Colby Steven Corino (born August 28, 1996) is an American/Canadian
professional wrestler
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. Corino is best known for his time with
Ring of Honor
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(ROH) and is currently wrestling for
NWA
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as well as various independent promotions including PWF, PWX, CWF Mid-Atlantic Wrestling, DPW, and Catalyst Wrestling where he is the current Heavyweight Champion. He is the son of former
NWA
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* N.W.A ("Niggaz Wit Attitudes"), a hip hop group from Compton, California, US
* National Wrestling Alliance, a professional wrestling organization
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* New Weird America, a subgen ...
World Heavyweight Champion and
ECW World Heavyweight Champion,
Steve Corino
Steven Eugene "Steve" Corino (born May 29, 1973) is a Canadian semi-retired professional wrestler currently signed with WWE as a trainer and producer for their developmental territory NXT. He is best known for his tenure with Extreme Championsh ...
.
Alongside Lance Lude and Rob Killjoy, he is a member of The Ugly Ducklings stable.
Professional wrestling career
Corino signed a contract with
Ring of Honor
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in 2014 and debuted soon after, joining
The Decade
The Decade was a villainous professional wrestling stable in Ring of Honor, last consisting of B. J. Whitmer and Colby Corino. The name "Decade" was chosen because all three original members of the stable (Whitmer, Jimmy Jacobs, and Roderick ...
and aligning himself with
B. J. Whitmer,
Jimmy Jacobs
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and
Adam Page
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as their "young boy". The addition of Corino to The Decade caused friction between Whitmer and Jacobs, leading to a match between the two at Supercard of Honor IX, won by Whitmer in what would go on to be Jacobs' final match in Ring Of Honor. After Jacobs' departure, as part of the young boy
storyline, Whitmer would regularly berate, embarrass and even attack Corino in front of his father, then-
color commentator
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and former professional wrestler
Steve Corino
Steven Eugene "Steve" Corino (born May 29, 1973) is a Canadian semi-retired professional wrestler currently signed with WWE as a trainer and producer for their developmental territory NXT. He is best known for his tenure with Extreme Championsh ...
. Whitmer disbanded the stable in 2016.
In early 2016, Corino participated in the
ROH Top Prospect Tournament. He competed in the first round on January 9, where he was eliminated by
Punisher Martinez.
On November 17, 2016, it was announced Corino would be joining the
New Japan Pro-Wrestling
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Dojo to train as a
young lion.
Alongside his Ugly Duckling stablemates, Corino made a guest appearance in the TNA special
Total Nonstop Deletion, as part of the Tag Team Apocalypto. He was quickly eliminated by
Decay (
Abyss and
Crazzy Steve
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).
Colby appeared on the August 17th edition of WWE
RAW Underground, losing to
Erik of the Viking Raiders as well as the September 4th edition of 205 Live against
Mansoor.
Championships and accomplishments
* America's Most Liked Wrestling
**AML Prestige Championship (1 time)
*Atomic Championship Wrestling
**ACW Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)
* Capitol Wrestling / Catalyst Wrestling
** Capitol Wrestling Heavyweight Championship / Catalyst Wrestling Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
*
National Wrestling Alliance
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**Champions Series Tournament (2021) – with Trevor Murdoch, Jax Dane, Jennacide and The Masked Mystery Man
*H2O Wrestling: Hardcore Hustle Organization
**H2O Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
* Krossfire Wrestling
**KFW Championship (1 time)
* Premier Wrestling Federation
**PWF Junior Heavyweight Championship (3 times)
**PWF Universal Six Man Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Lance Lude and Rob Killjoy
**PWF Unified Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with
Andrew Everett (1) and NINA (1)
**PWF Crystal Coast Oceanic Championship (1 time)
**Iron J Tournament (2014)
**Lil' Sebastian Memorial Premier Tag League Tournament (2021) - with NINA
**Oceanic XII Tournament (2021)
**Most Popular Wrestler of the Year Award (2014)
**Match of the Year Award (2015, 2021)
**MVP Award (2020)
*Pro Wrestling World-1
**World-1 U-30 Open-weight Championship (1 time)
**World-1 Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with
Steve Corino
Steven Eugene "Steve" Corino (born May 29, 1973) is a Canadian semi-retired professional wrestler currently signed with WWE as a trainer and producer for their developmental territory NXT. He is best known for his tenure with Extreme Championsh ...
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** Ranked No. 226 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the ''
PWI 500
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'' in 2022
*Ring Wars Carolina
**RWC Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
*Vanguard Championship Wrestling
**VCW Commonwealth Heritage Championship (2 times)
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References
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1996 births
American male professional wrestlers
Living people
Sportspeople from Philadelphia
Professional wrestlers from Pennsylvania
21st-century professional wrestlers