Chuck Palumbo
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Palumbo in 2015.
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| Birth name | Charles Palumbo |
| Born |
June 15, 1971 West Warwick, Rhode Island |
| Alma mater | University of Central Missouri |
| Spouse(s) | Virginia Evans |
| Children | 1 |
| Website | http://www.chuckpalumbo.com |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Chuck Chuck Palumbo The Dude Jungle Jim |
| Billed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Billed weight | 280 lb (130 kg) |
| Billed from |
Providence, Rhode Island San Diego, California |
| Trained by |
Paul Orndorff WCW Power Plant |
| Debut | 1998 |
| Retired | 2014 |
Charles "Chuck" Palumbo (born June 15, 1971) is an American mechanic, reality television personality and former professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with the professional wrestling promotions World Championship Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation in the late-1990s and 2000s, where he held the WCW World Tag Team Championship and WWF/E World Tag Team Championship. He is the host of the Discovery Channel series Lords of the Car Hoards.
Chuck Palumbo grew up in Providence, Rhode Island. He attended West Warwick High School, where he earned all-state honors in basketball. He joined the US Navy soon after and spent time in the Persian Gulf, working the flight deck of the USS Carl Vinson. 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. Chuck finished up his stint in the Navy and enrolled at the Community College of Rhode Island earning All-American honors in basketball and a full scholarship to University of Central Missouri. While attending Central Missouri, he saw a sign at a WCW event to call a phone number if you wish to become a pro wrestler. He called the number, and after graduating with a Criminal Justice degree, decided to accept their invite to travel to Atlanta and train at the WCW Power Plant.
Palumbo began his career in 1998 on the independent circuit, using a surfer gimmick and the ring name "The Dude". 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. Six months later, he was offered a training contract by WCW in April 1999. Just prior to the hiring of Vince Russo and Ed Ferrera as bookers for WCW, many of the WCW Power Plant wrestlers debuted on Saturday Night and WorldWide. Palumbo's initial WCW run was under the name Jungle Jim, his gimmick being a man of the jungle. Palumbo was undefeated in matches on the lower-tier programs, which were mostly against other Power Plant graduates.
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