Orlando Jordan

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Orlando Jordan
Jordan in 2010
Born (1974-04-21) April 21, 1974 (age 49)
Salem, New Jersey, U.S.
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Orlando Jordan
Billed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Billed weight257 lb (117 kg)
189 lb (86 kg)
Billed fromMiami, Florida
Trained byRocky Johnson
Dan McDevitt
RJ Carrington
Debut1999

Orlando Jordan (born April 21, 1974) is an American professional wrestler who is currently working in the independent circuit.

Jordan has worked for WWE from 2003 to 2006. During his time in WWE, he won the WWE United States Championship one time when he defeated John Cena on the March 3, 2005 edition of SmackDown! with help from John "Bradshaw" Layfield. He was fired from the WWE on May 26, 2006 because he was travelling with someone that was not authorized by WWE to travel with him.

He worked in the independent circuit from 2006 to 2010 before debuting for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling on January 4, 2010. During his time in TNA, he formed a tag team with Eric Young. Jordan was released from his TNA contract on July 11, 2011.

Jordan is openly bisexual.[1]

Championships[change | change source]

  • All Action Wrestling (Australia)
    • AAW World Heavyweight Championship (one time)
  • High Risk Pro Wrestling (Australia)
    • HRPW World Heavyweight Championship (one time, Current)
  • Maryland Championship Wrestling
    • MCW Heavyweight Championship (one time)
  • Nu-Wrestling Evolution
    • NWE Heavyweight Championship (one time)
  • Pro Wrestling Illustrated
    • He was ranked #82 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 2011.
  • World Wrestling Entertainment
  • Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
    • Worst Gimmick in 2010.

References[change | change source]

  1. "Bisexual wrestler Orlando Jordan premieres on TNA". Archived from the original on 2012-10-15. Retrieved 2012-10-28.