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Colin Delaney

Colin Matthew Delaney (born September 7, 1986) is an American professional wrestler best known for working with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on its ECW brand. He has also wrestled for promotions such as CHIKARA, NWA Upstate, Buffalo Championship Wrestling, NWA Empire, Pro Wrestling Ohio, UWA Hardcore Wrestling, Roc City Wrestling, and Combat Zone Wrestling under the name Colin Olsen.

Career

Independents

Delaney first started as a commentator for Rochester, NY promotion Roc City Wrestling. He soon moved to their competitor: Rochester Pro Wrestling, where he trained as a wrestler. Since then he has worked for NWA Empire, NWA Upstate, CHIKARA, UWA Hardcore Wrestling in Canada, Squared Circle Wrestling, Buffalo Championship Wrestling, Roc City Wrestling and CZW promotions under the ring name Colin Olsen as part of the tag team, The Olsen Twins with partner Jimmy Olsen. Nicknamed "The Feel-Good Tag Team of the Decade", Colin and Jimmy were a pair of goofy heels with teeny-bopper-like interests, such as listening to music artists like Savage Garden and Britney Spears.

Wrestling as Colin Olsen, Delaney has won wrestling championships. For his 1st championship, he teamed with his kayfabe brother Jimmy to win the NWA Upstate Tag Team Championship on November 13, 2004 by defeating the Ring Crew Express (Kevin Dunn and Mean Marcos). They held the belts for over six months before dropping them to The Outcast Killaz on May 14, 2005. They also captured the RCW Tag Team Championship on January 20, 2006 defeating the Prophets of Pain (Father Synne and Hard Knox) and retained until June 9th 2006 when they were stripped of the titles after a working arrangement between NWA Upstate and Roc City Wrestling was dissolved.

On May 19, 2007, Olsen defeated "Mastiff" Will Christianson and Damien Alexander to win NWA Empire's Lord of the Dance Championship, a title which can only be contested in three-way matches.

On June 7th, 2007 Colin & Jimmy Olsen wrestled for Action Packed Wrestling in Rutland, Vermont in a 3-Way Scramble Match against Dunn & Marcos and Rhythm & Booze.

Colin's last defense of the NWA Empire's Lord of the Dance Championship was at on December 8, 2007 where he wrestled his kayfabe brother Jimmy Olsen and "Mastiff" Will Christianson. At an NWA Empire show on February 9, 2008, Delaney vacated the title due to his ECW brand commitments.

World Wrestling Entertainment

Delaney made his World Wrestling Entertainment debut as a jobber, seen wrestling on the ECW show. He was first beaten by Shelton Benjamin on the December 18, 2007 edition of ECW, before getting squashed by Big Daddy V two weeks later. On the January 8, 2008 edition of ECW, Delaney was beaten again, this time by Mark Henry from the SmackDown! brand. Delaney would also be squashed by Kane and The Great Khali. On the January 29, 2008 edition of ECW, WWE Tag Team Champions Miz and John Morrison defeated Delaney in a Handicap match. After the match, The Miz and Morrison continued to attack Delaney, but was saved after Tommy Dreamer came to the ring.

Delaney picked up his first win in WWE on the February 26, 2008 edition of ECW, defeating The Miz and John Morrison in a tag team match with Tommy Dreamer. On March 11, he and Dreamer challenged The Miz and Morrison for the WWE Tag Team Championships in an Extreme Rules match, but came up short after having lost a subsequent title match the week before. In subsequent weeks, ECW General Manager Armando Estrada informed Colin that he would have to acquire his first singles victory to win an "official" ECW contract. Delaney unsuccessfully faced a number of superstars, including his own mentor Dreamer, whom Estrada threatened to fire if he lost the match. Finally, on the May 6, 2008 edition of ECW, Delaney defeated Estrada himself via a sunset flip to win his storyline contract, which he had legitimately signed in February. He lost his "first match as an ECW superstar" against Mike Knox and then was beaten by Estrada when he signed himself to the ECW roster. In a bizarre twist of fate, Estrada was defeated by Delaney after already being defeated by Matt Hardy moments earlier, thus removing Estrada from the roster, per the orders of new ECW General Manager Theodore Long. On July 20, 2008, at The Great American Bash, Delaney turned heel by costing Tommy Dreamer his ECW Championship match against Mark Henry On July 29, however, on ECW, he lost to Matt Hardy, which caused Henry to turn on him. The next week on ECW, Delaney helped Estrada beat Dreamer to earn his ECW contract. This led to an Extreme Rules match against Dreamer, where he was easily defeated. On August 15, Delaney was released from his WWE contract.

Return to independent circuit

On that same day, Delaney worked his first match back on the independent. Working for UWA Hardcore Wrestling, Delaney joined former partner Jimmy Olsen in a winning effort by defeating Up In Smoke. On September 6, Delaney re-debuted in Chikara, where he received a thunderous ovation. However, the next night he turned heel, attacking Jimmy and then joining with Vin Gerard and STIGMA to form the UnStable. He also cast aside his Olsen surname and began using his Delaney surname.

In wrestling

Finishing and signature moves

As Colin Delaney

High–angle somersault plancha
Somersault senton
Slingshot crossbody
Springboard cutter
Standing dropkick, sometimes from the top rope
Sunset flip

As Colin Olsen

Double knee backbreaker
Diving crossbody
Falling lariat onto a grounded opponent

Entrance music

"Material World" – Bruton Music library (WWE)
"Toxic (with Full House intro)" – Britney Spears (Independent circuit)

Championships and accomplishments

East Coast Championship Wrestling

ECCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Jimmy Olsen (First)

NWA Empire

NWA Empire Lord of the Dance Championship (1 time)

NWA Upstate

NWA Upstate Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Jimmy Olsen

Pro Wrestling Illustrated

*PWI ranked #400 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2008

Roc City Wrestling

RCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Jimmy Olsen

Personal life

Besides his kayfabe brother Jimmy, Colin has two real-life brothers that are also involved in the Rochester professional wrestling scene. Older brother Ed competes under his real name (Ed Delaney) in Pier 6 Wrestling, and younger brother Brian competed as Mr. Bodacious.