Colby Corino
Colby Steven Corino is an American professional wrestler. He is the son of Steve Corino. He has worked on several independent promotions, while also performed for National Wrestling Alliance, where he is a former NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion.
Professional wrestling career
Early career (2014–2023)
Corino signed a contract with Ring of Honor in 2014 and debuted soon after, joining The Decade and aligning himself with B. J. Whitmer, Jimmy Jacobs and Adam Page as their "young boy". The addition of Corino to The Decade caused friction between Whitmer and Jacobs, leading to a match between the two at Supercard of Honor IX, won by Whitmer in what would go on to be Jacobs' final match in Ring Of Honor. After Jacobs' departure, as part of the "young boy" storyline, Whitmer would regularly berate, embarrass and even attack Corino in front of his father, then-color commentator and former professional wrestler Steve Corino. Whitmer disbanded the stable in 2016.In early 2016, Corino participated in the ROH Top Prospect Tournament. He competed in the first round on January 9, where he was eliminated by Punisher Martinez.
On November 17, 2016, it was announced Corino would be joining the New Japan Pro-Wrestling Dojo to train as a young lion.
Corino formed the "Ugly Ducklings" stable with Lance Lude and Rob Killjoy. Alongside his Ugly Duckling stablemates, Corino made a guest appearance in the TNA special Total Nonstop Deletion, as part of the Tag Team Apocalypto. He was quickly eliminated by Decay.
WWE (2020)
Corino appeared on the August 17, 2020 edition of WWE RAW Underground, losing to Erik of the Viking Raiders as well as the September 4 edition of 205 Live against Mansoor.Return to NWA (2023–2026)
Corino made his return to NWA at Crockett Cup night two, accompanied by Jamie Stanley, defeating Eric Jackson, Flip Gordon, Gaagz The Gymp, Jarron Fulton and Joe Alonzo to become the number one contender for the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship. On August 26 at night 1 of NWA 75th Anniversary Show, Corino won the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship. when he defeated Kerry Morton. On March 2, 2024 at Hard Times (2024)|Hard Times], Corino lost the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship to Joe Alonzo, ending his reign at 204 days.At Hard Times V on 22 March, Colby defeated Frank in the final of Jax Dane Memorial Tournament for a guaranteed shot at NWA World Title. Colby cashed in his shot and got involved in the World Title match between Thom Latimer and Rhino, making it a Triple Threat match. He and Rhino both were unsuccessful to defeat Latimer.
. In 2026, Corino left NWA.
Championships and accomplishments
America's Most Liked Wrestling- *AML Prestige Championship
- Atomic Championship Wrestling
- *ACW Cruiserweight Championship Capitol Wrestling / Catalyst Wrestling
- * Capitol Wrestling Heavyweight Championship / Catalyst Wrestling Heavyweight Championship
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- * Krossfire Wrestling
- *KFW Championship National Wrestling Alliance
- *NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship
- *Champions Series Tournament – with Trevor Murdoch, Jax Dane, Jennacide and The Masked Mystery Man
- *Cardona's Carnyland Gauntlet Battle Royal
- *NWA Worlds Heavyweight Title #1 Contendership Jax Dane Memorial Tournament Premier Wrestling Federation
- *PWF Junior Heavyweight Championship
- *PWF Unified Tag Team Championship – with Andrew Everett and NINA
- *PWF Crystal Coast Oceanic Championship
- *Iron J Tournament
- *Lil' Sebastian Memorial Premier Tag League Tournament – with NINA
- *Oceanic XII Tournament
- *Most Popular Wrestler of the Year Award
- *Match of the Year Award
- *MVP Award Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- * Ranked No. 226 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2022
- Ring Wars Carolina
- *RWC Junior Heavyweight Championship
- Vanguard Championship Wrestling'
- *VCW Commonwealth Heritage Championship