Stephen Philip Favata was born on April 9,1983 and is an American professional wrestler, known by his ringname "Modern Miracle" Steve Madison, who competes in Southeastern independent promotions including AWA World-1 South, Full Impact Pro, Future of Wrestling, NWA Florida and Dusty Rhodes' Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling.
38 Facts About Steve Madison
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Steve Madison formed successful tag teams with Erick Stevens and Lex Lovett while touring Japan.
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Steve Madison was offered several baseball scholarships to small colleges, but turned them down to start wrestling.
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Steve Madison decided to attend the University of South Florida while starting his professional wrestling training.
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Steve Madison's wrestling training started in the summer of 2001 with current WWE Talent Agent Steve Keirn and Jimmy Del Ray of the tag team, The Heavenly Bodies.
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On December 28,2001, Steve Madison wrestled future tag team partner Lex Lovett at a house show for Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling, a Georgia-based promotion owned by Dusty Rhodes, and was pinned by Lovett after a modified DDT.
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Steve Madison had been accompanied by Lex Lovett and Jimmy Del Rey while Babylon had FOW promoter Bobby Rogers and Vanessa Harding in his corner.
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Steve Madison made his first trip to Japan at the age of 19 for new upstart Japanese promotion, World Japan.
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Steve Madison headlined the Nagareyama Citizen Gymnasium on March 20,2003, battling Kensuke Sasaki in the main event, making him one of the youngest gaijin of all time to headline a singles match in Japan.
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Steve Madison had already been scheduled to appear for the Magna03 Series but called Hattori to cancel the tour.
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On May 14,2004, Steve Madison faced and lost to Ahmed Chear in a match to crown the first EWA Middleweight Champion in Wolfsburg, Austria.
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Steve Madison was then booked by Tiger Hattori to participate for New Japan Pro-Wrestling in the summer of 2004.
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Steve Madison spent the next six months wrestling for NWA Florida and FIP.
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Steve Madison faced James Gibson in a singles match the following night beating him after using a chain wrapped around his fist.
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Steve Madison would go on to win a string of victories against Jay Fury, Aaron Epic, Rainman and Kahagus during the next two months.
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Steve Madison defeated Scott Davis in the opening round but lost to Buck Quartermain in the second via countout.
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Steve Madison appeared in the main event losing to Sal Rinauro in a 4-way match to receive a contract with the promotion.
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Steve Madison appeared for new Japanese group, Big Mouth Loud, on their inaugural show on September 11,2005, at Korakuen Hall teaming with Buck Quartermain against Japanese wrestling legend, Riki Choshu, and Choshu's student, Takashi Uwano.
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Steve Madison claimed victory on Uwano at 10 minutes 5 seconds with the Axe Bomber.
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On January 6,2006, Steve Madison defeated Salvatore Rinauro in a singles match.
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Steve Madison lost to Sal Rinauro at a FIP show the next night.
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Steve Madison won that night's main event which was a "Bring Your Own Weapons" Steel Cage Battle Royal.
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Steve Madison was involved in the main event which pitted him in a six-way match against Austin Aries, Davey Richards, Roderick Strong, Canadian Cougar and Colt Cabana who ended up winning the contest.
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Steve Madison faced Erick Stevens in a singles match the next night in Crystal River.
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The next night, Madison teamed with American Dragon, Davey Richards, Shane Hagadorn and SHINGO as Team Dragon in a 10-man elimination match with Team Strong captained by FIP Heavyweight Champion Roderick Strong, FIP Tag Team Champions The Briscoe Brothers, Erick Stevens and Pelle Primeau.
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On January 1,2007, Steve Madison appeared on WWE Heat losing to Super Crazy.
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The first was a bloody Dog Collar match for FIP and the second for AWA World 1 South in Valdosta, Georgia, Steve Madison losing in both these encounters.
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Steve Madison spent the next few weeks in American Combat Wrestling with victories over Twizted Vengeance, "Latin Sensation" Ricky Romeo and Shaun Hill.
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Steve Madison teamed with The Heartbreak Express to beat the YRR via disqualification the next night.
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Steve Madison was part of the initial training team of Florida Championship Wrestling when it was moved from Deep South Wrestling in 2007.
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Steve Madison was tasked with being in charge of teaching the Divas Division for FCW and is credited with the initial training of The Bella Twins, Nicole and Brianna.
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Steve Madison worked hands on with Natalya and Alicia Fox.
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On November 10,2007, he made a second FCW appearance as "Moose Steve Madison" losing to "The Natural" Nick Nemeth with manager Big Rob.
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Steve Madison was released from his WWE contract in mid December 2007 for unknown reasons and went on a hiatus from the professional wrestling scene.
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In early 2008, Steve Madison began wrestling for Ultimate Championship Wrestling and quickly captured the promotion's heavyweight title.
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Steve Madison currently makes Full Impact Pro his home base in Florida wrestling.
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In 2021, Steve Madison returned to the professional wrestling scene for California-based promotion PCW ULTRA [1].
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Steve Madison has experienced a career resurgence with victories over JTG and NJPW wrestler, Yuya Uemura.