Phil Theis

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Phil Theis
Statistics
Ring name(s)	Mondo Kleen Damien Demento
Billed height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Billed weight	258 lb (117 kg/18.4 st)
Billed from	Kleen: Man's Deepest Fear^[1] Demento: The Outer Reaches of Your Mind
Trained by	Johnny Rodz^[1]
Debut	1990
Retired	2001

Phil Theis is a retired American professional wrestler best known for his work as Damien Demento in the World Wrestling Federation in 1992-1993.

1 Career
2 In wrestling
3 References
4 Further reading
5 External links

[edit] Career

Theis began his career on the independent circuit as Mondo Kleen before moving to the World Wrestling Federation in October 1992.^[2], where he was given the character of Damien Demento, who hailed from "The Outer Reaches of Your Mind" and showed such disturbed behavior as hearing and speaking to voices. Though his run in the WWF was relatively short-lived, he does have the distinction of having wrestled the first main event of the company's long lived Monday Night Raw program on January 11, 1993 in a loss to The Undertaker.^[3] He competed in the 1993 Royal Rumble match and lasted over twelve minutes before being eliminated by Carlos Colón.^[4] While the majority of his wins on television were over unknown enhancement talent, he attained several notable victories over the likes of Jumping Jim Brunzell on Raw April 5, 1993, Tito Santana(footage does exist from a 1992 taping in San Francisco) and Virgil on house shows.^[5] Theis left the WWF in October 1993 after teaming up with a jobber agaisnt Men On A Mission on Superstars. ^[6] and after a short stint on the east coast independent circuit, he left the wrestling business altogether.

Now retired from professional wrestling, Theis has made a name for himself on the website YouTube, where he initially posted videos of his artwork and poetry,^[1] but eventually removed those in favor of cutting heated promos covering subjects such as Vince McMahon, Internet trolls, and the use of steroids.