HistoryPaul Sanchez-Garcia London (born April 16, 1980) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment performing on its RAW brand.London is a 1-time WWE Cruiserweight Champion and 2-time WWE Tag Team Champion. During his second Tag Team Title reign, London and his partner, Brian Kendrick, would be known as the longest reigning WWE Tag Team Champions since the title's inception.London has also previously worked for Ring of Honor, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, Pro Wrestling ZERO-ONE and various independent promotions.Originally from Hartford, Connecticut, London moved to Austin, Texas where he attended Westlake High School. While there, he helped create the school's first-ever wrestling team where he was the captain, first varsity letterman and still holds the record for the fastest pinfall time of 7.4 seconds.After graduating, London trained at several wrestling schools such as a trailer park in West Memphis, Arkansas and a school run by Ivan Putski in North Austin, Texas.He made his debut in the independent circuit on April 7, 2000, competing in promotions throughout Texas. It was there that he met the head trainer of the Texas Wrestling Academy, Rudy Gonzales, and enrolled in his school for further training. In August 2000, London attended Southwest Texas State University where he studied theatre. In 2001, he worked for the retail store Urban Outfitters.London made his debut in Ring of Honor (ROH) on March 30, 2002 in a match against Chris Marvel.[9] He began a lengthy feud with Michael Shane during a tag team match for ROH contracts on July 27, 2002. During the bout, both Shane and London made simultaneous pinfalls on their opponent's partners. The referee only counted for Shane, giving his team the victory, which led to both London and Shane brawling.[10] The two continued to feud over the next several months in matches such as Street Fights (where the crowd chanted "please don't die" due to London's high risk offense), a Triple Threat Match and a Gauntlet match.[11][12][13][14]On December 7, 2002 London won a tournament to capture the ROH Number One Contender's Trophy, guaranteeing a match for the ROH World Championship.[15] He would lose the match three weeks later to then-champion Xavier.[16] On February 8, 2003 London competed in a Triple Threat Match for the Number One Contender's Trophy, pinning A.J. Styles for the win. After the match, Xavier informed London that he would compete for the title immediately. London again lost to the champion.[17] London's final match in ROH was for the title against Samoa Joe on July 19, 2003, in which he lost.During his time in ROH, London made brief appearances in Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling ZERO-ONE (ZERO1) and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). London competed in ZERO1 for several months, beginning in January 2003, before turning down a contract.On February 12, 2003 he made his TNA debut in a Gauntlet match against Jerry Lynn, which he lost.London competed mainly in the company's X Division, even earning shots at the NWA TNA X Division Championship.His last appearance in TNA was on June 18, 2003 at the TNA Anniversary show. He wrestled X Division Champion Chris Sabin for the title, only to lose due to interference from CM Punk.London went on to sign with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in mid–2003, working a few dark matches before being sent to the company's "farm territory", Ohio Valley Wrestling, on August 30.[1] London made his official WWE television debut on the SmackDown! brand, losing to Brock Lesnar on October 9. After the match, Lesnar continued to attack London until fellow cruiserweight Spanky made the save.[4] The two competed as a tag team on SmackDown!'s sister show Velocity until Spanky left the company in January 2004.[1][23]London then began a tag team with Billy Kidman on January 29, 2004.On the July 8 episode of SmackDown!, the duo won the WWE Tag Team Championship from the Dudley Boyz.They defended the title against the Dudleys on several occasions before losing the championship to René Duprée and Kenzo Suzuki on September 9, due to Kidman leaving London to fight by himself.Kidman's heel turn led to a feud between the two, which culminated at No Mercy where Kidman defeated London with a shooting star press. After the match, London was bleeding from the mouth and being stretchered when Kidman pulled him back into the ring with the stretcher and delivered another shooting star press to London's injured ribs.This storyline was put in place after London had broken his nose wrestling Booker T on an episode of SmackDown! a few weeks prior to the event.The nose required surgery and for London to miss a few months.London returned on November 25, wrestling on Velocity until the end of the year.On March 10, 2005, London became the number one contender for Chavo Guerrero's WWE Cruiserweight Championship, which he later won in a cruiserweight battle royal.Guerrero challenged London for the title at Judgment Day, where London emerged victorious.During another title match with Guerrero on June 23 The Mexicools stormed the ring, attacking both London and Guerrero.On the July 14 episode of SmackDown!, London teamed with Scotty 2 Hotty and Funaki to face The Mexicools. The ending of the match saw Juventud perform the 450° splash on London for the win, but landing his knee onto London's face and legitimately injuring him in the process.London went on to lose the Cruiserweight Title on the August 4 edition of Velocity to Nunzio. Later in the night, London cut a heel promo encouraging the fans to protest his title loss.London went on a losing streak before returning as a face and teaming with the newly rehired Brian Kendrick (also known as London's former teammate Spanky).On the December 16 edition of Velocity the pair remade their image, wearing theatrical masks to the ring and matching vests and shorts.On the April 7, 2006 edition of SmackDown!, London and Kendrick defeated WWE Tag Team Champions MNM in a non-title match.They continued their winning streak on the champions, including singles victories for both Kendrick and London on Johnny Nitro and Joey Mercury respectively.London and Kendrick won the WWE Tag Team Title at Judgment Day, thus defeating MNM six times in a row in singles and tag team matches altogetherOn August 11, K.C. James and Idol Stevens defeated the champions in a non-title match, igniting a feud between the two teams.During the rivalry, WWE Diva Ashley Massaro began accompanying London and Kendrick to the ring. She acted as a valet to the team, combating the actions of James and Stevens' manager Michelle McCool.On October 14, London and Kendrick became the longest reigning WWE Tag Team Champions of all time, surpassing MNM's previous record of 145 days.However, they soon went on a losing streak to the team of William Regal and Dave Taylor. Regal defeated both team members in singles matches and on the December 8 edition of SmackDown!, Kendrick and London lost a non-title tag team match to the pair.During a scheduled title defense at Armageddon, London and Kendrick not only retained against Regal and Taylor but would win a Fatal Four Way tag team ladder match which also involved MNM and The Hardys.On the January 12, 2007 edition of SmackDown! London and Kendrick were successful in retaining their championship against Regal and Taylor in a traditional tag team match.
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