Nicholas Cvjetkovich (; born August 29, 1973) is a Serbo-

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. He is best known for his 2009 stint in

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(WWE) where he worked on its

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as Kizarny. He primarily works on the independent circuit as Sinn Bodhi.

Professional wrestling career

Early Career (2000–2007)

Cvjetkovich was trained as a wrestler by Rob Fuego and

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and also trained for (and later earned) his black belt at Alex Atkinson's Black Belt Institute. His debut match was in 2000 against El Fuego during the Apocalypse Wrestling Federation's Iron Man Tournament at the

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. He remained with the AWF until February 2001. He also worked several dates for

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, using the name "Lucifer Love" (as AWF employees were not allowed to work for regional competitors, Cvjetkovich used a different

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and

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so he would not be found out). In May and June 2001, Cvjetkovich toured

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with Brian Dixon's

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promotion, where he teamed with fellow Canadian Joe E. Legend defeating top stars Tatanka,

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, and

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. Shortly after returning from England, Cvjetkovich began working for

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. He returned to the AWF in late 2001 and once again participated in the Iron Man Tournament, before forming a tag team with Fabian Stokes known as "High Maintenance". Cvjetkovich wrestled in several Twin Wrestling Entertainment TWE main events across Ontario, facing legends such as

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and "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan. In the summers of 2002 and 2003, Cvjetkovich wrestled across the Maritimes (

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, and

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) for All Canadian Wrestling run by

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and Buddy Lane while competing with fellow wrestlers Peter Kingman, Kowboy Hughes, Jason Bates,

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, and

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. In August 2003, Cvjetkovich won the ACW Heavyweight Championship. In late 2003, Cvjetkovich appeared with "Dark Omen" Elvis Elliot at ''Fallout 2003'' in

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on September 27. They won the IWR Tag Team Championship in a three-way tag team match, but were stripped of the titles within a month. Cvjetkovich performed with Sideshow Carnival Diablo throughout Ontario, Manitoba, and Quebec, where he was featured as a strong man, and performed feats such as bending iron bars in his teeth, acting as a Human Dartboard, and the Electric Chair. He then returned in March 2004 to participate in tag team tournaments across Canada with partner Elliot. On August 28, Cvjetkovich won the

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Gulf Coast Team Division Championship with Ron Fargo. In December, Cvjetkovich lost to

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at the New Japan Dojo. In 2005, he began promoting an event called ''Warrior 1 Pro Wrestling LIVE!'' on June 26 at the

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. In the main event, Cvjetkovich and his partner Helvis were defeated by

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(

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and Bobby Roode). In November 2005, Sinn returned to Carnival Diablo, as well as partnering with Helvis as "The Beasts of Burden". He also competed against

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in TWE. On June 29, 2006, Cvjetkovich won the UWA Ottawa Heavyweight Championship by defeating Bobby Roode in a No Holds Barred match. From July to December, he wrestled regularly for the Pure Wrestling Association where he had multiple shots at the PWA Pure Violence Championship. While still based in Toronto, Cvjetkovich, alongside Eric Young (Jeremy Fritz), helped to break in various wrestlers like former ROH Champ

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and

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Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2003–2005, 2013)

Cvjetkovich made his debut in

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on August 13, 2003, under the name "Sinn", participating in a six-man tag team match, teaming with

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and Vampire Warrior, but lost the match. He then joined a stable called

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, led by

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. The group engaged in a long running feud in 2003 against

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and his "

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", with the teams participating in many hardcore matches between them. In a

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on September 24, The New Church lost to The Gathering, but hung the members of The Gathering from the ceiling with chains afterwards. Sinn's final appearance for TNA was in March 2004, with a loss in a tag team tournament with his tag team partner Slash to the team of

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and

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. Cvjetkovich returned for two more appearances with TNA in late 2005 teaming with Helvis (Elvis Elliot) as "The Beasts of Burden". On March 5, 2013, Slash and Sinn appeared at TNA Hardcore Justice 2. The Disciples of the New Church were defeated by the

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( Hernandez &

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World Wrestling Entertainment (2006–2009)

In late 2004, Cvjetkovich wrestled a number of

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for

. Debuting for WWE's

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in December 2006, Cvjetkovich wrestled a number of matches which continued into the summer of 2007, at the suggestion of Al Snow, in hopes of earning a developmental contract with World Wrestling Entertainment. Cvjetkovich was signed to a WWE developmental contract on July 12, 2007. With WWE starting to shift its developmental territory to the newly formed

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, Cvjetkovich reported there instead of OVW. On October 13, 2007, Cvjetkovich made his FCW debut under the name Sinn Bowdee, losing to Mariousz Jablonski. While in FCW, Cvjetkovich wrestled and feuded with several wrestlers that later achieved success in WWE such as

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and

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. Bodhi continued to wrestle in FCW even after his debut on the main roster. On the October 10, 2008, edition of ''

'', vignettes promoting the debut of Cvjetkovich, now under the ring name Kizarny, began to air. He later described his character as being as "if Jake "The Snake" Roberts and Doink produced a lovechild." During the vignettes, he spoke in

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talk, with additional vignettes airing during the next few weeks. He also competed in dark matches before SmackDown tapings, defeating Ryan Braddock and

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. Kizarny made his in-ring televised WWE debut on the January 2, 2009 episode of ''SmackDown'', defeating

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. Kizarny later reappeared in an

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qualifying

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but was eliminated early in the match. In his last appearance on WWE TV, Kizarny appeared in a backstage segment involving

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and

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on the February 20, 2009, episode of ''SmackDown''. On March 9, 2009, Kizarny was released by WWE.

Return to the independent circuit (Since 2009)

Cvjetkovich made an appearance for the

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after his release from WWE and had hopes to tour Japan which never materialized. Sinn would compete in Florida Underground Wrestling, while there Sinn would take on FUW's best talents, such as NVUS (

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& Kennedy Kendrick), Eddie Taurus, and 666lbs Tweedle Die, who Sinn mentored and defeated. Starting on June 18, Cvjetkovich was part of the

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vs. Jake "The Snake" Roberts tour, which featured sideshow circus acts competing with professional wrestling in a battle to top one another. Cvjetkovich was in the

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each night, wrestling Roberts. He has also appeared on the Louisville, Kentucky–based OVW on the September 4, 2010, episode along with his valet

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. On January 29, 2011, Cvjetkovich made his debut for

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(PWG), during the

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weekend, and was defeated by Jake Roberts in what was billed as Roberts' retirement match. In April 2013, he won the 55 man casino battle royal at Vendetta Pro Wrestling.

Chikara (2010–2011, 2013–2020)

On November 21, 2010, Cvjetkovich made his debut for Chikara, appearing during a match between

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and

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, summoning UltraMantis' allies Obariyon and Kodama away from the ring as they were trying to help their leader in his battle against not only Ares, but also his BDK stable mate Tursas. Cvjetkovich worked the appearance under a cloak and never revealed his true identity. During his second appearance at Chikara's season nine finale ''Reality is Relative'' on December 12, 2010, Cvjetkovich revealed his identity as Sinn Bodhi and demanded that UltraMantis Black hand him the Eye of Tyr. When UltraMantis was unable to produce the artifact, Bodhi led Obariyon, Kodama and a third masked man, who was later named Kobald, into an attack on UltraMantis, who was then saved by

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and Frightmare. UltraMantis later revealed that he had asked for Bodhi's help in training Obariyon, Kodama and Kobald for his battle against BDK, but never agreed to give him the Eye of Tyr. On January 23, 2011, at the season ten premiere, Bodhi wrestled his first Chikara match, losing to UltraMantis Black via disqualification, following interference from Kodama and Obariyon. On March 13 Bodhi defeated UltraMantis in a rematch. On April 15, Bodhi, Kodama and Obariyon entered the 2011 King of Trios, but were eliminated from the tournament in the first round by The Colony (Fire Ant, Green Ant and Soldier Ant). Bodhi was also involved in controversy at KOT due to comments he made during the pre-show which some took to be related to the recent death of

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. Bodhi later apologized for the promo. On September 18, Bodhi and his Dark Army (Kobald, Kodama and Obariyon) faced UltraMantis Black and his Spectral Envoy (Crossbones, Frightmare and Hallowicked) in an eight-man tag team match, which ended with UltraMantis pinning Bodhi for the win. Bodhi's feud with UltraMantis Black came to an end at the

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, where UltraMantis handed him the Eye of Tyr (which was later revealed to be a fake replica) and resulted in Bodhi proclaiming that he was now done with Chikara. In the wake of Chikara's destruction at Aniversario: Never Compromise, Sinn Bohdi and the Odditorium returned to destroy satellite promotion Wrestling is Art His group later joined with the Flood, an army of former Chikara rudos, to crush Chikara's final remnants at National Pro Wrestling Day 2014, only to be fought off. The Odditorium fought against the Batiri in the return Chikara event, You Only Live Twice where they lost via disqualification from a blatant low blow. They later were part of another Chikara vs. Flood brawl after the final match, which saw Kobold (kayfabe) killed. In June 2020, Chikara closed.

Freakshow Wrestling (Since 2011)

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, Tartar Control,

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), sideshow performers (Brianna Belledonna, Gracie Psycho, Karen DeLa Kreep, Scorch The Clown, Sleazo The Clown, Staysha Randall, Jenn O. Cide, George The Giant, Swingshift Sideshow) and pro wrestling with characters like Andrea the Giant, Drugz Bunny, "The Demi-God Of Death" Funny Bone, Black Annie, Cereal Man,

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and the controversial Gaydolf Hitler. Freakshow Wrestling has featured former WWE stars:

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, The Boogeyman,

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, Dr. Tom Prichard,

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, Jake "The Snake" Roberts,

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, Kevin Sullivan and one of the original members of

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Fantasy Slam & Snake Pit Pro Wrestling Academy (Since 2017)

Created in May 2017 by Nicholas Cvjetkovich and Kevin Lepine. Fantasy Slam was a pro wrestling fantasy camp where fans can actually get into the ring with professional wrestlers and live out their dreams of being in the squared circle while in a safe and fun environment. Fantasy Slam was coached by Sinn Bodhi and D'lo Brown and each camp was headlined by a different wrestling legend. The first camp was held May 2 through 4th with guest legend

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. The Snake Pit was coached by Jake The Snake Roberts, D'lo Brown and Sinn Bodhi. It is no longer in operation.

Other media

Filmography

*''Enter... Zombie King'' (2002) as The Zombie King * ''Killjoy Goes To Hell'' (2012) stunts * ''Unlucky Charms'' (2012) PA * ''Gingerdead Man vs Evil Bong'' (2013) Art dept * ''Something Strange'' (2016) Bell Fibetv * ''Teddy Told Me To'' (2022) Warlord of Weird

Author

Cvjetkovich was the writer, artist, and publisher of the ''Fred the Possessed Flower''

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series (1999–2000). With his brother Steven, he wrote a comedy-horror novel called ''Between Chapters'', which was

self-published Self-publishing is an author-driven publication of any media without the involvement of a third-party publisher. Since the advent of the internet, self-published usually depends upon digital platforms and print-on-demand technology, ranging fr ...

in September 2000. The Cvjetkovich brothers have variously published as ''Happy Predator Press'' and ''Happy Predator Publications''.

Tattoo artist

Since July 2012 Cvjetkovich has been a tattoo artist at Las Vegas Tattoo Company located in Tampa Florida, Precious Slut Tattoo Co in Las Vegas and Dermagraph Ink in Los Angeles.

Personal life

Cvjetkovich is the childhood friend of two wrestlers,

and

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. While growing up, as stated in Edge's book, Cvjetkovich was referred to as "Fatty" by Edge and Christian. Cvjetkovich is a

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and close friend of

. Cvjetkovich's brother, Steven, is also a professional wrestler. He performs under the ring name Kobra Kai and was a mainstay in the

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-based Blood, Sweat and Ears promotion. On August 2, 2010, Cvjetkovich married former professional wrestler

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, on the beach in front of many family and friends. Cvjetkovich's younger brother Stevan and Adam Copeland (Edge) both stood as best men. "The Mouth Of The South" Jimmy Hart gave Stacy Carter away in the ceremony. They divorced in 2013. Cvjetkovich became a naturalized US Citizen in February, 2023.

Championships and accomplishments

Martial arts

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** Black belt

Professional wrestling

*All Canadian Wrestling **ACW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *Championship International Wrestling **CIW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Elvis Elliot *

Cauliflower Alley Club The Cauliflower Alley Club is a non-profit fraternal organization, which includes a newsletter and website, comprising both retired and active professional wrestlers and boxers in North America. Established in 1965 by Mike Mazurki and Art Ab ...

**Men's Wrestling Award (2015) *Destiny Wrestling Organization **DWO Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Hobo Hank *Devotion Championship Wrestling **DCW Core Championship (1 time) *Independent Wrestling Revolution **IWR Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Elvis Elliot * NWA Bluegrass **NWA Bluegrass Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *Northwest Pro Wrestling **NWP Championship (1 time, current) *

OVW Anarchy Championship The OVW Anarchy Championship was a professional wrestling championship owned by the Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) promotion Promotion may refer to: Marketing * Promotion (marketing), one of the four marketing mix elements, comprising any type of m ...

(1 time) *Power Precision Pro Wrestling Alliance **3PWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time, current) *

Pro Wrestling Illustrated ''Pro Wrestling Illustrated'' (''PWI'') is an American professional wrestling magazine that was founded in 1979 by publisher Stanley Weston. ''PWI'' is headquartered in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, and published by Kappa Publishing Group. The maga ...

**Ranked No. 223 of the best 500 singles wrestlers in the ''

PWI 500 ''Pro Wrestling Illustrated'' (''PWI'') is an American professional wrestling magazine that was founded in 1979 by publisher Stanley Weston. ''PWI'' is headquartered in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, and published by Kappa Publishing Group. The maga ...

'' in 2007 *Rocket City Championship Wrestling **RCCW Worlds Heavyweight Championship (1 time, current) *Universal Championship Wrestling **UCW World Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *Vendetta Pro Wrestling **Cauliflower Alley Cup (2013) *

West Coast Wrestling Connection The West Coast Wrestling Connection (WCWC) is a professional wrestling organization based in Salem, Oregon. The WCWC was founded by Jeff Manning and Pat Kelley in 2005. History The WCWC had its inaugural show in Salem, Oregon on March 20, 2005 ...

** WCWC Tag Team Championship (2 time) – with

References

External links

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