Cristen Drummond from KSNV News 3 Las Vegas is reporting that former WWE Tough Enough contestant Daniel Rodimer is wanted for open murder. According to the warrant posted on her X/Twitter account, he is wanted for a homicide that happened on October 29 at Resorts World Las Vegas.
Rodimer was a contestant on the 2004 season of Tough Enough and was signed to a developmental contract in 2006. Throughout 2006 and 2007, he wrestled on several WWE house shows and in WWE’s developmental territories, Deep South Wrestling and Florida Championship Wrestling.
In 2018, he ran for the Nevada State Senate and lost to Valerie Weber. He lost his bid for Nevada’s 3rd congressional district in 2019. In 2021, Rodimer went viral on social media after he drastically changed his accent and persona to campaign for Texas’s 6th congressional district special election.
Rodimer was reportedly accused of assault three times but never convicted. He was arrested in 2010 on battery charges. Per Collier County, Florida records, he was accused of assault in 2011 and 2013.
BREAKING: Arrest warrant issued for Daniel Rodimer, a former wrestler and political candidate, for open murder according to court records.
Law enforcement source tells @News3LV it’s related to a homicide that happened at @ResortsWorldLV on October 29. pic.twitter.com/zGVqiCRr2a
— Cristen Drummond (@CristenDrummond) March 6, 2024
