Mike Shane

Mike Shane
Mike Shane
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Born	1968; Galsburg,Illinois
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Jake Gymini; Mike Shane ; Richard Johnson ; Biff Wentworth ; "The Incredible Bulk"
Billed height	6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Billed weight	303 lb (137.4 kg)
Trained by	Dean Malenko and Jeff Bradley
Debut	1998

Mike Shane is an American professional wrestler. He is one half of the tag team The Shane Twins, now known as The Gymini on WWE Friday Night SmackDown!, along with his twin brother, Todd Shane.

Career

The Shane Twins debuted in the Florida based Independent Pro Wrestling promotion in 1998. They were originally known as Biff Wentworth (Mike) and Chaz Wentworth (Todd), collectively known as The Wentworth Twins or as Phi De Kappa U. The Shane Twins held the IPW Tag Team Championships five times between 1998 and 2003. Their fifth reign began when they defeated The Road Warriors in Hokkaido, Japan on a World Japan show. Mike Shane enjoyed some singles success in IPW, defeating The Dog on January 13, 2001 in a tournament final in St. Petersburg, Florida to become the first ever IPW Television Champion.

In early 2002, the Shane Twins joined Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as Richard Johnson (Mike) and Rod Johnson (Todd), known collectively as The Johnsons. They wore latex bodysuits, which were intended to make them resemble a pair of large condoms. The Johnsons were managed by Mortimer Plumtree, and left TNA after several weeks.

The Shane Twins then began working for NWA Florida, where they formed a stable with Ron Niemi, Steve Madison, Rod Steel and Eric Loy known as 911 Incorporated, and won the NWA Florida Tag Team Championships on four occasions. In February 2004 Mike suffered a biceps injury which sidelined until September 2004.

In January 2005 the Shane Twins were signed to developmental contracts by World Wrestling Entertainment, and on February 7 they were sent to Ohio Valley Wrestling to hone their skills. They were later transferred to Deep South Wrestling, where they became known as The Regulators.

In early-2005, Mike Shane was involved in a legal confrontation with wrestler Matt Bentley, who was using the ring name "Michael Shane". In July 2005, Bentley began using his own name.

On January 6, 2006, the Shane twins debuted on Friday Night SmackDown! as the proteges of Simon Dean, under a new team name of The Gymini. They were employed to destroy Paul London and Brian Kendrick, to the delight of Dean.

In the next couple of weeks, Gymini would compete on Velocity against jobbers, and were rarely seen on Smackdown!

On the April 14th episode of Smackdown it was revealed that their full ring names are Jake Gymini (Mike) and Jesse Gymini (Todd).