Norman Smiley

Real Name: Norman Anthony Smiley
Height: 6’2″
Weight: 240 lbs.
Date of Birth: February 28, 1965
From: Northamptonshire, England
Resides: Pembroke Pines, Florida
Pro Debut: 1985
Retired: 2008
Trained By: Karl Gotch, Dean & Boris Malenko
Finishing Move: Norman Conquest

Biography

– Smiley emigrated from the UK to California with his mother in the early 1970s
– Smiley competed in amateur wrestling and powerlifting at high school level
– Smiley began his wrestling career for Florida’s CWF in the mid-1980s, working initially as ‘Black Magic’
– In June 1988, Smiley (under his real name) travelled to Japan to compete for UWF. Upon his return to the US in 1990, he had abandoned the ‘Black Magic’ moniker
– After a brief stint in WCW, Smiley revived the ‘Black Magic’ name in Mexico’s EMLL in 1991
– On November 20, 1992, Black Magic defeated El Rayo de Jalisco Jr in the final of a tournament to win the vacant CMLL World Heavyweight Title
– On January 1, 1993, Black Magic defeated Villano IV to retain the CMLL World Heavyweight Title
– On January 31, Black Magic defeated Brazo de Plata to retain the CMLL World Heavyweight Title
– On February 10, Black Magic again defeated Brazo de Plata to retain the CMLL World Heavyweight Title
– On March 28, Black Magic defeated King Haku by DQ to retain the CMLL World Heavyweight Title
– In early 1994, Smiley returned to Japan to compete for WAR
– Smiley made a pair of appearances for ECW in May 1995
– In late 1997, Smiley signed with WCW, debuting on a October 9 taping of WCW Pro
– Following World War 3 1997, Smiley was removed from WCW television, returning to Mexico to compete for Promo Azteca
– Smiley returned to WCW television under a new (and best-remembered) gimmick in April 1998
– At Starrcade 1998, Smiley defeated Prince Iaukea
– At Souled Out 1999, Smiley defeated Chavo Guerrero Jr
– At Mayhem 1999, Smiley defeated Brian Knobbs to become the first WCW Hardcore Champion
– On the December 2, 1999 episode of Thunder, Smiley defeated The Wall to retain the WCW Hardcore Title
– On the December 6 episode of Nitro, Smiley defeated Rhonda Singh to retain the WCW Hardcore Title
– At Starrcade 1999, Smiley defeated Meng to retain the WCW Hardcore Title
– On the December 23 episode of Thunder, Smiley defeated Fit Finlay to retain the WCW Hardcore Title
– On the August 14, 2000 episode of Nitro, Smiley defeated Carl Ouellet to regain the WCW Hardcore Title
– On the August 21 episode of Nitro, Smiley defeated KroniK (Brian Adams & Bryan Clarke) in a Handicap Match to retain the WCW Hardcore Title
– On the August 23 episode of Thunder, Smiley defeated MI Smooth in an I Quit Match to retain the WCW Hardcore Title
– At WCW Millennium Final, Smiley defeated Fit Finlay in a Bavarian Hardcore Match
– Following the demise of WCW, Smiley’s contract was not picked up by WWF and he returned to Mexico in the summer of 2001
– In late 2001, Smiley was a regular for the short-lived WWA promotion
– At WWA The Inception, Smiley defeated Devon Storm in a Hardcore Match
– Smiley was also involved with Jimmy Hart’s XWF
– On April 13, 2002, Smiley defeated Billy Fives to win the FOW World Title
– Smiley competed in the main event Gauntlet For The Gold Match on the first NWA-TNA weekly PPV
– Smiley wrestled several matches for WWE’s B-shows in mid-2003
– On June 25, 2004, Smiley defeated Chaz in the final of a tournament to win the vacant MXPW Heavyweight Title
– Smiley returned to TNA in 2006
– Smiley signed with WWE as a trainer in 2007. He was assigned to work with their FCW development territory
– Smiley wrestled what would be his last match on June 13, 2008, defeating Bruce Santee at a D1PW event in Hollywood, Florida