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Case makes impact in professional wrestling world
By CRAIG JACOBS
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By CRAIG JACOBS
Editor
The past couple of years or so for Gowrie native, and now Las Vegas citizen, Roy Case has been one that has seen him rise from the ashes of his football career coming to a close, to now a champion within the professional wrestling circuit. Case, who competes for Sin City Championship Wrestling, has made a huge impact in the wrestling promotion, having been undefeated and capturing his first championship within three months of his debut.
Case, whose family has long been known around the area for their hog farm, decided when he was a teenager he wanted to forgo his family’s forte to pursue a passion.
“I was 13 when I decided I wanted to be a professional wrestler,” he said. “I always enjoyed the passion some of the guys I’d see around the midwest perform in Council Bluffs, Des Moines and even Omaha.”
He goes by the nickname “Big Hoss” on occasion with his 350 lbs frame, and has been manhandling his opponents within the wrestling ring. Case has thrown around all of his opponents with relative ease to this point throughout his young career.
Case’s family has kept tabs on his budding career as a wrestler after seeing him struggle with injuries while competing on the gridiron at Iowa Western before moving on to Wartburg.
“When Roy broke his arm his junior year, the doctors thought his athletic career might be over, that’s how bad it was,” his dad Buddy said. “Then he told us senior year he wanted to be a professional wrestler instead of following in the family business, it was a shock. He’d always been a great help on the farm and thought it was in his blood, but we’re still proud of him to follow such a dream.”
Case, after graduating from Wartburg with a degree in business and marketing, found himself traveling to Omaha from Gowrie two or three times a week to train to be a wrestler while also working for Applebee’s as a line cook.
“They always talk about grinding when wrestling and trying to pay your dues,” Roy said. “Every dollar I made at Applebee’s went to gas, food and paying for wrestling school. Mom and dad really busted their butts to help cover my other bills because they knew this is what I wanted to do, and how I wanted to make myself into something.”
The traveling saw him go through two cars while training to wrestle. Case then finally settled on getting a new truck that would last those trips from Gowrie to Omaha before taking him to Vegas to compete for SCCW.
The move may have been the hardest part for Case’s mother, Lori.
“Seeing Roy tell us he was hired by a promotion based out of Vegas and had to move there was so hard for me,” she said. “The company is called Sin City and I assumed it was full of loose women and other evil things but so far I’ve been surprised at how normal it is.”
Case, who after just two years on the independent scene was seen by SCCW and signed his contract to compete with them in early November. Since then he has gone unbeaten and captured his first championship, the International Championship, at the SCCW pay per view called Sinner’s Winter.
The Case family hosted a watch party for the pay per view at the golf course club house as an estimated 100 people from the area came to watch their hometown wrestler defeat Kendrick Alexander to win the title.
It took Case three top rope splashes among other high-impact moves to see him take down the champion as those in the club house exploded with cheers and applause.
“It was so amazing to see Roy win a title like that,” his best friend Lance said. “I know Roy has been workin’ for this for a long time and to see him capture a dream like that? It’s probably one of the highlights of the year for me and for the town.”
Case FaceTimed his family after winning the championship and saw the outpouring of support on social media in the days to follow.
“Real humbling to see how happy everyone was,” Roy said. “Great feeling to know the entire community has been paying attention to my career and following what SCCW is doing. They’ve been amazing to work with, and there is a lot of people I can learn from in that locker room to be even better at this.”
He will be wrestling again on Wednesday night against new champion Cliff Clinton? In a champion against champion match.
Case, whose family has long been known around the area for their hog farm, decided when he was a teenager he wanted to forgo his family’s forte to pursue a passion.
“I was 13 when I decided I wanted to be a professional wrestler,” he said. “I always enjoyed the passion some of the guys I’d see around the midwest perform in Council Bluffs, Des Moines and even Omaha.”
He goes by the nickname “Big Hoss” on occasion with his 350 lbs frame, and has been manhandling his opponents within the wrestling ring. Case has thrown around all of his opponents with relative ease to this point throughout his young career.
Case’s family has kept tabs on his budding career as a wrestler after seeing him struggle with injuries while competing on the gridiron at Iowa Western before moving on to Wartburg.
“When Roy broke his arm his junior year, the doctors thought his athletic career might be over, that’s how bad it was,” his dad Buddy said. “Then he told us senior year he wanted to be a professional wrestler instead of following in the family business, it was a shock. He’d always been a great help on the farm and thought it was in his blood, but we’re still proud of him to follow such a dream.”
Case, after graduating from Wartburg with a degree in business and marketing, found himself traveling to Omaha from Gowrie two or three times a week to train to be a wrestler while also working for Applebee’s as a line cook.
“They always talk about grinding when wrestling and trying to pay your dues,” Roy said. “Every dollar I made at Applebee’s went to gas, food and paying for wrestling school. Mom and dad really busted their butts to help cover my other bills because they knew this is what I wanted to do, and how I wanted to make myself into something.”
The traveling saw him go through two cars while training to wrestle. Case then finally settled on getting a new truck that would last those trips from Gowrie to Omaha before taking him to Vegas to compete for SCCW.
The move may have been the hardest part for Case’s mother, Lori.
“Seeing Roy tell us he was hired by a promotion based out of Vegas and had to move there was so hard for me,” she said. “The company is called Sin City and I assumed it was full of loose women and other evil things but so far I’ve been surprised at how normal it is.”
Case, who after just two years on the independent scene was seen by SCCW and signed his contract to compete with them in early November. Since then he has gone unbeaten and captured his first championship, the International Championship, at the SCCW pay per view called Sinner’s Winter.
The Case family hosted a watch party for the pay per view at the golf course club house as an estimated 100 people from the area came to watch their hometown wrestler defeat Kendrick Alexander to win the title.
It took Case three top rope splashes among other high-impact moves to see him take down the champion as those in the club house exploded with cheers and applause.
“It was so amazing to see Roy win a title like that,” his best friend Lance said. “I know Roy has been workin’ for this for a long time and to see him capture a dream like that? It’s probably one of the highlights of the year for me and for the town.”
Case FaceTimed his family after winning the championship and saw the outpouring of support on social media in the days to follow.
“Real humbling to see how happy everyone was,” Roy said. “Great feeling to know the entire community has been paying attention to my career and following what SCCW is doing. They’ve been amazing to work with, and there is a lot of people I can learn from in that locker room to be even better at this.”
He will be wrestling again on Wednesday night against new champion Cliff Clinton? In a champion against champion match.