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Rocco Valentino

Nickname: The Oklahoma Legend

Height: 5' 10"

Weight: 219 lbs

From: Little Italy, NY

Birthday: Sep 23rd

Pro Debut: 1996

Aliases: Ichiban 1st

Feds Worked For: BB, ComPro, FCW, MCW, NWA-OK, NWA-U, OPW, OCW, TPW, WLW, WWEmp, WWF

Signature Moves: Roccosault, El Finito

Career Highlights: -ComPro Champion
-ComPro Tag Team Champion (w/ Dutch Hagen)
-FCW Champion
-Oklahoma Old School Champion
-NWA-U Oklahoma Champion
-NWA-U Universal Champion
-OCW Oklahoma Champion
-OCW Oklahoma Tag Team Champion (w/ Vinnie Valentino)
-OCW Oklahoma Television Champion
-OPW Oklahoma Champion (5x)
-OPW Oklahoma Tag Team Champion (3x; all w/ Vinnie Valentino)
-SSW Turnpike Champion
-TPW Champion (2x)
-TPW Oklahoma Champion (2x)
-WWEmp Tag Team Champion (w/ Zane Morris)
-Competed against Jimmy Kane in a Steel Cage match, the first to be held in Oklahoma in 15 years
-Opened a WWF House show in Tulsa against Bull Schmitt
-Wrestled with Bull Schmitt against the Mean Street Posse for WWF

Affiliates: The Playboy Cartel, VIP Crew, Generation X, POWER, Hate, Inc., Compound Varsity, Dutch Hagen, La M, Zane Morris

Notable Feuds: Jimmy Kane, The Great Bolo, Justin Lee, Anthony Jackson, Bernard Funk, Dexter Hardaway, Brent Albright

Other Facts: -Cousin of pro wrestlers Brent Albright, Blake Albright, Joey Casanova & Vito Casanova
-Cousin (by marriage) of former wrestling manager Kaci Cannon
-Graduated with a Master's Degree in Business Management from Southern Nazarene University of Oklahoma
-Lost his debut match to The Original Renegade.
-First person in Oklahoma to receive an NWA World Title opportunity from Brent Albright
-Was the first wrestler to wear a mask and compete as Ichiban. Unmasked himself on May 9, 2003.
-Sometimes uses a spike as a foreign object in his matches. Fans named this "Mr. Spikey".
-Appeared in the movie "The Prize Fighter" in 2003.
-Former Play-by-play announcer for NWA-OK
-Former owner of OPW
-Former commissioner of TPW
-Former member of the Playboy Cartel
-Former leader of The VIP Crew
-Former member of POWER
-Former member of Hate Inc.
-Former member of The Compound Varsity
-Former member of La M
-Former member of the Hawaiian Shirt Mafia
-Holds the record as the longest reigning NWA-U Universal Champion (6 months, 21 days)
-Holds the record as the longest reigning OPW Oklahoma Champion (7 months, 5 days)
-Holds the record as the longest reigning OPW Oklahoma Tag Team Champion (w/ Vinnie Valentino; 7 months, 17 days)
-1st person to obtain a license as a wrestling promoter after the Oklahoma Boxing & Wrestling Commission was created.
-Created the Oklahoma Triple Crown in 2006 by unifying the ComPro, FCW & NWA Oklahoma Titles. Later replaced the NWA Oklahoma Title with the NWA Universal Title.
-Set an Oklahoma record by winning 5 titles in 4 different federations between April & October, 2006.
-Voted Match of the Year (vs. Anthony Jackson) and Feud of the Year (vs. Sonny C, tied w/ Justin Lee vs. Canadian Luchadore) by the TPW Fans in 2003.
-Voted Match of the Year (vs. Justin Lee) by the TPW Fans in 2004.
-Voted Wrestler of the Year by the ComPro fans in 2006.
-Voted Feud of the Year (vs. Brent Albright), Most Hated Wrestler of the Year and Wrestler of the Year by the NWA-U Fans in 2006.
-Voted Wrestler of the Year in the 2006 Oklafan Year-End Awards.
-Was one of the first wrestlers to be inducted into the TPW Hall of Fame in 2005
-Ranked #1 in the 2006 Oklafan Top 50, the first and only year he was ranked.
-Inducted into the Oklahoma Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame at the Bartlesville Brawl event on March 28, 2014