MVP

Alvin Burke Jr. is an American professional wrestler and submission grappler. He currently wrestles on the independent circuit. He is best known for his tenure in WWE, where he performed under the ring name Montel Vontavious Porter. He is also known for his tenures in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). Between the three promotions, he is a two-time WWE United States Champion, one-time WWE Tag Team Champion (with Matt Hardy), and was the inaugural IWGP Intercontinental Champion. He was trained by Soulman Alex G & Norman Smiley. After the ending of his training, he began wrestling for numerous independent promotions, including a stint in TNA. During his time in these promotions, he won various championships in singles competition. Assad was first signed with WWE in 2005 and was assigned to Deep South Wrestling (DSW), one of the company's developmental territories. After being promoted to the SmackDown brand, he made his WWE wrestling debut in October 2006. During that time, he became the longest reigning United States Champion in SmackDown history. Following his departure from WWE in 2010, he joined New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) in February 2011. He spent the next two years with the promotion, then left NJPW in 2013. Since then, he has returned to the independent circuit and made appearances in Impact Wrestling and Ring of Honor (ROH). He returned to WWE in January 2020 but left in August 2024. On July 28, 2024 in Brooklyn, NY Montel Vontavious Porter (MVP) announced at Game Changer Wrestling (GCW) Josh Barnett's Bloodsport XI that his contract is up soon with the WWE and doesn't plan on staying with the company and challenged Josh Barnett to match; Barnett would approve his match request for anytime and anywhere.