Mario Bokara is a Croatian-American

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. He is known for his time with

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Professional wrestling career

Independent circuit (2000–present)

Bokara started wrestling in August 2000. Using the ring name Mo Sexton, Bokara began wrestling in and around the New Jersey independent circuit for promotions such as Jersey Championship Wrestling,

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, American Championship Entertainment and

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. In the summer of 2005, Bokara wrestled two matches for

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'' programs losing to

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. In 2006, Bokara was signed to WWE's developmental territory

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, leaving after a few months. At OVW Six Flags Summer Sizzler Series 2006, Bokara as Mo Sexton, along with Cody Runnels,

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and Chet the Jet defeated Jack Bull,

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, Rahim, Deuce

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. In 2010 at Mercury Rising, Bokara,

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and

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were defeated by

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for the American Championship Entertainment heavyweight championship. In 2012, Bokara began wrestling for New Jersey's Pro Wrestling Syndicate as Mo Sexton but would eventually start wrestling there under his real name in 2013, in addition to highlighting his Croatian heritage. In April 2014, Bokara won the PWS Heavyweight Championship by defeating Bonesaw and Kevin Matthews in a triple threat match for his first reign. He would go on to lose the belt to Bonesaw at PWS's Nightmare Before Christmas in December 2014. Bokara won the belt again in March 2015 by defeating

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. Two months later, he would lose the championship to Dan Maff. On November 19, 2016, Bokara defeated

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, Anthony Bowens and Bull James at a Wrestlepro event. At Create A Pro Wrestling Academy's Unsettled Differences, Bokara defeated Kevin Matthews.

Impact Wrestling / Global Force Wrestling (2017–2018)

Bokara debuted for

on the March 23, 2017 episode of ''

'', teaming with

and Idris Abraham in a losing effort to

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, Garza Jr. and

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. On April 2, 2017, it was reported that Bokara officially signed a one-year deal with Impact Wrestling. On the April 27 of ''Impact!'', Bokara and Bahh lost to the Veterans of War (

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). Bokara and Bahh were once again defeated by the Veterans of War in the first round of the GFW Tag Team Championship tournament. At One Night Only: No Surrender 2017 Bokara was defeated by

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. On the August 31, 2017 edition of ''Impact'', Bokara and Bahh were defeated by

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. On January 2, 2018, Bokara underwent a successful surgery for a torn ACL and Meniscus reconstruction.

Championships and accomplishments

*American Championship Entertainment **ACE Heavyweight Championship (1 time) **ACE Diamond Championship (1 time) **ACE Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with

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*Create A Pro Wrestling Academy **CAP Championship (1 time) *East Coast Pro Wrestling **ECPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) **ECPW Television Championship (1 time) **ECPW Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Red Hot Russ *JWA Wrestling Alliance **JWA Tag Team Championships (1 time) - with Red Hot Russ *

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**MFPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with

**MF Cup Tournament (2017) – with Fallah Bahh *NWA Cyberspace **NWA Cyberspace Tag Team Championships (1 time) - with Julio Dinero *Pro Wrestling Syndicate **PWS Heavyweight Championship (2 times)

References

External links

Impact Wrestling Profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bokara, Mario Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American male professional wrestlers People from New Milford, New Jersey Professional wrestlers from New Jersey Martial artists from Bergen County, New Jersey