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{{Infobox professional wrestler
|name        = Montel Vontavious Porter
|image       = MVP 2019-2.jpg
|image_size  = 230px
|caption     = MVP in September 2019
|birthname   = Alvin Antonio Burke Jr.
|birth_date  = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1973|10|28}}
|birth_place = [[Miami]], [[Florida]], U.S.
|death_date  =
|death_place =
|children    = 1
|names       = Antonio Banks<br />Antonio Bank$<br />Lord of War<ref name=LordofWar>{{cite web|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/quicknews/article_57257.shtml|title=MVP reveals anti-U.S. character in WRP|date=January 22, 2012|last=Caldwell|first=James|access-date=January 23, 2012|work=Pro Wrestling Torch}}</ref><ref name=WRP>{{cite journal|last=Meltzer|first=Dave|author-link=Dave Meltzer|date=October 24, 2011|title=October 24 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: 2011 Hall of Fame issue, GSP down, Bound for Glory and Bobby Roode, Hogan vs. Sting, giant issue|periodical=[[Dave Meltzer#Wrestling Observer Newsletter|Wrestling Observer Newsletter]]|location=Campbell, CA|issn=1083-9593|page=37|quote=Jeff Katz's Wrestling Revolution Project taped its first season in Los Angeles this past week. [...] MVP is now The Lord of War, and dresses up and wrestles like Masahiro Chono, including using the STF and Yakuza kick as his big moves.}}</ref><br />'''Montel Vontavious Porter'''<br />'''MVP'''
|height      = 6 ft 3 in<ref name="WWEProfile"/>
|weight      = 259 lb<ref name="WWEProfile"/> 
|billed      = Miami, Florida<ref name="WWEProfile">{{cite web|publisher=[[WWE]]|title=MVP's WWE Profile|access-date=November 27, 2016|url=http://www.wwe.com/superstars/mvp}}</ref> 
|trainer     = [[Soulman Alex G]]<br />[[Norman Smiley]]
|debut       = August 10, 2002
|retired     = 
}}

'''Hassan Hamin Assad''' (born '''Alvin Antonio Burke Jr.'''; October 28, 1973) is an American [[Professional wrestling|professional wrestler]] and [[rapper]]. He is better known by the [[ring name]] '''Montel Vontavious Porter''' ('''MVP'''). He is currently signed to [[All Elite Wrestling]] (AEW), where he is the co-leader and [[Manager (professional wrestling)]] of the [[Stable (wrestling)|stable]] [[The Hurt Syndicate]]. He has also worked with [[WWE]], [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA), [[Ring of Honor]] (ROH) and [[New Japan Pro Wrestling]] (NJPW). 

Porter became famous in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), where he first wrestled from 2005 to 2010. During this time, he became a one-time [[WWE Raw Tag Team Championship|WWE Tag Team Champion]] with [[Matt Hardy]] and a two-time [[WWE United States Championship|WWE United States Champion]].<ref name="Backlash">{{cite web|url= http://www.wwe.com/shows/backlash/matches/6842240/results/|title=Better than the Baller|author=Lennie DiFino|accessdate=2008-04-28|date=April 27, 2008|publisher=WWE}}</ref> He was released from his WWE contract in December 2010,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2010/12/04/pf-16430176.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714063441/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2010/12/04/pf-16430176.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 14, 2012|title=Smackdown: Three men and a dummy|date=December 4, 2010|last=Hillhouse|first=Dave|access-date=June 7, 2011|work=Slam! Sports|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/WWE_News_3/article_45731.shtml|title=WWE News: Top News - MVP released by WWE on Thursday, MVP comments on his release|date=December 2, 2010|last=Caldwell|first=James|access-date=December 2, 2010|work=Pro Wrestling Torch}}</ref> but returned in the [[Royal Rumble (2020)|2020]] [[Royal Rumble#Match|Royal Rumble match]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Powell|first=Jason|title=WWE Royal Rumble results: Powell's live review of the Royal Rumble matches, "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt vs. Daniel Bryan in a strap match for the WWE Universal Championship, Becky Lynch vs. Asuka for the Raw Women's Championship|url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2020/01/26/wwe-royal-rumble-results-powells-live-review-of-the-royal-rumble-matches-the-fiend-bray-wyatt-vs-daniel-bryan-in-a-strap-match-for-the-wwe-universal-championship-becky-lynch-vs-asuka-for-th/|work=Pro Wrestling Dot Net|date=January 26, 2020|access-date=January 26, 2020}}</ref> That same year, he formed a [[List of professional wrestling terms#S|stable]] called [[The Hurt Business]] with [[Bobby Lashley]], [[Cedric Alexander]] and [[Shelton Benjamin]]. In September 2024, MVP made his debut for [[All Elite Wrestling]] (AEW).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Everett |first=Max |date=2024-09-26 |title=MVP Makes AEW Debut On Dynamite: Grand Slam, Wants To 'Talk Business' With Top Star |url=https://www.wrestlinginc.com/1673801/mvp-makes-aew-debut-dynamite-grand-slam-wants-talk-business-top-star/ |access-date=2024-09-26 |website=Wrestling Inc. |language=en-US}}</ref>

He spent six months in a juvenile detention center after a [[robbery]] and later completed 9½ years of an 18½ year prison sentence for [[Robbery|armed robbery]] and [[kidnapping]] which at the time he started it he was sixteen.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2007/04/14/4013402.html|accessdate=2014-05-13|title=A true MVP -- take it to the bank|work=Slam! Sports|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]}}{{Dead link|date=September 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He has a rare heart condition called [[Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/smackdown/archive/08102007/articles/mvpmostvaluableprogram|accessdate=2014-05-13|title=MVP's Most Valuable Program|publisher=WWE}}</ref> He converted to [[Islam]] while in prison but has since described himself as a [[nonbeliever]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/The305MVP/status/256585045962280960|title=Twitter/The305MVP: I'm a NON believer. I'm not attacking anyone's faith. I just feel religious organizations should NOT be tax exempt. Believe what you will.| accessdate=2014-05-13|date=October 11, 2012|publisher=Twitter|quote=I'm a NON believer. I'm not attacking anyone's faith. I just feel religious organizations should NOT be tax exempt. Believe what you will.}}</ref>

== Championships and accomplishments ==
[[File:PorterDuoChamp.jpg|right|thumb|upright|MVP as both the [[WWE United States Championship|United States Champion]] (right shoulder) and one half of the [[WWE Raw Tag Team Championship|WWE Tag Team Champion]] (left shoulder) in 2007]]
* '''All Pro Wrestling'''
**APW Universal Heavyweight Championship (1 time)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net//?id=5&nr=49|title=APW Universal Heavyweight Championship « Titles Database « CAGEMATCH – The Internet Wrestling Database|website=www.cagematch.net|access-date=February 7, 2019}}</ref>
* '''''[[The Baltimore Sun]]'''''
** Most Improved Wrestler of the Year (2007)<ref name="Baltimore2007">{{cite web|last=Eck|first=Kevin|title=2007 Awards|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/bs-mtblog-2007-12-2007_awards-story.html|work=[[The Baltimore Sun]]|date=December 30, 2007|access-date=September 25, 2020|archive-date=October 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026135318/https://www.baltimoresun.com/bs-mtblog-2007-12-2007_awards-story.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* '''Big League Wrestling'''
** BLW World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net//?id=5&nr=3551|title=BLW World Heavyweight Championship « Titles Database « CAGEMATCH – The Internet Wrestling Database|website=www.cagematch.net|access-date=February 7, 2019}}</ref>
** BLW Title Rumble Match (2018)
* '''CBS Sports'''
** Comeback Wrestler of the Year (2020)<ref name="CBS2020">{{cite web|last=Brookhouse|first=Brent|title=2020 CBS Sports Wrestling Awards: Drew McIntyre stands out as Wrestler of the Year|url=https://www.cbssports.com/wwe/news/2020-cbs-sports-wrestling-awards-drew-mcintyre-stands-out-as-wrestler-of-the-year/|work=[[CBSSports.com]]|date=January 2, 2021|access-date=January 2, 2021}}</ref>
* '''Coastal Championship Wrestling'''
** CCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)<ref name="CCW title">{{cite web|url=http://www.ccw.ms/HTM/results-082005.htm|title=August 20, 2005 – Coral Springs Gymnasium – "Independence Bash"|date=August 20, 2005|access-date=November 15, 2007|publisher=Coastal Championship Wrestling|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090416021409/http://ccw.ms/HTM/results-082005.htm|archive-date=April 16, 2009}}</ref>
* '''DDT Pro-Wrestling'''
** Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship (1 time)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/ddt/ironman-hm.html|title=Ironman Heavymetalweight Title|access-date=August 29, 2016|publisher=Wrestling-Titles.com}}</ref>
* '''Future of Wrestling'''
** FOW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Punisher<ref name="FOW tag">{{cite web|url=http://www.thefow.com/htm/titlehistory.htm|title=FOW Tag Team Championship history|access-date=November 15, 2007|publisher=[[Future of Wrestling]]}}</ref>
* '''Imperial Wrestling Revolution'''
** IWR Heavyweight Championship (1 time)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net//?id=5&nr=2811|title=WCR Heavyweight Championship « Titles Database « CAGEMATCH – The Internet Wrestling Database|website=www.cagematch.net|access-date=February 7, 2019}}</ref>
** IWR Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with D Money, Marce Lewis, Montego Seeka and Nytronis A'Teo<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net//?id=5&nr=2812|title=WCR Tag Team Championship « Titles Database « CAGEMATCH – The Internet Wrestling Database|website=www.cagematch.net|access-date=February 7, 2019}}</ref>
* '''[[New Japan Pro-Wrestling]]'''
** IWGP Intercontinental Championship (1 time, first)
** IWGP Intercontinental Championship Tournament (2011)
* '''''[[Pro Wrestling Illustrated]]'''''
** Comeback of the Year (2020)<ref>{{cite journal|year=2021|journal=[[Pro Wrestling Illustrated]]|title=2020 Achievement Awards|publisher=[[Kappa Publishing Group]]|pages=18–19}}</ref>
** Ranked No. 23 of the best 500 singles wrestlers in the ''[[Pro Wrestling Illustrated#PWI 500|PWI 500]]'' in 2008<ref>{{cite web|title=Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2008|url=http://www.profightdb.com/pwi-500/2008.html|access-date=February 4, 2015|work=[[Pro Wrestling Illustrated]]|publisher=Internet Wrestling Database}}</ref>
* '''Southern Championship Wrestling Florida'''
** SCW Florida Heavyweight Championship (1 time)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net//?id=5&nr=865|title=SCW Florida Heavyweight Championship « Titles Database « CAGEMATCH – The Internet Wrestling Database|website=www.cagematch.net|access-date=February 7, 2019}}</ref>
* '''World Class Revolution'''
** WCR Heavyweight Championship (3 times)<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1173043194570924034|user=IMPACTWRESTLING|title=We told you anything can happen on @IMPACTPlusApp! @The305MVP is the new @WorldClassRev Champion!  30-DAY FREE TRI…<!-- full text of tweet that Twitter returned to the bot (excluding links) added by TweetCiteBot. This may be better truncated or may need expanding (TW limits responses to 140 characters) or case changes. --> |date=September 14, 2019}}</ref>
* '''[[WWE|World Wrestling Entertainment/WWE]]'''
** [[WWE United States Championship]] ([[List of WWE United States Champions|2 times]])<ref>{{Cite web|title=Home|url=https://www.wwe.com/|access-date=February 27, 2021|website=WWE|language=en}}</ref>
** [[WWE Raw Tag Team Championship|WWE Tag Team Championship]] ([[List of WWE Tag Team Championship reigns by length|1 time]]) – with [[Matt Hardy]]<ref name="WWE-tag">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/wwetag/1871854111|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120921173547/http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/wwetag/1871854111|url-status=dead|title=MVP and Matt Hardy's first WWE Tag Team Championship reign|date=August 31, 2007|archive-date=September 21, 2012|access-date=February 18, 2009|publisher=[[World Wrestling Entertainment]]}}</ref>
** Slammy Award (1 time)
***Trash Talker of the Year (2020) {{small|as [[The Hurt Business]], shared with [[Lacey Evans]]}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=2020 SLAMMY Award winners announced|url=https://www.wwe.com/shows/wwe-slammy-awards/article/2020-slammy-award-winners|access-date=December 23, 2020|website=WWE|language=en}}</ref>
* '''''[[Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards|Wrestling Observer Newsletter]]'''''
** Most Improved (2007)<ref name="WON11">{{cite journal|last=Meltzer|first=Dave|author-link=Dave Meltzer|date=January 30, 2012|title=Jan 30 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: Gigantic year-end awards issue, best and worst in all categories plus UFC on FX 1, death of Savannah Jack, ratings, tons and tons of news|journal=[[Dave Meltzer#Wrestling Observer Newsletter|Wrestling Observer Newsletter]]|location=[[Campbell, California]]|issn=1083-9593}}</ref>
** Most Underrated (2008)<ref name="WON11"/>

== References ==
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== Other websites ==
* [http://www.mvp305.com/ Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140518031316/http://mvp305.com/ |date=2014-05-18 }}
* [http://www.impactwrestling.com/roster/Wrestler-Roster/item/5472-MVP TNA profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140605013355/http://www.impactwrestling.com/roster/Wrestler-Roster/item/5472-MVP |date=June 5, 2014 }}
* [http://www.wwe.com/superstars/mvp MVP] on WWE.com

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