Professional wrestling career
World Championship Wrestling (1999–2001)
Jindrak trained in the WCW Power Plant under Paul Orndorff. He made his WCW debut on the March 2, 1999, taping of '' WCW Saturday Night'', teaming with Chuck Palumbo as "The Soul Surfers" in a loss to Disorderly Conduct. He was promoted to the main WCW roster in June 2000 under the Vince Russo era where he formed a tag team with fellow Power Plant graduate Sean O'Haire. In August 2000, Jindrak and O'Haire helped form The Natural Born Thrillers with Mike Sanders, Shawn Stasiak, Chuck Palumbo, Johnny "The Bull" Stamboli, and Reno. They were briefly "coached" by Kevin Nash. In September 2000, Jindrak won the World Tag Team Championship with O'Haire for the first time, despite being relatively new in the business. The pair won the World Tag Team Championship once more before splitting in early January 2001 when Jindrak would begin teaming with Stasiak instead. The team was short-lived, as Stasiak went on to pick up the managerial service of Stacy Keibler and Jindrak was taken off of television.World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment
The Alliance and teaming with Garrison Cade (2001–2004)
After the World Wrestling Federation purchased WCW in March 2001, Jindrak came into the company in July 2001 as part of The Alliance that invaded the WWF roster. Jindrak wrestled in dark matches and at house shows throughout July. His first televised debut was on the July 28, 2001, episode of '' WWF Jakked/Metal'', defeating Jerry Lynn. In late August of that year Mark Jindrak was sent to the Heartland Wrestling Association. There he was a member of Team WCW along with Mike Sanders, Johnny The Bull, Reno, Jason Jett, Lash LeRoux, Shannon Moore, Evan Karagias, Kwee Wee, Elix Skipper, and Jamie Knoble. In October 2001 Jindrak was moved to Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) for training until March 2002 when he suffered a knee injury. Jindrak returned to OVW in July 2002. He also returned to WWE on the October 13, 2002, episode '' Sunday Night Heat'' defeating Justin Credible. He made a few more appearances on ''Heat'' in late 2002, defeating wrestlers such as Credible, Raven and Stevie Richards until suffering an ankle injury. Jindrak returned to OVW in March 2003 following his recovery and joined Kenny Bolin's "Bolin Services" stable and teamed with Garrison Cade while in OVW. Jindrak was soon called up by WWE. Triple H would reveal on his 2013 ''Triple H - Thy Kingdom Come'' DVD that Jindrak was originally planned to be inTeaming and feuding with Luther Reigns (2004–2005)
Japan and Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (2006–2009)
Following his departure from WWE, Jindrak toured New Japan Pro-Wrestling in 2006, where he was primarily used as a low-carder. He did, however, pick up a surprise win over long-time veteran Osamu Nishimura during the tour. Soon after, Jindrak began working for the Japanese promotion HUSTLE as "Sodom", teaming with Gomorrah. In late 2006, Jindrak began working for the Mexican promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre under the name Marco Corleone. As a part of his new ring name, which he derived from '' The Godfather'', Corleone also accentuated hisAAA and Perros del Mal (2009–2010)
On March 15, 2009, Jindrak, under his Marco Corleone ring name, made a surprise jump from CMLL to AAA, appearing as a surprise corner man for Vampiro during AAA's 2009 Rey de Reyes show. Corleone helped Vampiro win the match against AAA's top heel Konnan. On June 13, 2009, at Triplemanía XVII Corleone teamed with Latin Lover against La Hermandad 187 ( Nicho El Millonario and Joe Líder) in a match for the World Tag Team Championship, but were unsuccessful. On March 22, 2010, AAA released Jindrak. Corleone later stated that he had initially only signed a one-year contract with AAA and had declined to re-sign. On April 11, 2010, Mexican promotion Perros del Mal announced that they had signed Jindrak, still using the ring name Marco Corleone, to a contract.Lucha Libre USA (2010–2012)
Corleone competed on MTV's lucha libre show, '' Lucha Libre USA''. He became involved with the promotion shortly after leaving AAA in early 2010, and was involved in finding and signing wrestlers for the show. On December 12, 2010, Corleone, Charly Malice and R. J. Brewer were defeated in a four-way elimination match by Lizmark, Jr., who became the inaugural Heavyweight Champion in the process. This episode aired on tape delay on October 1, 2011. On October 3, 2012, Corleone unsuccessfully challenged in a three-way match for the LLUSA Heavyweight Championship losing to R. J. Brewer and the match also included Lizmark Jr.Return to CMLL (2011–2018)
On December 10, 2011, CMLL announced that Corleone would return to the promotion on December 16 at CMLL's '' Sin Piedad'' show. In his return match, Corleone, Máximo and Rush defeated Mr. Niebla, Negro Casas and Rey Bucanero in two straight falls. After the event, the trio of Corleone, Rush and Máximo was given the name ''La Tercia Sensación'', which was later changed to '' El Bufete del Amor''. On February 19, 2012, ''El Bufete del Amor'' defeated ''Los Hijos del Averno'' ( Averno, Ephesto and Mephisto) to win the World Trios Championship. On August 24, 2012, Corleone was defeated by Hiroshi Tanahashi in the quarterfinal round of the Universal Championship Tournament. In the fall of 2012 ''El Bufete'' began a feud against the Mexican National Trios Champions '' Los Invasores'' ( Volador Jr., Mr. Águila and Kraneo). The two teams fought several occasions with ''El Bufete''s World Trios Championship on the line, while ''Los Invasores'' Mexican National Trios Championship being passed over was compared to the more prestigious CMLL title. Corleone was forced to team up with Kraneo for the 2013 '' Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increibles'' ("National Incredible Pairs Tournament"), a tag team tournament teaming up wrestlers who would never team up otherwise, often because they are rivals, would be forced to work together. The team lost to Shocker and Mr. Niebla in the opening round because of their inability to get along for only match. In May, Corleone was sidelined with a knee injury, leading to CMLL stripping him, Máximo and Rush of the World Trios Championship. On August 2, 2013, Corleone returned from injury teaming with La Sombra and Rush defeating Averno, Mephisto and Volador Jr. in a two out of three falls match. On September 16, 2014, Corleone and Rush defeated El Terrible and Rey Escorpión to win La Copa CMLL. On December 7, Corleone was knocked unconscious during a match with El Terrible, after being hit on the back of the head by a ring rope. He regained consciousness shortly thereafter and was reportedly doing well. On March 17, 2015, Los Ingobernables (Corleone and Rush) unsuccessfully challenged Negro Casas and Shocker in a two out of three falls match for the World Tag Team Championship. On June 6, 2017, Corleone defeated Euforia, Dragón Rojo Jr., El Terrible, Gran Guerrero, Kráneo, Mr. Niebla, Pierroth, Rey Bucanero and Rush in a '' torneo cibernetico'' elimination match to win the World Heavyweight Championship, the first singles title of his career. On June 18, Corleone made his first successful title defense against El Terrible. On August 22, 2018, Corleone had to vacate the title due to an injury and thus confirmed his departure from CMLL. Jindrak wrestled his final match to date on March 23, 2018.Other media
Jindrak has appeared on several Mexican game shows, soap operas, television shows and magazine covers. He was also named "Best Body in Mexico". In 2012, Jindrak starred in the Mexican telenovela '' Porque el amor manda'' as Ury Petrovsky. Jindrak tried out for the film '' Remember the Titans'', and was offered a role as a football player. As he was in training at the WCW Power Plant at the time however, he turned the role down. Jindrak wrote a book in Spanish entitled ''Marco Corleone: las primera luchas de mi vida'' (Marco Corleone: the first fights of my life) for children, to help them cope with bullying in schools. Jindrak has also made appearances in video games. He made an appearance in WWE Day of Reckoning, WWE SmackDown! vs Raw, WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw 2006, AND 1 Streetball, and Lucha Libre AAA: Héroes del Ring.Filmography
Personal life
Jindrak has a degree in marketing. He also playedChampionships and accomplishments
* Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre ** CMLL World Heavyweight Championship ( 1 time) ** CMLL World Trios Championship ( 1 time) – with Máximo and Rush **Copa CMLL (2014) – with Rush **Cuadrangular de Parejas (2016) – with Kushida * International Wrestling Revolution Group ** Copa Higher Power (2006) *'' Pro Wrestling Illustrated'' **Ranked No. 54 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the '' PWI 500'' in 2005 * Toryumon Mexico ** Suzuki Cup (2007) – with Kensuke Sasaki and Último Dragón **Suzuki Cup (2008) – with Alex Koslov and Último Dragón * World Championship Wrestling ** WCW World Tag Team Championship ( 2 times) – with Sean O'Haire''Luchas de Apuestas'' record
See also
* El Bufete del Amor * The Natural Born ThrillersReferences
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