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Armando Estrada
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Ring name(s) Armando Alejandro Estrada1
Armando Estrada
Osama
Osama Rodriguez Alejandro1
Billed height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)1
Billed weight 230 lb (100 kg/16 st)1
Born December 20, 1978 (1978-12-20) (age 29)
Chicago, Illinois2
Resides Miami, Florida
Billed from Cuba3
Trained by OVW staff1
Debut 2004

Hazem Ali2 (born December 20, 1978) is an American professional wrestler and wrestling manager of Palestinian descent,2 known best by his ring name Armando Estrada. He is best known for his work with World Wrestling Entertainment where he wrestled on the ECW brand.3

Contents

Career

World Wrestling Entertainment

Ohio Valley Wrestling

Ali began his World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) career wrestling in their developmental territory, Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), making his OVW TV debut as a bodyguard named Osama in Muhammad Hassan's entourage. When Hassan and Daivari were called up to the main roster, Ali remained in OVW wrestling with an Arab, anti-American gimmick, similar to that of the Iron Sheik and began wrestling in a tag team with Da Beast.4

When Paul Heyman began booking OVW he expanded Osama's name to Osama Rodriguez Alejandro, revealing him to actually be half Cuban and half Palestinian.2 Along with being an active wrestler he became a backstage interviewer, conducting interviews, along with a sidekick, wrestler Robbie Dawber, for his own kayfabe Spanish language version of OVWs TV show.4 At the same time he began a storyline campaign to be elected "Dictator of Kentucky", which he intended to rename "Los Kentuckos",2 often coming to the ring with a placard reading "Bote for Lalo", utilizing his nickname at the time: "Big Lalo".

Raw

In April 2006, Ali was called up to the main World Wrestling Entertainment roster and placed on the Raw brand. He debuted on the April 3, 2006 edition of Raw as Armando Alejandro Estrada, a Cuban businessman, and the heel manager for the also debuting Umaga. His debut saw him mocking Ric Flair, saying he was too old to still be in the business, and promising to bring about a new hero (Umaga).5 Estrada led Umaga in a feud against Flair until the Backlash pay-per-view at the end of the month, where Umaga dispatched Flair.6

Following the feud with Flair, Umaga began a period of squashing jobbers,78 before and after which Estrada would cut promos about his charge's greatness. During this time, he stopped introducing himself before promos, as his use of long rolling r's and a short "ha ha" laugh was beginning to get him cheered instead of booed.9dead link

At August's SummerSlam, Estrada offered the undefeated Umaga's services to The McMahons (Vince and Shane) to "take out" their D-Generation X (Shawn Michaels and Triple H) opponents during their tag team match.10 However, as Umaga attempted to deliver on Estrada's promise, he was attacked by Kane.11 Kane and Umaga feuded for two months,1213 with Kane attacking Estrada on at least one occasion.14 The feud seemingly came to an end when, on the October 9, 2006 Raw, Estrada's interference helped Umaga defeat Kane in a Loser Leaves Raw match.15

During December, Umaga, and thus Estrada, began a feud with John Cena over the WWE Championship.16 In the opening stages Estrada inserted himself into matches and confrontations with the two, leading to Vince McMahon's assistant Jonathan Coachman signing a match between Estrada and Cena. Before the match Estrada attempted to buy Cena off (offering him a box of Cohibas, his watch, and finally cash) only to have him refuse. The resulting match was a squash, with Cena winning with his signature F-U.17

In February 2007, he managed Umaga to his first title, the Intercontinental Championship,18 and stood beside him during his partnership with Vince McMahon and feud with Bobby Lashley.19 As the Umaga and Lashley feud intensified, Lashley targeted Estrada after being banned from putting his hands on Umaga, Vince, or Shane McMahon outside of official matches; on the May 8 episode of ECW on Sci Fi, Lashley shoved a wheelchair-bound Estrada down a ramp into a collection of garbage cans, in what turned out to be Estrada's last appearance (except for one cameo) for months.20

ECW brand

On August 14, 2007, Estrada was announced as the General Manager of the ECW brand,21 giving him (kayfabe) power to book matches and make arrangements for the brand. In early 2008, he was placed into a feud with Colin Delaney—an independent wrestler wrestling on the brand without a contract, offering him a WWE contract if he could beat the likes of the Big Show or, the then ECW Champion, Chavo Guerrero.2223 Delaney was finally awarded a contract after defeating Estrada himself on the May 6 episode of ECW on SciFi.24 The next week, he signed himself onto the roster, putting himself into his first match against Delaney, picking up the victory.25 He was removed from his position as General Manager of the ECW brand on June 3 and replaced by Theodore Long.26

Estrada was then primarily used as a jobber, losing to both established (including Delaney) and debuting superstars alike whilst attempting to earn a kayfabe contract, mirroring the predicament Estrada himself had put Delaney in.2728 Despite this, Delaney aided Estrada in defeating Tommy Dreamer on the August 5 edition of ECW, allowing Estrada to win his contract.29 Estrada was released from his WWE contract after months of inactivity.30

In wrestling

  • Entrance music
    • "No Siente B" from the KPM production library

Other media

Estrada made a cameo appearance on the August 4, 2006 episode of WWE.com's 28 Segundos web show in a parody of the Whassup? commercials of the early 2000s.

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e "Armando Alejandro Estrada Profile". Online World Of Wrestling. Retrieved on 2008-03-25.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Armando Estrada biography". Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved on 2007-04-13.
  3. ^ a b "Armando Estrada Bio". WWE. Archived from the original on 2007-12-18. Retrieved on 2007-08-15.
  4. ^ a b "OVW results - 2005". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved on 2007-04-13.
  5. ^ "RAW results - April 3, 2006". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved on 2007-05-10.
  6. ^ PWI Staff (2007). "Pro Wrestling Illustrated presents: 2007 Wrestling almanac & book of facts" (in English), "Wrestling’s historical cards", Kappa Publishing, pp. 121. 
  7. ^ "RAW results - May 1, 2006". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved on 2007-04-13. "SQUASH MATCH: Umaga destroyed Rory Fox.."
  8. ^ "RAW results - May 15, 2006". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved on 2007-04-13. "SQUASH MATCH: Umaga w/Armando Alejandro Estrada defeated Chris Wellman.."
  9. ^ "Vocal Estrada applying old-school managerial moxie to modern WWE accessdate=2007-01-25". "Estrada's initial persona was actually too successful. He was born in Chicago, but delivered his vibrant promos in an over-the-top Cuban accent. They elicited such a positive crowd reaction that it forced WWE to scrap his pre-match routine of introducing himself as Arrrmando Alejandrrro Estrrrada."
  10. ^ "RAW results - August 14, 2006". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved on 2007-04-13.
  11. ^ PWI Staff (2007). "Pro Wrestling Illustrated presents: 2007 Wrestling almanac & book of facts" (in English), "Wrestling’s historical cards", Kappa Publishing, pp. 121. 
  12. ^ "RAW results - August 21, 2006". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved on 2007-04-13.
  13. ^ "RAW results - September 25, 2006". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved on 2007-04-13.
  14. ^ "RAW results - September 18, 2006". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved on 2007-04-13.
  15. ^ "RAW results - October 9, 2006". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved on 2007-04-13. "Armando Alejandro Estrada whacked Kane in the face with an over-sized cigar holder to help Umaga win.."
  16. ^ "RAW results - December 4, 2006". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved on 2007-04-13.
  17. ^ "RAW results - December 11, 2006". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved on 2007-04-13.
  18. ^ "RAW results - February 19, 2007". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved on 2007-04-13.
  19. ^ McElvaney, Kevin. "Pro Wrestling Illustrated, July 2007" (in English), "WrestleMania 23", Kappa Publishing, pp. 74-101. 
  20. ^ "ECW of Sci Fi results - May 8, 2007". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved on 2007-07-15.
  21. ^ "ECW results - August 14, 2007". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved on 2007-11-03.
  22. ^ "ECW results - March 18, 2008". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved on 2008-05-07.
  23. ^ "ECW results - April 1, 2008". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved on 2008-05-07.
  24. ^ Medalis, Kara A. (2008-05). "Extreme dream come true". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved on 2008-08-06.
  25. ^ Medalis, Kara A. (2008-05-13). "Rocky road to Judgment Day". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved on 2008-08-06.
  26. ^ Medalis, Kara A. (2008-06-03). "New, Extreme manager in town". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved on 2008-08-06.
  27. ^ "Extreme mismatch". World Wrestling Entertainment (2008-07-01). Retrieved on 2008-08-06.
  28. ^ Medalis, Kara A. (2008-07-08). "World's Strongest scam". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved on 2008-08-06.
  29. ^ Burdick, Micheal (2008-08-05). "‘The Dirt Spat’". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved on 2008-08-06.
  30. ^ "Armando Estrada released". WWE (2008-11-18). Retrieved on 2008-11-19.

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