Shane "Ma'koa" Roberts

Birthdate:  July 26, 1971

Height:  6’ 2”

Weight:  255 lbs.

Hometown:  Kailua, Oahu, Hawaii

Wrestling Inspirations:  Ultimate Warrior, The Rock, Undertaker

Finishing Move:  The Lava Drop

Favorite Quote:  “Aloha”

Comments: 

There’s one word to describe blue-chip UPW prospect Shane Roberts and that’s “impressive.” From his powerful, chiseled look to the intense fervor constantly burning in his eyes, it is clear that something special and untapped lies here ready to burst forward at any moment.

And it’s no surprise because this Island native raised here in California has made excellence a goal of his life; although the road at first was indeed a rocky one. Yet Shane turned those obstacles into opportunities as he battled back from being the tall lanky always picked-on loner kid to a highly accomplished, if often aggressive high school sports achiever. A standout in both football and volleyball, it was the purchase of his first set of weights that helped turn his life around towards self-confidence and success; as he soon signed up at his local gym and pursued his first life dream: bodybuilding; quickly bulking up and winning a number of teen competitions.  With confidence building, bolstered too by a longtime study and mastery of various forms of martial arts from the Hawaiian lima-lama karate to tae kwon do and Brazilian jui-jitsu, it was, however, a seed planted in his mind by workout buddy (and Ultimate Pro “Big Time” alumni) Hank Hill, that was to later germinate into his current mat effort.

“Hank had told me years ago that he thought I’d be good as a wrestler and I didn’t really consider it seriously till I was ready to drop a technical data security career I had been working at and really dedicate myself to it.” At first he did an intense internet search and was set to head off for No-Cal’s APW school, that is; until he came upon his local Huntington Beach Ultimate University alternative and realized that Hank was indeed a past trainee there as well.

Now another huge Tom Howard / Ballards success story, Shane is getting ready to impress Galaxy audiences just as he has impressed those who see him go through his weekly paces at the Raw Center. Currently studying acting as well as pro wrestling, Roberts sees his sports entertainment dream as a perfect blending of athleticism and stage performance and his solemn pledge to emulate his WWF idol, The Rock by presenting his own form of in-ring charisma and squared-circle electricity seems well on its way to firm accomplishment.

 

INTERESTING FACTS:

--Shane attributes high school sports to helping him channel his anger at being the object of ridicule in younger years. “My biggest claim to fame as a volleyball player was when I busted three fingers on a guy’s hand on a spike. He tried to block my ball and I basically

thrust it through his hand.” As a football player, “I was on the frontline rush and in a few cases halfbacks on the opposing team would move out of the way because they were plain afraid of me.”

--After college, Shane served as a bouncer for a number of leading Orange County clubs as well as a driver/bodyguard for exotic dancers. “I was the guy in the car with the two-way radio or the one who would come inside to the bachelor parties and sit off in the corner with a scowl to keep the guys in line.”

---Roberts spent three years as a network engineer, (including a job at Boeing encrypting and protecting sensitive computer data), but gave it all up when he decided that he would rather be in the gym and in the wrestling ring than behind a desk “for 15 hours a day.”

--He did some light modeling and commercial work for local merchants on cable television in the mid 90s including one spot for the Cigar Room, where “I was shown puffing away on a cigar.” He was also featured in a number of print ads.