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Peter Polaco
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Ring name(s) Aldo Montoya
Justin Credible
PG-187
P.G. Walker
P.J. Polaco
P.J. Walker
Billed height 1.829 m (6 ft 0 in)
Billed weight 102.1 kg (225 lb/16.08 st)
Born October 16, 1973 (1973-10-16) (age 34)
Ozone Park, New York
Billed from Portugal (as Aldo Montoya)
Ozone Park, New York
Trained by Stu Hart
Keith Hart
Lance Storm
Debut October 16, 1992

Peter Joseph ("P.J.") Polaco (born October 16, 1973) is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation as Aldo Montoya and Extreme Championship Wrestling under the ring name Justin Credible.

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[edit] Career

Polaco traveled to Canada in order to train at the famous Hart Dungeon in Calgary, Alberta with Stu Hart, Keith Hart, and his future tag team partner, Lance Storm. He wrestled his first match on his birthday against Jake Steele. Polaco returned to America soon after his training was complete and began working for New England based wrestling promotions.

[edit] World Wrestling Federation (1993-1997)

After having wrestled in the World Wrestling Federation as a jobber under the name P.J. Walker throughout 1993 and 1994, he was hired full time by WWF agent Pat Patterson in late 1994. His Portuguese ethnicity inspired the WWF to give him first the character of Aldo Montoya, the "Portuguese Man O' War", a gimmick which required him to wear a mask that resembled a yellow jockstrap over his head. Polaco befriended the Clique, an influential group of upper card wrestlers, after Scott Hall offered to mentor him. He had feuds with Jeff Jarrett and Ted DiBiase, but asked for his release in 1997 when he was only being booked twice a month. The WWF initially declined and sent him to a developmental promotion in Memphis to hone his skills, where he remained for seven weeks. He was then released on the condition that he could not work for World Championship Wrestling, which was then luring wrestlers away from the Federation with the promise of larger salaries.

[edit] Extreme Championship Wrestling (1997-2001)

Polaco left the Federation and joined Extreme Championship Wrestling, where he debuted with booker Paul Heyman, who promised to make him a star. Polaco shaved his head and switched to a grunge style of dress, and adopted a cocky, sneering, egomaniacal attitude, renaming himself Justin Credible ("Just Incredible"). Jason Knight became his manager, along with Chastity and Nicole Bass.

He quickly ascended the ranks, eventually forming a tag team, the Impact Players, with his trainer, Lance Storm. The teaming was successful, as the Players won the ECW Tag Team Championships on January 9, 2000. He then went into solo feuds against Sabu, Shane Douglas, and Tommy Dreamer, before once again winning the tag team titles with Storm on March 3, 2000. Polaco ascended to main event level by winning the ECW World Heavyweight Championship on April 22, 2000 at CyberSlam from Tommy Dreamer and threw down his ECW World Tag Team Championship. The team split and Storm left for WCW soon after. He held the title for over five months, and defeated Dreamer in a Stairway To Hell match at Heat Wave. He finally lost the title to Jerry Lynn on October 1, 2000. At the final ECW PPV, he formed the New Impact Players with Steve Corino.

[edit] World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment (Second run; 2001-2003)

With ECW facing imminent bankruptcy and Paul Heyman becoming unable to pay the roster, Polaco returned to the WWF in February 2001, immediately forming an alliance with his off-screen friend, X-Pac and assisting him in his pursuit of the Intercontinental Championship. The duo eventually formed a stable with Albert known as X-Factor. X-Pac and Polaco tried several times to win the Tag Team Championship, but were unsuccessful. The team split when Polaco aligned himself with Paul Heyman's band of ECW insurgents and helped form The Alliance with WCW. Polaco remained on the Company's "B" shows, forming a team with Raven, until Team Alliance lost at Survivor Series; Polaco was fired along with the rest of the Alliance roster (in kayfabe) by Vince McMahon until Ric Flair was able to save his job and get him drafted over to the RAW brand.

On the RAW brand, Credible wrestled mostly on Sunday Night HEAT and lost many singles matches he was in, but managed to become an 8-time Hardcore Champion. His last match on RAW was a squash match in which he was defeated by Batista. Polaco was released in January 2003, with his final televised WWE appearance being a loss to Test on the December 8, 2002 episode of HEAT.

[edit] Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and Ring of Honor (2002-2005)

Polaco wrestled for numerous independent promotions. He has appeared several times for Ring of Honor, where he was a member of The Carnage Crew, and for Xtreme Pro Wrestling, where he feuded with Shane Douglas. He also appeared with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, forming a stable with several other ex-ECW wrestlers and reviving his feud with Jerry Lynn. He was also briefly a member of the Xtreme Horsemen in Major League Wrestling with C.W. Anderson, Steve Corino, and Simon Diamond, who were briefly managed by J.J. Dillon. In June 2005, Polaco made appearances on both the Hardcore Homecoming and ECW One Night Stand ECW reunion shows.

On November 13, 2005, Polaco, wrestling as P.J. Polaco, was announced as the "mystery opponent" for Raven on the TNA pay-per view, Genesis. Polaco lost the match.

[edit] Wrestling Society X (2006)

Credible signed a contract with the MTV "Wrestling Society X" stating that if MTV decided to turn the "one time special" into a full season, he would complete the season and would be un-able to compete anywhere else for that time period. He was released from his contract on June 5, 2006.

Polaco was in the main event of the first Wrestling Society X Show, the WSX Rumble. He was the first person in the match and the last one eliminated. He has lately returned to the independent circuit.

Also during this period, Credible gained notoriety for having gone from wrestling on national television to working as a sales associate at a Target location, and at a Chick-Fil-A for a short time. Since then he has apparentally stopped working for both.

[edit] World Wrestling Entertainment (Third run; 2006)

Polaco was rehired by World Wrestling Entertainment in June 2006. He returned to WWE television at the June 7 WWE vs. ECW Head to Head event as a member of the Extreme Championship Wrestling brand of WWE, taking part in a 20 man battle royal. He made several appearances on ECW on Sci Fi before being released on September 28, 2006. During this brief run, he only won two matches by DQ. He was unhappy with WWE limiting his in-ring moves and decided to no-show on a few occasions which led to his final release.[citation needed]

[edit] Independent circuit (2007-Current)

Polaco returned to the independent circuit in 2007 using the name "Justin Credible" once more. He can mostly be found wrestling for the Pro Wrestling Syndicate promotion, along with fellow original ECW wrestlers Sabu, Danny Doring and Julio Dinero.

[edit] Personal life

Polaco is married and has a son named Nicholas.[1] He is also good friends with Shawn Michaels, Triple H, Kevin Nash, X-Pac, Giant Bernard, and Scott Hall.

[edit] In wrestling

[edit] Championships and accomplishments

[edit] References

  1. ^ "I have a wife and a kid. That's the bottom line. If I was a kid, it would be different. I could stay (in ECW). It was hard to hold out but I am at the point where I need the money. I can't play games any more," Polaco stated.
  2. ^ Solie's Title Histories: ECW
  3. ^ Solie's Title Histories: ECW
  4. ^ Solie's Title Histories: 3PW - Pro Pain Pro Wrestling
  5. ^ http://www.topropepromotions.com
  6. ^ Solie's Title Histories:WWWF/WWF
  7. ^ Solie's Title Histories: TWA - TEXAS WRESTLING ALLIANCE
  8. ^ Solie's Title Histories: ICW - IMPACT CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING

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