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Carl Malenko

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Birth name
  
Carl Ognibene

Name
  
Carl Malenko

Height
  
1.8 m


Billed weight
  
200 lb (91 kg)

Weight
  
91 kg

Debut
  
1993

Billed from
  
Winter Haven

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Born
  
January 25, 1970 (age 54) Tampa, Florida, United States (
1970-01-25
)

Ring name(s)
  
Carl Greco Carl Malenko Carl Contini Carl Ognibene

Trained by
  
Boris Malenko, Joe Malenko

Billed height
  
5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)

Carl Ognibene (born January 25, 1970) is an American professional wrestler, freestyle wrestler and mixed martial artist who is best known as Carl Malenko who competed in BattlARTS, Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi, All Japan Pro Wrestling and PRIDE Fighting Championship.

Contents

In wrestling

  • Finishing moves
  • Carl Shackle (Arm trap crossface)
  • Carl Sickle (Omoplata crossface)
  • Signature moves
  • Belly to belly suplex
  • Contini Twist (Rolling choke sleeper with bodyscissors)
  • Dragon sleeper with bodyscissors
  • Gogoplata
  • Juji-gatame
  • Leg trip
  • Malenko Twist (Rolling front sleeper with bodyscissors)
  • Multiple kicks
  • Underhook lifted and dropped into a facebreaker knee smash followed by a double underhook
  • Scissored armbar

    • Championships and awards

  • All Japan Pro Wrestling
  • AJPW Jr. Champion Carnival (2003)
  • BattlARTS
  • BattlARTS Tag Team League (1999, 2000) - with Katsumi Usuda

    • Personal life

    Pulled off the streets by Boris Malenko as a youth, Carl Contini was transformed into a top flight worker like his stepbrothers Joe and Dean. Using the name Carl Greco during his formative years, when Carl Malenko was born he became the top gaijin for BattlARTS in its later years, mainly pushed as a tag wrestler.

    References

    Carl Malenko Wikipedia
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