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Charles Ronald (Chuck) Palumbo (born June 15, 1971 in Providence, Rhode Island) is an American professional wrestler, who has previously performed for WCW and is currently working for WWE in Deep South Wrestling.

Wrestling career

World Championship Wrestling

Palumbo was offered a training contract by WCW in April 1999, just six months after he first stepped foot into a wrestling ring. In May 2000 Chuck Palumbo made his debut with a brief fued with Lex Luger before joining the "New Blood" faction

The next month Palumbo would form the team "The Perfect Event" with Shawn Stasiak and the pair would go on to win WCW tag team gold together. The pairs main feud was against Kronik (Brian Adams & Bryan Clark). In August Stasiak and Palumbo helped form the Natural Born Thrillers with Mike Sanders, Sean O'Haire, Mark Jindrak, Johnny "The Bull" Stamboli and Reno. They were briefly "coached" by Kevin Nash.

Palumbo and Stasiak won the WCW Tag team gold two more times before spliting in early January, 2001 when he and Stasiak won a tag team battle royal with Sean O'Haire and Mark Jindrak for a future tag team title shot. After the conclusion of the match Mike Sanders declared both teams victorious and that only one member from each team would pair up to face The Insiders (Diamond Dallas Page and Kevin Nash). Palumbo and Stasiak split, Palumbo would begin teaming with Sean O'Haire who would later defeat The Insiders to become tag team champions while Shawn Stasiak and Mark Jindrak would also begin teaming togeather.

In January 2001, The Natural Born thrillers broke up when, The team of Mark Jindrak and Shawn Stasiak would become jealous of Palumbo and O'Haire. The teams would face each other at WCW Superbrawl on February 18th, 2001 for the tag team titles. Palumbo and O'Haire retained their titles.

Palumbo and O'Haire came into the WWF (now WWE) in late June, 2001 as part of The Alliance, Chuck and Sean dropped the WCW Tag Team titles to The Undertaker and Kane in mid- August, 2001.

Later on Sean was sent to developmental territory in early September, 2001 and Chuck was thrown out of The Alliance in late October, 2001 and so he joined the WWF in November, 2001.

World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment

In late 2001, Chuck Palumbo found himself a tag team partner in Billy Gunn, the pair later given a gimmick that saw the pair grow increasingly affectionate toward each other, showing evidence of a homosexual relationship.

On the February 21, 2002 edition of SmackDown! Billy and Chuck defeat Tazz & Spike Dudley to win the WWF World Tag Team Championships. They even found a "personal stylist" in March 21, 2002, the ambiguously flamboyant Rico.

On May 19th, 2002 Billy and Chuck lost the tag team gold to Rikishi and Rico, who was forced to team with Rikishi. Less than a month later Rico would help Billy and Chuck recapture their titles, but this reign wouldnt last long when Billy & Chuck lost the titles to Edge and Hulk Hogan.

In the late summer of 2002, Billy and Chuck were the source of controversy when Chuck apparently proposed to Billy on September 5th, 2002 edition of SmackDown! asking him to be his "partner for life." Billy and Chuck had a marriage ceremony on the 2002 season premiere of SmackDown! Just before they tied the knot, however, they revealed that the entire ordeal was a publicity stunt, and both characters disavowed their on-screen homosexuality and when Billy And Chuck they decided not to go through with the marriage, Rico turned on Billy and Chuck by helping Eric Bischoff and manage 3-Minute Warning attack Billy and Chuck and jumping to the RAW. Billy And Chuck faced 3-Minute Warning at WWE Unforgiven 2002 but lost.

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