Info about MVP, soon to be repackaged as the long lost brother of Elijah Burke...
 

The Florida Department of Corrections website has an inmate release information list and in the database is a profile on current WWE Star Montel Vontavious Porter. It has been noted before that MVP served 9½ years of an 18 year sentence in prison for armed robbery and kidnapping before he started his professional wrestling career.

It was reported a few weeks ago that MVP's real name is Hassan Assad. That's not totally correct as it's actually an alias. His real name is actually Alvin Burke, Jr. The Wrestling Observer reports that MVP took the name Hassan Assad as a Muslim while in prison. He took on the religion while in prison, hence the name. However, he doesn't really talk about it anymore. One reason for his wrestling garb is because he has a Malcolm X tattoo and WWE wanted him to cover it up. Furthermore, the complete alias is actually Hassan Hamid Assad. The database also notes that he went under the alias Alvin Jr. Burke as well.

In his profile, the Florida Department of Corrections website lists the exact day he committed the criminal offenses, his sentence date, and more personal information. They also show his mugshot. In his profile on WWE.com, his height is advertised as 6-3. According to his inmate profile, his height is actually 6-0, which goes to show you that WWE likely exaggerates a lot of their wrestlers' heights.

This is old news

ALIENOID FOR NEWS POSTER! OUT WITH BOONE, IN WITH THE 'NOID!!!

This sounds like a storyline.

Alvin Burke Jr., Simon Dean, Theodore R. Long, and Dave Batista

Dave: ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLVVVVIIIIIIN!

Alvin: BALLIN'!

Theodore: Holla, holla, holla!

:rofl:

They should have used his real life experiences for his gimmick, now thats somethin people where Im from could relate to, the again he is on Smackdown.

How the fuck many names does MVP need

NOOOOO!!!! YOU MEAN WE'RE BEING LIED TOO ABOUT STUFF!!!!!
So long as it's still real to me, damnit, I guess it's okay for them to add a few inches to someone.

So he left Islam or is he still a Muslim?

Wait, where's the part about them repackaging him?

He doesn't seem that much taller then Beniot so he cant be 6'3

Oh, that was a joke. My bad.

I didn't write the news report, I just saw it posted on Rajah this week, and thought I'd share it because I hadn't heard any of it.

It's OK...I probably should have made it funny. :p

Fixed.

Too bad WWE already did the Nailz gimmick.

He isn't 6'3".

He's about 6'0".

He used to wear lifts that made him taller, which would've made him at or around 6'2-ish and appear to be like 6'3".

I think there really is a tasteful way to play off Burke, Jr.'s background whilst remaining tasteful, and resorting to a Nathan Jones-like dead-end gimmick. It could be used to explain why MVP is wears the attire he does, why he wears custom-made suits, and why he he basically embraces the fast-lane lifestyle.

I can just imagine JBL screaming at Michael Cole "This man was in prison for 9 1/2 years, Michael! He has turned his life around and become the highest paid athlete in sports entertainment history! How can you fault a man who scooped himself out of the gutter and found something he was good at and made a fortune doing it well? He has the right to dress how he wants, talk how he wants and do what he wants..."

Holy God, I read that and heard JBL say it.... Nice!