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| Born | May 29, 1973 |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | The 4-5-6 Kid Monster C Katakari Max Kendo Shinkiba Mr. Baseball Steve Corino |
| Billed height | 184 cm (6 ft 1 in) |
| Billed weight | 110 kg (242 lb) |
| Trained by | Tom Brandi |
| Debut | 1994 |
Steven Eugene (Steve) Corino (born May 29, 1973 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian professional wrestler, currently working for Pro Wrestling ZERO1-MAX and numerous independent promotions. Corino is a former-AWA, NWA, and ECW World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion.
Career
Before becoming a wrestler, Steve Corino worked as a milkman in Pennsylvania. He began wrestling in 1994 and spent four years working on the independent circuit. He grew a cult following that dubbed him the "4-5-6 Kid" (according to Corino, the first man to dub him this was Tracy Smothers) due to his likeness to the 1-2-3 Kid. Corino began an anti-hardcore gimmick on the independent circuit, because he felt he would have more chance of getting work if he did not work hardcore matches. Corino would eventually become known for his bladejobs, and has a heavily scarred forehead as a result. Corino was scheduled to have a WWF tryout match but because Tiger Ali Singh spent too much time on the microphone, it was scrapped.
In 1998 Corino debuted in Extreme Championship Wrestling as a heel manager. He stood out in ECW as a result of his "King of Old School" gimmick, where he would deride hardcore wrestlers, at one point invading a Limp Bizkit concert and protesting the immoral conduct.
He began feuding with Dusty Rhodes, who defeated him in a gory Bullrope Match at Living Dangerously 2000. Corino went on to win the ECW World Heavyweight Championship on November 5, 2000 at November To Remember. After ECW declared bankruptcy in March 2001, Corino went on to wrestle for many of the National Wrestling Alliance regional promotions.
He also continued his feud with Dusty in Dusty's Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling and was part of the Xtreme Horsemen with C.W. Anderson and Barry Windham. He was also part of the Xtreme Horsemen in Major League Wrestling with C.W. Anderson, Justin Credible and Simon Diamond. They were briefly managed by the legendary James J. Dillon before MLW folded. In April 2002, he was given a tryout with the WWF as a color commentator, but didn't join the WWF.
In 2006, rumors surfaced about the return of Extreme Championship Wrestling as a branch of World Wrestling Entertainment. As Steve Corino was a major part of ECW towards the end of its run rumors swirled surrounding Corino possibly signing with WWE and returning to his ECW roots, but he squashed those rumors in a posting on his LiveJournal.
Instead of signing with WWE Corino can be found working for Zero-One and HUSTLE in Japan, 1PW in the United Kingdom where he is a former 1PW Heavyweight champion and working with Ring of Honor in the United States. He is also president of a promotion World-1 Fighting Arts that runs shows in Michigan, Pennyslvania and Georgia.
He returned to ROH in August after a long absence, reigniting his feud with Homicide. The feud culminated on November 4 in Philly, when Homicide beat Corino in a Fight Without Honor. Although the two still hated each other, they shook hands after the match and Corino allowed Homicide to shave his head.
His current entrance theme is Apotheosis' Techno Remix of Carl Orff's "O Fortuna"
Profile
Previous managers
Manager for
Nicknames
- The King of Old School
- The King of Kings
- The Fucking God of Pro Wrestling
Finishing and signature moves
- Old School Lariat (Lariat)
- Old School Expulsion (Inverted facelock into neckbreaker slam)
- Old School Bomb (Scoop brainbuster)
- Old School Kick (Superkick)
- Old School Plex / Victory-Plex (Fisherman suplex)
- Old School Driver / ColbyKaze DDT (Fireman's carry scoop slam piledriver)
- Old School Slam / Corino Driver (Sitout rear mat slam)
- Northern lights suplex
- Sit-out hip toss
- STO
- Cobra clutch
Championships and accomplishments
- 1-time AWA World Heavyweight Champion,
- 1-time AWA World Tag Team Champion (with Ricky Landell)
- 2-time ECWA Tag Team Champion (with Lance Diamond)
- 1-time ECW World Heavyweight Champion
- Corino was the third of five wrestlers to have won both the ECW and NWA World Heavyweight Championships.
- 1-time MLW Heavyweight Champion
- 1-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion
- 1-time NWA World Light Heavyweight Champion (New Jersey version)
- 1-time NWA North American Champion
- 1-time NWA United States Tag Team Champion (with Lance Diamond)
- 1-time NWA 2000 Light Heavyweight Champion
- 1-time NWA 2000 American Heritage Champion
- 1-time NWA Florida Heavyweight Champion
- 1-time NWA Southern Heavyweight Champion
- 1-time NWA New Jersey New York Champion
- 1-time NWA Pennsylvania Heavyweight Champion
- 1-time AWA World Heavyweight Champion
- 2-time ZERO1 MAX United States Champion
- 3-time NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Champion (1-time with Mike Rapada, 1-time with C.W. Anderson, 1-time with Yutaka Yoshie)
- Pure Wrestling Association In Ontario
- 1-time PWA Pure Wrestling Champion
- 1-time 1PW World Heavyweight Champion
- The title became a World Championship when Corino defended it against Dory Funk Jr. on July 30, 2006, becoming the only man to have held the AWA, ECW, NWA, and 1PW World Heavyweight Championships, making him a 4-time World Champion, holding 4 different belts.
- 1-time 1PW World Heavyweight Champion
- Others
- 1-Time IWA Junior Heavyweight Champion
- 1-Time IWA Heavyweight Champion
- 1-Time PCW Junior Heavyweight Champion
- 1-Time MEWF Mid-Atlantic Champion
- 3-Time MEWF Light Heavyweight Champion
- 3-Time MEWF Tag Team Champion (with Jimmy Cicero)
- 1-Time IPWA Light Heavyweight Champion
- 1-Time IPWA Tag Team Champion (with Adam Flash)
- 1-Time USCW Tag Team Champion (with Adam Flash)
- 1-Time IHPW Heavyweight Champion
- 1-Time ESW Light Heavyweight Champion
- 1-Time SCW Junior Heavyweight Champion
- 2-Time IWF American Champion
- 1-Time KYDA Pro Heavyweight Champion
- 1-Time KYDA Pro Mid-Atlantic Champion
- 1-Time APW Heavyweight Champion
- 1-Time OMEGA Heavyweight Champion
- 1-Time OPW Heavyweight Champion
- 4-Time PWF Universal Champion
- 2-Time PWF Tag Team Champion (with C.W. Anderson)
- 1-Time IPW Heavyweight Champion
- 1-Time BWCW Heavyweight Champion
- 1-Time GSW Heavyweight Champion
- 1-Time UXW Heavyweight Champion
- 1-Time Funking Conservatory BANG! Television Champion
- 1-Time Funking Conservatory Tag Team Champion (with Adam Windsor)
- 1-Time Pro Wrestling World-1 Tag Team Champion (with C.W. Anderson)
- PWI Most Improved Wrestler Award 2000
Personal information
Corino is the older brother of independent wrestling star Allison Danger.
On November 12, 2005, Steve Corino got engaged with his Finnish girlfriend Saana-Maria Huhtimo. They were married on May 19, 2006 in North Carolina.
Corino has repeatedly stated that his favorite old-school wrestler is Tommy Rich
Corino lost hearing in his left ear from an open hand slap by Homicide in a match in Ring of Honor.
Corino holds dual citizenship in Canada and the United States of America.
References
- Steve Corino talks about his transportation problems
- Interview with Corino on Tha O Show
- Steve Corino's Livejournal diary
- An interview with Steve Corino, conducted by Genickbruch.com
- The Official Website of Steve Corino
- 1973 births
- Living people
- American professional wrestlers
- Canadian professional wrestlers
- Extreme Championship Wrestling roster
- Naturalized citizens of the United States
- People from Philadelphia
- People from Winnipeg
- People who have held World Championships
- Manitoba sportspeople
- Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling alumni
- Total Nonstop Action Wrestling alumni