History Wrestling / MontelVontaviousPorter

* AManOfWealthAndTaste: Guess it comes with being "the highest paid free agent in sports entertainment." When he was a face the heels would mock him for being "new money" or otherwise bring up his not so luxurious roots.

* CatchPhrase

* ChainPain: With his necklace, should the referee fail to remove it.
* {{Cameo}}: In ''Film/MacGruber''.

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

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: MVP felt he was not getting over because he did not have good enough competition. So Theodore Long gave him Kane. He did get over afterwards, but [[ManOnFire it came at a price]].

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

** As Antonio Banks, he used the Malicious Intent (a spinning back kick, WordOfGod inspired by [[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} Eddy Gordo]]) and the TTB, meaning Take it To the Bank or Tribute To [[Wrestling/ChrisBenoit Benoit]] (arm trap crossface).

* [[IllGirl Ill Boy]]: His condition, though it has not so become a part of his gimmick it has affected his use in some angles, since he has to get periodic 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]]

** CallBack[=/=]ContinuityNod: His current role in TNA as the "investor" counteracting Dixie's regime has been outright confirmed to partially involve said "new money" coming back in handy.

** 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.

** Prime Time Elix Skipper had a finishing move called "Play Of The Day", but it was an overdrive rather than an STO, variant. The same move that is MVP's "Play maker". They both worked in TNA too.

** When hosting the V.I.P. lounge, "Big things popping, little things stopping." This is a {{bowdlerize}}d reference to southern USA rapper Ti(p). In TNA he's since said much closer to the original line in reference to his intentions to take over the show. "Big things popping, Dixie's shit stopping!"

* {{Cameo}}: In ''Film/MacGruber''

[[caption-width-right:350:The wrestling thug businessman with a master plan.]]

** The role was also similar to Savio Vega's role as Director Of Wrestling Operations in The World Wrestling League, which makes sense when you remember TNA ''[[JustifiedTrope is]]'' a WWL affiliate. The difference being MVP, gradually drifted toward a heel turn where Vega went the other way.

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. He returned to WWE in 2020 after a surprise appearance in the Wrestling/RoyalRumble which, despite initially seeming to be a one-off, turned into a full time return as the leader of [[PowerStable The Hurt]] [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/TheHurtBusiness Business]].

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. He returned to WWE in 2020 after a surprise appearance in the Wrestling/RoyalRumble which, despite initially seeming to be a one-off, turned into a full time return as the leader of [[PowerStable The Hurt Business]].

* FunWithAcronyms: MVP.

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. He returned to WWE in 2020 after a surprise appearance in the Wrestling/RoyalRumble which, despite initially seeming to be a one-off, turned into a full time return.

** Thing is, the outfit's pretty clearly supposed to be based off the Under Armour line of athletic apparel, making it literally the [[BoringButPractical most practical wrestling costume]] in history. He even recently lampshaded this on Twitter [[https://twitter.com/The305MVP/status/468150421060476928 here]]: