Montel Vontavious Porter

Montel Vontavious Porter, known as MVP, is an American professional wrestler, manager, Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner and rapper whose real name is Hassan Hamid Assad, born Alvin Antonio Burke Jr. on October 28, 1973. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling as the on-screen manager of The Hurt Syndicate and is also known for his work in WWE, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and New Japan Pro-Wrestling. After training under Soulman Alex G and Norman Smiley he worked independent promotions, then signed with WWE in 2005 and reached the SmackDown roster in October 2006. He became a two-time WWE United States Champion, his first reign lasting 343 days, the longest in SmackDown history, and a one-time WWE Tag Team Champion with Matt Hardy. After leaving WWE in 2010 he joined New Japan in 2011 and became the inaugural IWGP Intercontinental Champion.