Montel Vontavious Porter - Net Worth, Age, Height, Birthday, Bio, Wiki!

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Montel Vontavious Porter Biography

Montel Vontavious Porter is one of the most popular and richest Wrestler who was born on October 28, 1973 in Miami, Florida, United States. He was the winner of the WWE Tag Team Championship with He won the WWE Tag Team Championship with Matt Hardy..

Hassan Hamin Assad (born Alvin Antonio Burke Jr.; October 28, 1973) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Montel Vontavious Porter (MVP), and as a backstage producer.

In 2005, after a number of live events and dark matches, Assad signed a developmental contract with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and was assigned to their developmental territory Deep South Wrestling. He originally wrestled under his “Antonio Banks” ring name, but then developed the Montel Vontavious Porter (MVP) in-ring persona: an arrogant, self-obsessed athlete partially inspired by the fictional NFL wide receiver Rod Tidwell (Cuba Gooding Jr.) from the 1996 film Jerry Maguire and the real-life wide receiver Terrell Owens. He was also on an episode of SmackDown! on January 13, 2005 being one of the police officers in the ring with Kurt Angle.

His father was a cop. He converted to Islam while in prison, changing his name from Alvin Burke Jr. He is the father of a son.

He was the two-time WWE United States Champion.

Hassan Hamin Assad was born Alvin Antonio Burke Jr. in the Liberty City neighborhood of Miami, Florida, on October 28, 1973. He grew up in Opa-locka, Florida. His father was a police officer. He joined a gang when he was 12, describing it as a “graffiti gang” which later turned into a street gang. He spent six months in a juvenile detention center after a robbery. He later completed nine-and-a-half-years of an 18-and-a-half-year prison sentence for armed robbery and kidnapping, which he started at the age of 16. He converted to Islam while in prison and changed his name. Due to his past criminal record, Assad’s visits to other countries on international tours are subject to permits and background checks for recent behavior.

Montel Vontavious Porter Net Worth

Montel is one of the richest Wrestler from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Montel Vontavious Porter's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: January 13, 2024)

At the age 12 he joined a graffiti gang that he claimed turned into a street-gang. He was sentenced to six months for robbery.

As MVP, he made his first appearance on WWE television on the August 4, 2006 episode of SmackDown!, during which announcers described him as a coveted free agent. The initial angle involved MVP appearing backstage and in arena crowds, often flanked by women and/or a bodyguard, and talking to SmackDown! General Manager Theodore Long about the contract his (unseen) agent was supposedly aggressively negotiating. Throughout his segments, commentators described MVP as arrogant, noting that he would stop conversations in the middle to answer his mobile phone or admire his own jewelry while people were speaking to him. Finally, on September 26, 2006, video of a press Conference announcing the signing of MVP to “the largest contract in SmackDown! history” was uploaded to WWE.com.

In August 2007, Assad was diagnosed with Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome, a rare condition that causes the heart to beat faster than normal. The condition was discovered during his tenure with WWE, when he had undergone a routine check-up in accordance with WWE’s Talent Wellness Policy, which otherwise would have gone undetected until it was too late.

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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He was trained by former professional wrestlers Soulman Alex G and Norman Smiley. Following the completion of his training, Assad began wrestling for numerous independent promotions, including a stint in TNA. During his time in these promotions, he won various championships in singles competition. He signed with WWE in 2005 and was assigned to Deep South Wrestling (DSW), one of the company’s developmental territories. After being promoted to the SmackDown brand, he made his WWE wrestling debut in October 2006. Following his departure from WWE in 2010, he joined New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) in February 2011. He spent the next two years with the promotion, then left NJPW in 2013. Since then, he has returned to the independent circuit and has made appearances in Impact Wrestling, Ring of Honor and WWE.

Who is Montel Vontavious Porter Dating?

According to our records, Montel Vontavious Porter is possibily single & has not been previously engaged. As of January 13, 2024, Montel Vontavious Porter’s is not dating anyone.

MVP was featured as a playable character in the following video games; WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008, WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009, WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010 and WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2011.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Montel Vontavious Porter height 6 ft 3 in Montel weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Assad entered the professional wrestling business through the help of a corrections officer in his prison who also worked as a wrestler in the independent circuit. After being trained by former professional wrestlers Soulman Alex G and Norman Smiley, Assad made his wrestling debut in 2002. He worked for many different companies on the independent circuit using the name Antonio Banks, including appearances with Full Impact Pro (FIP) and Future of Wrestling (FOW), where he won the latter’s Tag Team Championship with Punisher. During his time in FIP, he wrestled Homicide for the World Heavyweight Championship at the Ring of Honor show Do or Die IV on February 19, 2005 but did not win the title. He also made sporadic appearances for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), and wrestled on the April 20, 2003, episode of TNA Xplosion. He appeared again for TNA on the August 6, 2004, episode of Impact!, with Sal Rinauro as his tag team partner, losing to America’s Most Wanted. He also wrestled for Coastal Championship Wrestling (CCW) and Elite Wrestling Entertainment in 2005, competing against wrestlers like Jerry Lynn and D’Lo Brown. In CCW, he won the Heavyweight Championship on August 20, 2005, by defeating Blackhart and Bruno Sassi in a three-way match.

On April 13, 2009, MVP was drafted as the first overall pick to the Raw brand as a part of the 2009 WWE draft. As a result of being the reigning WWE United States Champion, he transferred the title to Raw for the first time in history. He lost the title to Kofi Kingston on the June 1 episode of Raw, before beginning a feud with Jack Swagger, which culminated in a match at SummerSlam, which MVP won. He then formed a tag team with Mark Henry, and they challenged Jeri-Show (Chris Jericho and The Big Show) for the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship at the Breaking Point pay-per-view, but they failed to win the championship. At Survivor Series, MVP and Henry made up part of Team Kofi, competing against Team Orton in a 5-on-5 tag team elimination match. Although both MVP and Henry were eliminated, Team Kofi would go onto to win the match.

Facts & Trivia

Montel Ranked on the list of most popular Wrestler. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Montel Vontavious Porter celebrates birthday on October 28 of every year.

Beginning on the August 29 episode of SmackDown, MVP developed a losing streak that lasted over five months, losing in both singles and tag team matches. At Unforgiven, he challenged for the WWE Championship in the Championship Scramble match, but was unsuccessful, continuing his losing streak. The losing streak meant that, in storyline, MVP did not receive “his contract incentive bonus”, and also was no longer allowed his usual entrance with the NFL-like inflatable tunnel. During this losing streak he had a short feud with The Great Khali. On the January 16, 2009 episode of SmackDown, MVP finally broke the losing streak by defeating Big Show in a Last Man Standing match with help from Triple H, as he was fighting to ensure that Triple H would be allowed to compete in the Royal Rumble match, in the process turning him into a fan favorite. At the SmackDown taping on March 17, he won the United States Championship for the second time by defeating Shelton Benjamin. At WrestleMania XXV, MVP competed in the Money in the Bank ladder match for the second year in a row, but failed to win.

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