Jack Victory

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Jack Victory
Birth nameKenneth Rinehurst[1][2]
Born (1964-07-03) July 3, 1964 (age 59)
Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)The Blackmailer
Jack Victory[1]
Jacko Victory[3]
Russian Assassin #2
Super Destroyer
The Terrorist
Titán
Billed height6 ft 3 in (191 cm)[4][5]
Billed weight245 lb (111 kg)[4]
Billed fromNew Zealand
(as Jacko Victory)[3]
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Russia
(as Russian Assassin #2)
Debut1984[2]

Kenneth Rinehurst (born July 3, 1964) is an American

Universal Wrestling Federation and the World Class Wrestling Association in the mid-1980s, with World Championship Wrestling between 1988 and 1991, and with Extreme Championship Wrestling between 1998 and 2001.[1][6]

Professional wrestling career

Universal Wrestling Federation (1984–1987)

Rinehurst debuted in 1984 in the Oklahoma City, Oklahoma-based Universal Wrestling Federation under the ring name Jack Victory.[2] He went on to wrestle throughout the Southeastern United States. Early in his career, Victory accompanied The Sheepherders to ringside while carrying the New Zealand flag.

Victory formed a tag team with

World Class Championship Wrestling (1985–1988)

In 1985, Victory began appearing with the

David Peterson in December 1985, losing the title to Mark Youngblood
less than a month later.

Victory and Tatum won the

Steve Simpson.[9] On the 30th of November 1987, Victory and Tatum also teamed together in the Fort Worth, Texas-based Wild West Wrestling, where they defeated Missing Link
and Jeff Raitz in a tournament final to become the first tag team champions of the organization. These titles would unify with the WCCW tag team championship on the 12th of October, 1988.

Jim Crockett Promotions (1988–1991)

In the late 1980s, Victory (as Jacko Victory) began wrestling for Jim Crockett Promotions, where he formed a tag team with Rip Morgan known as The New Zealand Militia.[3][10]

At the 1989

The Great Muta) in the first round of the tournament.[12] The Royal Family's last significant appearance with WCW was on April 28, 1991, where they teamed up with Black Bart as they unsuccessfully challenged the team of the Junkyard Dog, Ricky Morton and Tommy Rich for the WCW World Six-Man Tag Team Championship.[13]

Various promotions (1991–1998)

In 1991 Victory and Morgan made their way to the

The Fantastics (Bobby Fulton and Jackie Fulton) in the second round to be eliminated from the tournament.[13] Their short lived run in SMW was the last time Morgan and Victory teamed together on a regular basis. In the latter half of 1992, Victory was a regular for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, wrestling as Titán.[15]
After his time in Mexico, he returned to the American independents.

Extreme Championship Wrestling (1998–2001)

In 1998, Victory debuted in

stable known as The Network. He remained in ECW until the promotion declared bankruptcy
in April 2001, defeating C.W. Anderson on the promotion's last show in January.

Independent circuit (2001–present)

Following the closure of ECW, Victory began wrestling on the independent circuit. Along with several other ECW alumni, he made several appearances with the Premier Wrestling Federation, winning the PWF Tag Team Championship in February 2002 and the PWF Xtreme Championship in August 2002. He also wrestled for Pro-Pain Pro Wrestling, Pro Wrestling Zero1, and Ring of Honor.

Championships and accomplishments

References

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  3. ^ a b c Dave Meltzer (July 2003). Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Wrestling Observer Newsletter. p. 17.
  4. ^ a b Nix, Marc (2000). "Jack Victory". ECW Hardcore Revolution Guide. IGN. Retrieved March 21, 2016.
  5. ^ "Jack Victory". ECWWrestling.com (via Wayback Machine). January 25, 2001. Archived from the original on January 26, 2001. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
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  12. ^ Adamson, Matt (17 February 2008). "Going Old School: Starrcade '90". 411mania. Retrieved 28 May 2008.
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  14. ^ "1992". thehistoryofwwe.com.
  15. ^ "CMLL – Titan" (in Spanish). Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Gaceta. April 17, 2012. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
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  18. ^ "World Class Television Title". Wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
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  20. ^ "World Class Wrestling Association Texas Tag Team Championship". Wrestling-Titles. Retrieved December 26, 2019.

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