Steve Corino
Steven Eugene Corino (* May 29, 1973 in Winnipeg, Manitoba ) is a Canadian professional wrestler. He is best known, however, by his ring name Steve Corino and he enters currently beyond under the name Mr. Wrestling # 3 on.
Steve Corinos sister Cathy Allison is also a successful indie wrestler. She is known as Allison Danger. On March 9, 2013 Corino married his longtime girlfriend.
Career
Corino was born as the elder brother of wrestler Allison Danger. Before he started wrestling, Corino graduated from Villanova University in " Business Administration" and worked occasionally as a milkman. His wrestling debut Corino on 6 April 1995 at the IWA Mid-South. Already on 1 June 1995 was allowed Corino at PCW win his first title and keep it for the day exactly 3 months.
Back in 1996, Corino was shortly obliged by the WWF to be beaten in the role of a " crazy fans " from Wrestler Crush on television.
Independent / Extreme Championship Wrestling
Corino occurred thereafter in the independent scene, when he started in promotions like the WWC in 1997. He founded under the National Wrestling Alliance with the NWA 2000 also has its own promotion.
In 1998 he returned to the WWF, there to deny some matches. End of 1998, Corino appeared at the ECW. In January 1999, Corino sold the NWA 2000 and now started in ECW feuds a program with Taz.
In ECW he gave himself an absolute opponent of stimulants, steroids ( anabolic steroids ) and shown in the ECW hardcore styles. Here Corino designated the first time as "King of Old School " and advocated the traditional wrestling style. But in the following years he became one of the most brutal illustrated hardcore wrestlers in the ECW. As Legendary today are his ECW matches with Dusty Rhodes and Terry Funk. Shortly before the end of the financial ECW he was allowed to win the ECW World Heavyweight Championship and hold it until the last ECW event. In ECW Guilty as Charged 2001 Corino had to cede to the Sandman, who had this in turn after 8 minutes again lose Rhino the title after 86 days.
National Wrestling Alliance / Independent
After setting the ECW Steve Corino came in the wrestling Promotion Premier Wrestling Federation under and also appeared in the NWA as an active wrestler and there could win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship and hold until October in May 2001.
2002 Corino tried unsuccessfully to enter as a commentator in the WWE and was in the same year was very successful in Japan go. He enlisted in ZERO1 -MAX and looked after there, the foreign wrestler.
But already in May 2003 appeared Corino negative in the U.S. press on, when he was arrested for forgery in the short term: Corino was accused forged signatures on checks his then-girlfriend and to have facilitated their account by several hundred dollars. But in court, he was acquitted on all counts.
After his return from Japan Corino came back on in the independent scene and the NWA. Thus he was committed both by MLW and TNA and RoH of 2003. In a RoH match Corinos opponents Homicide this pounded on the left ear. As a result, Corino is now deaf in this ear.
Between 2005 and 2006, Corino was in Germany when he hired at GSW. Besides this he also in the promotion UXW and the AWA. After losing a lawsuit against the WWE Corino had his nickname "King of Old School " to give up, because the WWE had the naming rights can be secured.
The beginning of 2007 gave Corino announced that he would end his active wrestling career. So its farewell tour took him back to Germany, where he was for the second time to win the world heavyweight title at GSW. But he also had a re- appearance at the WWE when he took in a dark match to mark the 15th anniversary of the WWE show "RAW" in the anniversary show against DH Smith. 27 December 2007 Corino gave his last official match. From 2008 to 2009 Corino was again obliged with the National Wrestling Alliance. During this time he ran with Cory Stevens together promotion NWA 3000 Fighting Athletes. There, he performed on 4 January 2008 as the masked "Mr. Wrestling # 3 "and was soon off the mask.
Currently occurs at Corino WWC, ZERO1 MAX and the NWA. On September 25, 2010 Steve Corino appeared under his real name in Marburg, Hesse. He took part in the re-opening of German Stampede Wrestling and was immediately involved in a Fehenprogramm with Steve Douglas to GSW World Heavyweight Championship. This could win Corino on October 9, 2010 in Berlin, when he was allowed Douglas to defeat this item. But on October 24, had to cede the title Corino in Erfurt at the Dutch Emil Sitoci.
Achievements
- Absolute Intense Wrestling
- 2x AWA World Heavyweight Champion
- 1x AWA World Tag Team Champion ( with Ricky Landell as " The Old School Blondes" )
- East Coast Wrestling Association
- 2x ECWA Tag Team Champion ( with Lance Diamond)
- Extreme Championship Wrestling
- German Stampede Wrestling
- 3x GSW World Heavyweight Champion
- Independent Professional Wrestling Alliance
- Independent Wrestling Federation
- 2x IMF American Champion
- Major League Wrestling
- Mid Eastern Wrestling Federation
- National Wrestling Alliance
- Organization of Modern Extreme Grappling Arts
- Pennsylvania Championship Wrestling
- Premier Wrestling Federation
- 4x PWF Universal Heavyweight Champion
- 3x Premier Tag Team Championship (1 with Kid America, 2x with CW Anderson)
- Ring of Honor
- Tri-State Wrestling Alliance
- Union Of Independent Professional Wrestlers
- USA Xtreme Wrestling
- 2x UXW Heavyweight Champion
- ZERO1 -MAX
- 4x ZERO -ONE United States Heavyweight Champion (current champion )
- 4x ZERO1 -MAX Intercontinental Tag Team Champion ( with Charles Evans )