Orlando Jordan Orlando Jordan ( April 21 , 1974 ) is an American professional wrestler . Jordan is best known for his tenure in World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) , where he was a one - time United States Champion . Following his departure from WWE , he spent nineteen months signed with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ) . Career . World Wrestling Entertainment ( 2003 - 2006 ) . Jordan made his WWE TV debut on the May 31 , 2003 episode of Velocity defeating Jamie Noble . On June 26 , 2003 , Jordan made his first SmackDown ! appearance as a fan favorite at Madison Square Garden against then - villain John Cena . Although he did not win the match , he was impressive enough that when Cena attacked Jordan after the match was over , The Undertaker , with whom Cena was feuding , came to the ring and helped Jordan to his feet After being a fan favorite for several months , Jordan turned into a villain by joining John " Bradshaw " Layfield ( JBL ) ' s Cabinet and being appointed as his " Chief of Staff " . This happened when he saved J . B . L . from an attack from The Undertaker . A few months after joining , Jordan began changing his look by growing out his hair . While a part of The Cabinet , Jordan , along with the Basham Brothers ( who became the newly appointed " Co - Secretaries of Defense " ) , helped JBL manage to keep his WWE Championship for nine months by interfering in his title matches against Eddie Guerrero , Booker T , the face run of The Big Show , and The Undertaker , who was the first person to show Jordan respect . After JBL began a feud with a now - fan favorite John Cena over the WWE Title leading up to WrestleMania 21 , Jordan faced off with Cena on the March 3 , 2005 edition of SmackDown ! from the Times Union Center in Albany , New York . Orlando defeated John Cena with the help of JBL to win the United States Championship , his first and only title in WWE . After losing his WWE Title to John Cena at WrestleMania 21 , JBL stated that his Cabinet had been holding him back , which led to the departure of the Bashams . At The Great American Bash , Jordan began feuding with the newly drafted Chris Benoit . Jordan defeated Benoit and retained his United States Championship after removing the turnbuckle pad and shoving Benoit head - first into the exposed steel and covered him for the win . Feeling cheated , Benoit continued to chase Jordan for the title . He finally defeated Jordan ( in a record 25 . 5 seconds ) at SummerSlam to win the title . Following this quick match , Jordan attempted to win his title back on multiple occasions , leading to 3 consecutive losses with all matches lasting less than a minute . The first rematch lasted 23 . 4 seconds . During the second rematch , Jordan actually almost knocked out Benoit with a punch in the opening moments but still lost at 22 . 5 seconds , which was even faster than the first match . During the third match , Jordan stalled until the time , which was being displayed on the TitanTron , went over 25 seconds . He got so excited when his time went over 30 seconds that he dropped his guard and Benoit took the opportunity to lock on the Sharpshooter for a win at the 49 . 8 second mark . Earlier in the show , Orlando stated that he had mastered every counter to Benoit ' s signature Crippler Crossface , which was shown when during the match every time Benoit attempted the Crippler Crossface , Jordan countered it . After those unsuccessful rematches , Jordan later broke away from JBL , although both later made a few appearances together later on . When Booker T got injured halfway through his Best of Seven series for the United States Championship , he needed a replacement to face Chris Benoit . As the series was at 3 – 1 in Booker ' s favor , Booker T only needed his replacement to win one match in order to become the United States Champion . Orlando approached him about the position but Booker T and his wife Sharmell laughed in Orlando ' s face and made jokes about Orlando ' s quick tap - out losses to Benoit . Booker instead asked Randy Orton to substitute for him . Orton , however , failed to win the deciding match , leading Jordan to once again ask for the position the next week . Booker T and his wife laughed at him and turned him down once again , however . During the sixth match in the series , Jordan jumped the rail , grabbed Booker T ' s crutch , and hit Chris Benoit for a disqualification finish . Chris Benoit was announced as the winner , tying the Best of Seven Series at 3 – 3 . The next week , Jordan ran to ringside to attempt to halt Booker T from winning the Championship but was unable to prevent Orton from eventually beating Chris Benoit and winning the series for Booker T . Jordan was then pushed down to Velocity and won several matches there . Jordan made his final SmackDown ! appearance on the May 12 episode of SmackDown ! in a backstage segment , telling Nunzio that he had seen someone who looked like his partner Vito dressed in drag at a night club during the recent UK tour . His final WWE appearance was a loss to Gunner Scott on the May 13 episode of Velocity . Independent circuit ( 2006 - 2010 ) . Jordan began competing on the independent circuit soon after his WWE departure along with wrestling overseas , most notably for Nu - Wrestling Evolution , a promotion based in Italy , as well as New Japan Pro Wrestling . Jordan became NWE Champion in April 2008 . Later in that month , he was involved in a storyline confrontation with the Ultimate Warrior , leading to the return of Warrior after a ten - year absence to face Jordan in a match in June 2008 . Jordan lost the title to Warrior on August 21 , 2008 In Barcelona . TNA Wrestling ( 2010 - 2011 ) . On the January 4 , 2010 , live , three - hour , Monday night edition of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ' s Impact ! television show Jordan made his debut for the company in a backstage segment with D ' Angelo Dinero . He then as a heel , defeated Dinero in a singles match on the January 21 episode of Impact ! . After scoring an upset victory over Samoa Joe on the February 18 edition of Impact ! , Jordan disappeared from TV , before re - surfacing on the March 29 edition of Impact ! , debuting a new look and starting the bisexual angle he had proposed to WWE creative before his release from that company . On April 9 Jordan announced that he had signed a new multi - year contract with TNA . On the May 3 edition of Impact ! , Jordan debuted his new interview segment , O - Zone , during which he attacked and started a feud with the Global Champion Rob Terry . At Sacrifice Jordan challenged Terry for the Global Championship , but was unsuccessful . The following Thursday on Impact ! , Jordan scored a non - title victory over Terry , after capitalizing on Terry ' s injured knee , which he had injured at Sacrifice . Jordan ' s feud with Terry came to an end on the June 3 edition of Impact ! , when the Global Champion pinned him in a tag team match , where he teamed with Desmond Wolfe and Terry with Abyss . On the July 29 edition of Impact ! Jordan , himself formed a dysfunctional tag team with babyface Eric Young , who had been battling ( kayfabe ) mental problems ever since taking a bump on the head , being completely unaware of Jordan ' s sexual orientation and interest in him . At Bound for Glory Young ' s antics cost him and Jordan their match against Ink Inc . ( Jesse Neal and Shannon Moore ) . Upon the team ' s next appearance on Impact ! on December 16 , Jordan had turned face as he and Young defeated Generation Me ( Jeremy and Max Buck ) in a tag team match . On April 17 , 2011 , at Lockdown , Jordan and Young were unsuccessful in becoming the number one contenders to the TNA World Tag Team Championship in a four tag team steel cage match , which was won by Ink Inc . [ 30 ] After this point , Eric Young went on a singles run and won the TNA Television Championship , the title formerly known as the Global Championship , while Jordan was taken off television . On July 11 , 2011 , it was reported that Jordan had been released from TNA Other media . Shortly after his WWE departure , Jordan participated in the wrestling documentary " Bloodstained Memoirs " . Personal life . Before becoming a professional wrestler , Jordan was a member of the United States Forest Service . He then relocated to Florida where he became a reputable amateur boxer . Jordan competed in gymnastics as a child , and participated in amateur wrestling . He attended Boise State University after winning the 1993 state championship at 189 pounds for Hermitage High School in Richmond , Virginia . As of June 2011 , Jordan is the co - owner , along with independent wrestler Luke Hawx , of WildKat Sports & Entertainment , a professional wrestling training center located just outside of New Orleans , LA . Their school has since spawned a Louisiana state - exclusive wrestling federation , WILDKAT Pro , which was briefly a member territory of the National Wrestling Alliance . On August 20 , 2012 , Jordan opened another wrestling school in Melbourne , Australia .