Jorge Castano
| Born |
September 28, 1980 Cali, Colombia |
|---|---|
| Residence | Greater London |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Jorge Castano George Castano Giorgio Castano |
| Billed height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
| Billed weight | 198 lb (90 kg; 14.1 st) |
| Billed from | Cali, Colombia |
| Trained by | NWA UK Hammerlock staff |
| Debut | 1997 |
Jorge Castaño is a Colombian professional wrestler who works for many promotions in the United Kingdom. He is the most recent claimant to date of the British Middleweight title. He is also the current UKPW World Champion.
Jorge Castaño was born in the Cali, Colombia and gained an interest in wrestling at a very early age. Once Jorge reached ten years of age, he and his family moved to the United Kingdom. By the age of thirteen, Castaño was involved in amateur Olympic-style wrestling. In order to train, Castaño had to take part in strenuous training exercises, including running and weightlifting. Upon completion of training, Castano would later win numerous trophies of amateur wrestling, including the 1995 Amateur British Championship in the 65 kg category.
Castaño was soon offered an amateur wrestling scholarship in the U.S. but unfortunately he was under sixteen years of age, which meant by law he could not accept it. Instead, Castaño remained in the UK and took up professional wrestling in 1996. His training took place at NWA UK Hammerlock, the UK affiliated branch of the National Wrestling Alliance. In 1997, Jorge made his professional wrestling debut in Kent, England as part of a tag team contest.
Only one year later, Castaño left NWA UK Hammerlock and began wrestling in numerous UK wrestling promotions, including The Wrestling Alliance, All Star Wrestling, the Frontier Wrestling Alliance, the World Association of Wrestling, Rumble Promotions and many others while steadily improving his in-ring abilities as well.
In 1999, Castano appeared in the Ultimate Wrestling Alliance for three matches at the Pain at the Pleasure Beach television tapings for the cable channel L!VE TV, giving him experience in front of a televised audience. While working with the UWA, Castano soon began training his younger brother Alex, who made his debut shortly afterwards. On September 09, in FWA Reckless Abandon He faced Mark Sloan for the FWA British Heavyweight Championship but was defeated by disqualification.
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