History Wrestling / MontelVontaviousPorter

* MartialArtsHeadband

* LatexSpaceSuit

* PassingTheTorch: To Kofi Kingston after he was defeated by him for the United States championship. Rather than be bitter or even hassle him over a rematch clause, as MVP believed he was ready to be a world champion.

* TheAtoner: Not for anything done as a professional wrestler (MVP is an unapologetic jerkass pretty much all of the time) but the man's professional wrestling career itself was brought upon by his correction officer.

* ManOnFire: He lost an inferno match to gain (and won the respect of the audience)

* TickTockTune: Both of his WWE entrance themes, though his first makes more use of it, it cuts out in "Ballin". (He can really use Ballin anywhere he wants but is most known for using it in WWE)

* FinishingMove: Play of the Day, Playmaker, Ballin' Elbow, Take It to the Bank

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold (Face)

* FacialMarkings: [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mvpnjpw_2307.jpg Well, a rebreather]] rather than paint or anything and he eventually stopped (as you can see).
* FanNickname: [[Franchise/PowerRangers The Power Ranger]], thanks to his rather unorthodox outfit (which he wore to cover up a Malcolm X tattoo). JBL spared no expense in mocking him for it in his debut.
** BoringButPractical: Thing is, the outfit's pretty clearly supposed to be based off the Under Armour line of athletic apparel, making it literally the most practical wrestling costume in history.

* {{Engrish}}: His NJPW theme, "Most Valiantly Person".

* DoItYourselfThemeTune: His second WWE theme, though [[ChorusOnlySong we never got to hear the whole thing.]]

* FacialMarkings: Well a rebreather rather than paint or anything and he eventually stopped (as you can see).

* [[IllGirl Ill Boy]]: In real life, though not so much his characters it has affected his use in some story lines.

* UsefulNotes/{{Miami}}: It's a big part of his gimmick. One of his {{Finishing Move}}s, also known as the Play of the Day, is called the "305," which is one of the city's area codes.

* SignatureMove: An overshot big boot in the corner he calls the drive by. (Miss that leaves his leg caught on the top rope optional). An elbow drop preceded by a mock basketball shot "ballin!". As a face he also had what Michael Cole called "Great Throws".

* TickTockTune: Both of his WWE entrance themes, though his first makes more use of it, it cuts out in "Ballin".

* IllBoy: In real life, though not so much is characters it has affected his use in some story lines.

* TheNapoleon (Heel) but even as a face MVP has shades of it. Most noticeably is style of wrestling includes a lot of big boots, clotheslines and throws, it is a style normally applied by much larger men. As a face he also incorporates more technical and jumpy moves to make it less apparent.

* TheNapoleon (Heel) but even as a face MVP has shades of it. Most noticeably is style of wrestling includes a lot of big boots, clotheslines and throws, it is a style normally applied by much larger men.

* TheNapoleon (Heel)

* MalcomXerox: {{Defied| Trope}}, despite how easy it would have been with his Malcom X tattoo which the bookers instead opted to have him cover up. He converted to Islam while in prison, thus explaining his real life name change though he has since moved away from it and is now a non believer toward religion in general.

* UsefulNotes/{{Islam}}: He converted to it while in prison, thus explaining his name change, though he has since moved away from it and is now a non believer toward religion in general.

!!! "Most Valuable Tropes":

* UsefulNotes/{{Islam}}: He converted to it while in prison, thus explaining his name change, though he has claimed since that he has moved away from it.

* AscendedMeme: For a long time, the Website/{{WrestleCrap}} message board would routinely insist that what WWE needed was a character based on obnoxious football prima donna Terrell Owens. That wish was finally granted with MVP. His entrance even included an NFL style inflatable tunnel.

* {{Expy}}: Equal parts [[Film/{{Jerry Maguire}} Rod Tidwell]] and Terrel Owens.

* UnrelatedBrothers: With a wrestler in Wrestling/BookerT's PWA promotion in Texas: '''V'''ictory '''I'''mperial '''P'''orter.

* ChainPain: With his necklace

* TheGhost: His contract negotiator.

* TagTeam: In NWA Florida, he was in a team with "The Black Nature Boy" Scoot Andrews and Vordell Walker called NWA, as in [[Music/{{NWA}} the rap group]].

* TickTockTune: Both of his entrance themes, though his first makes more use of it, it cuts out in "Ballin".

* VillainousValor: He was willing to continue wrestling even when it was clear he had not fully recovered from his burns, even when he could not put on his regular getup because it hurt the burnt area too much, even when one of the faces, Vito, deliberately targeted his seared flesh. This was a stark departure from his initial heel character. (oh, he was still a whiny, shortcut taking bastard but he had never shown that kind of determination or pain tolerance before)

* AnythingYouCanDoICanDoBetter: He and Matt Hard spent a lot of time trying to prove this to each other, even while tag team champions. MVP would usually cheat in the contests.

* EnemyMine: He did not like Mister Kennedy at all, but they were both feuding with a brother of destruction so they decided to team up to help their chances. ''Why'' they thought this would be of any help (it just resulted in the brothers teaming up too, and they worked better together) is a question for the ages. They also had a mutual dislike of general manager Theodore Long, which was egged further on by JBL.

* FinishingMove: An overdrive he calls the playmaker. Since Randy Orton used it overdrive had been the go to finishing move for wrestlers who did not have finishing moves but MVP was the first one who seemed intent on sticking with it. (Randy got the RKO, Carlito the backcracker/backstabber, Matt Striker inverted the move, ect).