1. Steven Eugene Corino was born on May 29,1973 and is a Canadian professional wrestling trainer and former professional wrestler.
56 Facts About Steve Corino
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Steve Corino began wrestling in 1994 and spent four years working on the independent circuit.
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Steve Corino began an anti-hardcore gimmick on the independent circuit, because he felt he would have more chance of getting work if he did not work hardcore matches.
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Steve Corino gained experience, working in Puerto Rico for the WWC, working under the ring name Lightning Kid and made some appearances for the WWF as a jobber from 1996 to 1998.
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In 1998, Steve Corino debuted in Extreme Championship Wrestling as a heel manager.
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In late 1999, Steve Corino took Jack Victory on as a manager, and became an advisor for Tajiri and Rhino.
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Steve Corino then began feuding with Dusty Rhodes, who defeated him in a gory Bullrope match at Living Dangerously.
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Steve Corino went on to win the ECW World Heavyweight Championship on November 5,2000, at November to Remember by defeating Justin Credible, Sandman and Champion Jerry Lynn in a Double Jeopardy match; then to successfully defend it in December at Massacre on 34th Street and at Holiday Hell 2000.
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Steve Corino went on to wrestle for many of the National Wrestling Alliance regional promotions.
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Also, Steve Corino went on to win the MLW World Heavyweight Championship before the promotion was folded.
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In 2004 Steve Corino made a number of appearances for Frontier Wrestling Alliance in the United Kingdom, where he entered a short rivalry with Alex Shane.
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The feud culminated in the main event match of Hotwired, where Steve Corino defeated Shane with the assistance of then FWA Heavyweight Champion, Doug Williams.
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Steve Corino worked in various independent promotions, including Zero-One, Hustle in Japan, Ring of Honor in the United States and both One Pro Wrestling and Celtic Wrestling in the United Kingdom.
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Steve Corino was president of World-1 Fighting Arts, which runs shows in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Georgia.
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Steve Corino worked for NWA Total Nonstop Action during its early days.
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Steve Corino had matches with Low Ki and many other stars before leaving the promotion some time later.
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Steve Corino made his ROH debut and responded to his offer, resulting in the two facing the Backseat Boys later that night.
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Homicide has since stated in a shoot interview that he is not sorry for costing Steve Corino his hearing, claiming Steve Corino had been stiff with him the whole match.
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Steve Corino offered Homicide a handshake after the match, indicating that he finally respected Homicide, but Homicide refused to shake his hand.
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On October 14,2005, at Enter the Dragon, Steve Corino returned to ROH in a tag team match that saw him team with Colt Cabana to defeat Low Ki and Homicide.
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Steve Corino did show up but with the intent on killing Steve Corino.
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Steve Corino returned to ROH in August 2006 after a long absence, reigniting his feud with Homicide.
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On October 6,2007, Steve Corino won the B4W North American Championship in Morganville, New Jersey, United States from Tommy Thunda.
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On November 3,2007, Steve Corino won an eight-man tournament in Toronto, Ontario, Canada to become the Union of Independent Professional Wrestlers Heavyweight Champion.
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Steve Corino defeated Eddie Osbourne in the first round by pinfall, Pepper Parks in the second round by referee stoppage and John McChesney in the finals.
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On November 10,2007, Steve Corino successfully defended the B4W North American Championship against Jihad.
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On December 8,2007, Steve Corino made his final Northeast appearance for B4W.
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Steve Corino lost the North American Championship to Jihad in a submission match after his protege Ricky Landell threw in the towel.
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Steve Corino won the Platinum Pro Wrestling Heavyweight Championship on December 14,2007, after defeating Erico in Michigan City, Indiana, United States.
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Steve Corino wrestled a few try-out matches for WWE over a span of two days.
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Steve Corino stated on MySpace that while he enjoyed his time with WWE, he felt he was too "old school" for the company.
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Steve Corino then lost the US Title to SJK on March 8,2008, at the Devil Bhudakahn Memorial Show in Munhall, Pennsylvania.
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Steve Corino began wrestling as "Mr Wrestling 3" Steve Corino without the mask, and sometimes as just "Mr Wrestling 3" with the mask.
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On July 24,2008, Steve Corino announced he would begin wrestling full-time again in his online blog.
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On July 19,2008, Steve Corino participated in the event WWC Anniversary but only to lose to Eugene.
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On June 26,2010, Steve Corino was inducted into the Legends Pro Wrestling "Hall of Fame" by Jack Blaze in Wheeling, West Virginia at their annual "LPW Rumble in the Valley" event.
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Since August 2010, Steve Corino has made appearances in Germany for German Stampede Wrestling.
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On January 28,2012, Steve Corino, billed as the "King of Old School", defeated Vordell Walker with assistance by Jillian Hall and the "Tokyo Monster" Kahagas in Orlando, Florida to become the PWX Heavyweight Champion.
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On December 28,2012, Steve Corino made his appearance for an ECW "revival" company as he appeared for Extreme Rising as the "mystery challenger" for Stevie Richards' Extreme Rising World Championship, where he was defeated by submission.
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In September 2014, Steve Corino defeated Doug Williams for the WAW World Heavyweight Championship in England which he would then defend in the USA in 2014 and 2015 against Curt Robinson and Joe Black.
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On May 9,2015, Steve Corino made an appearance at TWE in Red Bank, Chattanooga against Ray Fury, where he was defeated.
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On May 22,2015, Steve Corino became the PWF World-1 Heavyweight Champion defeating Jagger, Emmanuel Ortega and former teammate CW Anderson in a Fatal Four-Way.
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The rivalry saw Whitmer goading "Steve Corino" to join The Decade, with Steve Corino refusing.
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Steve Corino was ultimately reinstated as a wrestler and was scheduled to fight Whitmer in a Fight without Honor at Final Battle.
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However, Steve Corino announced that he was scheduled to have neck surgery and that his career might end.
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Steve Corino continued to serve as a color commentator under a mask as "Mr Wrestling 3".
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At War of the Worlds, Corino returned as Steve Corino, stating that he did not want to be the "evil man" anymore, but that after Whitmer's deeds, he would do things that he will never apologize for.
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At Best in the World '16 in June 2016, Steve Corino faced Whitmer in a Fight Without Honor, but lost after the interference of Kevin Sullivan.
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The night at the event, Whitmer said that a "brother" has to be sacrificed, which was revealed that Steve Corino was about to fight Cody, who berated Steve Corino's actions with Dusty Rhodes.
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In November 2016, Steve Corino worked as a guest trainer at the WWE Performance Center.
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On January 12,2017, it was confirmed that Steve Corino was now working for WWE.
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In November 2018, it was revealed that Steve Corino was working as a producer for WWE.
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On November 12,2005, Steve Corino got engaged to his Finnish girlfriend Saana-Maria Huhtimo.
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Steve Corino married Jordan Pennypacker in 2013, and had their first child together, a son named Beckham, or "Becks" for short.
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Steve Corino has repeatedly stated that his favorite old school wrestlers are Tommy Rich and Tully Blanchard.
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Steve Corino has said that his favorite match while in ECW was the infamous Texas Bullrope Match against Dusty Rhodes at Living Dangerously 2000.