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16 Facts About Quinson Valentino

1.

Quinson Valentino formed successful tag teams with Jerry Martell, Derek St Holmes, and Cody Deaner, and is widely considered to be one of Ontario's best "heel" performers.

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Quinson Valentino has made brief guest appearances for World Wrestling Entertainment, in addition to a considerable number of other independent wrestling promotions in the Great Lakes region.

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Quinson Valentino was involved in physical contact sports at an early age, particularly martial arts, and started kickboxing at age 19.

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Quinson Valentino had a total of 13 amateur fights and 4 professional fights before leaving the sport.

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Quinson Valentino spent five months in the gym lifting weights and working on his conditioning before walking into a wrestling school.

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Quinson Valentino's finisher, for example, was a modified version of Rude's "Rude Awakening" neckbreaker.

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Quinson Valentino helped Chase as a booker during its first few months but decided to leave the position, around the time he won the promotion's heavyweight championship, so as not to create a bad atmosphere among the roster.

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Quinson Valentino's travels brought him as far as North Carolina where he competed for Southern Championship Wrestling and Alternative Championship Wrestling, winning the latter promotion's heavyweight title.

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Quinson Valentino remained ACW Heavyweight Champion until the company merged with CWF Mid-Atlantic; he lost to CWF Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Champion Ric Converse in a Triangle unification match, involving Corey Edsel, in Seagrove, North Carolina, on January 31,2004.

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Quinson Valentino continued to wrestle for Pro Wrestling Xtreme at various times during the year.

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Quinson Valentino surrendered the television title at a subsequent show and defeated Ricky Stryc9 in a rematch at "War Games 4" in Ionia on August 12,2005.

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Quinson Valentino first appeared in a backstage segment on WWE's Judgment Day pay-per-view where he was questioned by Booker T in a dressing room with Shannon Moore, Hardcore Holly, and Charlie Hass on the whereabouts of Kurt Angle.

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Quinson Valentino first wrestled a standard singles match against James Champagne and then a four-way match involving Kris Chambers, Cody 45, and Xtremo.

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Quinson Valentino was challenged by Laplante, while a guest on "The President's Court" with RWI President Matt Ayres, after making an insulting remark about Laplante's 100-year-old great-grandmother.

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Quinson Valentino wrestled Chris LaPlante for the RWI Heavyweight Championship but was anable to win back the title.

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Quinson Valentino had previously vowed to retire from wrestling had he lost to Thorn, which he did, and gave a farewell speech to the fans and fellow wrestlers afterwards.