Orlando Jordan

Orlando Jordan[1]  (born April 21, 1974) [4]  is an  American   professional wrestler. Jordan is best known for his tenure in  World Wrestling Entertainment, where he was a  one-timeUnited States Champion. Following his departure from WWE, he spent nineteen months signed with  Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. Orlando returned to HCWF in 2013 when he refereed the CWO Championship Match between Bluemotional and Lectricity. He is a former 3 time  CWO Champion after losing the title at Bad Moon 2013 to Bluemotional, and is currently one half of the World Tag Team Champions along with Lectricity.

Personal Life
Jordan was misdiagnosed with autism as a child.[3]  He also had speech difficulties, and attended classes to help him.[33]  Before becoming a professional wrestler, Jordan was a member of the United States Forest Service.[3]  He then relocated to Florida where he became a reputable amateur boxer.[3]  Jordan competed in gymnastics as a child, and participated in amateur wrestling.[33]  He attendedBoise State University after winning the 1993 state championship at 189 pounds for Hermitage High School in Richmond, Va. .[33]

As of June 2011, Jordan is the co-owner, along with independent wrestler Luke Hawx, of WildKat Sports & Entertainment, a professional wrestling training center located just outside of New Orleans, LA. Their school has since spawned a Louisiana state-exclusive wrestling federation, WILDKAT Pro, which was briefly a member territory of the National Wrestling Alliance.

On August 20, 2012, Jordan opened another wrestling school in Melbourne, Australia.[34]

Jordan is openly bisexual.[3]

Awards,Nominations, and Accomplishments
CWO Champion (2x)

World Tag Team Champion

WWE United States Champion (1x) 
 * All–American Wrestling Champion (2 times)[3]
 * Central Region (Richmond) Wrestling Champion (3 times)
 * National Wrestling Champion (2 times)<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-bi_3-7" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[3]
 * Virginia Commonwealth Games Freestyle Wrestling Champion (1 time)
 * Virginia State Wrestling Champion (AAA) (1 time)
 * Virginia Commonwealth Games Freestyle Wrestling Champion (1 time)
 * Virginia State Wrestling Champion (AAA) (1 time)
 * Virginia State Wrestling Champion (AAA) (1 time)
 * Virginia State Wrestling Champion (AAA) (1 time)

<p style="margin-bottom:0.1em;">MCW Heavyweight Champion (1x)

<p style="margin-bottom:0.1em;">NWE World Heavyweight Champion (1x)

<p style="margin-bottom:0.1em;"> PWI ranked him #  82  of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the  PWI 500  in 2011

<p style="margin-bottom:0.1em;"> WO Newsletter : Worst Gimmick of 2010 <h2 style="margin-bottom:0.1em;"> Career <p style="line-height:19.1875px;font-family:sans-serif;">Jordan made his WWE TV debut on the May 31, 2003 episode of Velocity defeating Jamie Noble. On June 26, 2003, Jordan made his first SmackDown! appearance as a fan favoriteat Madison Square Garden against then-villain John Cena.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-SDdebut_5-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[5]  Although he did not win the match, he was impressive enough that when Cena attacked Jordan after the match was over, The Undertaker, with whom Cena was feuding, came to the ring and helped Jordan to his feet.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-SDdebut_5-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[5]

Jordan was named "Chief of Staff" of John "Bradshaw" Layfield's (right) Cabinet.<p style="line-height:19.1875px;font-family:sans-serif;">After being a fan favorite for several months, Jordan turned into a villain by joining John "Bradshaw" Layfield (JBL)'s Cabinet and being appointed as his "Chief of Staff". This happened when he saved J.B.L. from an attack from The Undertaker.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[6]  A few months after joining, Jordan began changing his look by growing out his hair. While a part of The Cabinet, Jordan, along with the Basham Brothers (who became the newly appointed "Co-Secretaries of Defense"), helped JBL manage to keep his WWE Championship for nine months by interfering in his title matches against Eddie Guerrero, Booker T, the face run of The Big Show, and The Undertaker, who was the first person to show Jordan respect.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.1875px;font-family:sans-serif;">After JBL began a feud with a now-fan favorite John Cena over the WWE Title leading up toWrestleMania 21, Jordan faced off with Cena on the March 3, 2005 edition of SmackDown!from the Times Union Center in Albany, New York.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-UStitle_7-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[7]  Orlando defeated John Cena with the help of JBL to win the United States Championship, his first and only title in WWE.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-UStitle_7-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[7]  After losing his WWE Title to John Cena at WrestleMania 21, JBL stated that his Cabinet had been holding him back, which led to the departure of the Bashams. At The Great American Bash, Jordan began feuding with the newly drafted Chris Benoit. Jordan defeated Benoit and retained his United States Championship after removing the turnbuckle pad and shoving Benoit head-first into the exposed steel and covered him for the win.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[8]  Feeling cheated, Benoit continued to chase Jordan for the title. He finally defeated Jordan (in a record 25.5 seconds) at SummerSlam to win the title.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-9" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[9]  Following this quick match, Jordan attempted to win his title back on multiple occasions, leading to 3 consecutive losses with all matches lasting less than a minute. The first rematch lasted 23.4 seconds.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-10" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[10]  During the second rematch, Jordan actually almost knocked out Benoit with a punch in the opening moments but still lost at 22.5 seconds, which was even faster than the first match.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[11]  During the third match, Jordan stalled until the time, which was being displayed on the TitanTron, went over 25 seconds.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-49.8_12-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[12]  He got so excited when his time went over 30 seconds that he dropped his guard and Benoit took the opportunity to lock on the Sharpshooter for a win at the 49.8 second mark.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-49.8_12-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[12]  Earlier in the show, Orlando stated that he had mastered every counter to Benoit's signature Crippler Crossface, which was shown when during the match every time Benoit attempted the Crippler Crossface, Jordan countered it.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-49.8_12-2" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[12]  After those unsuccessful rematches, Jordan later broke away from JBL, although both later made a few appearances together later on.

Jordan in a wrestling match againstTatanka in 2006.<p style="line-height:19.1875px;font-family:sans-serif;">When Booker T got injured halfway through his Best of Seven series for the United States Championship, he needed a replacement to face Chris Benoit.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Booker_13-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[13]  As the series was at 3–1 in Booker's favor, Booker T only needed his replacement to win one match in order to become the United States Champion.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Booker_13-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[13]  Orlando approached him about the position but Booker T and his wife Sharmell laughed in Orlando's face and made jokes about Orlando's quick tap-out losses to Benoit.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Booker_13-2" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[13]  Booker instead asked Randy Orton to substitute for him.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Booker_13-3" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[13]  Orton, however, failed to win the deciding match, leading Jordan to once again ask for the position the next week.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Booker_13-4" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[13] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Booker2_14-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[14]  Booker T and his wife laughed at him and turned him down once again, however.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Booker2_14-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[14]  During the sixth match in the series, Jordan jumped the rail, grabbed Booker T's crutch, and hit Chris Benoit for a disqualification finish.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Booker2_14-2" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[14]  Chris Benoit was announced as the winner, tying the Best of Seven Series at 3–3.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Booker2_14-3" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[14]  The next week, Jordan ran to ringside to attempt to halt Booker T from winning the Championship but was unable to prevent Orton from eventually beating Chris Benoit and winning the series for Booker T.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.1875px;font-family:sans-serif;">Jordan was then pushed down to Velocity and won several matches there. Jordan made his final SmackDown! appearance on the May 12 episode of SmackDown! in a backstage segment, telling Nunzio that he had seen someone who looked like his partner Vito dressed in drag at a night club during the recent UK tour.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-15" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[15]  His final WWE appearance was a loss to Gunner Scott on the May 13 episode ofVelocity. ===Independent circuit (2006–2010)<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;">[edit] === Jordan during the Hulkmania tour of Australia in 2008.<p style="line-height:19.1875px;font-family:sans-serif;">Jordan began competing on the independent circuit soon after his WWE departure along with wrestling overseas, most notably for Nu-Wrestling Evolution, a promotion based in Italy, as well as New Japan Pro Wrestling. Jordan became NWE Champion in April 2008. Later in that month, he was involved in a storyline confrontation with the Ultimate Warrior, leading to the return of Warrior after a ten-year absence to face Jordan in a match in June 2008. Jordan lost the title to Warrior on August 21, 2008 In Barcelona. ===TNA Wrestling (2010–2011)<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;">[edit] === Jordan in July 2010<p style="line-height:19.1875px;font-family:sans-serif;">On the January 4, 2010, live, three-hour, Monday night edition of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TNA_Impact! Impact!] television show Jordan made his debut for the company in a backstage segment withD'Angelo Dinero.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-16" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[16]  He then as a heel, defeated Dinero in a singles match on the January 21 episode of Impact!.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-TNAdebut_17-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[17]  After scoring an upset victory over Samoa Joe on the February 18 edition of Impact!,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-18" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[18]  Jordan disappeared from TV, before re-surfacing on the March 29 edition of Impact!, debuting a new look and starting the bisexual angle he had proposed to WWE creative before his release from that company.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-19" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[19]  On April 9 Jordan announced that he had signed a new multi-year contract with TNA.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-20" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[20]  On the May 3 edition of Impact!, Jordan debuted his new interview segment, O-Zone, during which he attacked and started a feud with the Global Champion Rob Terry.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-21" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[21]  At Sacrifice Jordan challenged Terry for the Global Championship, but was unsuccessful.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-22" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[22]  The following Thursday on Impact!, Jordan scored a non-title victory over Terry, after capitalizing on Terry's injured knee, which he had injured at Sacrifice.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Impact20100520_23-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[23]  Jordan's feud with Terry came to an end on the June 3 edition of Impact!'', when the Global Champion pinned him in a tag team match, where he teamed with Desmond Wolfe and Terry with Abyss.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-24" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[24]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.1875px;font-family:sans-serif;">On the July 29 edition of Impact! Jordan, himself formed a dysfunctional tag team with babyface Eric Young, who had been battling (kayfabe) mental problems ever since taking a bump on the head, being completely unaware of Jordan's sexual orientation and interest in him.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-25" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[25] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-26" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[26] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-27" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[27]  At Bound for Glory Young's antics cost him and Jordan their match against [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ink_Inc. Ink Inc.] (Jesse Neal and Shannon Moore).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-28" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[28]  Upon the team's next appearance on Impact! on December 16, Jordan had turned face as he and Young defeatedGeneration Me (Jeremy and Max Buck) in a tag team match.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-29" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[29]  On April 17, 2011, at Lockdown, Jordan and Young were unsuccessful in becoming the number one contenders to the TNA World Tag Team Championship in a four tag team steel cage match, which was won by Ink Inc.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-30" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[30]  After this point, Eric Young went on a singles run and won the TNA Television Championship, the title formerly known as the Global Championship, while Jordan was taken off television. On July 11, 2011, it was reported that Jordan had been released from TNA.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-31" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[31]

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Return to HCWF and Feud with The Shield (2013)
In January 2013, Orlando announced his return to HCWF as the referee for the CWO Championship match between Lectricity and Bluemotional. Generally, Orlando was expected to be a one-sided Heel guest ref, but he surprised the fans by calling the match straight down the middle, turning Face in the process by walking out with the new champion Lectricity. Lectricity and Orlando tag teamed for several weeks, before Lectricity lost the CWO Title to Bluemotional yet again. Orlando challenged Bluemotional for the title at OverKill 2013 two months later after an unsuccessful rematch from his partner. Orlando won the title, and held it until Red Diamond 2013. The next night, Orlando congratulated the new champion, Alkaline, before attacking him along with Lectricity, effectively turning the duo Heel. The next night, Alkaline demanded Orlando fight him in a match. Jordan agreed, but swiftly made the stipulation of having the CWO Title on the line. Orlando would win the match following interference from Lectricity, becoming a two time CWO Champion. At Bad Moon 2013, Orlando and Lectricity, collectively known as L.O.V.E.  (Lectricity & Orlando are Very "Exciting")  are scheduled to face Bluemotional and Alkaline, in the first ever CWO Championship Tag Team Match. The duo is also involved in a semi-feud with Dean Ambrose,Seth Rollins, and Roman Reigns of the Shield and Dementium Alliance. On July 8th, the duo debuted their "bodyguard", 2 SXE. The three faced The Shield at Night of Horrors 2013 in a losing effort.

World Tag Team Champions (2013)
On September 15th, 2013, at the HCWF Payday Pay-Per View, L.O.V.E. won their first World Tag Team Championship by pinning one half of the then champions, 0-17, in a triple threat against 0-17, Jack Monterey, and the Brunexes. The two were placed into the match by Triple H after they were able to defeat The Brunexes in a tag team match on HCWF Live in early September. The duo defeated the former champions at Enemy Territory. Less than two months later, the L.O.V.E. were defeated by Softcore, & after losing their rematch the next night, quit HCWF (In kayfabe).

Return & Feud with Fandango and Arone Van Vreck (2014-present)
At X-Treme-A-Ganza on February 23rd, 2014, L.O.V.E. returned to HCWF TV as babyfaces by entering the 10-team Tag Team Title XTAG match. The duo lasted until the final three, before being eliminated by Garrett Force & Cameron Metalliss. In the following weeks, the duo would begin a rivalry with heel team Fandango and Arone Van Vreck, whom they eliminated in the XTAG match. Orlando eventually made the challenge for a match at the upcoming Glass House Pay-Per View, the final one on the road to Overkill III, which Fandango & Van Vreck later accepted.