No Way Jose (wrestler)
| No Way Jose | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Levis Valenzuela Jr.[1] |
| Born | May 30, 1988 North Carolina, United States[2] |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Levis Valenzuela Jr.[3] Manny Garcia[3] No Way Jose[3] |
| Billed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[4] |
| Billed weight | 245 lb (111 kg)[4] |
| Billed from | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic[4] |
| Trained by | Roy Wilkins Trevor Lee[2] |
| Debut | May 17, 2013[3] |
Levis Valenzuela Jr. (born May 30, 1988) is a Dominican-American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name No Way Jose. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs in NXT.
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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]
In April 2015, it was reported that Valenzuela had signed a contract with WWE.[7]
WWE
NXT (2015–present)
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.[10]
In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- As No Way Jose
- Fastball Punch (Knockout punch, with theatrics)[10]
- Wristlock full nelson slam[11]
- As Manny Garcia
- As No Way Jose
- Signature moves
- Airplane spin transitioned into a rolling fireman's carry slam[12][10]
- Bodyslam[10]
- Flying snapmare[11]
- Leg drop
- Nicknames
- "El Jefe"
- Entrance themes
Championships and accomplishments
- Fire Star Pro Wrestling
- FSPW South Eastern Championship (1 time)[5]
References
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External links
- No Way Jose's profile on WWE.com
- No Way Jose on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- No Way Jose on Cagematch.net
