Craig Pittman was born on March 7,1959 and is a former United States Marine and professional wrestler.
20 Facts About Craig Pittman
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Craig Pittman served in the Marine Corps until the early 1990s.
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Craig Pittman attended Freeport High School, where he was recruited to the Wrestling team by coach Terry Haise.
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Back home, Craig Pittman attended Nassau Community College where he wrestled, again reaching the national championships where he was disqualified in the first match due to a bodyslam.
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Craig Pittman was a Wrestler in the Marines and won several championships.
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Craig Pittman placed seventh in the heavyweight division at the 1989 FILA Greco-Roman World Championships.
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Craig Pittman won his first match by pinning Brian Anderson just before the time limit expired.
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Craig Pittman's character was repackaged in early 1995 and vignettes promoting his debut aired on television beginning with the February 19 episode of Worldwide.
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Craig Pittman made his pay-per-view debut at The Great American Bash, against "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan, which he lost by disqualification when he refused to let go of the Code Red when Duggan was in the ropes.
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Craig Pittman began his first feud against Cobra in the summer of 1995.
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In November 1995, Craig Pittman appeared at WCW's first World War 3 pay-per-view.
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In 1996, Craig Pittman wrestled mainly as a mid-carder, losing most of his matches to main event wrestlers.
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Craig Pittman would go on to wrestle in WCW through the first 5 months of 1997, gaining opportunities at the United States Heavyweight Championship against Eddie Guerrero on Saturday Night on March 4, and his final match in WCW taking place on the 24th of May on Saturday Night, a shot at the World Television Championship against Lord Steven Regal.
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Craig Pittman left WCW in mid-1997 for the National Wrestling Alliance's Mid-Atlantic area.
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Craig Pittman arrived in Florida Underground Wrestling for several months finally coming out of retirement to defeat "The Cuban Assassin" Fidel Sierra.
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Craig Pittman would receive a shot at the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, battling and losing to the champion at the time Dan "The Beast" Severn.
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In June 2011, Craig Pittman came out of retirement to wrestle in two MMA style shoot fights both against Brent Dali in which in Craig Pittman won both for Florida Underground Wrestling.
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Craig Pittman fought in Vale Tudo Japan 1995 a mixed martial arts competition that took place in Japan on April 20,1995.
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Craig Pittman won his first fight against ninjitsu practitioner Wayne Emons by arm triangle choke.
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On October 1,2011, Craig Pittman competed at Real Fighting Championships 25 in Tampa Florida losing a Unanimous Decision to Rodney Bell.