Birth name Levis Valenzuela Jr. Debut May 17, 2013 Billed weight 111.1 kg Trained by Trevor Lee | Billed height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Height 1.91 m Parents Levis Valenzuela Sr. Billed from Santo Domingo | |
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Born May 30, 1988 (age 28)
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic ( 1988-05-30 ) Ring name(s) Levis Valenzuela Jr.
Manny Garcia
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Levis Valenzuela Jr. (born May 30, 1988) is a Dominican-American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs in their developmental territory NXT under the ring name No Way Jose.
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Independent circuit (2013–2015)
Valenzuela made his debut in CWF Mid-Atlantic as Manny Garcia on May 17, 2013. Manny lost his debut match against Ric Converse. On May 3, 2014, he defeated Mark James to win the CWF Mid-Atlantic Television Championship. On December 6, 2014, Manny lost the title to Chris Lea. On December 27, 2014, Manny re-captured the TV Championship. On March 21, 2015, Manny lost his title in a Fatal 4 Way where Chet Sterling came out as victorious. In addition to CWF Mid-Atlantic, Garcia also appeared for promotions including Fire Star Pro Wrestling and OMEGA Championship Wrestling.
NXT (2015–present)
In April 2015, it was reported that Valenzuela had signed a contract with WWE. On April 10, 2015, Valenzuela was announced as one of 11 new signings to begin training at the WWE Performance Center. Wrestling under his real name, Valenzuela made his first appearance on NXT as an enhancement talent, teaming with Elias Samson in a defeat to American Alpha. Valenzuela then began to make frequent appearances at NXT house shows for the rest of 2015 and the early part of 2016.
In April 2016, vignettes began to air hyping the debut of Valenzuela, now repackaged as No Way Jose. He made his official debut on the April 20, 2016 episode of NXT, defeating Alexander Wolfe. In his second match, Jose defeated Noah Kekoa on the May 5 episode of NXT. In his third match, Jose defeated Jonathan Ortagun on the May 25 episode of NXT. On the June 22 episode of NXT, Jose interrupted Austin Aries during his interview backstage and told him to be positive following Aries' loss at NXT TakeOver: The End. Later that night, Jose defeated Josh Woods. Aries then came out and ended up dancing with Jose, but he then attacked Jose. After weeks of not appearing on NXT, Jose attacked Aries after Aries' match on the July 20 episode of NXT. Jose rushed Aries outside into the locker room. Aries defeated Jose at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn II.
Then, Jose entered a feud with Eric Young and the SAnitY faction by calling them out after they interrupted a match between Rich Swann and Kona Reeves. This led to an assault on Jose. On the November 30th episode of NXT Jose faced Eric Young in a losing effort. On the December 7 episode of NXT, Jose and Rich Swann faced the team of Eric Young and Alexander Wolfe again in a losing effort. Jose continued to feud with SAnitY, forming an alliance with Tye Dillinger and Roderick Strong to battle the faction in early 2017.