Colin Delaney
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| Colin Delaney | |
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| Ring name(s) | Colin Delaney Colin Olsen |
| Billed height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Billed weight | 172 lb (78 kg) |
| Born | September 7, 1986 Rochester, New York |
| Resides | Rochester, New York |
| Billed from | Rochester, New York |
| Debut | 2007 |
Colin Matthew Delaney[1] (born September 7, 1986) is an American professional wrestler . He is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) working on its ECW brand. In the past, Delaney wrestled for promotions such as CHIKARA, NWA Upstate, Buffalo Championship Wrestling, NWA Empire, Pro Wrestling Ohio, UWA Hardcore Wrestling, and Combat Zone Wrestling under the name Colin Olsen.
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[edit] Career
[edit] NWA territories/Independents
Delaney formerly worked for the CHIKARA, NWA Upstate, UWA Hardcore Wrestling in Canada, Squared Circle Wrestling, Buffalo Championship Wrestling, Roc City Wrestling and CZW promotions under the ring name Colin Olsen as part of the tag team, The Olsen Twins with partner Jimmy Olsen.[2][3]
Wrestling as Colin Olsen, Delaney has won wrestling championships. For his 1st championship, he teamed with his kayfabe brother Jimmy to win the NWA Upstate Tag Team Championship on November 13, 2004 by defeating the Ring Crew Express (Kevin Dunn and Mean Marcos).[4][5] They held the belts for over six months before dropping them to The Outcast Killaz on May 14, 2005.[4][6] They also captured the RCW Tag Team Championship on January 20th 2006 defeating the Prophets of Pain (Father Synne and Hard Knox) and retained until June 9th 2006 when they were stripped of the titles after a working arrangement between NWA Upstate and Roc City Wrestling was dissolved.
On May 19, 2007, Olsen defeated "Mastiff" Will Christianson and Damien Alexander to win NWA Empire's Lord of the Dance Championship, a title which can only be contested in three-way matches.[7][8] Colin's last defense of the title was at on December 8, 2007 where he wrestled his kayfabe brother Jimmy Olsen and "Mastiff" Will Christianson. At an NWA Empire show on February 9, 2008 Colin vacated the title due to his ECW brand commitments.
[edit] World Wrestling Entertainment
Delaney made his World Wrestling Entertainment debut as a jobber, seen wrestling on the ECW show. He was first beaten by Shelton Benjamin on the December 18, 2007 edition of ECW, before getting squashed by Big Daddy V two weeks later.[9][10][11] On the January 8, 2008 edition of ECW, Delaney was beaten again, this time by Mark Henry from the SmackDown! brand. [12] On the January 29, 2008 edition of ECW, WWE Tag Team Champions Miz and John Morrison defeated Delaney in a Handicap match. After the match, The Miz and Morrison continued to attack Delaney, but was saved after Tommy Dreamer came to the ring.[13]
Delaney picked up his first win in WWE on the February 26, 2008 edition of ECW, defeating The Miz and John Morrison in a tag team match with Tommy Dreamer.[14] On March 11, 2008, he and Dreamer challenged The Miz and Morrison for the WWE Tag Team Championships in an Extreme Rules match, but came up short after having lost a subsequent title match the week before.[15] In subsequent weeks, ECW General Manager Armando Estrada informed Colin that he would have to acquire his first singles victory to win an "official" ECW contract. Delaney unsuccessfully faced a number of superstars, including his own mentor Dreamer, whom Estrada threatened to fire if he lost the match. Finally, on the May 6, 2008 edition of ECW, Delaney defeated Estrada himself via a sunset flip to kayfabe "win" the contract[16], which he had legitimately signed in February.[17] He lost his "first match as an ECW superstar" against Mike Knox and then was beaten by Estrada when he signed himself to the ECW roster. Since then Estrada has been targeting Delaney. On the June 3rd edition of ECW, Colin defeated Estrada after Matt Hardy defeated him moments earlier, thus removing Estrada from the roster, per the orders of new ECW General Manager Theodore Long.
[edit] In wrestling
- Finishing and signature moves
- As Colin Delaney
- DDT
- Schoolboy
- Springboard cutter
- Slingshot somersault senton
- Dropkick, sometimes from the top rope
- High-angle somersault plancha over the top rope
- Slingshot crossbody
- Sunset flip
- As Colin Olsen
- Lung Blower (Double knee backbreaker)
- Diving crossbody
- Falling lariat onto a grounded opponent
- As Colin Delaney
[edit] Championships and accomplishments
- NWA Empire
- NWA Empire Lord of the Dance Championship (1 time)[7]
- NWA Upstate
- NWA Upstate Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Jimmy Olsen[4]
- Roc City Wrestling
- RCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Jimmy Olsen[4]
[edit] References
- ^ MySpace.com - Colin Delaney - 21 - Garçon - ROCHESTER, US - www.myspace.com/cscolinolsen
- ^ DiLiegro, Phil (2007-12-18). ECW TV report for December 18. F4Wonline.com. Retrieved on 2008-01-13. “Tazz was in the ring emceeing a contest between Shelton Benjamin and local job guy, Colin Delaney. Delaney is, I believe, actually Chikara worker Colin Olsen and he more promo time than most guys on the roster just to say it’s his first match.”
- ^ Gray, Ryan (2007-12-20). WWE Announcer Tryouts, JBL’s Future & His Wealth, More. Wrestling-Edge. Retrieved on 2008-01-14.
- ^ a b c d NWA Results: NWA Upstate (New York). Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved on 2008-02-27.
- ^ "Lethal Encounter" 11/13/04. NWA Upstate. Retrieved on 2008-02-27.
- ^ "Spring Fling" 5/14/05. NWA Upstate. Retrieved on 2008-02-27.
- ^ a b NWA Results: NWA Empire (New York). Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved on 2008-02-27.
- ^ First Anniversary Show. NWA Empire. Retrieved on 2008-02-27.
- ^ Rote, Andrew (2007-12-18). It's not easy being gold. WWE. Retrieved on 2008-01-13.
- ^ Rote, Andrew (2008-01-01). Extreme resolutions. WWE. Retrieved on 2008-01-13.
- ^ Zeigler, Zack (2008-01-04). Is Colin Delaney delirious?. WWE. Retrieved on 2008-01-13.
- ^ Medalis, Kara A. (2008-01-08). Retaining gold. WWE. Retrieved on 2008-01-13.
- ^ Medalis, Kara A. (2008-01-29). Help is on the way?. WWE. Retrieved on 2008-01-30.
- ^ Rote, Andrew (2008-02-26). Mixing it up. WWE.
- ^ ECW on Sci-Fi 11 March, 2008 Results. Pro-Wrestling Edge. Retrieved on 2008-03-26.
- ^ http://www.wwe.com/shows/ecw/results/6998334/
- ^ Martin, Adam (2008-02-25). 2CW Feb. 23 report, CHIKARA news including Colin Delaney and NYSWF. WrestleView. Retrieved on 2008-05-08.
