He defeated Eddie Osbourne in the first round by pinfall, Pepper Parks in the second round by referee stoppage and "Fabulous" John McChesney in the finals by pinfall following a pair of lariat clotheslines. Corino stated on his On the January 4, 2008, Corino won his third Zero1-Max United States Openweight Championship as Mr. Wrestling 3 (named after On July 24, 2008, Corino announced he would begin wrestling full-time again in his online blog. Mr. Wrestling II had recently turned on his tag team partner Magnum T.A. On October 6, 2007, Corino captured the B4W North American title in Morganville, New Jersey from then-champion Tommy Thunda.
During this time, he was a part of the Due to repeated failures of ECW paying Corino his salary, he left the company on January 7, 2001, the night he lost the ECW World Title at As Steve Corino was a major part of ECW towards the end of its run, rumors swirled surrounding Corino possibly signing with World Wrestling Entertainment and returning to his ECW roots as a part of the Instead of signing with WWE, Corino worked in various independent promotions, including Corino and Homicide had a rematch August 16, 2003, at Homicide faced Corino for a third time on November 29, 2003, at He returned to ROH in August 2006 after a long absence, reigniting his feud with Homicide. were quietly written out of the storylines. He lost the North American title to Jihad in a submission match after his protege Corino's retirement tour came to an end December 28, 2007, when he wrestled his final match for the Showcase Wrestling Revolution in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He often says that the story, reality, and characters of the show are what draws viewers,WWE credits Russo with being responsible for many of the In 2019, Bischoff reflected his time working with Russo in WCW and TNA and claimed “Vince Russo wasn’t one of them that really knew what they were doing,”In 2014, Russo wrote a series of columns for What Culture, a Russo is an American of Italian descent. On May 22, 2015, Steve Corino became the PWF World-1 Heavyweight Champion defeating Jagger, Emmanuel Ortega and former teammate CW Anderson in a Fatal Four-Way.On March 6, 2016, Corino, along with CW Anderson, returned to Zero1 to take part in the promotion's 15th anniversary event.Corino later returned to ROH on May 12, 2012, when he formed the Since the dissolution of S.C.U.M., Corino has been working with ROH as their regular color commentator alongside play-by-play commentator In November 2016, Corino worked as a guest trainer at the In November 2018, it was revealed through a leaked script of Corino is the older brother of retired independent wrestler Corino married Nicole Holmstock on June 14, 1997.
Russo's contract was bought out by Time Warner shortly after the WCW buyout. On that night he faced off with "The Prophet" Jeremy Barnoff, "The Seasoned Veteran" Brick Crawford and "Mr. Wrestling" Corino wrestled a few try-out matches for WWE over a span of two days. Unquestionably, a chapter (or two) in any 'Book of Wrestling' would have to be dedicated to the tradition of the squared circle's masked men; those hooded marvels who, despite having their faces completely covered, could inspire great admiration from the fans, incite unyielding hatred, or both.
Corino began wrestling in 1994 and spent four years working on the independent circuit. He is best known for his appearances with Championship Wrestling from Florida and Georgia Championship Wrestling in the 1970s and early 1980s. The couple have three children together. On November 10, 2007, Corino successfully defended the B4W North American title against Jihad. The feud culminated on November 4 in After announcing that his retirement would come at the end of 2007, Corino began a retirement tour and traveled to various federations as a part of the tour. Mr. Wrestling can refer to: Tim Woods: The original Mr. Wrestling Johnny Walker: Mr. Wrestling II Hercules Hernandez: Mr. Wrestling III Dusty Wolfe: Mr. Wrestling III Jeff Roth: Mr. Wrestling Nick Dinsmore: Mr. Wrestling 2 Steve Corino: Mr. Wrestling 3 J.J. Perez: Mr. Wrestling #4 Disambiguation This disambiguation page lists articles that might otherwise share the same title. Dusty Rhodes, Corino's former rival, was hopeful that WWE would sign him, but he was not offered a contract. Another video from the Southern Championship Wrestling from Georgia promotion. On November 24 he beat Absolute Andy for the GSW Heavyweight Championship in Oberhausen, Germany which was his very last appearance in Europe. On July 24, 2008, Corino announced he would begin wrestling full-time again in his online blog. On December 8, 2007, Corino made his final Northeast appearance for B4W. Moderated by: Ron, brodiescomics, beejmi: New Topic: Reply: Printer Friendly: RATE THIS CLASSIC -- MR WRESTLING II vs MR WRESTLING III 1984: Rate Topic . ~~~Kaimana turned on Mr. Wrestling III with Kaimana’s Ego Trip – Ete got the pin on III and Toa Samoa became the 2X champs.. August 2008: Johnny “Mr. He now wrestles as "Mr. Wrestling 3" Steve Corino without the mask, and sometimes as just Mr. Wrestling 3 with the mask. Mr. Wrestling II By Steve Slagle. Mr. Wrestling II renamed himself simply "Mr. Wrestling" and got a new protégé, "Mr. Wrestling II", who was Fernandez under a mask (referred to as "Mr. Wrestling III" in magazines to avoid confusing their readers). On October 1, 2003, Russo suffered the first loss of his in-ring career in a tag team match against Dusty Rhodes and Jeff Jarrett, although his partner, Styles, yielded the pin.Another time the "Fire Russo!" Check out my blog at …