Line #37 Wrestling/PerrySaturn


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2	[[caption-width-right:227:As [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwf-eu-h.html WWE European Heavyweight Champion]]]]
3	->''"Perry Saturn is unbelievable."''
4	-->--'''Wrestling/JoeyStyles''', ''ECW Barely Legal''
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6	Perry Arthur Satullo (born October 25, 1966 in UsefulNotes/{{Cleveland}}, OH) is an American {{Professional Wrestl\|ing}}er best known for his work in the 1990s and early 2000s as Perry Saturn. He started his career in 1990 after a stint in the U.S. Army. He was working as a nightclub manager in UsefulNotes/{{Boston}}, MA and convinced the bouncer George Caiazzo to try wrestling. Caiazzo did and became John Kronus, since [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Cronus is the Greek equivalent of the Roman god Saturn]]. They became Wrestling/TheEliminators and would compete for Wrestling/JerryLawler's USWA in Memphis before arriving in Wrestling/{{ECW}} in 1995. They would hold the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ecw/ecw-t.html ECW World Tag Team Titles]] three times before Saturn followed Wrestling/{{Raven}} and Wrestling/StevieRichards to Wrestling/{{WCW}} in Fall 1997. There, Saturn would hold the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-tv.html WCW World Television Title]] once and the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-t.html WCW World Tag Team Titles]] twice, once with Raven and once with Wrestling/ChrisBenoit. Saturn, Benoit, Wrestling/DeanMalenko and Wrestling/EddieGuerrero would jump to Wrestling/{{WWE}} in January 2000. He would hold the WWE European Heavyweight Title once and the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwf-hc.html WWE Hardcore Title]] twice. He has also competed for Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling, Wrestling/{{TNA}} and many independent promotions.
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8	!! "Tropes of Saturn":
9	* ArchEnemy: (as a member of the Eliminators): The Pitbulls, the Gangstas (Wrestling/NewJack and Mustafa), Wrestling/TheDudleyBoys; (in WCW): Chris Benoit, Wrestling/BookerT, Wrestling/{{Glacier}}, Wrestling/{{Goldberg}}, Raven, Wrestling/ChrisJericho; (in WWE): Raven again
10	* AscendedExtra: Did some TV jobs for WWE in 1992 as Peter Motts.
11	* BadassBystander: He once got ''shot in the neck'' while saving a woman from being raped and by the time the police had arrived he had ''beaten the shit out of all three lowlifes by himself!''
12	* BaldOfEvil: Depending on his heel[=/=]face alignment at the time. He actually had hair until right after the Eliminators defeated [[Wrestling/MickFoley Cactus Jack]] and Wrestling/MikeyWhipwreck for the ECW World Tag Team Titles. Wrestling/{{Francine}}, then the manager for the Pitbulls, walked up to them to tell them how much she loved men with gold. This was a setup, of course, enabling the Pitbulls to attack and shave Saturn's head.
13	* BashBrothers: Kronus, Raven, Benoit, Malenko, Guerrero
14	* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: After (kayfabe) taking one too many blows to the head, he started coming out with odd non sequiturs such as "Monkeys learn sign language so they can tell dolphins they love them. You're welcome" and carrying around a [[CompanionCube mop]] which he named Moppy.
15	* {{Consulting M\|isterPuppet}}oppy
16	* {{Cowboy}}: As the Iron Horseman.
17	* DeathFromAbove:
18	** At ''ECW High Incident'', the Eliminators d. Wrestling/DrDeathSteveWilliams and Terry "Bamm Bamm" Gordy when Saturn climbed the scaffold that was there for the Wrestling/TommyDreamer vs. Brian Lee main event and ''dropped an elbow on Gordy from the scaffolding!''
19	-->'''JOEY STYLES''': "Perry Saturn is absolutely amazing! [[CrazyIsCool He's out of his mind!"]]
20	** He's been used to this even before his wrestling career, doing helicopter jumps as a [[UsefulNotes/YanksWithTanks U.S. Army Ranger]].
21	* TheDragon: In Raven's Flock in WCW.
22	* [[EveryoneWentToSchoolTogether Everybody Went to Wrestling School Together]]: Saturn, Wrestling/TripleH and Wrestling/{{Chyna}} all trained at Killer Kowalski's school in Waltham, MA at the same time.
23	* FinishingMove: Rings of Saturn, Death Valley Driver, Flying Elbow, Saturn Bomb, [[Wrestling/ChrisJericho the Moss-Covered Three-Handled Family Gradunza]], [[SuplexFinisher the [=Gargoyleplex=]]]
24	* GameBreakingInjury: Tore his ACL in mid-1997, putting him out of action for months.
25	* HesBack: Returned to wrestling in 2011 after an absence of several years due to homelessness and methamphetamine addiction brought on by being shot in the neck. (See BadassBystander above.)
26	* IHaveManyNames: Perry Saturn, the Iron Horseman, Peter Motts
27	* IKnowKarate: And Judo, too. Joey Styles mentioned the Eliminators' martial arts background during the match with the Dudleys at ''ECW Barely Legal'', and Saturn referenced it in promos running down Glacier in WCW.
28	* IdentityAmnesia: Crossed with RealLifeWritesThePlot: Saturn had faced {{Jobber}} Mike Bell on the May 12 (taped May 7), 2001 episode of ''[[{{BShow}} Jakked]]'', in a match where Bell had dropped Saturn on his head and Saturn had retaliated by stiffing Bell. He apologized afterwards, but was PutOnABus for a few weeks. TheBusCameBack on the May 21st episode of ''[[Wrestling/{{WWERaw}} Raw]]''. Wrestling/TerriRunnels, manager of the Radicals (Saturn and Wrestling/DeanMalenko), had walked into [[Wrestling/RonSimmons the]] [[Wrestling/JohnBradshawLayfield APA]]'s office and had attempted to distract them by [[SexySoakedShirt pouring their beer on her white shirt]]. Later, the APA faced the Radicals (w[=/=]Terri, who had changed into a robe) in a match, where, as Saturn's punishment for the incident with Bell, the APA beat the hell out of him, complete with Bradshaw [[NoSell no-selling]] Terri flashing him. This was what led to the "Moppy" gimmick and Saturn saying goofy things and finishing with [[CatchPhrase "You're welcome!"]]
29	* LastNameBasis: Referred to at times only as "Saturn."
30	* LightningBruiser: Aerial ability, technical ability and you want to talk strength? He hit the Saturn Bomb on Big Dick Dudley and defeated [[Wrestling/RonReis Reese]], aka the Yeti of the Wrestling/DungeonOfDoom, who's 7'3 and over 400 lbs., in Reese's last WCW match, on the June 29, 1998, ''Wrestling/WCWMondayNitro'', with a Death Valley Driver.
31	* NotCheatingUnlessYouGetCaught: The Eliminators defeated Billy Joe Travis and the [=Spellbinder=] on USWA TV in April 1994 due to their manager Doug Gilbert holding Travis' leg so he couldn't kick out.
32	* OurGargoylesRock: As [=Goldberg=] and future Flock member Wrestling/ScottyRiggs made their way to the ring for their match on the October 13, 1997 ''Nitro'' (4-0), the camera noticed Raven and Saturn and the as-yet-unnamed Sick Boy sitting together in the crowd. Announcer Tony Schiavone said that Saturn was "sitting there like a gargoyle." He later introduced a top-rope head-and-arm suplex called the [="Gargoyleplex"=]. On the February 21, 1998 ''WCW Saturday Night,'' Lodi held up a sign that read "Saturn the Gargoyle." On the March 12th ''WCW Thunder,'' Lodi held up a sign that read "Saturn: Ultimate Gargoyle."
33	* PowerStable:
34	** (in WCW): Raven's Flock
35	*** The Revolution, with Benoit, Malenko and Wrestling/ShaneDouglas
36	** (in WWE): The Radicalz, with Benoit, Malenko, Eddie Guerrero and Terri Runnels
37	** (in TNA): Extreme Revolution, with Raven, New Jack, Justin Credible and [[Wrestling/JimFullington the Sandman]]
38	* RealMenWearPink:
39	** He had to wear a dress for a time in WCW after losing a match to Jericho at ''WCW [=SuperBrawl=] IX''. He grew to like it.
40	** Jericho said in his book that he was sure he would lose the match as punishment for wanting to leave WCW for the greener WWE pastures, [[RealLifeWritesThePlot but Saturn wanted to do a Marilyn Manson gimmick and the rest is history.]]
41	* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: Saturn was the name of the Roman god of the harvest. Cronus was the Greek equivalent. They originally considered calling the team the Harvesters of Sorrow but Lawler told them that people wouldn't get the reference.
42	* TagTeam: The Eliminators, of course.
43	* WouldHitAGirl: The Eliminators gave Francine Total Elimination.

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