Eugene Alan Snisky[1] (born January 14, 1970)[1] is an American professional wrestler and actor, better known by his ring name Gene Snitsky, who is best known for his time with World Wrestling Entertainment.

[4] Snisky trained with the Allentown, Pennsylvania-based World Xtreme Wrestling (WXW) and competed in the promotion under the name "Mean" Gene Snitsky.

[5] Snisky had a tryout match with the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) the day after winning the WXW Championship on October 20, 2003, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania at a Raw taping.

Snisky, wrestling as Gene Snitsky, was defeated by fellow WXW wrestler "Smooth" Tommy Suede.

Snitsky, who had debuted against Kane as an apparent jobber, said years later that he was originally only supposed to make a one-night appearance, then return for OVW for more training before being called back up to the main roster on a full-time basis.

The angle with Kane and Lita had gone over so well that WWE made a last-minute decision to promote him to the main roster full-time and flew him in to Raw on the company's corporate jet.

[7] On the January 31 edition of Raw, Snitsky lost a steel cage match to Kane to end the feud.

He returned to action on May 28, and reappeared on Raw on May 30, where he began in earnest his televised feud with house show opponent Chris Benoit.

[12] His history with Lita was addressed when she thanked Snitsky for his actions nine months earlier, stating that she was better off for not having given birth to Kane's offspring and then gave him a kiss as payment.

[13] After a few weeks mainly wrestling on Heat, Snitsky formed a tag team with an initially reluctant Tyson Tomko.

They lost their shot at Big Show and Kane, both of whom Snitsky had feuded with in the past, and broke up in April 2006 when Tomko left WWE.

[14] In 2007, Snitsky's character underwent a drastic overhaul and was now portrayed as a psychotic madman with a grotesque appearance.

Over the next several weeks, Snitsky would run into the ring after matches and attack various ECW superstars, including CM Punk,[16] Hardcore Holly,[17] Balls Mahoney,[18] and Matt Striker.

[26] On December 3, Snitsky was pinned by Jeff Hardy in an Intercontinental Championship match, his first pinfall loss in the year.

[27] Snitsky last appeared on WWE television on the November 24, 2008 Raw, losing an Intercontinental Championship tournament match to CM Punk.

[6] On November 6, 2023, Snitsky made a cameo appearance on Raw backstage with Chelsea Green saying his famous line "It Wasn't My Fault".

[29][30] After his release, Snitsky worked in the independent circuit, mainly in World Xtreme Wrestling, where he won the WXW C4 Ultimate Heavyweight Championship on April 20, 2012.

[33] Snitsky, along with Rycklon, debuted for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) on the June 25 taping of Impact Wrestling (which aired on July 24) as a heel, attacking Tommy Dreamer, Bully Ray and Devon, ostensibly aligning with Dixie Carter.

[39] In 2009, Gene Snitsky appeared as a biker in the music video for the song "Free Your Soul" by Vyrus.

In 2013, he was announced to play a role in the first episode of a non-profit Mighty Morphin Power Rangers fan series titled MMPR which never materialized.

After his release from WWE, Snitsky began running an Army surplus store in Hamburg, Pennsylvania, where he also spends time riding bike trails.