Norman Anthony Smiley was born on February 28,1965 and is an English-American retired professional wrestler.
25 Facts About Norman Smiley
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Norman Smiley is best known for his appearances with the Mexican promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre from 1991 to 1995 and with the American promotion World Championship Wrestling from 1997 to 2001.
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Norman Smiley was born in Northampton, England in the United Kingdom.
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Norman Smiley attended Miami Beach Senior High School, where he took part in amateur wrestling and powerlifting.
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Norman Smiley trained under Boris Malenko and Dean Malenko before making his debut in 1985 on the Floridian independent circuit.
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Norman Smiley was originally known as "Black Magic", then as the hated "Lord Henry Norman".
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Norman Smiley wrestled in Japanese shoot-style group the Universal Wrestling Federation in 1988 and 1989.
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In 1990 Norman Smiley competed at the World Championship Wrestling Starrcade 1990 event teaming with Chris Adams against the team of Konnan and Rey Misterio, Sr.
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Norman Smiley signed with World Championship Wrestling in 1997, making his debut on a television taping of Pro by defeating Manny Fernandez on October 9,1997.
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At Fall Brawl, Norman Smiley faced Ernest Miller in a losing effort.
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Norman Smiley successfully defended the title against The Wall, Rhonda Sing and Fit Finlay while retaining the title against Meng at Starrcade.
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Norman Smiley unsuccessfully challenged Jeff Jarrett for the United States Heavyweight Championship in a Bunkhouse Brawl on January 6,2000 episode of Thunder.
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At Uncensored, Norman Smiley teamed with The Demon to defeat XS in a tag team match.
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At Spring Stampede, Norman Smiley faced Terry Funk in a hardcore match for the vacant Hardcore Championship, which Funk won.
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Norman Smiley would continue to feud with Funk over the title and recruited Chris Jericho's former associate Ralphus to be his manager.
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Norman Smiley made his final pay-per-view appearance in WCW at Millennium Final, where he participated in an 18-man battle royal which he failed to win.
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Norman Smiley then entered the ring after the fact to pose for the fans before pushing Smiley out of the way to perform his old kata routine.
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Norman Smiley remained in WCW until the company was sold to the World Wrestling Federation in March 2001.
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Norman Smiley was not hired by the WWF following the sale.
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Norman Smiley wrestled for the short-lived X Wrestling Federation and the World Wrestling All-Stars before returning to the independent circuit.
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Norman Smiley wrestled briefly for NWA Total Nonstop Action in 2002 and then had several tryout matches with WWE in 2003 and 2004.
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At Bound for Glory, Norman Smiley competed in Open Invitational X Division Gauntlet battle royal which was won by Austin Starr.
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In 2007, Norman Smiley relocated to Orlando to work as a trainer for WWE's then development territory, Florida Championship Wrestling.
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Norman Smiley wrestled his last WWE match in November 2007 against Vladimir Kozlov in a dark match at a Heat taping.
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Since its inception as a developmental territory, Norman Smiley has continued to work as a trainer for WWE in NXT.