29 Facts About Mark Jindrak

Mark Robert Jindrak was born on June 26,1977 and is an American retired professional wrestler.

Mark Jindrak is best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment under his own name and for his appearances with Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre under the ring name Marco Corleone.

Mark Jindrak is a former CMLL World Heavyweight Champion, CMLL World Trios Champion, and WCW World Tag Team Champion.

Mark Jindrak made his WCW debut on the March 2,1999, taping of WCW Saturday Night, teaming with Chuck Palumbo as "The Soul Surfers" in a loss to Disorderly Conduct.

Mark Jindrak was promoted to the main WCW roster in June 2000 under the Vince Russo era where he formed a tag team with fellow Power Plant graduate Sean O'Haire.

In September 2000, Mark Jindrak won the World Tag Team Championship with O'Haire for the first time, despite being relatively new in the business.

In October 2001 Mark Jindrak was moved to Ohio Valley Wrestling for training until March 2002 when he suffered a knee injury.

Mark Jindrak returned to WWE on the October 13,2002, episode Sunday Night Heat defeating Justin Credible.

Mark Jindrak made a few more appearances on Heat in late 2002, defeating wrestlers such as Credible, Raven and Stevie Richards until suffering an ankle injury.

Mark Jindrak returned to OVW in March 2003 following his recovery and joined Kenny Bolin's "Bolin Services" stable and teamed with Garrison Cade while in OVW.

Triple H would reveal on his 2013 Triple H - Thy Kingdom Come DVD that Mark Jindrak was originally planned to be in Evolution alongside himself, Ric Flair, and Randy Orton.

However, Triple H felt that while Mark Jindrak had the talent, he lacked the maturity for the group and felt that he was dragging Randy Orton down.

Mark Jindrak, who made his first WWE programming appearance in 15 years in the interview, agreed with Triple H's assessment.

On June 30, Mark Jindrak became one of the last-minute trades in the 2005 WWE Draft Lottery, returning him back to the Raw brand.

However, Mark Jindrak never made his Raw re-debut, as he was released from his contract on July 5,2005.

Mark Jindrak did pick up a surprise win over long-time veteran Osamu Nishimura during the tour.

In late 2006, Mark Jindrak began working for the Mexican promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre under the name Marco Corleone.

In 2008, it was announced that Mark Jindrak had been officially banned from performing at wrestling shows in Tijuana, Mexico, for a year due to pulling down the tights of his opponent during a match.

Mark Jindrak regained consciousness shortly thereafter and was reportedly doing well.

Mark Jindrak wrestled his final match to date on March 23,2018.

Mark Jindrak has appeared on several Mexican game shows, soap operas, television shows and magazine covers.

In 2012, Mark Jindrak starred in the Mexican telenovela Porque el amor manda as Ury Petrovsky.

Mark Jindrak tried out for the film Remember the Titans, and was offered a role as a football player.

Mark Jindrak wrote a book in Spanish entitled Marco Corleone: las primera luchas de mi vida for children, to help them cope with bullying in schools.

Mark Jindrak played basketball for the Keuka College's Storm in Division III of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.

Mark Jindrak has the highest vertical leap in WWE history, and his personal best is over 42 inches.

Mark Jindrak's father is of German descent and his mother is of Italian descent.

On November 3,2015, Mark Jindrak announced that he married Mexican fashion designer and model Miroslava Luna.

In July 2016, Mark Jindrak was named part of a class action lawsuit filed against WWE which alleged that wrestlers incurred traumatic brain injuries during their tenure and that the company concealed the risks of injury.