Brent Albright made his professional wrestling debut for All Pro Wrestling on October 10,1998, as Vinnie Valentino, in a losing effort against Vinny Massaro.
36 Facts About Brent Albright
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Brent Albright continued to wrestler for APW throughout his early years.
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Brent Albright wrestled several times for the World Wrestling Federation in 2001 and 2002, where he lost to cruiserweights such as Essa Rios.
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Brent Albright teamed with Chris Cage in a tag match on the August 9,2004 episode of WWE Raw against the team of Rhyno and Tajiri.
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Brent Albright signed a development contract in early 2004 and was sent to Ohio Valley Wrestling.
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Brent Albright was the first 'Triple Crown' winner in OVW, winning all 3 major titles.
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Brent Albright was the first OVW 'Beat the Champ' TV champion, which is simply called the OVW TV title.
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Brent Albright defeated Seth Skyfire on January 26,2005, to win the title.
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Brent Albright held that title until April 30,2005, when he won his first OVW Heavyweight Championship by defeating Matt Morgan with the Crowbar.
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Brent Albright vacated the TV title shortly after winning the OVW title.
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Brent Albright was the first person to hold two titles simultaneously in OVW.
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Shortly after losing the OVW title, Brent Albright began a feud with Ken Doane over the OVW TV title in a feud that started over Doane accusing Brent Albright of disrespecting the belt.
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In October 2005, in the midst of the feud with Doane, Brent Albright began feuding with CM Punk when Punk refused to shake Brent Albright's hand after he had pinned him in a match.
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Brent Albright became a frequent challenger to Punk's TV gold, ultimately falling each week when Punk would find a way to weasel out the victory, be it a time-limit or an injury.
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Punk won the match when he made Brent Albright submit to the Anaconda Vice while Brent Albright had Doane in a Sharpshooter.
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On January 4,2006, Brent Albright was in a rematch with Doane and Punk for the title.
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Brent Albright seemingly gained his revenge on Punk, eliminating him from the match with the crowbar, only to have Punk return and attack him, leading to Stevens winning the championship.
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Punk and Brent Albright won the match when Punk made Burchill submit to the Anaconda Vice, but Brent Albright went on to lose the rematch against Stevens.
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The feud between Punk and Brent Albright took a new turn when the two began teaming together weekly, competing with each other in a game of oneupmanship.
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Brent Albright made Rory submit in less than a minute, only to be attacked by Punk and choked out with the Anaconda Vice.
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The next week, Punk and Brent Albright teamed up to take on all 5 members of the Spirit Squad in a match that saw Brent Albright set-up Punk.
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Brent Albright turned on Punk, giving the impression that being 'Punk'd' for months had finally gotten into his head to the point to where he was obsessed with returning the favor on Punk.
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Brent Albright introduced a new element to their feud upon his heel turn: his grandfather's thick leather strap, which Brent Albright used to continually whip Punk.
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Brent Albright dragged Punk back to the ring, and after surviving a comeback by Punk, managed to lock in the STF.
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The next week, Brent Albright vowed that Punk would never get a title shot at the OVW title unless he shook Brent Albright's hand.
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On June 28,2006, Brent Albright was sent back down to OVW.
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Brent Albright continued to compete mostly on OVW house shows until he was eventually released from his WWE contract on October 12,2006.
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Brent Albright toured Pro Wrestling Noah in 2003, where his first win came when he teamed with 2 Cold Scorpio to defeat Bull Schmitt and Donovan Morgan.
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Brent Albright participated in a junior heavyweight tag team tournament along with Donovan Morgan and Michael Modest with the trio making the finals before losing to Makoto Hashi, Takashi Sugiura, and Yoshinobu Kanemaru.
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Brent Albright made his debut for Ring of Honor on October 27,2006, in Dayton, Ohio with a loss to Christopher Daniels.
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Brent Albright became known as "The Gun for Hire" Brent Albright, willing to take payments to inflict injury on an opponent.
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On May 10,2008 Brent Albright quit the group himself following a Tag Team Scramble match where he and Chris Hero lost to Delirious and Pelle Primeau.
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Brent Albright suplexed every member of the group minus Sweeney who escaped.
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Brent Albright made the finals of the NWA Reclaiming the Glory tournament to crown a new NWA World Heavyweight Champion.
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Brent Albright wrestled for NWA Showcase prior to retiring in 2011.
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Brent Albright wrestled for Impact Zone Wrestling in Oklahoma from September 2011 to December 2011.