Fandango | |
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Fandango in April 2016
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Birth name | Curtis Jonathan Hussey |
Born |
Standish, Maine, United States |
July 22, 1981
Residence | Tampa, Florida, United States |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) |
Fandango Johnny Curtis Jonathan Jonathan Curtis |
Billed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
Billed weight | 244 lb (111 kg) |
Billed from |
Boston, Massachusetts Westbrook, Maine |
Trained by |
Killer Kowalski Deep South Wrestling Bill DeMott Florida Championship Wrestling Lewis Hotchin |
Debut | September 1999 |
Curtis Jonathan Hussey (born July 22, 1981) is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE on the SmackDown brand, where he performs under the ring name Fandango. He is one-half of the tag team Breezango along with Tyler Breeze.
Hussey began his professional wrestling career in 1999. He worked for several promotions beginning in September 1999. He competed in several Independent promotions in New England, winning the PLW New England Championship, the PWF Northeast Tag Team Championship with Kenn Phoenix on more than one occasion, the PWF Northeast Heavyweight Championship, NCW New England Championship, the Tag Team Championship with Damian Houston, and the SCCW Lightweight Championship.
In 2006, Hussey signed a development contract with World Wrestling Entertainment and was assigned to Deep South Wrestling (DSW), WWE's developmental territory. He was then moved to Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) in June 2008, where he won the Florida Tag Team Championship on more than one occasion with Tyler Reks and Derrick Bateman. In December 2010, he competed in the fourth season of NXT as Johnny Curtis, and he eventually won the competition in March 2011.
In 2013, Hussey re-debuted as Fandango. In April 2013, WWE audience members started singing and dancing to his entrance music, which rose substantially on the iTunes charts and generated coverage in mainstream media.