“The Modern Day Warrior” Rob Adonis

NAME: “The Modern Day Warrior” Rob Adonis
HEIGHT: 6’4”
WEIGHT: 299 lbs
YEAR TURNED PRO: 1999
TRAINER: Lee Thomas
FINISHER: The Adonis Drop

CHAMPIONSHIPS HELD: UCW World Heavy Weight Championship (4)
UCW National Heavyweight Championship (1)
UCW World Tag Team Championship (1)

YEAR OF SALVATION: 1986

TESTIMONY:
I have always believed that a “TESTIMONY” should be a thing of OFFENSE rather than DEFENSE. I gave my heart to Christ on Father’s Day, 1986. I had just turned 10 years old. The only thing that I can honestly say was that I knew I felt Jesus telling me to step out from between those benches and “Walk That Aisle!” I fell to my knees and I prayed for Jesus to “SAVE ME!” What I did not realize was that the second I took that public step toward the altar and admitted I was lost in sin and only the Blood of the Risen Savior, Jesus Christ, could make me free – I was SAVED.

I was raised in a church where you went to the altar and had to “BEG GOD” to SAVE you. This was a process that typically took HOURS & HOURS. I remember as soon as I hit my knees, I knew I was saved. However, Staying true to the RELIGION in which I was raised, I sat there and I kept telling myself that I would stand up and proclaim my SALVATION after “The Next Song” was over. That RELIGIOUS WAITING GAME is a decision I have regretted ever since. I had seen people go to the altar and stay for four and five hours at a time. Family members would be taking “smoke breaks” in the parking lot while their loved one was “WRESTLING” with JESUS. I would see people go to the altar night after night after night and never be satisfied. It was not until I broke away from the RELIGION and became a TRUE CHRISTIAN. I realized that SALVATION is waiting for you. All you have to do is receive it. It truly is like a gift in a box. You just unwrap – and enjoy it for the rest of Eternity.

I walked away from a secular music career in 1997 to pursue Contemporary Christian Music Endeavors. The group was called 3:sixteen. I had my Mom, Dad, and 3 other great musicians/ vocalists (Rickey, Ben, & Kim would become dear friend to me in the years to follow) practicing and performing all the time. We played and performed and really had a great time. It was, musically, the most fun & success I ever experienced. As with most bands, things happened and the show came to an end. I knew I had a ministry inside me.

In 1999 I entered the world of Professional Wrestling. I graduated from College on May 1, 1999 (With my second degree), and headed to Wrestling College that afternoon. I trained for four hours and was told that I should get some boots and start wrestling. I wrestled for four years and loved every minute of it. I avoided the drugs, alcohol, pills, and the pitfalls of Pro Wrestling. I knew it was there, but I just did not do it. I saw it destroy several of my best friends and almost send some of them to an early grave. I have never drank alcohol, smoked anything, done drugs, or even taken a single pain killer. I never wanted to. I told God that if I only knew how – I would clean up Pro Wrestling. God gave me the vision and showed me the way. UCW was born in the summer of 2003. For me, UCW is the answer for Christ’s charge in the first five books of the New Testament. “GO UNTO ALL THE WORLD AND PREACH THE GOSPEL!” UCW is doing just that. I founded UCW and I serve as the President/ Shepherd/ Pastor. I thank God every day for the opportunity to minister in HIS name and call HIM SAVIOR.

“Whether you like it – or you don’t like it – learn to love it – because it’s the best ministry going today! Whoooooooooooooooo!”