Editing Rhyno (section)

=== Early career (1995–1998) ===
Gerin trained as a wrestler at the [[Border City Wrestling|Can-Am Wrestling School]] located in [[Windsor, Ontario]] under [[Scott D'Amore]], with whom he later reunited in [[Impact Wrestling|Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA).<ref name=Slam/><ref name=SCV/> He began training on September 24, 1994, and had his first match on March 10, 1995.<ref name="web.archive.org" /> Gerin made four appearances in [[World Championship Wrestling]] (WCW) as [[Job (professional wrestling)|enhancement talent]] under the ring name Terry Richards. Richards lost to "Hacksaw" [[Jim Duggan]] on the August 5, 1995, edition of ''[[WCW Saturday Night]]''. [[WCW World Television Championship|WCW Television Champion]] [[The Renegade (wrestler)|The Renegade]] defeated Richards on the September 9 edition of ''[[WCW Pro]]''. Richards and Johnny Swinger lost to [[the Nasty Boys]] on the September 16 edition of ''WCW Saturday Night''. His final appearance was a loss to [[Road Warrior Hawk]] on the September 23, 1995, edition of ''[[WCW WorldWide]].''<ref>{{Cite web |title=The History of WWE |url=https://thehistoryofwwe.com/wcw95.htm |access-date=January 21, 2023 |website=thehistoryofwwe.com|date=January 16, 2023 }}</ref>

In the [[WWE|World Wrestling Federation]] (WWF), Gerin lost to [[Mark Canterbury|Henry O. Godwinn]] on the November 6, 1995, episode of ''[[WWE Raw|Monday Night Raw]]'' (wrestling under the name "Terry Richards"). He was part of the losing team in a six-man tag team match against [[The Truth Commission]] at the June 23, 1997 ''[[WWF Shotgun Saturday Night]]'' taping (aired June 28).<ref name="iwdbwwf">[http://www.profightdb.com/wrestlers/rhyno-326.html?prom_id=1&res=2000 "WWF matches wrestled by Rhyno"]. The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved June 25, 2018.</ref> Gerin then adopted the ring name Rhino Richards and began wrestling in Canada, where he formed a [[Glossary of professional wrestling terms|stable]] known as "THUG Life" with [[Joe Hitchen|Joe Legend]], Zakk Wyld (Keith Assoun), [[Christian Cage]], Bloody Bill Skullion, Brett Kimball, and [[Edge (wrestler)|Sexton Hardcastle]] (later named Edge).<ref name=Slam>{{cite web|url=http://www.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingBios/richards_rhino.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130115191843/http://www.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingBios/richards_rhino.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=January 15, 2013|title=Rhino more than meets the eye|publisher=SLAM! Sports|access-date=August 20, 2007}}</ref> He wrestled a [[dark match]] at the June 29, 1998 ''WWF Shotgun Saturday Night'' taping, defeating Breyer Wellington.<ref name="iwdbwwf"/>