Steve Corino

At 51 years old, Steve Corino has this physical status:

Steven Eugene Corino (born May 29, 1973) is a Canadian semi-retired professional wrestler who has signed with WWE as a coach and producer for their teenage NXT affiliate group.

He is best known for his time in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) and Ring of Honor (ROH) under the ring name Steve Corino. Corino has won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, the MLW World Heavyweight Championship, the 1PW World Heavyweight Championship, and the 1PW World Heavyweight Championships, as well as the AWA World Heavyweight Championship and the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship twice each, as well as the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship and the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship.

In addition to these titles, he has also competed in the ROH World Tag Team Championship once more, as well as numerous national championships.

Personal life

Corino is the older brother of retired independent wrestler Allison Danger, and he has a half-brother named Steven.

Corino married Nicole Holmstock on June 14, 1997. Colby (born August 28, 1996), who is a professional wrestler), and they have a son, Colby (born August 28, 1996). In 2003, Corino and Nicole divorced. Steve Corino proposed to Finnish girl Saana-Maria Huhtimo on November 12, 2005. They were married in North Carolina on May 12, 2006. However, the couple divorced in mid-2008, and the following year, they divided. Corino married Jordan Pennypacker in 2013 and had their first child together, a son named Beckham or "becks" for short.

Tommy Rich and Tully Blanchard, Corino's most popular old school wrestlers, have always been on his minds. Corino has said that his favorite match while on ECW was the infamous Texas Bullrope Match against Dusty Rhodes at Living Dangerously 2000.

Corino is the host of the Extreme Odd Couple podcast, in which they discuss professional wrestling and personal lives.

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Professional wrestling career

Corino started wrestling in 1994 and spent four years on the independent circuit. He was working with Modern Extreme Grappling Arts, a promotion headed by Matt and Jeff Hardy during this period. Corino started an anti-hardcore movement on the free circuit because if he did not work hardcore matches, he would have a better chance of getting jobs. He gained experience in Puerto Rico for the WWC, working under the ring name Lightning Kid (which had previously been used by Sean Waltman) and also appeared in the WWF as a jobber.

Corino made his debut as a heel wrestler in Extreme Championship Wrestling in 1998. He stood out in ECW as a result of his "King of Old School" gimmick, where he would deride hardcore wrestlers, at one point invaded a Limp Bizkit concert and protested the immoral conduct.

Corino brought Jack Victory on as a boss and became an advisor for Tajiri and Rhino in late 1999. Dusty Rhodes, who defeated him in a thrilling Bullrope match at Living Dangerously, became feud with him. He lost to Jerry Lynn at Heat Wave 2000. Corino defeated Justin Credible, Sandman, Champion Jerry Lynn in a Double Jeopardy contest on November 5, 2000 (against Jerry Lynn and Justin Credible in a three-way dance) and Holiday Hell 2000 (against Justin Credible and The Sandman in a three-way dance) on November 5, 2000.

Corino's salary was paid by ECW, and the man was arrested 2001 at The Sandman at Guilty, who had been charged with 2001. Dustin Rhodes gave him a World Championship Wrestling contract, but he didn't get to appear in the company's third to last PPV Sin. When World Wrestling Entertainment took over WCW in March 2001, they released Corino from the organization. He went on to compete for several of the National Wrestling Alliance's regional promotions. He won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship on April 24, which was the first time he had ever competed.

Corino continued his feud with Rhodes in his Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling series, as well as Southern Championship Wrestling, and he was a member of the Extreme Horsemen with C. W. Anderson and Barry Windham. He was also a member of the Extreme Horsemen in Major League Wrestling, with C. W. Anderson, Justin Credible, and Simon Diamond. They were briefly managed by J. Dillon, the illustrious writer before the MLW folded. In addition, Corino went on to win the MLW World Heavyweight Championship before the promotion was canceled.

Corino appeared in a number of appearances for the Frontier Wrestling Alliance in the United Kingdom, where he briefly competed with Alex Shane for a short period of time. Corino defeated Shane with the help of then FWA Heavyweight Champion Doug Williams, who culminated in the main event match of Hotwired.

As Steve Corino was a central part of ECW's run, rumors of him joining World Wrestling Entertainment and returning to his ECW roots as a part of the new version of ECW dissipated, but he denied it in a post on his LiveJournal.

Corino began working in various independent ventures, including Zero-One, Hustle in Japan, Ring of Honor in Japan, and Both One Pro Wrestling and Celtic Wrestling in the United Kingdom, rather than joining WWE. He was also president of World-1 Combat Arts, which also shows in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Georgia.

Corino was also a member of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in its early days. Before leaving the game some time later, Corino had matches against Low Ki and several other celebrities.

Homicide welcomed anyone in the locker room to be his partner in response to The Backseat Boyz' challenge. Steve Corino made his ROH debut and responded to his invitation, resulting in the pair's match against the Backseat Boys later that night. Corino turned on Homicide after Homicide mistakenly struck him, Old School Kicking his partner and leaving the arena, enabling the Backseat Boys to comfortably beat Homicide.

Homicide and Corino will then begin a four-year rivalry, with Corino criticizing Homicide's lifestyle and a little peek at the past. The rivalry came to an end in a match at the One-year Anniversary Exhibition in Queens, New York, New York, on February 8, 2003. Homicide was the hometown favorite but Corino was denied due to The Company's negligence (Samoa Joe, Michael Shane, C. W. Anderson, and Simply Luscious), Corino's entourage. Corino used a cobra clutch to Homicide during the match, while the remainder of The Company mocked New York City, sparking a work protest.

Corino and Homicide met again on August 16, 2003 at Bitter Friends, Stiffer Enemies, which saw Corino defeated Corino. Homicide trapped Corino in a new STF after twenty minutes of combat that had both men bleeding and carrying wounds, causing Corino's corner man, Guillo LeGrande, to throw in the towel, giving the match to Homicide. Corino sustained a legitimate ruptured eardrum during the match and permanently lost most of the hearing in his left ear following a bruss slap to the side of the head in Homicide. Homicide has since stated in a shoot interview that he was not responsible for Corino's hearing, claiming Corino had been tense with him the whole match.

In a barbed wire match, Homicide defeated Corino for the third time on November 29, 2003. Julius Smokes went on the towel for Homicide this time, after Corino throttled him with a length of barbed wire. After the match, Corino gave Homicide a handshake, hinting that he now reveres Homicide, but Homicide refused to shake his hand. Corino was back in ROH in a tag team match on October 14, 2005, defeating Low Ki and Homicide.

Colt Cabana, who was wearing a mask, interfered in the match in New York City on December 3rd. Homicide defeated Corino in a match replay from 2003. Homicide separated his shoulder during the game, but did not want to have surgery. Homicide was unable to participate in the following competition, Final Battle 2005, due to his injury. He did turn up, but with the intent of killing Steve Corino. Homicide charged Corino after his match, then rushed down to the ring and assaulted him. Colt Cabana staggered down to save Corino, only to discover Homicide pour Drano on his throat.

After a long absence, he returned to ROH in August 2006, reigniting his rivalry with Homicide. Homicide beat Corino in a Fight Without Honor fight in Philadelphia on November 4 at The Bitter End. Although the two guys still hated each other, they shook hands after the match, and Corino allowed Homicide to shave his head.

Corino started a retirement tour and travelled to many nations as a part of the tour after announcing that his retirement would take place at the end of 2007. Corino captured the B4W North American championship in Morganville, New Jersey, from then-champion Tommy Thunda on October 6, 2007.

Corino defeated three rounds of an 8-man, single-night tournament in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on November 3, 2007, becoming the Union of Professional Wrestlers Heavyweight Champion. Following a pair of lariat clotheslines, he beat Eddie Osbourne in the first round by pinfall, Pepper Parks, and "Fabulous" John McChesney in the second round by referee stoppage and "Fabulous" John McChesney in the finals by pinfall. Corino defended the B4W North American championship against Jihad on November 10, 2007. He defeated Absolute Andy in the GSW Heavyweight Championship in Oberhausen, Germany, on November 24, his last appearance in Europe.

Corino made his final Northeast appearance for B4W on December 8, 2007. Since his protege Ricky Landell was forced to throw in the towel, he lost his North American title to Jihad in a submission match. Corino captured the Platinum Pro Wrestling Heavyweight Championship on December 14, 2007 after defeating "The Indy Wrestling Superstar" Erico in front of a sold out audience in Michigan City, Indiana.

Corino's retirement came to an end in Montreal, Canada, on December 28, 2007, as he fought his final match for the Showcase Wrestling Revolution. "The Prophet" Jeremy Barnoff, "The Seasoned Veteran" Brick Crawford, and "Mr. Wrestling" Kevin Steen clashed in the SWR International Championship on Friday night in a tense four-way elimination match.

Over a span of two days, Corino featured just a few try-out matches for WWE. Dusty Rhodes, Corino's former boss, was hoping that WWE would sign him, but he wasn't given a deal. Corino spent his time with WWE on MySpace, but felt he was too old school for the organization.

Corino defeated Ricky Landell in Valdosta, Georgia, on January 4, 2008, winning his third Zero1-Max United States Openweight Championship as Mr. Wrestling III and II). He then lost the United States. SJK was awarded the title on March 8, 2008 at the Devil Bhudakahn Memorial Exhibition in Munhall, Pennsylvania. Steve Corino, now wrestles as "Mr. Wrestling 3" without the mask, and others as just Mr. Wrestling 3" with the mask.

Corino announced on July 24, 2008, that he would return to full wrestling in his online journal. Corino wants to return to Japan, where he has been the most popular.

Corino participated in the WWC Anniversary celebration on July 19, 2008, but only to lose to Eugene. He competed in the Septiembre Negro tournament, beating Sabu later in September 20, 2008. He is now one of the founding members of "La Familia" and is embroiled in a conflict with BJ for the WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship. Ray Gonzalez saved BJ and after that Steve Corino assaulted Ray Gonzalez in the locker rooms, sparking disqualification by the members of "La Familia," and a feud has erupted over the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship. Steve Corino defeated Ray Gonzalez on February 7 to become the WWC Universal Heavyweight Champion. On July 11, 2009, he lost the title to BJ in Aniversario.

Corino was accepted into the Legends Pro Wrestling "Hall of Fame" by Jack Blaze in Wheeling, West Virginia, at their annual "LPW Rumble in the Valley" tournament on June 26, 2010.

Corino has appeared in Germany for German Stampede Wrestling since August 2010.

For the second time, Corino returned to WWC and defeated Carlito, Gilbert, and Shane the Glamour Boy in a gauntlet match to win the vacant WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship. On June 4, 2011, he would lose the title to Carlito.

Steve Corino, nicknamed "the King of Old School," defeated Vordell Walker in Orlando, Florida, becoming the PWX Heavyweight Champion. Corino, despite being bloodied, defended his title against Tommy "Wildfire" Rich on April 28, 2012 in Orlando, Florida, where he defeated him.

Steve Corino appeared for an ECW "revival" firm on December 28, 2012, where he was disqualified by submission for Stevie Richards' Extreme Rising World Championship.

Steve Corino defeated Doug Williams in the WAW World Heavyweight Championship in England in September 2014, beating him again in the United States in 2014 and 2015 against Curt Robinson and Joe Black.

Steve Corino appeared at TWE in Chattanooga, where he was defeated Ray Fury.

Steve Corino became the PWF World-1 Heavyweight Champion on May 22, 2015, beating Jagger, Emmanuel Ortega, and former teammate CW Anderson in a Fatal Four-Way match.

Corino and CW Anderson, as well as CW Anderson, returned to Zero1 on March 6, 2016 to participate in the promotion's 15th anniversary celebration.

On HDNet's December 7 edition of Ring of Honor Wrestling, a video was shown hyping Corino's return to the firm. Corino began a friendship with Kevin Steen in early 2010, and the two of them began a rivalry with Steen's former tag team partner El Generico and Colt Cabana. Corino made his ROH pay-per-view debut at The Big Bang!, where he and Steen were disqualified by El Generico and Cabana by disqualification, when Steen used a chair on his ex partner. When Cabana ordered Corino to leave, Glory By Honor IX Generico and Cabana defeated Steen and Corino in a Double Chain match on September 11th. Cabana defeated Corino in a "I Quit" match on October 16, 2010 to put an end to their feud. Following Steen's demise from Ring of Honor in December, Corino declared himself a changed man and turned babyface. Corino began feuding with Mike Bennett, and the two teams clashed against each other at Mayhem IV on March 19, with Bennett winning the match. Corino revealed Jimmy Jacobs as the sponsor on May 21, who had helped him change his ways. Kevin Steen returned to ROH on June 26 at the Best in the World 2011, apparently yearning for redemption as well. Steen turned on Corino and Jacobs after being pulled out of the arena after saving Corino from the House of Truth, however, before being led out of the room. Kevin Steen defeated Corino, his former mentor, and Jim Cornette at Ringside on December 23, allowing him to be reinstated in ROH.

Corino returned to ROH on May 12, 2012, shortly after he established the S.C.U.M. (Suffering, Chaos, Ugliness, and Mayhem) Staying with Steen and Jacobs is stable. Corino and Jacobs defeated Charlie Haas and Rhett Titus in the finals of a tournament on September 15 at Death Before Dishonor X: State of Emergency, Corino and Jacobs defeated Charlie Haas and Rhett Titus in the finals of a tournament to win the vacant ROH World Tag Team Championship. Caprice Coleman and Cedric Alexander competed for the Briscoe Brothers (Jay and Mark) on December 16 in a three-way match that also featured Caprice Coleman and Cedric Alexander. Corino became the new head of S.C.U.M. when the stable turned on Kevin Steen after he had lost the ROH World Championship. S.C.U.M.U.M.'s President On June 23, S.C.U.M.C.U.M. After being defeated by Team ROH in a Steel Cage Warfare match, I was forced to disband.

Corino has been playing with ROH as their regular color commentator, alongside play-by-play commentator Kevin Kelly and occasionally Nigel McGuinness, while simultaneously having a running feud with B. J. Whitmer and The Decade, since the dissolution of S.C.U.M. Whitmer and Corino have both joined The Decade, with Corino refusing, but Whitmer wasn't worried about Steve, but Colby's real-life son Colby and his acceptance into The Decade have differed. McGuinness warned Corino that if he did not attack any ROH employee, he will be banned. McGuinness was suspended and barred from commenting after attacking Whitmer in a Fight Without Honor at the Final Battle, but Corino announced that he would have neck surgery and that his career would come to an end. Mr. Wrestling 3 continued to debate with a mask under the name of Mr. Wrestling 3. Even as he was enjoying the gimmick, Whitmer was claiming that Mr. Wrestling 3 was indeed Steve Corino and was convincing Colby that Corino had him replaced him for Corino's new wife and son, and Corino's son, and Whitmer kept torturing Colby in front of Corino's eyes. Corino returned as the Steve Corino character at War of the Worlds, acknowledging that he did not want to be the "Evil Man" anymore, but he promised that in the newly revived match that would take place at Best in the World 2016, he would do stuff that he would never regret for. Corino defeated Whitmer in a Non-Sanctioned Fight Without Honor, but he lost due to Kevin Sullivan's interference. Corino returned to commentating following Best in the World, but Sullivan rated him consistently during Whitmer's games. Cody, who defeated Jay Lethal, began to cause mayhem in the ring and then pushed Corino. Whitmer said at the dinner that a "brother" has to be sacrificed, and Corino's plans with Dusty Rhodes were revealed. Corino lost to Cody, Corino's last match in ROH, in their match. Corino's ROH deal came to an end on December 31, 2016.

Corino began as a guest trainer at the WWE Performance Center in November 2016. He had signed to become a full-time trainer for WWE, which would have been announced shortly thereafter. Corino had been announced on January 12, 2017, it was confirmed that she was now working for WWE. Corino teaches advanced classes at the WWE Performance Center in September 2017, the third of four levels of classes, according to Pro Wrestling Torch.

Corino was awarded as a producer in the NXT Championship match between champion Tommaso Ciampa and The Velveteen Dream in November 2018, according to a leaked script of NXT Takeover WarGames that same month.

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