Chuck Palumbo

He was initially assigned to an F-18 Hornet squadron VAQ-34 at Lemoore, California before transferring to NAS Miramar in San Diego where he worked on the E-2C Hawkeye.

[4] Chuck finished up his stint in the Navy and enrolled at the Community College of Rhode Island earning All-American honors in basketball[5] and a full scholarship to University of Central Missouri.

He called the number, and after graduating with a Criminal Justice degree, decided to accept their invitation to travel to Atlanta and train at the WCW Power Plant.

He made his debut appearance on World Championship Wrestling (WCW)'s Nitro on October 19, 1998, as a fan who accepted the challenge of Ernest "The Cat" Miller.

[7][13] In 2000, Palumbo made his debut on WCW television on the March 21, 2000, edition of Thunder under his real name, losing to Scott Steiner.

[14][15] In August, Stasiak and Palumbo helped form the Natural Born Thrillers with Mike Sanders, Sean O'Haire, Mark Jindrak, and Reno while they were briefly "coached" by Kevin Nash.

After the conclusion of the match Mike Sanders declared both teams victorious and that any combination of the four would face The Insiders (Diamond Dallas Page and Kevin Nash).

Palumbo and O'Haire were the two members of the Natural Born Thrillers who would face and defeat Page and Nash for the tag titles at Sin on January 14, 2001.

[14][15] The duo also retained the title against Totally Buffed (Buff Bagwell and Lex Luger) at Greed in March, WCW's last pay-per-view.

[7][16] On April 15, at NJPW Strong Energy '00 Day 2, Palumbo teamed with Rick Cornell and Osamu Kido but was defeated by Brian Johnston, Junji Hirata and Tadao Yasuda in a 6 man tag match.

[7][17] On April 16, at NJPW Strong Energy '00 Day 3, Palumbo teamed with Rick Cornell, Dan Devine and Takashi Lazuka but was defeated by Hiro Saito, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Super J and Tatsutoshi Goto in a 8 person tag match.

O'Haire and Palumbo lost the WCW Tag Team Championship to the Brothers of Destruction (The Undertaker and Kane) on the August 9, 2001, edition of SmackDown!

O'Haire was sent to developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling in early September 2001, and Palumbo was thrown out of The Alliance on the October 25 edition of SmackDown!

On the February 21, 2002, edition of SmackDown!, Billy and Chuck defeated Tazz and Spike Dudley to win the WWF Tag Team Championship.

[citation needed] This version initially gained little success, but would go on to have brief feuds with Los Guerreros, Chris Benoit, Rhyno, Brian Kendrick, Nathan Jones, the APA, and The Undertaker.

[citation needed] His new gimmick started off usually losing matches but began to rise on Heat, defeating the likes of The Hurricane, Rosey, Val Venis and Stevie Richards.

[citation needed] On the October 31, 2004, airing of Heat, Palumbo had his most high-profile match on the Raw brand when he faced former World Heavyweight Champion Chris Benoit, but was defeated.

[citation needed] Palumbo, along with Johnny Stamboli, went on to become a member of Voodoo Murders of All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) and feuded against Roughly Obsess and Destroy.

The duo also made appearances in a World Wrestling Council show where they challenged Último Dragón, Místico, and Negro Casas, in a tag team match which they would win by securing both the first and third falls.

He next appeared at WrestleMania XXIV, taking part in a 24-man Interpromotional Battle Royal to crown a number one contender to the ECW Championship, where he also eliminated Noble.

[37] Palumbo returned to Mexico to team with Damián 666 and Konnan in a losing effort against D-Generation MEX at Wrestling in Tijuana on December 25, 2008.

On November 13, 2009, Palumbo won the Herts and Essex Wrestling (HEW) Heavyweight Championship from Brett Meadows in Braintree, England.

He rode the bike across the country to gather donations and raffles, with 100% of the proceeds going to Fueled by the Fallen, a nonprofit that supports troops after they return home.

[51] Palumbo is good friends with fellow professional wrestlers Batista, Mark Jindrak, Booker T, Chavo Guerrero Jr. and Rey Mysterio.

Palumbo (left) and Big Boss Man (right) present Captain Doug Dupuoy of the U.S. Navy a WWF Championship Belt in 2002
William Regal (top) and Chuck Palumbo competing at a Raw house show in 2007
Palumbo with the HEW Heavyweight Championship