Sal Rinauro

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name=Sal Rinauro


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Sal Rinauro
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billed= Hollywood, "Salifornia"
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Salvatore "Sal" Rinauro (born September 12 1982) is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his work in Ring of Honor and it's sister promotion Full Impact Pro in addition to being a member of The Embassy.

Career

Ring of Honor

After honing his skills at NWA Wildside as well as winning the NWA Wildside Junior Heavyweight Championship, Rinauro debuted under the name Mellow as a member of Special K in Ring of Honor. At "Do or Die 5", Rinauro (now using his real name) competed for and won a Ring of Honor Contract by defeating Steve Madison, Claudio Castagnoli, and Jerelle Clark. Rinauro, along with Tony Mamaluke, won the ROH World Tag Team Championships at the classic show "Joe vs. Kobashi" on October 1, 2005 by defeating B.J. Whitmer and Jimmy Jacobs. During their reign, they successfully defended against teams such as Dunn and Marcos, Homicide and Ricky Reyes, Whitmer and Jacobs, and Colt Cabana and Milano Collection A.T.. They lost the title to Austin Aries and Roderick Strong of Generation Next at "Final Battle 2005" on December 17, 2005. Since losing the title, Rinauro has competed in "Six Man Mayhem", the "Tag Wars 2006" tournament, and tag team matches against the likes of the Briscoe Brothers. On December 16, 2005, Sal participated in the four-man "Stairway To Heaven" match at Ring of Glory's "The Great Commission".

Rinauro also appeared at TNA Slammiversary 2005, as a fan who was attacked by Jeff Jarrett before the King of the Mountain match, causing Jarrett to be "arrested".

In 2006, Rinauro's partner Tony Mamaluke signed with WWE to be part of the new ECW brand, leaving Rinauro to start a singles career once more. At "Death Before Dishonor IV", it was revealed that Sal Rinauro was the newest member of The Embassy. That night, he teamed with Jimmy Rave and they successfully defeated Colt Cabana and Jay Lethal.

The two continued teaming for a few months but after the Embassy disbanded the team suffered a roadblock. On October 28, 2006, Rave split the team up. Since then, Rinauro makes occasional appearances in ROH.

Full Impact Pro

In addition to ROH, Rinauro also works for it's sister promotion Full Impact Pro. He also achieved tag team success in FIP like he did in ROH after winning the FIP Tag Team Championship once with Spanky. He has also won the FIP Florida Heritage Championship and is currently still the champion.

Deep South Wrestling

On July 26, 2007, Rinauro and Caleb Konley defeated Simon Sermon and "Pretty Boy" Floyd to win the vacant DSW Tag Team Championships. Rinauro and Konely would end up being the final DSW Tag Team Champions after DSW closed down on October 11, 2007.

Independent circuit

Currently, Rinuaro can be found wrestling throughout the Georgia independent circuit, including NWA Anarchy, Independent Wrestling Network and Southern Extreme Championship Wrestling.

In wrestling

*Finishing and signature moves:*"Sal-utation Special" (Corkscrew 450° splash transitioned into a diving leg drop):*Atomic drop, sometimes while face to face with the opponent:*"Chalupa Crunch" (Mushroom stomp quickly followed into a leg drop bulldog):*Dropkick:*Hurricanrana:*Inside leg hook fisherman driver:*Slingshot tornado DDT:*Springboard 180° twisting diving superkick:*Stunner, as a counter to a hip toss

Championships and accomplishments

*Deep South Wrestling:*DSW Tag Team Championship (1 time; Final champions) - with Caleb Konley

*Full Impact Pro:*FIP Florida Heritage Championship (1 time, current):*FIP Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Spanky

*"'NWA Wildside:*NWA Wildside Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

*Ring of Honor:*ROH Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Tony Mamaluke

External links

* [http://www.salrinauro.com/ Sal Rinauro's official website]
* [http://www.accelerator3359.com/Wrestling/bios/rinauro.html Accelerator wrestler biographies]