Birth name | Scott Wright |
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Born | August 8 Sloatsburg, New York |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) |
Mr. Scott Wright Scotty Charisma Scotty Wright |
Billed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
Billed weight | 205 lb (93 kg) |
Billed from | New York City, New York |
Trained by | Gino Caruso Jason Knight James Maritato |
Debut | September 6, 2001 |
Scott Wright is an American professional wrestler and bodybuilder, better known by his ring name, Mr. Scott Wright. He is also known for his appearances under the ring name Scotty Charisma.
Prior to wrestling, Wright worked in the fitness industry for New York Sports Clubs in Danbury, Connecticut and Nanuet, New York. He has held personal training certifications through both the National Academy of Sports Medicine and the Aerobics and Fitness Association of America as well as a certification as nutritional specialist for Apex Fitness. Coinciding with his wrestling career, Wright has been a seventh and eighth grade history teacher at Suffern Middle School in New York. He also began competing as a bodybuilder in 1998 and continues to do so while maintaining his career as a wrestler.
After training in East Coast Professional Wrestling's school at Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey, Wright made his wrestling debut under the ring name Scotty Charisma in 2001. Charisma soon debuted for Assault Championship Wrestling, where gained much success as he won the promotion's Junior Heavyweight Championship once, Tag Team Championship once with Matt Striker and became the promotion's first and only Television Champion. After ACW folded in 2004, Charisma returned to the independent circuit before he made his East Coast Wrestling Association debut on September 18, 2004. Soon after debuting, he won the promotion's Heavyweight Championship after defeating then-champion "Hurricane" John Walters, Mike Kruel, Andrew Ryker and Xavier in a five-way elimination match on February 12, 2005. Charisma later lost the title to Fred Sampson on November 5. On March 1, 2008, Charisma, now renamed to Mr. Scott Wright, won the ECWA Title for the second time on March 1, 2008 after defeating Aden Chambers. Wright would go on to hold the title for just over a month before losing it to Glen Osbourne on April 5. One of the major highlights of Wright's career was being selected to compete in the 2010 "Super Eight" Tournament in on July 10, 2010 in Newark, Delaware. Wright was eliminated in the first round by "U-Gene" Nick Dinsmore.