Chuck Palumbo Charles " Chuck " Ronald Palumbo Jr . ( June 15 , 1971 ) is a semi - retired American professional wrestler known simply as Chuck Palumbo . Palumbo is best known for his time in World Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment . Throughout his career , he has become a six - time World Tag Team Champion ( four times in WCW and twice in WWF / E ) . Professional wrestling career . World Championship Wrestling ( 1998 – 2001 ) . Training and undercard ( 1998 – 1999 ) . Palumbo began his career in 1998 on the independent circuit , using a surfer gimmick and the ring name " The Dude " . He made his debut appearance on World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) ' s " Nitro " on October 19 , 1998 as a fan who accepted the challenge of Ernest " The Cat " Miller . Six months later , he was offered a training contract by WCW in April 1999 . Just prior to the hiring of Vince Russo and Ed Ferrera as bookers for WCW , many of the Power Plant wrestlers debuted on " Saturday Night " and " WorldWide " . Palumbo ' s initial WCW run was under the name Jungle Jim , his gimmick being a man of the jungle . Palumbo was undefeated in matches on the lower - tier programs , which were mostly against other Power Plant graduates . Perfect Event ; Natural Born Thrillers ( 2000 – 2001 ) . In 2000 , Palumbo made his debut on the March 22 , 2000 edition of " Thunder " under his real name , losing to Scott Steiner . After this match , Palumbo was chosen by Bischoff and Russo to be the New Blood ' s version of Lex Luger in May 2000 . He was given the nickname " The Main Event " . Palumbo feuded with Luger until late May 2000 when Palumbo formed a team called " The Perfect Event " with Shawn Stasiak and the pair won the WCW World Tag Team Championship . Their main feud was against KroniK ( Brian Adams and Bryan Clark ) . In August , Stasiak and Palumbo helped form the Natural Born Thrillers with Mike Sanders , Sean O ' Haire , Mark Jindrak , and Reno . They were briefly " coached " by Kevin Nash . Palumbo and Stasiak won the WCW Tag Team Title two more times before splitting in early January 2001 when he and Stasiak won a tag team battle royal with O ' Haire and Jindrak for a future tag team title shot . After the conclusion of the match Mike Sanders declared both teams victorious and that any combination of the four would face The Insiders ( Diamond Dallas Page and Kevin Nash ) . Palumbo and O ' Haire were the two members of the Natural Born Thrillers who would face and defeat Page and Nash for the tag titles at Sin on January 14 , 2001 . Following the title victory , the Natural Born Thrillers broke up when the team of Jindrak and Stasiak became jealous of Palumbo and O ' Haire . The teams faced each other at SuperBrawl Revenge on February 18 , 2001 for the tag team title , which Palumbo and O ' Haire retained . The duo also retained the title against Totally Buff ( Buff Bagwell and Lex Luger ) at Greed in March , WCW ' s last pay - per - view . On the final episode of " Nitro " , Palumbo and O ' Haire defeated Team Canada ' s Mike Awesome and Lance Storm in the final WCW World Tag Team Championship title defense on the program . World Wrestling Entertainment ( 2001 – 2004 ) . The Alliance ( 2001 ) . Palumbo and O ' Haire made their WWF debuts on the June 28 , 2001 , episode of " SmackDown ! " as part of The Alliance , attacking the Hardy Boyz . O ' Haire and Palumbo started feuding with the A . P . A . in the following weeks , which ended at WWE Invasion on July 22 , 2001 when the APA defeated them . Subsequently , O ' Haire and Palumbo defeated the Hardy Boyz on the August 2 , 2001 edition of " SmackDown ! " . O ' Haire and Palumbo next dropped the WCW Tag Team title to the Brothers of Destruction ( The Undertaker and Kane ) on the August 9 , 2001 edition of " SmackDown ! " and lost their rematch for the tag - team gold in a steel cage match the following week on " Raw " . O ' Haire and Palumbo ' s last televised match together was on the August 26 edition of " Heat " defeating The Holly Cousins ( Hardcore and Crash ) . O ' Haire was sent to developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling in early September 2001 , and Palumbo was thrown out of The Alliance in late October by storyline co - owner of The Alliance , Stephanie McMahon . He joined the WWF in November . Billy and Chuck ( 2002 ) . When he returned , Palumbo found a tag team partner in Billy Gunn . The pair started as a tag team working dark matches , but were later given a gimmick that saw the pair grow increasingly affectionate towards each other , showing evidence of a homosexual relationship . The two turned had increased in becoming affectionate , it was spoken by fans that they were a homosexual couple but never confirmed by World Wrestling Entertainment itself . Palumbo became known simply as Chuck , and he bleached his hair blond to match Gunn ' s . On the February 2 , 2002 edition of " SmackDown ! " , Billy and Chuck defeated Tazz and Spike Dudley to win the World Tag Team Championship . They lost the tag team gold to Rikishi and their stylist Rico Constantino , who was forced to team with Rikishi on May 19 , 2002 at Judgment Day . Less than a month later Rico helped Billy and Chuck recapture the title , but they later lost it to Edge and Hulk Hogan . In the late summer of 2002 , Billy and Chuck were the source of controversy when Chuck apparently proposed to Billy on September 5 , 2002 edition of " SmackDown ! " asking him to be his " partner for life " . They had a marriage ceremony on the 2002 season premiere of " SmackDown ! " . Just before they tied the knot , however , they revealed that the entire ordeal was a publicity stunt , and both characters disavowed their on - screen homosexuality . When Billy and Chuck decided not to go through with the marriage , Rico turned on them by helping Eric Bischoff and 3 - Minute Warning attack the duo . Rico subsequently jumped to " Raw " as the manager of 3 - Minute Warning , who beat Billy and Chuck at Unforgiven . Billy was injured in early October 2002 , and Chuck worked on " Velocity " for a few months using his original ring name Chuck Palumbo once again . Full Blooded Italians ; release ( 2003 – 2004 ) . In February 2003 , Palumbo formed the Full Blooded Italians ( F . B . I . ) in WWE , a faction which had previously been seen in Extreme Championship Wrestling . After a beating at the hands of Rikishi , Nunzio threatened to bring in his " family " in order to gain revenge . The next week , Chuck Palumbo and Johnny " The Bull " Stamboli joined Nunzio to form the F . B . I . and attacked Rikishi . This version initially gained little success , but would go on to have brief feuds with Los Guerreros , Chris Benoit , Rhyno , Brian Kendrick , Nathan Jones , the APA , and The Undertaker . Palumbo was traded to the Raw brand on March 22 , 2004 along with A - Train in exchange for Rico and Jackie Gayda . After Palumbo was traded to the Raw brand , he was kept off television until July 2004 , when he debuted as Custom Chucky P with a new look and entrance music . His new image resembled a cross between an auto mechanic and a greaser . It was not long before Palumbo was a regular on " Sunday Night Heat " . His new gimmick started off as a jobber but began to rise on " Heat " , defeating the likes of The Hurricane , Rosey , Val Venis , Ollie Young , and Stevie Richards . Palumbo was later released by WWE on November 4 , 2004 . Overseas . Palumbo , along with Johnny Stamboli , went on to become a member of Voodoo Murders of All Japan Pro Wrestling ( AJPW ) and feuded against Roughly Obsess and Destroy . Palumbo teamed with former FBI partner Stamboli to challenge for the AJPW Unified World Tag Team Championship on March 20 , 2005 , but were defeated by Jamal and Taiyo Kea of RO & D . Stamboli and Palumbo ' s next stop would be with the Nu - Wrestling Evolution promotion in Italy , where the pair reformed the FBI . The duo also made appearances in a World Wrestling Council show where they challenged Último Dragón , Místico , and Negro Casas , in a tag team match which they would win by securing both the first and third falls . Return to WWE ( 2006 – 2008 ) . During March 2006 , Palumbo began working dark matches for both brands of WWE . He continued to wrestle very sporadically at house show s and in dark matches over the next year . On April 30 , 2007 , Palumbo defeated Kenny Dykstra in a dark match on " Raw " and debuted a new biker gimmick based on his real life love for motorcycles . Palumbo officially returned on the May 25 , 2007 edition of " Heat " ( retaining the biker gimmick , as well as growing his hair out ) . Chuck would be heavily criticised for ' stealing the Undertaker ' s former gimmick ' where he also rode a bike during his entrance and both donning a biker gimmick . He defeating Charlie Haas . He would then make appearances on " Heat " , defeating jobbers . On July 6 , 2007 , Palumbo made his return to " SmackDown ! " , defeating Kenny Dykstra . In an interview with WWE . com Palumbo claimed that the biker character was not a gimmick and that he works on bikes two or three times a week . A Palumbo - made motorcycle was featured in the April edition of " American Iron Magazine " . Palumbo began a storyline with Michelle McCool , which led to a scripted rivalry with Jamie Noble , after Noble made advances towards Palumbo ' s " girlfriend " McCool , with Noble winning two consecutive matches . In their third encounter , Noble won a date with McCool , after her inadvertent distraction led to Noble winning the match . Afterward , Palumbo blamed McCool for the loss . On the January 4 , 2008 , episode of " SmackDown ! " , McCool was pinned by Victoria in a mixed tag match , also featuring Palumbo and Dykstra . This loss gave Palumbo his fourth loss in a row and Palumbo again blamed McCool for the loss . The following week on " SmackDown ! " , Palumbo again faced Noble , this time in a Royal Rumble qualifying match . Noble again beat Palumbo , giving him his fifth loss in a row . After Noble left the ring , Palumbo attempted to take his anger and frustration out on McCool , which brought Noble back out , and he distracted Palumbo long enough for McCool to get out of the ring . On January 26 , a double turn started as Noble checked on an injured McCool and Palumbo attacked him , become a villain , while Noble would turn into a face character . On the next " SmackDown ! " , Palumbo apologized to McCool , but she slapped him , leading to him vowing to get revenge on Noble . He defeated him the following week , before the storyline abruptly ended . As part of the 2008 WWE Supplemental Draft , Palumbo was drafted to the Raw brand . He never made his return to the brand however , as he was released from his WWE contract on November 7 , 2008 . Independent circuit . In November 2009 , Palumbo won the HEW Championship from Brett Meadows in Braintree , England . He , however , lost the championship back to Meadows two days later in Colchester , England . Later career . Palumbo fabricates custom motorcycles for his business CP Kustoms and also plays in his own band , 3 Spoke Wheel . In 2014 , he began co - hosting the Discovery Channel ' s Lords of the Car Hoards with custom car builder Rick Dore . He spoke of his retirement from wrestling on the debut of the show . Personal life . Palumbo ' s brother , Chris , is a war hero , often mentioned in commentary during Palumbo ' s televised matches . Chris was awarded several medals for his military service in Afghanistan . Palumbo also has two younger sisters , Kelly and Liz . Palumbo has a daughter Charli and now resides in an eastern suburb of San Diego , California . Outside of wrestling , Palumbo runs a custom motorcycle shop , which has produced numerous custom bikes for other WWE employees . The name of the company is " CP Kustoms " . Palumbo also plays guitar in the band " 3 Spoke Wheel " . The band mainly plays at biker rallies and other similar events .