Kenneth Rinehurst (born July 3, 1964) is an American

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and

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, better known by his

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, Jack Victory. He is perhaps best known for his appearances with the Universal Wrestling Federation and the

World Class Wrestling Association World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW), later known as the World Class Wrestling Association (WCWA), was an American professional wrestling promotion headquartered in Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas. Originally owned by promoter Ed McLemore, by ...

in the mid-1980s, with

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between 1988 and 1991, and with

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between 1998 and 2001.

Professional wrestling career

Universal Wrestling Federation (1984–1985)

Rinehurst debuted in 1984 in the

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-based Universal Wrestling Federation under the ring name Jack Victory. His first match came on October 10, 1984, when he teamed with

Jake Roberts Aurelian Smith Jr. (born May 30, 1955) better known by the ring name Jake "the Snake" Roberts, is an American actor, podcaster and retired professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performs as the on-screen ma ...

in a defeat to The

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at a Mid South (later UWF) TV taping in Shreveport, LA. The rookie remained winless through the remainder of the year, falling to

Tim Horner Timothy Lee Horner (born August 19, 1959) is a retired professional wrestler, best known as Tim Horner, one half of The Lightning Express with Brad Armstrong. Professional wrestling career Early career (1978–1988) Tim Horner started wres ...

Butch Reed Bruce Franklin Reed (July 11, 1954 – February 5, 2021) was an American professional wrestler and football player, better known by the ring name Butch Reed. He played college football at the University of Central Missouri, was a star in Mid-Sou ...

Terry Taylor Paul Worden Taylor III (born August 12, 1955) is an American retired professional wrestler better known by his ring name Terry Taylor and for his time as an in-ring performer in National Wrestling Alliance, World Championship Wrestling, and Wo ...

, Brad Armstrong,

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, and others. Horner continued his losing streak into 1985 before finally gaining his first victory on February 22, 1985, when he defeated

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in Houston, TX at an event for

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. Back in Mid-South he continued to drop matches. Victory unsuccessfully challenged The Snowman for the Mid-South Television Title on May 14, 1985, after which he left the promotion. He went on to wrestle throughout the

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World Class Championship Wrestling (1985–1986)

Six days after losing to The Snowman, Victory moved to the

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-based

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promotion. A month after he debut he gained his first victory for the promotion on June 24 in Fort Worth, TX when he defeated Mike Reed. At the summer of 1985 progressed Victory began to ascend, winning matches against Mike Bond, Johnny Mantell, and Ranji while continuing to lose matches to more established veterans. He won his first championship on December 9, 1985, when he defeated

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to win the

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. Victory lost the title to

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less than a month later. His last match came on March 3, 1986, when he teamed with "Mr. Electricity" Steve Regal to face

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Universal Wrestling Federation (1986–1987)

Jack Victory returned to Mid South Wrestling (UWF) on March 17, 1986, losing to

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at a television taping in Tulsa. Six days later he gained his first ever MSW victory, defeating Sean O'Reilly in Houston, TX. In this second run Victory was more successful, defeating Terry Taylor and Ricky Gibson. On April 13, 1986, he scored the largest victory of his nascent career when he upset Steve Williams on an MSW televised event in Tulsa, OK. Victory began to accompany

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to ringside while carrying the

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. On June 10, 1986, he teamed with The Sheepherders in a losing effort to Terry Taylor & The Fantastics in Plaquemine, LA. He then formed a tag team with John Tatum. Managed by Tatum's girlfriend,

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, Victory and Tatum won the

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On October 26, 1986, at a UWF TV Taping in Tulsa. Victory, Tatum and Hyatt joined "Hot Stuff International", a

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headed by

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. The new UWF Tag-Team Champions successfully defended the titles against The Fantastics, as well as

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& Jeff Raitz before losing to

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& Leroy Brown on November 9, 1986.

World Class Wrestling Association (1987)

Jack Victory jumped to the World Class Wrestling Association (

) in February 1987, losing to

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on February 23 at a house show in Fort Worth, TX. Victory was less successful in his initial run in this new promotion, losing to The Fantastics, Red River Jack (

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), Jeep Swenson, The Dingo Warrior (

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), and others throughout the spring. His final match came on May 11, 1987, when he faced

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Wild West Wrestling (1987)

He then jumped to Wild West Wrestling, making his first appearance in a six-man match when he teamed with John Tatum & Gatu Vera to lose to Bill Irwin, The Missing Link, and La Sirenta at a Wild West television taping on July 21. On November 30, 1987, he teamed with Tatum to win the vacated Wild West Tag Team Championship by defeating Jeff Raitz and The Missing Link in the finals of a tournament. They became the first tag team champions of the organization. These titles would unify with the WCCW tag team championship on the 12th of October, 1988.

World Class Wrestling Association (1987–1988)

Victory jumped back to WCWA along with John Tatum on December 25, 1987, facing The Fantastics at WCWA Christmas Star Wars 1987. Three days later Victory & Tatum defeated Solomon Grundy & Skip Young via disqualification to win the World Class Texas Tag-Team Championship. On March 30, 1988, the duo lost the tag-team championship to Shaun Simpson & Steve Simpson at an event in Fort Worth, but would regain the belts on April 8. The Simpson Brothers would win back the titles once more during the spring of 1988, but then lost the championship by countout to Victory and Tatum at the 5th Von Erich Memorial Parade of Champions on May 8. The four continued to feud with each other through the summer, and Victory's final match with the promotion came on September 5, 1988, when he faced Steve Cox at an event in Fort Worth.

Jim Crockett Promotions (1988–1991)

Russian Assassins (1988–1989)

Jack Victory made his debut for the NWA on September 23, 1988, at house show in Frederick, MD. Wrestling under a mask as "The Russian Assassin #2, he faced Brad Armstrong. After wrestling on various house shows in singles competition, he united with a masked Dave Sheldon as The Russian Assassins. The new duo made their debut on October 7 at a taping for

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, defeating

Ivan Koloff Oreal Donald Perras (August 25, 1942 – February 18, 2017) was a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by the ring name "the Russian Bear" Ivan Koloff, where he was billed from Russia and, following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, ...

and

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via disqualification. Managed by Paul Jones, the Assassins would face the Koloffs in numerous house shows in the fall. Their first loss came on October 21 in Detroit, MI when they were defeated by Ivan & Nikita. On the November 12, 1988 edition of

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the Russian Assassins entered a tournament to claim the vacated

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but fought the Koloffs to a double countout. The feud continued until the end of November at which point Nikita took a sabbatical from the promotion. At Clash of Champions IV in Chattanooga, TN on December 7 Ivan Koloff faced Paul Jones in a singles match. After Ivan pinned the manager, both Russian Assassins stormed the ring and attacked Koloff. The newly signed

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made the save, leading the feud to transition to matches against Koloff and Dog. Victory made his PPV debut on December 26, 1988, at Starrcade 88, where the Assassins defeated Koloff and the Junkyard Dog. The Russian Assassins entered 1989 being booked into matches with a wider variety of opponents. At a house show on January 8 in Greensboro, NC the Assassins were defeated by The Midnight Express. Three days later they were beaten by the new team of

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& Scott Peterson at a house show in Seattle, WA, and again a day later at Portland, OR. Victory and Sheldon rebounded to defeat The Junkyard Dog & Ivan Koloff on January 13 in Las Vegas, and would defeat them on several additional house shows in January. The January 28, 1989 edition of Worldwide saw The Junkyard Dog team with Michael Hayes to defeat The Russian Assassins via disqualification. Victory would find himself wrestling twice at Clash of Champions V on February 15, 1989, in Cleveland, OH. The Russian Assassins opened the show in a match against The Midnight Express. Later in the night Victory wrestled in singles competition. Appearing as "The Blackmailer" and managed by

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, he faced

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and was defeated. That Clash marked the end of the Russian Assassins tag-team, although he would continue to don the Assassins mask in singles competition. Victory was recast as "Secret Service" Jack Victory, a pseudo agent charged with protecting new manager Paul E Dangerously

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. On February 20, 1989, at the

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PPV he again wrestled twice. First he donned the mask and competed as "Russian Assassin #1", falling to Michael Hayes. In his second match, he replaced the departed

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to team with

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& Paul E Dangerously in a losing effort against The Midnight Express &

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in a losing team leaves the NWA match. In March 1989 he continued to perform under two characters - Russian Assassin #2 and "Secret Service" Jack Victory. At a TV taping on March 12 he lost to Vince Young. The following day he competed as Secret Service, teaming with

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to defeat preliminary opposition. On March 25 on ''World Championship Wrestling'' Victory attacked partner Randy Rose, and would be seen being paid off by manager Paul E Dangerously on the April 9th edition of NWA Main Event. In April he transitioned to competing as Secret Service exclusively. Victory faced Lex Luger at Clash of Champions VI on April 2, 1989, in the SuperDome in a match that was bumped from the live airing due to the card going long (the match would ultimately be shown on the next episode of ''World Championship Wrestling''. On the April 15th edition of NWA Worldwide he received a non-title match against

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, but was pinned. On the same day on ''World Championship Wrestling'', Victory pinned Randy Rose.

New Zealand Militia / Royal Family (1989–1991)

On the April 22, 1989 episode of ''World Championship Wrestling'' he teamed with

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for the first time, but the new duo was defeated by

and

Ranger Ross } Robert Lee Ross Jr. (born July 15, 1959) is an American former professional wrestler and former United States Army Ranger known by his ring name, Ranger Ross. Ross is best known for his appearances with Jim Crockett Promotions and World Champi ...

. On the May 13th edition of ''World Championship Wrestling'' he unsuccessfully challenged

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for the

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. On the June 10th edition he dropped the "Secret Service" character and instead formed an official team with

. Now known as The New Zealand Militia, they faced The Dynamic Dudes (

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) in the quarterfinals of a tournament to crown new

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. Victory competed once more under a match on June 14, 1989, at Clash of Champions VII in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Wrestling as "The Terrorist", he was defeated by Ranger Ross. After this he began teaming with Morgan full-time, facing the Dynamic Dudes and Ding Dongs in a series of house show matches. On the August 5th edition of ''World Championship Wrestling'' Sting & Eddie Gilbert defeated Victory & Morgan via disqualification after

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and

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attacked Sting. A day later on

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the Militia were defeated by The Midnight Express. They rebounded on August 12 on NWA Pro to defeat The Dynamic Dudes, and on August 14 at a TV taping in Charleston WV the Milita would defeat Ranger Ross &

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. As the summer concluded The New Zealand Militia transitioned to a house show series with the newly formed

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, but were unsuccessful in numerous matches. In September they resumed their feud with the Dynamic Dudes and would later move on to a house show series with

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where they were winless. On the November 19th edition of Main Event they were defeated by Sting &

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came to ringside, scolded Victory and Morgan, and said that if they were to listen to him he would take them to the top. On Clash of Champions IX in Troy, NY on November 15 he donned a mask yet again, this time competing as "The Super Destroyer. He faced Steve Williams and was defeated. Maskless again, on the November 25th edition of ''World Championship Wrestling'' the Milita appeared with Lord Littlebrook for the first time and defeated

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& Mike Jackson. A week later they would defeat Carl Nelson &

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. The Militia's newfound win streak came to an abrupt end on the December 30th edition of ''World Championship Wrestling'' when they were defeated by

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. The New Zealand Militia faced The Dynamic Dudes on the first 1990 episode of the Main Event. In January they faced Eddie Gilbert &

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, trading wins on the house show circuit. On the February 3, 1990 edition of NWA Worldwide the New Zealand Militia entered a tournament to crown new United States Tag-Team Champions but lost in the quarter finals to eventual winners Brian Pillman &

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. On the February 24, 1990 edition of NWA Worldwide the Militia unsuccessfully challenged The Steiner Brothers for the NWA Tag-Team Championship. On the March 10th edition of ''World Championship Wrestling'' the New Zealand Militia was renamed The Royal Family. Still managed by Lord Littlebrook, Victory was now dubbed "Jacko Victory". The Royal Family defeated Zan Panzer & GQ Status, and while successful in televised matches against preliminary competition, The Royal Family continued to be winless against The Road Warriors in house show matches. On March 30, 1990, the Royal Family defeated

in Lynchburg, VA. The Royal Family defeated Rick Ryder &

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on the May 19th episode of ''World Championship Wrestling''; after this Victory temporarily left the promotion to compete in

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. Victory returned to reform The Royal Family on December 16, 1990. WCW held the "Pat O'Connor International Tag Team Tournament" as part of the 1990

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with eight teams representing various countries. The storyline was that the Royal Family had won a tournament in Australia to earn the rights to represent Australia and New Zealand; in reality none of the teams had won qualifying tournaments. Victory and Morgan lost to "Team Japan" (

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and

) in the first round of the tournament. On February 24, 1991, the Royal Family competed at the WrestleWar 91 PPV, losing to

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. On April 13, 1991, on NWA Pro Victory & Morgan defeated The Lightning Express, and after the match the Royal Family said that they were after both the United States and World Tag-Team Championships. However the Royal Family was winless that month on the house show circuit, falling to the tandems of Big Josh &

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and The Junkyard Dog & Tommy Rich. The Royal Family's last significant appearance with WCW was on April 28, 1991, where they teamed up with Black Bart as they unsuccessfully challenged the team of the

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and

for the

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. On May 1, 1990, on The Main Event they were defeated by Sting & Lex Luger. On May 10 at a house show in Cincinnati, Ohio the Royal Family lost in an upset to Ron Cumberledge & Brad Armstrong, and a day later fell to The Junkyard Dog &

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. Now mired in a long losing streak, the Royal Family ended its WCW run with a defeat to Tom Zenk & The Junkyard Dog.

Global Wrestling Federation (1991)

In 1991 Victory and Morgan made their way to the

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in Dallas, Texas, this time as "The Maulers." The duo competed in the tournament for the first ever

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. In the first round they defeated "Wet'n'Wild" (

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and

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), followed by a victory over Chaz and

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. In the third round—the semi-finals of the tournament—the Maulers lost to eventual tournament winners Chris Walker and Steve Simpson.

World Wrestling Federation (1992)

Wrestling as the Maulers, Victory and Morgan also wrestled a dark match at a ''

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'' taping in

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on March 9, 1992, defeating Jim Cooper and John Allen.

Smoky Mountain Wrestling (1992)

The Maulers did not stay in the GWF after the tournament, instead moving on to

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(SMW) in

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. They competed in a tournament to determine the first ever

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. In the first round the Maulers defeated the Rich Brothers ( Davey Rich and

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), but lost to

(

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and Jackie Fulton) in the second round to be eliminated from the tournament. Their short lived run in SMW was the last time Morgan and Victory teamed together on a regular basis.

Consejo Mundial De Lucha Libre (1992)

In the latter half of 1992, Victory was a regular for

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, wrestling as Titán. His first match came on January 8, 1992, when he teamed with Kahoz & MS-1 to defeat Lazor Trony, Mano Negra &

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in Mexico City. Wrestling as "Big Bang", he teamed with El Gran Markus Jr & El Supremo I to defeat Aaron Grundy,

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, and Mascara Magica on a CMLL televised event on July 31, 1992. His final match came on December 29, 1992, when he teamed with El Gran Markus Jr & Sultan Gargola to face

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, and Lazer Tron.

Various Promotions (1992–1998)

During his CMLL run he also made a brief return to the Global Wrestling Federation, losing to GWF North American Champion

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in Dallas, TX on September 18, 1992. The same night he defeated Jim Ryder. After his time in Mexico, he returned to the American independents.

Extreme Championship Wrestling (1998–2001)

In 1998, Victory debuted in

as a

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hired to assault

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. His first appearance came on May 16, 1998, when he emerged from the crowd to attack New Jack at an event in Philadelphia. Victory's first match came on May 29, when he defeated

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at a house show in Baton Rouge. Victory was scheduled to make his ECW PPV debut at Heat Wave 98 in Dayton, OH on August 2, 1998, in a match against New Jack. The match was called off after New Jack was attacked by

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. Victory would appear during the main event to attack Tommy Dreamer; New Jack would then come out and attack Victory. This angle led to a fall 1998 feud with Tommy Dreamer which saw the ECW mainstay gain numerous victories. His initial ECW run ended when he broke his leg at 1998's

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in a tag team match pitting himself and

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against

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and

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, when he was backdropped over the top rope by Dreamer. While using a wheelchair for rehabilitation, Victory became the manager of

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. When his leg healed, Victory began interfering in Corino's matches on behalf of his client. Along with Corino, Victory was a member of the

known as

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. Ten months after breaking his leg he made his return to in-ring action, teaming with Corino to face

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at a house show in Dalton, GA on August 21, 1999. On August 29, 1999, he teamed with Rhino in an unsuccessful attempt to wrest the ECW Tag-Team Championship from Tommy Dreamer &

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. During the fall Corino & Victory would face the ECW champions on the house show circuit. During 2000 the duo faced Dreamer & Sandman, as well as Dusty Rhodes. On September 23, 2000, Victory challenged ECW World Champion

in Danbury, CT but was defeated. Steve Corino would ultimately win the ECW title, with Victory frequently appearing in his corner. He remained in ECW until the promotion declared

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in April 2001, defeating C.W. Anderson on the promotion's last show in January 2001.

Independent circuit (2001–2021)

Following the closure of ECW, Victory began wrestling on the

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. Along with several other ECW alumni, he made several appearances with the Premier Wrestling Federation, winning the PWF Tag Team Championship in February 2002 and the PWF Xtreme Championship in August 2002. He also wrestled for

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, and

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. His most recent match came on October 23, 2021, when he teamed with

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to face The Kirks ( Brandon Kirk & Kasey Kirk) in Port Richey, FL.

Championships and accomplishments

*Premier Wrestling Federation **PWF Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Guillotine LeGrande **PWF Xtreme Championship (1 time) * Universal Wrestling Federation **

( 1 time) – with John Tatum *Western Ohio Wrestling **WOW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with

*Wild West Wrestling **WWW Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with John Tatum * World Class Championship Wrestling/World Class Wrestling Association **

( 1 time) **

WCWA Texas Tag Team Championship The WCWA Texas Tag Team Championship was the secondary professional wrestling tag team championship promoted by the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex area-based World Class Wrestling Association (WCWA). The championship was originally known as the NWA ...

( 3 times) – with John Tatum **Wild West tag team titles (1 time) *''

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'' ** Rookie of the Year (1985)

References

External links

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