Shelton Benjamin
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Shelton Benjamin
Shelton Benjamin at a house show in November 2006
Ring name(s) Shelton Benjamin
Billed height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[1]
Billed weight 248 lb (112 kg)[1]
Born July 9, 1975 (1975-07-09) (age 34)[2]
Orangeburg, South Carolina
Billed from Orangeburg, South Carolina[1]
Trained by Ohio Valley Wrestling
Debut November 2000[2]
Shelton Benjamin[2] (born July 9, 1975) is an American professional wrestler and former amateur wrestler signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) under its SmackDown! brand.
Benjamin has an amateur wrestling background, including wrestling in high school and at the University of Minnesota. In addition, Benjamin has acted as an assistant coach in amateur wrestling. He first spent time in Ohio Valley Wrestling, where he held the Southern Tag Team Championship four times. WWE then moved him to the main roster and put him into an alliance with Kurt Angle and Charlie Haas, known as Team Angle (and later the World's Greatest Tag Team). During his tenure with the company, he has won the Intercontinental Championship three times, the United States Championship once, and the Tag Team Championship twice with Haas. His first reign as Intercontinental Champion is currently the longest of the 21st century, and his reign as United States Champion is tied with the reign of Steve Austin, which is the seventh longest ever.
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