Orlando Jordan
Jordan in 2005.
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| Birth name | Orlando Mason Jordan |
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| Born |
April 21, 1974 Salem, New Jersey, United States |
| Residence | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Children | 1 |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Orlando Jordan |
| Billed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Billed weight | 257 lb (117 kg) |
| Billed from | Miami, Florida |
| Trained by |
Rocky Johnson Dan McDevitt RJ Carrington |
| Debut | 1999 |
Orlando Mason Jordan (born April 21, 1974) is an American-Australian semi-retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his tenure in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), where he was a one-time United States Champion. He is also known for his stint with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).
Jordan made his WWE television debut on the May 31, 2003 episode of Velocity, where he defeated Jamie Noble. On June 26, 2003, Jordan made his first SmackDown! appearance as a face at Madison Square Garden, where he lost to John Cena. Although he did not win the match, he was impressive enough that when Cena attacked Jordan after the match was over, The Undertaker, with whom Cena was feuding with, came to the ring and helped Jordan to his feet.
After being a face for several months, Jordan turned heel by joining John "Bradshaw" Layfield (JBL)'s Cabinet and being appointed as his "Chief of Staff". This happened when he saved JBL from an attack from The Undertaker. A few months after joining, Jordan began changing his look by growing out his hair. While a part of The Cabinet, Jordan, along with the Basham Brothers (who became the newly appointed "Co-Secretaries of Defense"), helped JBL manage to keep his WWE Championship for nine months by interfering in his title matches against Eddie Guerrero, Booker T, the face run of Big Show, and The Undertaker, who was the first person to show Jordan respect.
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