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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) |
| Born | October 16, 1973 Waterbury, Connecticut |
| 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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Polaco travelled 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.
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, a professional soccer player, then that of the "Man O' War", a gimmick which required him to wear a mask that resembled a yellow jock strap 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 not work for World Championship Wrestling, which was then luring wrestlers away from the Federation with the promise of larger salaries.
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.
In 2001, with ECW facing imminent bankruptcy and Paul Heyman becoming unable to pay the roster, Polaco returned to the WWF in January 2001. He immediately aligned himself with his offscreen friend, X-Pac in February, 2001, and assisted him in his pursuit of the WWE 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 Championships, 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 2001 and 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 became an 8-time Hardcore Champion. Nonetheless, Polaco failed to achieve any real success in the WWF. Like many of the wrestlers from WCW or ECW, his character was poorly defined. Polaco switched his trademark denim shorts for nondescript long black tights, and his entrance music, previously the Prong song "Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck", was replaced by a generic piece of instrumental music. He also lost his finisher, a Spinning Piledriver, due to the in-ring limitations imposed on WWF employees and the fact that the move was similar to that used by WWF veteran The Undertaker. 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 a loss to Test on the December 8, 2002 episode of HEAT.
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 2005 ECW reunion shows.
On November 13, 2005, Polaco, wrestling as P.J. Polaco, was announced as the "mystery opponent" for Raven in the TNA pay-per view, Genesis. Polaco lost the match.
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.
Polaco was rehired by World Wrestling Entertainment in June 2006. He returned to WWE television at the June 7, 2006 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 lead to his final release.[citation needed]
Polaco returned to the independant 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.
Polaco is married and has a son named Nicholas.[1]
- Finishing and signature moves
- Extreme Championship Wrestling
- Pro-Pain Pro Wrestling
- 3PW World Heavyweight Champion (1 time)[4]
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- PWI ranked him # 389 of the best 500 singles wrestlers of the PWI Years in 2003.
- World Wrestling Entertainment
- Top Rope Promotions
- TRP Heavyweight Champion (1 time)[6]
- Other Titles
- ^ "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.
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