/TheUndisputedEra.
* BashBrothers: With O'Reilly most of the time, but has also tagged with Strong.
* BerzerkButton: It's not hard to press his, but among them:
** Don't hurt his tag partners, especially Wrestling/KyleOReilly.
** His sense of humor really doesn't extend to singalongs, as Matt Riddle and Pete Dunne found out.
* BeYourself: A lesson he learned in NOAH. Unfortunately for the rest of the roster, "yourself" in his case is a giant {{troll}}.
* BigBrotherInstinct: As the eldest member of both Wrestling/TheUndisputedEra and his former tag team of Wrestling/{{ReDRagon}}, he's the one most often ready to throw down for messing with his brothers. This goes double when the one being messed with is Kyle. Wrestling/EC3 definitely found this out the hard way.
* TheBigGuy: Takes this role in the Undisputed Era, due to his power game (though ironically, he's also [[TheNapoleon the shortest member]]).
* BrooklynRage: Well, Albany Rage, but he's definitely short-tempered.
* TheBusCameBack: Returned to NXT on the 5/11 show to save Wrestling/KyleOReilly from a Dunne and Lorcan beatdown.
* TheCameo: Played a security guard restraining Wrestling/JeffHardy on a 2009 episode of Smackdown. [[https://preview.redd.it/mehw1lz6p4221.jpg?width=960&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=ce50c47cff21ddd33d2f2e8ddac36e7cb98be53f He's pretty recognizable, even a few years before his breakout runs in Evolve and ROH.]]
* ChairmanOfTheBrawl: If he's grabbing a weapon, it's probably a chair. And if he has a chair, and you've just hurt [[Wrestling/KyleOReilly his tag team partner]], ''run''.
* CombatCommentator: Bobby was told on ''Supercard of Honor X'' that he had to go the commentary table and stay there if he wanted to stick around after his match was over. He also filled in on commentary during a number of other ROH matches, usually while partner Wrestling/KyleOReilly was competing in singles' action.
* CommutingOnABus: Spent a good chunk of 2018 inactive, owing to a knee injury, but still appeared with the stable in backstage segments.
* CoolOldGuy: He's a decade older than most of his contemporaries, but still only in his early 40's.
* DeadpanSnarker: His default mode of communication.
* ExtremityExtremist: Proficient in Muay Thai and kickboxing (enough to have been a legit competitor in both sports), though he's more of a power wrestler. He's scored some one-hit KO's with his roundhouse kicks, mind you.
* {{Expy}}: Fish is basically Victorian-era catch wrestler Dan [=McLeod=] with a mouthpiece.
* FascinatingEyebrow: The best in wrestling aside from Wrestling/TheRock.
* FinishingMove: Usually relies on a moonsault or a number of submissions (fish hook or crossface).
* GameBreakingInjury: The two significant ones in NXT have been his knee injury in 2018 and a triceps tear in War Games in 2020. Both times, he's been out for over six months.
* GenreSavvy: Most notably in Ring of Honor, where he and Kyle would exploit common wrestling tropes (usually at the expense of fellow Genre Savvy wrestlers like Wrestling/JayLethal and Wrestling/TheYoungBucks).
* GlassCannon: As seen above, he has a tendency to be injury-prone; went down with a serious knee injury in 2018, a non-serious elbow injury in 2019, and a triceps tear in late-2020.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Wrestling/KyleOReilly, his tag partner in Wrestling/{{ReDRagon}} and Wrestling/TheUndisputedEra, for ten years.
* HesBack: While he'd been seen on television in many promos and segments alongside his [[Wrestling/TheUndisputedEra Undisputed Era]] brothers, he made a significant return from knee injury in 2018 wielding a steel chair and unleashing hell on both Wrestling/EC3 and the Velveteen Dream.
** His May 2021 return from a triceps injury involved him [[BigDamnHeroes making the save]] for Wrestling/KyleOReilly, driving off Pete Dunne and Oney Lorcan.
* IKnowMaddenKombat: Like many former football players, Bobby employs the Spear in his arsenal.
* JackOfAllStats: Primarily a striker, but he can turn just about any contact situation into a leg lock. Then there are his rolling sentons, sometimes with a slingshot, as well as his top rope moonsault (ode to [[Wrestling/KeijiMutoh Muta]]). He's legitimately proficient in Muay Thai and kickboxing, enough to have been an official competitor in both sports, and in WWE he's made more use of his power wrestling game.
* {{Jobber}}: His role in ROH before forming Wrestling/{{ReDRagon}}.
* TheNapoleon: Among Undisputed Era, he's the shortest (despite serving as TheBigGuy in the group). There were a few funny moments in Ring of Honor where Bobby would climb onto the turnbuckle to be taller than his opponent.
* NoIndoorVoice: Possibly the only wrestler to out-yell Bobby is Wrestling/KevinOwens... which is probably where Bobby picked up the habit. It's rare that you can get Bobby to ''stop'' trash-talking in or out of the ring.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Moreso in Ring of Honor, where commentary was fond of telling the audience Bobby was "the youngest thirty-____ year old in the business". Nowadays, he looks his actual age of forty-four.
* PlatonicKissing: Frequently smooches the faces/foreheads of the other Undisputed Era members.
* RealMenWearPink: Or purple. Or white. Bobby's never been shy of utilizing color in his [[SharpDressedMan nice suits]].
* RedBaron: The "Infamous" Bobby Fish.
* SignatureMove: The superplex, spear, fall away slam, exploder suplex, and the senton atomico. He used to utilize the moonsault and the avalanche Falcon Arrow in Ring of Honor, but hasn't pulled either move out in a while.
* SirSwearsALot: Has always had a potty mouth, especially on the indies, but it's become an issue now. According to Adam Cole, Bobby's been told more than once to watch his mouth during NXT matches (which have mics built into the canvas and ring) and it got so bad during War Games 2019 that the production team yelled at him too.
* SmugSnake: After losing the IWGP Junior Heavyweight titles, Fish bought Roderick Strong a beer, so ''Strong'' would have something to drown his sorrows with, being his next opponent.
** He carried this into his NXT career, being the smuggest snake in a stable of them.
* ThemeNaming: Fishes, [[MeaningfulName of course]].
* TrashTalk: Oh, just ''try'' and stop Bobby Fish from yelling at his opponents, his partner, the timekeeper, the referee, fans in the third row...
* {{Troll}}: Bobby Fish's middle name. Virtually incapable of ''not'' trash-talking an opponent or instigating with referees.
* VocalEvolution: Like his mentor Wrestling/TripleH, Bobby's voice has gone from fairly high and nasal in his early Ring of Honor days to a lower BadassBaritone in NXT.
* WorthyOpponent: Had a significant moment with Lio Rush during the 2016 Survival of the Fittest Tournament, where the victorious Bobby gave last-man-standing underdog Lio a hug and a raised hand after the match.

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