MARK JINDRAK

'Mark Robert Jindrak' (born June 26, 1977 in Auburn, New York) is an American professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) as 'Mark Jindrak'; he is currently working for Mexican promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) under the ring name 'Marco Corleone'. Mark was also on the Keuka (NY) College Basketball team and at one time boasted the highest vertical leap in the WWE.

Contents

Career

World Championship Wrestling

World Wrestling Entertainment

Japan

Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre

Personal life

Wrestling facts

Championships and accomplishments

Notes and references

External links

Career

World Championship Wrestling

Mark Jindrak trained in the WCW Power Plant under Paul Orndorff and was promoted to the main WCW roster in June 2000 under the Vince Russo era where he formed a tag team with fellow Power Plant graduate Sean O'Haire.
In August 2000, Jindrak and Sean O'Haire helped form the Natural Born Thrillers with Mike Sanders, Shawn Stasiak, Chuck Palumbo, Johnny "The Bull" Stamboli, and Reno. They were briefly "coached" by Kevin Nash.
In September 2000, Jindrak won the WCW World Tag Team titles with O'Haire for the first time, despite being relatively new in the business. The pair would win WCW Tag team gold one more time before splitting in early January of 2001 when Jindrak would begin teaming with Stasiak instead.
In January 2001, the Natural Born Thrillers broke up when and Jindrak disappeared from TV.

World Wrestling Entertainment

After the World Wrestling Federation purchased WCW in March 2001, Mark Jindrak came into the company in July 2001 as part of The Alliance that invaded the WWF roster. In late August of that year Mark Jindrak was sent to the Heartland Wrestling Association (HWA, then OVW) for training. In early 2003, Mark Jindrak joined Kenny Bolin's "Bolin Services" and teamed with Garrison Cade.
Mark Jindrak was soon called up by WWE in June 2003 and started out forming a tag team with Garrison Cade on the ''RAW'' brand; the team found little success on ''RAW'' and soon separated when Jindrak was drafted to ''SmackDown!'' on March 22, 2004.
He first appeared on SmackDown!'s sister show ''Velocity'' where he adopted a gimmick of an egotistical, narcissistic heel obsessed with his own physique (similar to Lex Luger), calling himself "The Reflection of Perfection" and standing in front of a mirror to admire himself. He even started using Luger's entrance theme when he first came to WWE. On April 8, 2004 he would gain Theodore Long as a manager for a brief period until the pair split in July 2004 when Long went on to become the general manager of ''SmackDown!'' and Mark Jindrak remained mostly on ''Velocity''.
In September 2004 Mark Jindrak aligned himself with Kurt Angle and Luther Reigns, whom he helped take down and shave Big Show bald during the fifth Anniversary episode of ''SmackDown!''. After a teaming with Reigns for a while, the pair began to have a falling out, most notably after a "Double Jeopardy" handicap match on the February 24, 2005 episode of ''SmackDown!'' in Philadelphia against The Undertaker.
After this, Jindrak defeated Luther Reigns in their short feud only to become a lower card star performing on WWE Velocity, and only appearing on ''SmackDown!'' to job for other wrestlers, portraying neither a heel or face character.
On June 30, 2005, Mark Jindrak became one of the last minute trades in the 2005 WWE Draft, which saw him jump from ''SmackDown!'' back to ''RAW''. However, he never made his RAW debut because Jindrak was released five days later on July 5, 2005.

Japan

Jindrak toured New Japan Pro Wrestling in 2006, where he was primarily used as a low-carder. However, Jindrak did pick up a surprise win over long-time veteran Osamu Nishimura during the tour.
Mark Jindrak was also involved with fellow former WWE Superstar Matt Morgan. The pair appeared in a short-lived online reality show which was canceled in early 2006 for an unknown reason. Both men later showed up in Japanese promotion HUSTLE, wrestling as the tag team of 'Sodom' (Jindrak) & Gomora (Morgan).

Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre

Since late 2006, Mark Jindrak has been working for the Mexican promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre under the name 'Marco Corleone', having an Italian gimmick.

Personal life

Mark is in a relationship, and has a son named Marcus. ^[1]

Wrestling facts

★ 'Finishing and signature moves'
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★ '''Mark Of Excellence''' (Back suplex side slam)
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★ '''Jindrak TKO''' (Left hook knock-out punch)
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★ 'Suicide crossbody' - CMLL
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★ Vertical suplex implant DDT
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★ Signature standing dropkick
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★ Springboard flying clothesline
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★ Double underhook powerbomb
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★ Belly to back superlex
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★ 450° splash- NJPW (rarely used)

★ 'Nicknames'
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★ "The Basket Case"
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★ "The Reflection of Perfection"
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★ "The Italian Eagle" - as Marco Corleone

★ 'Previous managers'
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★ Theodore Long
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★ Kevin Nash (coach)
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★ Kenny Bolin
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★ Kurt Angle

Championships and accomplishments

★ 'Coliseum Championship Wrestling'
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★ 1-time CCW Tag Team Champion (with James Blanks)

★ 'Defiant Championship Wrestling'
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★ 1-time DCW Heavyweight Champion

★ 'Hardcore Wrestling Association'
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★ 1-time HWA Tag Team Champion (with Malik Daniels)

★ 'International Wrestling League'
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★ 1-time IWL Heavyweight Champion

★ 'World Championship Wrestling'
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★ 2-time WCW World Tag-Team Champion (with Sean O'Haire)

★ 'Wrestling Alliance of Chicago'
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★ 1-time WAC Heavyweight Champion

Notes and references

1. Official MySpace Profile States that he has a son named Marcus

External links

★ Official MySpace Profile