History Wrestling / MontelVontaviousPorter

* 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; NJPW also got away with using "I'm Comin" during a USA tour.) Also, his TNA return theme, though it cuts in and out there too.
* TooManyHalves "I am half-man, half-amazing, half-tag-team-champion…I'm so great, I'm the only man on Earth with three halves!"

** The Hurt Business in WWE, reuniting with good friends and former teammates Shelton Benjamin and Bobby Lashley.

Hassan Hamin Assad (born Alvin Antonio Burke Jr, October 28, 1973) is an American {{professional wrestl|ing}}er from Liberty City, Miami, UsefulNotes/{{Florida}} who is best known for his work in Wrestling/{{WWE}} from 2006-2010 as Montel Vontavious Porter, or simply MVP. He debuted in the Florida independent scene in 2002 as Antonio Banks, where he wrestled in Full Impact Pro, Future Of Wrestling (where he won the tag team titles with Punisher), Coastal Championship Wrestling (where he won the heavyweight title belt) and made several brief stops at Wrestling/{{TNA}}. Later he had a run in the Puerto Rican IWA until in 2005, when he signed a developmental deal with WWE and was assigned to Deep South Wrestling in Georgia, where he developed the MVP gimmick, an arrogant, self-obsessed athlete based on [[Film/JerryMaguire Rod Tidwell]] and [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague Terrell Owens]]. He debuted on ''[=SmackDown=]'' in 2006 as Porter, with the storyline of holding out for a big contract and eventually obtaining it. Over the course of his WWE run, he would hold the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwf-us-h.html WWE United States Title]] twice and the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-t.html WWE ([=SmackDown!=]) Tag Team Titles]] once with Wrestling/MattHardy. He left WWE to compete in Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling until he left in 2013. Then went on to return to TNA in early 2014. He's also won the IWR Tag Team Titles, the infamous [[Wrestling/DramaticDreamTeam Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship belt]] and the All Pro Wrestling Universal Heavyweight Title.

* AGodAmI: {{Downplayed| trope}}, when called a visionary by Wrestling/BobbyLashley, MVP likens himself to a god but then backtracks and settles for prophet. Still, he reasons whatever he says happens. However, retakes reversed it again to god.

* SilenceYouFool: His feud with Wrestling/ChrisJericho was based around the fact Jericho just would not spot talking.

* ShapedLikeItself: Ran a PowerStable called the Beat Down Clan.

** Lost Bobby Lashley but he and Kenny King joined with Wrestling/LowKi and Wrestling/SamoaJoe in TNA to form "The Beatdown Clan".

->"''"1,2, You hear the clock tickin'?\\

Hassan Hamin Assad (born Alvin Antonio Burke Jr, October 28, 1973) is an American {{professional wrestl|ing}}er from Liberty City, Miami, UsefulNotes/{{Florida}} who is best known for his work in Wrestling/{{WWE}} from 2006-2010 as Montel Vontavious Porter, or simply MVP. He debuted in the Florida independent scene in 2002 as Antonio Banks, where he wrestled in Full Impact Pro, Future Of Wrestling (where he won the tag team titles with Punisher), Coastal Championship Wrestling (where he won the heavyweight title belt) and made several brief stops at Wrestling/{{TNA}}. Later he had a run in the Puerto Rican IWA until in 2005, when he signed a developmental deal with WWE and was assigned to Deep South Wrestling in Georgia, where he developed the MVP gimmick, an arrogant, self-obsessed athlete based on [[Film/JerryMaguire Rod Tidwell]] and [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague Terrell Owens]]. He debuted on ''[=SmackDown=]'' in 2006 as Porter, with the storyline of holding out for a big contract and eventually obtaining it. Over the course of his WWE run, he would hold the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwf-us-h.html WWE United States Heavyweight Title]] twice and the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-t.html WWE ([=SmackDown!=]) Tag Team Titles]] once with Wrestling/MattHardy. He left WWE to compete in Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling until he left in 2013. Then went on to return to TNA in early 2014. He's also won the IWR Tag Team Titles, The Infamous [[Wrestling/DramaticDreamTeam Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship belt]] and the All Pro Wrestling Universal Heavyweight Title.

-->"''[[TickTockTune 1,2, You hear the clock tickin']]?\\
[[ImpliedDeathThreat Tick-tock, You about to stop livin']]\\
[[PreAssKickingOneLiner Tick-tock, I want you to remember me\\
Tick-tock, but the dead don't have no memory]]''"

Hassan Hamin Assad (born Alvin Antonio Burke Jr, October 28, 1973) is an American {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er from Liberty City, Miami, UsefulNotes/{{Florida}} who is best known for his work in Wrestling/{{WWE}} from 2006-2010 as Montel Vontavious Porter, or simply MVP. He debuted in the Florida independent scene in 2002 as Antonio Banks, where he wrestled in Full Impact Pro, Future Of Wrestling (where he won the tag team titles with Punisher), Coastal Championship Wrestling (where he won the heavyweight title belt) and made several brief stops at Wrestling/{{TNA}}. Later he had a run in the Puerto Rican IWA until in 2005, when he signed a developmental deal with WWE and was assigned to Deep South Wrestling in Georgia, where he developed the MVP gimmick, an arrogant, self-obsessed athlete based on [[Film/JerryMaguire Rod Tidwell]] and [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague Terrell Owens]]. He debuted on ''[=SmackDown=]'' in 2006 as Porter, with the storyline of holding out for a big contract and eventually obtaining it. Over the course of his WWE run, he would hold the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwf-us-h.html WWE United States Heavyweight Title]] twice and the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-t.html WWE ([=SmackDown!=]) Tag Team Titles]] once with Wrestling/MattHardy. He left WWE to compete in Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling until he left in 2013. Then went on to return to TNA in early 2014. He's also won the IWR Tag Team Titles, The Infamous [[Wrestling/DramaticDreamTeam Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship belt]] and the All Pro Wrestling Universal Heavyweight Title.

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-->"''I'm coming! Nobody could stop! Aint nobody could hold me! Nobody control me!''"

* ShoutOut: The Black Dynamite Theme has one to Shelton Benjamin's WWE theme, "Aint No Stoppin Me Now" and samples of Booker T's [[NWordPrivileges infamous]] Wrestling/{{WCW}} promo.

Hassan Hamin Assad (b. Alvin Burke Jr. in 1973) is an American {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er from Liberty City, Miami, UsefulNotes/{{Florida}} who is best known for his work in Wrestling/{{WWE}} from 2006-2010 as Montel Vontavious Porter, or simply MVP. He debuted in the Florida independent scene in 2002 as Antonio Banks, where he wrestled in Full Impact Pro, Future Of Wrestling (where he won the tag team titles with Punisher), Coastal Championship Wrestling (where he won the heavyweight title belt) and made several brief stops at Wrestling/{{TNA}}. Later he had a run in the Puerto Rican IWA until in 2005, when he signed a developmental deal with WWE and was assigned to Deep South Wrestling in Georgia, where he developed the MVP gimmick, an arrogant, self-obsessed athlete based on [[Film/JerryMaguire Rod Tidwell]] and [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague Terrell Owens]]. He debuted on ''[=SmackDown=]'' in 2006 as Porter, with the storyline of holding out for a big contract and eventually obtaining it. Over the course of his WWE run, he would hold the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwf-us-h.html WWE United States Heavyweight Title]] twice and the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-t.html WWE ([=SmackDown!=]) Tag Team Titles]] once with Wrestling/MattHardy. He left WWE to compete in Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling until he left in 2013. Then went on to return to TNA in early 2014. He's also won the IWR Tag Team Titles, The Infamous [[Wrestling/DramaticDreamTeam Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship belt]] and the All Pro Wrestling Universal Heavyweight Title.

** Nosawa Rongai, who had to take a break from wrestling following an arrest, used his American connections to get MVP to replace him as a member of Kojimagun with Wrestling/TAKAMichinoku and Taichi, who were in turn lead by Satoshi Kojima. MVP abandoned the group when Wrestling/MinoruSuzuki took it over and renamed it [[EgoCentricTeamNaming Suzukigun]], staying loyal to Satoshi Kojima.

* RealSongThemeTune: In the Florida indies, he used [=Ludacris=]' "Get Back" and "Move Bitch."

** 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]]. In WWE he was with Wrestling/MarkHenry in the "Worlds Strongest Tag Team". In New Japan Pro Wrestling he was one half of "Black Dynamite" with Shelton Benjamin.

* 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, NJPW also got away with using "I'm Comin" during a USA tour.) Also, his TNA return theme, though it cuts out there too.

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: He was not present for Mark Henry's "Hall Of Pain" rampage on Smackdown, where Henry referenced Porter's (presumably failed)efforts to prove Henry's naysayers wrong.

* 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 gimmick. (oh, he was still a whiny, shortcut taking bastard but he had never shown that kind of determination or pain tolerance before.)
** Shows hints of this in his TNA character, as despite suffering a knee injury he continued to appear with his boys, directing traffic for King and Lashley and even coming back to the ring before being fully healed (albeit under protest).
* [[DisneyOwnsThisTrope WWE Owns This Trope]][=/=]WritingAroundTrademarks: Can't use the full Montel Vontavious Porter name in TNA because WWE owns it, however he can get away with simply "MVP" since it's a pretty common acronym and he created the gimmick.

'''Hassan Hamin Assad''' (b. Alvin Burke Jr. in 1973) is an American {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er from Liberty City, Miami, UsefulNotes/{{Florida}} who is best known for his work in Wrestling/{{WWE}} from 2006-2010 as '''Montel Vontavious Porter''', or simply '''MVP.''' He debuted in the Florida independent scene in 2002 as '''Antonio Banks''', where he wrestled in Full Impact Pro, Future Of Wrestling (where he won the tag team titles with Punisher), Coastal Championship Wrestling (where he won the heavyweight title belt) and made several brief stops at Wrestling/{{TNA}}. Later he had a run in the Puerto Rican IWA until in 2005, when he signed a developmental deal with WWE and was assigned to Deep South Wrestling in Georgia, where he developed the MVP gimmick, an arrogant, self-obsessed athlete based on [[Film/JerryMaguire Rod Tidwell]] and [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague Terrell Owens]]. He debuted on ''[=SmackDown=]'' in 2006 as Porter, with the storyline of holding out for a big contract and eventually obtaining it. Over the course of his WWE run, he would hold the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwf-us-h.html WWE United States Heavyweight Title]] twice and the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-t.html WWE ([=SmackDown!=]) Tag Team Titles]] once with Wrestling/MattHardy. He left WWE to compete in Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling until he left in 2013. Then went on to return to TNA in early 2014. He's also won the IWR Tag Team Titles, The Infamous [[Wrestling/DramaticDreamTeam Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship belt]] and the All Pro Wrestling Universal Heavyweight Title.

As usual, you can find the basics at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montel_Vontavious_Porter The Other Wiki]].

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'''Hassan Hamin Assad''' (b. Alvin Burke Jr. in 1973) is an American {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er from Liberty City, Miami, UsefulNotes/{{Florida}} who is best known for his work in Wrestling/{{WWE}} from 2006-2010 as '''Montel Vontavious Porter''', or simply '''MVP.''' He debuted in the Florida independent scene in 2002 as '''Antonio Banks''', where he wrestled in Full Impact Pro, Future Of Wrestling (where he won the tag team titles with Punisher), Coastal Championship Wrestling (where he won the heavyweight title belt) and made several brief stops at Wrestling/{{TNA}}. Later he had a run in the Puerto Rican IWA until in 2005, when he signed a developmental deal with WWE and was assigned to Deep South Wrestling in Georgia, where he developed the MVP gimmick, an arrogant, self-obsessed athlete based on [[Film/JerryMaguire Rod Tidwell]] and [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague Terrell Owens]]. He debuted on ''[=SmackDown=]'' in 2006 as Porter, with the storyline of holding out for a big contract and eventually obtaining it. Over the course of his WWE run, he would hold the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwf-us-h.html WWE United States Heavyweight Title]] twice and the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-t.html WWE ([=SmackDown!=]) Tag Team Titles]] once with Wrestling/MattHardy. He left WWE to compete in Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling until he left in 2013. Then went on to return to TNA in early 2014.

** In WWC he was part of the {{running gag}} of no one selling the chops of Orlando, Eddie or Wrestling/{{Carlito| Colon}}.

** His {{power|Stable}} [[TerribleTrio trio]] with Kenny King and Bobby Lashley instantly racked up comparisons to Trips' Wrestling/{{Evolution}} stable (earning itself memetic titles such as "Black Evolution" or "The Nation of Evolution"), but closer examination of their motivations ("[[{{Catchphrase}} Money, power, and respect is the key to life"]]), as well as MVP's own refusal to [[MalcolmXerox make it about the three's race]], reveals that it's more of a [[CompositeCharacter composite match]] for [[Wrestling/{{Christian}} Christian's Coalition]] [[XMeetsY meets]] [[Music/FiftyCent G Unit]]. With the later developments of Lashley as champion, the Beat Down Clan PowerStable, and the clash between MVP's megalomania and Lashley's honor resulting in Lashley being kicked and becoming an enemy of the stable, more similarities can be drawn between the whole MVP/BDC storyline and Wrestling/RingOfHonor's SCUM.

* AvengingTheVillain: Managed to make Wrestling/HiroshiTanahashi tap out in a tag match after Satoshi Kojima's loss at ''A New Beginning'' took him out of the heavyweight title picture. MVP's own issues Yano, new enemies for Kojima and an opporitunity to be the inaugural holder of a new title belt prevented him from chasing Tanahashi beyond this.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot
** Being an ex-con limits some of his travel options.
** His second theme is a reference to his work in the music industry. Likewise his TNA theme is a nod to his return there as well as his time in Japan.
** MVP was supposed to get beat up by Evander Holyfield but his role was reduced on the show because he was diagnosed with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, a heart condition. So instead it was made to look like he suckered {{face}} Matt Hardy into a boxing match he had no business in.
** His FaceHeelTurn in TNA had him likely poised to take the World Title from Eric Young and become the mega-tyrannical heel boss/champion, but then he blew out his knee. ''Slammiversary'' was promptly rebooked as a straightforward wrestling show, and the following ''Impact'' saw MVP essentially sacrifice his power over wrestling operations by blatantly abusing it to get Lashley the world title. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d by Dixie Carter in a promo the week after.
** Every single member of the Beat Down Clan was either part of a backstage foursome who fancied themselves "ProfessionalWrestling's [[Music/WuTangClan Wu-Tang]]" (MVP, Wrestling/SamoaJoe, Wrestling/LowKi, Homicide) or already a real-life friend or associate of at least one of the four (Wrestling/BobbyLashley, Kenny King, Hernandez).

** As MVP, he first debuted the Playmaker (overdrive), later adding the Drive-By Kick (shining wizard into a big boot, [[Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling Masahiro Chono]] style) and the Play of the Day (leaping reverse STO).

** The Terror Squad with D Money, Marce Lewis, Montego Seeka and Nytronis A'Teo in Imperial Wrestling Revolution.

** The Terror Squad used the Free Bird Rule after becoming tag team champions in Imperial Wrestling Revolution.

** He and the Terror Squad became the first TagTeam Champions of Imperial Wrestling Revolution.

** He did not like Mr. Kennedy at all, but they were both feuding with a [[Wrestling/TheUndertaker Brother]] [[Wrestling/{{Kane}} 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.

* 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]]. In WWE he was with Wrestling/MarkHenry in the "Worlds Strongest Tag Team". In New Japan Pro Wrestling he was one half of "Black Dynamite" with Shelton Benjamin.

* UrExample: He defeated Toru Yano in a tournament final to become the inaugural [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/newjapan/iwgp-ic.html New Japan Pro Wrestling IWGP Intercontinental Champion]].

* TheNapoleon: Before coming to TNA and WWE, meeting up with guys like Monty Brown and Bobby Lashley, Antonio Banks was used to being one of the larger men on the roster, and it shows, even as a face. Most noticeably, his style of wrestling includes a lot of big boots, clotheslines and throws in a style normally applied the much men. He eventually incorporated more technical and jumpy moves to make it less apparent though.

** His {{power|Stable}} [[TerribleTrio trio]] with Kenny King and Bobby Lashley instantly racked up comparisons to Trips' Wrestling/{{Evolution}} stable (earning itself memetic titles such as "Black Evolution" or "The Nation of Evolution"), but closer examination of their motivations ("[[{{Catchphrase}} Money, power, and respect is the key to life"]]), as well as MVP's own refusal to [[MalcolmXerox make it about the three's race]], reveals that it's more of a [[CompositeCharacter composite match]] for [[Wrestling/{{Christian}} Christian's Coalition]] [[XMeetsY meets]] [[Music/FiftyCent G Unit]].

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: MVP felt he was not getting over because he did not have good enough competition. So Theodore Long gave him Kane, though MVP did end up getting over afterwards.

* 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, NJPW also got away with using "I'm comin" during a USA tour.) Also, his TNA return theme, though it cuts out there too.

** Nosawa Rongai, who had to take a break from wrestling following an arrest, used his American connections to get MVP to replace him as a member of Kojimagun with Wrestling/TAKAMichinoku and Taichi, who were in turn lead by Satoshi Kojima. MVP Abandoned the group when Wrestling/MinoruSuzuki took it over and renamed it [[EgoCentricTeamNaming Suzukigun]], staying loyal to Satoshi Kojima.

* SaltAndPepper: Antonio Banks was The Pepper to Punisher's Salt

* [[IllGirl Ill Boy]]: In real life, though not so much his gimmick it has affected his use in some story lines. In particular he has to get checkups for his heart, which is said to beat abnormally fast. [[note]]Most mammals have a set number of times their heart can beat before they die. Human beings, with work, can keep it beating indefinitely but this is still dangerous.[[/note]]