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Only a week later, Malenko dropped the title back to Guerrero.
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In the summer of 1995, Malenko feuded with TV Champion Eddie Guerrero, culminating in a match on July 21 where Malenko defeated Guerrero to win his second ECW Television Championship. On April 8 at Three Way Dance, he and Benoit lost the tag titles to The Public Enemy ( Johnny Grunge and Rocco Rock). A month later at Extreme Warfare, Malenko dropped the Television title to 2 Cold Scorpio. On Februat Return of the Funker, Benoit and Malenko defeated Sabu and Tazmaniac for the ECW Tag Team Championship, making Malenko a double champion. In the beginning of 1995, Malenko formed a faction called the Triple Threat with Chris Benoit and Shane Douglas.
On November 4, 1994, he defeated 2 Cold Scorpio to win his first ECW Television Championship. Malenko became known as "The Shooter" and was given a gimmick similar to an Ultimate Fighting Championship fighter (due to his resemblance to Royce Gracie). He defeated Osamu Nishimura in the quarterfinals before he ended up losing to the eventual winner Shane Douglas in the semifinals.
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On August 27, 1994, Malenko debuted in Eastern Championship Wrestling (ECW) as a heel participating in a professional wrestling tournament for the vacant NWA World Heavyweight Championship. NWA Eastern/Extreme Championship Wrestling Malenko defeated Jimmy Backlund for the ICWA Light Heavyweight title on March 12, 1992, in Tampa.
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On January 24, 1992, Malenko defeated "The Superstar" for the Suncoast Pro Wrestling (SPW) Southern title in Palmetto, Florida. He wrestled with his brother Joe Malenko from 1988 to 1992, forming a tag team, until his brother retired. He has wrestled all over the world and has spent much time wrestling in Mexico and Japan. He started out as a referee in the Tampa area and even worked briefly as a referee for the WWF in the mid-1980s. Malenko was born into a wrestling family, and his father Boris Malenko was a prominent wrestling figure. Professional wrestling career Florida independent circuit (1979–1994)
Following his retirement, he worked as a road agent for WWE for 18 years from 2001 until 2019. Five-time WWE world champion Daniel Bryan said that his "number one guy, growing up, was Dean Malenko". Pro Wrestling Illustrated named Malenko the #1 wrestler in the world in 1997, and he was inducted into the Hardcore Hall of Fame in 2015. Īlthough never a world champion, Malenko achieved championship success in ECW, WCW and the WWF, winning 11 total titles between the three organizations. He is also known for his time in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) as a wrestler and a road agent and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). He is best known for his time with Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW). He is currently signed with All Elite Wrestling (AEW) as a senior producer. Dean Simon (born August 4, 1960), better known by the ring name Dean Malenko, is an American retired professional wrestler.
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