| Jamin Olivencia | |
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| Born | (1985-08-07)August 7, 1985 (age 39) North Tonawanda, New York |
| Children | 1 |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | J-Man Jamin Canseco Jamin Olivencia Chito Martinez Nick Nardone |
| Billed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Billed weight | 216 lb (98 kg) |
| Billed from | Buffalo, New York |
| Trained by | Rip Rogers Ohio Valley Wrestling |
| Debut | 2003 |
Jamin Olivencia (born August 7, 1985) is an Americanprofessional wrestler best known for his time at theOhio Valley Wrestling (OVW)promotion, where he is a former three-timeOVW Heavyweight Champion holding the former record for the longest reign at 241 days. He is also tied, with Mohamad Ali Vaez, for the mostOVW Television Championship reigns with eight.
Olivencia made his wrestling debut under theJ-Man ring name, at the age of 17, on August 16, 2003, at theEmpire State Wrestling show losing to Benjamin Smythe. On September 9, he lost to Cade Cassidy. On December 6, Jamin formed a team with R-Haz as "The New City Thugs" and defeated Damien Alexander and JP Hawke to win the ESW Tag Team Championship, Jamin's first championship. They defeated Alexander and Hawke on January 24, 2004, via disqualification to retain their championship. After defeating Grappler X and Purple Rain on February 15, they lost the championships to them on March 20. On May 20, he challenged Shade for the ESW Interstate Championship, but was unsuccessful in winning the championship. Jamin's first singles victory was on July 7 when he won a battle royal. After a year of teaming, J-Man and R-Haz fought in a street fight with J-Man winning the match. In the end of 2004, J-Man challenged Jonny Puma for the ESW Heavyweight Championship on November 6 and December 4 but was unsuccessful in winning the championship. His last match for the promotion was on September 16, 2005, defeating Cade Cassidy.
Olivencia debuted in Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) in 2005, when it was a Developmental Territory forWorld Wrestling Entertainment. On August 1, 2007, he teamed with T.J. Dalton to defeat the James Boys (Cassidy and KC James) to win the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship. The team lost the championship to the James Boys on August 24. After the loss, Olivencia was inactive for several months, returning on November 7, teaming with Ace Steel to lose to Matt Sydal and Seth Skyfire in a tournament for the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship.
WhenOhio Valley Wrestling wasunaffiliated, this also was the end between OVW and WWE. Olivencia has appeared onWorld Wrestling Entertainment television programming on several occasions. His first appearance for the promotion was on November 28, 2005, asJaymin Olivers, teaming with Brad Bradley againstVal Venis andViscera in a losing effort. On July 13, 2010, he made appearance asJamin Canseco atWWE Superstars teaming with Matt Cross losing toCurt Hawkins andVance Archer. He also appeared on the July 30 episode ofRaw, used as one of the men in white takingDaniel Bryan to hospital, alongside fellow OVW wrestler Dylan Bostic.[1] Olivencia competed asNick Nardone at theWWE SmackDown taping for September 20, 2013. He lost asquash match against Ryback.[2]
Olivencia debuted inOhio Valley Wrestling (OVW) in 2005. On August 1, 2007, he teamed with T.J. Dalton to defeat the James Boys (Cassidy andKC James) to win theOVW Southern Tag Team Championship. The team lost the championship to the James Boys on August 24. After the loss, Olivencia was inactive for several months, returning on November 7, teaming withAce Steel to lose toMatt Sydal and Seth Skyfire in a tournament for theOVW Southern Tag Team Championship. In the beginning of 2008, Olivencia and Steel challengedPaul Burchill andStu Sanders, but were unsuccessful in winning the OVW Southern Tag Team titles.
On February 20, 2008, he defeatedJames Curtis to win theOVW Television Championship, and became the first champion since OVW andWorld Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) ended their working relationship. Jamin would go on to lose the title on March 12, 2008, and would go on to recapture the OVW Television Title and have a vicious feud with formerWWE Tag Team ChampionJoey Matthews which lasted the better part of 2008. On October 15, Olivencia defeated Rudy Switchblade by forfeit, but lost it on the same day to Igotta Brewski. On May 6, 2009, Olivencia defeatedMike Mondo to win the OVW Television Championship for the third time. He lost the title on May 13, to El Rojo Uno, and regained it on June 10. Olivencia then started a feud with Brent Wellington, who won his OVW Television Championship on July 22. On May 7, 2010, Olivencia defeated Kamikaze Kid to win theOVW Television Championship for the fifth time. He lost the title to Mohamad Ali Vaez on June 4. On May 14, 2011, at theSaturday Night Special, he defeated Vaez for the championship, but lost it on May 25.[3] On June 2, 2012, Olivencia defeated Mohamad Ali Vaez to win theOVW Television Championship for the record-tying seventh time.[4] After a four-month absence, Jamin returned to the promotion on November 10 at the edition ofOVW episode 691, challenging Joe Coleman for the OVW Television Championship but was unsuccessful in capturing the belt after Coleman got himself disqualified.[5] Jamin faced Coleman for the championship also on November 17 atOVW episode 692 and December 1 atOVW episode 693, but Coleman got himself disqualified again.[6] On December 1, at OVW'sSaturday Night Special, Jamin Olivencia defeated Coleman in ano disqualifications match to win the OVW Television Championship for the record–setting eighth time.[7]
After pinningDoug Williams twice in a non-title matches at OVW'sepisode 704 andepisode 705, Olivencia was named the new number one contender for theOVW Heavyweight Championship. On March 2, at OVW'sSaturday Night Special, Olivencia defeated Williams to win the OVW Heavyweight Championship, But on March 6, the title was returned to Doug after Doug wasn't disqualified during the match. Olivencia defeated Williams April 10, 2013, to win the OVW Heavyweight Championship. On October 19, 2013, Olivencia became the longest reigning OVW Heavyweight Champion, breakingRip Rogers previous record of 192 days(record has since been broken by Rocco Bellagio). After 241 days as champion, the title was vacated on December 4, 2013. Three days later, Olivencia defeated Johnny Spade to regain the title.[8] On December 25, 2013, Marcus Anthony defeated Olivencia for the title. However, referee reverted the decision because Anthony didn't stop to apply his submission maneuver and Olivencia retained the title.[9] However, on January 4, 2014, Olivencia lost the title to Anthony.[10] On May 10, 2014, Olivencia defeated Anthony in a rematch to win the OVW Heavyweight Championship for a third time. On July 5, 2014, Olivencia lost the title against Anthony in a Last Man Standing match. Due to the stipulation, Jamin would not be able to challenge for it for ninety days.[11] Afterwards, Jamin would align himself with the returning Chris Silvio and the two would go on to capture TheOVW Southern Tag Team Championship on the August 2 Saturday Night Special, defeating The Fabulous Free Bodies (The Bodyguy and Big Jon). A month later, Silvi-O-livencia lost the titles to War Machine (Eric Locker & Shiloh Jonze) on September 6.
Shortly afterward, after 9 years working at OVW, Olivencia left the company.[12]
On September 23, 2017, Olivencia made a return toOVW for theOVW Matt Cappotelli Benefit Show defeating Shiloh Jonze.[13]
Olivencia made his final OVW appearance on the November 25, 2017, episode ofOVW TV challenging Michael Hayes for theOVW Heavyweight Championship and winning via disqualification.[14]
On November 16, 2010, Olivencia had a tryout forTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling wrestlingStevie Richards in a dark match.[15]
On the November 23, 2011, edition ofRing of Honor Wrestling Olivencia facedMike Bennett in a losing effort.[16]
On May 11, 2015, Olivencia was announced as part of roster of theGlobal Force Wrestling (GFW) promotion.[17] On June 12, 2015, Olivencia made his GFW debut losing toSonjay Dutt during a GFW Grand Slam Tour event inJackson, Tennessee.[18] The following night, Olivencia teamed withJason Kincaid in a losing effort againstChase Owens and Sonjay Dutt.[19] On July 10, 2015, during a GFW Grand Slam Tour event inErie, Pennsylvania, Olivencia teamed withJon Bolen in a losing effort against Sonjay Dutt andMoose.[20] The following night, Olivencia was defeated by Bolen in a singles match.[21]
Olivencia additionally works as astunt performer, and performed stunt in theDukes of Hazzard film. He is also an actor, and appeared inThe Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity at theActors Theatre of Louisville, portraying three characters and choreographing most of the fighting/wrestling scenes.[22]
