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No Way Jose
Valenzuela in 2013
Birth nameLevis Valenzuela Jr.
Born (1988-05-30) May 30, 1988 (age 36)
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic[1]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Levis Valenzuela Jr.[2]
Manny Garcia[2]
No Way Jose[2]
Billed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[3]
Billed weight245 lb (111 kg)[3]
Billed fromSanto Domingo, Dominican Republic[3]
Trained byRoy Wilkins
Trevor Lee[1]
DebutMay 17, 2013[2]

Levis Valenzuela Jr.[4] (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.

Professional wrestling career

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.[5] In addition to CWF Mid-Atlantic, Garcia also appeared for promotions including Fire Star Pro Wrestling and OMEGA Championship Wrestling.[6]

WWE

NXT (2015–present)

In April 2015, it was reported that Valenzuela had signed a contract with WWE.[7] On April 10, 2015, Valenzuela was announced as one of 11 new signings to begin training at the WWE Performance Center.[8] 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.[9] Valenzuela then began to make frequent appearances at NXT house shows for the rest of 2015 and the early part of 2016.[5]

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.[10][11]

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. ^ a b "WWE welcomes new NXT recruits: Introducing Levis Valenzuela Jr". Miami Herald. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d "No Way Jose OWW". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
  3. ^ a b c "No Way Jose". www.wwe.com.
  4. ^ "Levis Valenzuela Jr. proud to represent Dominican Republic in NXT". WWE.com. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
  5. ^ a b c Philip Kreikenbohm. "No Way Jose".
  6. ^ "PWTorch.com - SHOW RESULTS 2/28 OMEGA in Durham, N.C.: Jeff Hardy new OMEGA champion, Mick Foley, Gallows vs. Dreamer, more".
  7. ^ "WWE News: The newest NXT class includes an independent standout and ten others".
  8. ^ "WWE Performance Center welcomes new class of recruits". www.wwe.com.
  9. ^ "PWTorch.com - WWE NXT RESULTS 7/29: Blake & Murphy defend NXT Tag Titles, Kevin Owens "fined," Charlotte in action, Jesse Sorensen, more".
  10. ^ a b c d "4/20 WWE NXT TV Results - James's Full Report on Joe vs. Crews main event, Enzo & Cass face NXT tag champs, Nia Jax, No Way Jose debuts -".
  11. ^ a b Caldwell, James. "8/20 "WWE NXT Takeover: Brooklyn" Results – Caldwell's Complete Live Report". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
  12. ^ a b "411MANIA - 411's WWE NXT Report 5.4.16". 411's WWE NXT Report 5.4.16.
  13. ^ "WWE NXT Results (4/20): No Way Jose debuts, Samoa Joe takes on Apollo Crews!". Wrestlezone. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  14. ^ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2016". The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
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