Jamin Olivencia

Jamin Olivencia (August 7, 1985) is an American professional wrestler known for his time in Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW). Jamin is originally a Buffalo, New York native and has been competing in the ring since age 17 when he made his debut for Empire State Wrestling in 2003. In 2005 Jamin made his debut in what was then WWE's Developmental Territory OVW. He quickly gained their endorsement and earned the coveted Southern Tag Team Titles with his partner TJ Dalton after defeating The James Boys in August 2007.
==Professional wrestling career==
===Independent circuit===
Olivencia made his wrestling debut under the J-Man ring name, at the age of 17, on August 16, 2003 at the Empire State Wrestling show losing to Benjamin Smythe. On September 9, he lost to Cade Cassidy. On December 6, Jamin formed a team with R-Haz as "The New City Thugs" and defeated Damien Alexander and JP Hawke to win the ESW Tag Team Championship, Jamin's first championship. They defeated Alexander and Hawke on January 24, 2004 via disqualification to retain their championship. After defeating Grappler X and Purple Rain on February 15, they lost the championships to them on March 20. On May 20, he challenged Shade for the ESW Interstate Championship, but was unsuccessful in winning the championship. Jamin's first singles victory was on July 7 when he won a battle royal. After a year of teaming, J-Man and R-Haz fought in a street fight with J-Man winning the match. In the end of 2004, J-Man challenged Jonny Puma for the ESW Heavyweight Championship on November 6 and December 4 but was unsuccessful in winning the championship. His last match for the promotion was on September 16, 2005, defeating Cade Cassidy. In 2013, he made a return to Empire State Wrestling, defeating Johnny Gargano. He wrestled at the next show in a winning effort against Bill Collier. At Empire State Wrestling's next show, he had a World Heavyweight Title match against Chris Cooper, but was unsuccessful.
On November 16, 2010, Olivencia had a tryout for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling wrestling Stevie Richards in a dark match. Jamin also formed his own weekly talk show, aptly named The Jamin Olivencia Show. Olivencia appeared on Ring of Honor's show on November 23, 2011 losing to Mike Bennett. Olivencia appeared on the infamous Awesome Wrestling Entertainment Night of The Legends event on October 15, 2011 defeating Sonjay Dutt.
===World Wrestling Entertainment (2005–2008, 2010, 2013, 2014)===
Olivencia debuted in Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) in 2005, back then a Developmental Territory for World Wrestling Entertainment. On August 1, 2007, he teamed with T.J. Dalton to defeat The James Boys (Cassidy and KC James) to win the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship. The team lost the championship back to The James Boys on August 24. After the loss, Olivencia was inactive for several months, returning on November 7, teaming with Ace Steel to lose to Matt Sydal and Seth Skyfire in a tournament for the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship.
When Ohio Valley Wrestling was unaffiliated, this also was the end between OVW and WWE.
Olivencia has appeared on World Wrestling Entertainment television programming on several occasions. His first appearance for the promotion was on November 28, 2005, as Jaymin Olivers, teaming with Brad Bradley against Val Venis and Viscera in a losing effort. On July 13, 2010, he made appearance as Jamin Canseco at WWE Superstars teaming with Matt Cross losing to Curt Hawkins and Vance Archer. He also appeared on the July 30 episode of Raw, used as one of the men in white taking Daniel Bryan to hospital, alongside fellow OVW wrestler Dylan Bostic. Olivencia competed as Nick Nardone at the WWE SmackDown taping for September 20, 2013. He refused to sign autographs to kids on the parking lot which made Ryback want to take him on in the ring.
===Ohio Valley Wrestling===
====Debut (2005–2008)====
Olivencia debuted in Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) in 2005. On August 1, 2007, he teamed with T.J. Dalton to defeat The James Boys (Cassidy and KC James) to win the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship. The team lost the championship back to The James Boys on August 24. After the loss, Olivencia was inactive for several months, returning on November 7, teaming with Ace Steel to lose to Matt Sydal and Seth Skyfire in a tournament for the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship. In the beginning of 2008, Olivencia and Steel challenged Paul Burchill and Stu Sanders, but were unsuccessful in winning the OVW Southern Tag Team titles.
====Pursuit of the Television Champion (2008–2012)====
On February 20, 2008 he defeated James Curtis to win the OVW Television Championship, and became the first champion since OVW and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) ended their working relationship. Jamin would go on to lose the title on March 12, 2008 and would go on to recapture the OVW Television Title and have a vicious feud with former WWE Tag Team Champion Joey Matthews which lasted the better part of 2008. On October 15, Olivencia defeated Rudy Switchblade by forfeit, but lost it on the same day to Igotta Brewski. On May 6, 2009 Olivencia defeated Mike Mondo to won the OVW Television Championship for the third time. He lost the title on May 13, to El Rojo Uno, and regained it on June 10. Olivencia then started a feud with Brent Wellington, who won his OVW Television Championship on July 22. On May 7, 2010, Olivencia defeated Kamikaze Kid to won the OVW Television Championship for the fifth time. He lost the title to Mohamad Ali Vaez on June 4. On May 14, 2011 at the Saturday Night Special, he defeated Vaez for the championship, but lost it on May 25. On June 2, 2012, Olivencia defeated Mohamad Ali Vaez to win the OVW Television Championship for the seventh time. After a four-month absence, Jamin returned to the promotion on November 10 at the edition of OVW episode 691, challenging Joe Coleman for the OVW Television Championship but was unsuccessful in capturing the belt after Coleman got himself disqualified. Jamin faced Coleman for the championship also on November 17 at OVW episode 692 and December 1 at OVW episode 693, but Coleman got himself disqualified again. On December 1, at OVW's Saturday Night Special, Jamin Olivencia defeated Coleman in a no disqualifications match to win the OVW Television Championship for the eighth time.
====OVW Heavyweight Champion (2013–2014)====
After pinning Doug Williams twice in a non-title matches at OVW's episode 704 and episode 705, Olivencia was named the new number one contender for the OVW Heavyweight Championship. On March 2, at OVW's Saturday Night Special, Olivencia defeated Williams to win the OVW Heavyweight Championship, but on March 6, the title was returned to Doug after Doug wasn't disqualified during the match. Olivencia defeated Williams April 10, 2013 to win the OVW Heavyweight Championship. On October 19, 2013, Olivencia became the longest reigning OVW Heavyweight Champion, breaking Rip Rogers previous record of 192 days. After 241 days as champion, the title was vacated on December 4, 2013. Three days later, Olivencia defeated Johnny Spade to regain the title. On December 25, 2013, Marcus Anthony defeated Olivencia for the title. However, referee reverted the decision because Anthony didn't stop to apply his submission maneuver and Olivencia retained the title. However, on January 4, 2014, Olivencia lost the title to Anthony. On May 10, 2014, Olivencia defeated Anthony in a rematch to win the OVW Heavyweight Championship for a third time. On July 5, 2014, Olivencia lost the title against Anthony in a Last Man Standing match. Due to the stipulation, Jamin would not be able to challenge for it for ninety days. Afterwards, Jamin would align himself with the returning Chris Silvio and the two would go on to capture The OVW Southern Tag Team Championship at August'14 Saturday Night Special, losing them back to War Machine.
On 2014, after 9 years working at OVW, Olivencia left the company.
===Global Force Wrestling (2015)===
On May 11, 2015, Olivencia was announced as part of roster of the Global Force Wrestling (GFW) promotion.
==In wrestling==
*Finishing and signature moves
**Jumping Guillotine DDT
*Entrance Music
**"Vendetta" by Slipknot
==Championships and accomplishments==
*Empire State Wrestling
**ESW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with R-Haz
*Ohio Valley Wrestling
**OVW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
**OVW Television Championship (8 times)
**OVW Southern Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with TJ Dalton
**Eleventh OVW Triple Crown Champion
*Pro Wrestling Illustrated
**PWI ranked him #142 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2013
==See also==
*Jamin Olivencia/Image gallery
==External links==
*Jamin Olivencia's Profile at CageMatch.net
*Jamin Olivencia's Facebook
*Jamin Olivencia's Twitter
*Jamin Olivencia's YouTube
Category:1985 births
Category:2003 debuts
Category:American wrestlers
Category:New York wrestlers
Category:Male wrestlers
Category:Living people
Category:Derby City Wrestling alumni
Category:Empire State Wrestling alumni
Category:Ohio Valley Wrestling alumni
Category:OVW Triple Crown champions
Category:Global Force Wrestling alumni