Dean Malenko; The Man of 1000 Holds

Subject: Dean Malenko; The Man of 1000 Holds Thu Aug 15, 2013 1:09 am

Hey guys, and now, we take a look @ a man who recently celebrated his 53rd Birthday:

Dean Simon better known as Dean Malenko

Dean Malenko was born on August 5, 1960

Dean Malenko has been known as The Shooter, The Man of 1000 Holds and The Iceman who had Eyes of Ice

Dean Malenko is the son of the late great Boris Malenko

He has been in the wrestling business for 30 years as a wrestler, a trainer and a road agent

He has wrestled in Canada, Mexico, Japan and of course the Independent Scenes

He also wrestled for Paul Heyman's ECW, Ted Turner's WCW and of course Vince's McMahon's WWE

During his days as a Tag Team Competitor, he and the late Chris Benoit held Tag Team Gold in both the ECW and the WCW and he had also had a successful run as a singles competitor

In 1992 while wrestling for the Indies, Dean Malenko has held the SPW Southern Heavyweight Championship defeating The Superstar and the ICWA Light Heavyweight Championship defeating Jimmy Backlund

In the old ECW, he won the ECW Television Heavyweight Championship (twice) defeating the late Eddie Guerrero and 2 Cold Scorpio

In the old WCW, he won the WCW Cruiserweight Championship on 4 occassions when he def. Shinjiro Ohtani, Rey Mysterio, Ultimo Dragon and Chris Jericho

and in the Attitude Days of the WWE, he won the WWE Light-Heavyweight Championship (twice) when he def. Essa Rios and Scotty 2 Hotty in 2000

But his greatest accomplishment was in 1997 while wrestling for WCW was at 1997's Uncensored when he def. the late Eddie Guerrero for the coveted WCW U.S. Heavyweight Championship

Dean Malenko took part in alliances such as Triple Threat, The 4 Horsemen, Revolution and the Radicalz

Dean Malenko has also been a trainer and an innovator, he was the guy who invented the Crippler Crossface and the Dudley Death Drop and he also trained Nora Greenwald who wrestled as Miss Madness in WCW and Molly Holly in the WWE.

In August of 2001, Malenko and Perry Saturn def. Raven & Justin Credible @ the 4th Annual Brian Pillman Memorial Tribute Show, and after his last match, Dean Malenko officially retired full time from the ring.

Now 53, Dean Malenko is still working for the WWE, this time as a Road Agent

Dean Malenko resides in Lutz, FL w/his wife Julie and his 2 children and he also remains Good Friends w/wrestlers from ECW, WCW and the WWE including Perry Saturn, Chris Jericho and Team 3-D

He also remains Close Friends w/his mentor, fellow Horseman and fellow Road Agent Arn Anderson

Dean Malenko can also be seen on various DVD's as well

and those are the facts of The Man of 1000 Holds Dean Malenko

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Dean Malenko with his wife and 1st child
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Chris Benoit, Shane Douglas and Dean Malenko as Triple Threat from the old ECW Days holding all the ECW Gold
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Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko holding the ECW World Tag Team Championship
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Benoit & Malenko holding the WCW World Tag Team Championship
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Dean Malenko holding the ECW Television Heavyweight Championship
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Dean Malenko holding the WCW World Cruiserweight Championship
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Dean Malenko holding the WWE Light-Heavyweight Championship
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Dean Malenko holding the WCW U.S. Heavyweight Championship in 1997
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Dean Malenko Today
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and his associates

Team 3-D who borrowed the Dudley Death Drop from Dean Malenko
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Nora Greenwald who was trained by Dean Malenko
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Arn Anderson-Dean Malenko's Mentor from WCW, Fellow WWE Road Agent and Close and Personal Friend
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Well folks, Dean Malenko is a great athlete, but his is one of those athletes who is considered, the greatest to never hold a World Heavyweight Championship.

and so, I ask you all this:

3 Questions:

Do you think that he would've held an ECW World Heavyweight Championship, WCW World Heavyweight Championship or a WWE Heavyweight Championship?

Do you think that he would've held a WWE World Tag Team Championship and/or a WWE I-C Heavyweight Championship?

and if he came out of retirement, would he have won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, ROH World Heavyweight Championship or the TNA World Heavyweight Championship?

That's the Question!