They don't care about the wrestling aspect. They only care that he was a
felon 17 years ago. MVP tweeted that it was cool it got on TMZ but wishes
they got his name right
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From: "raging_demons" <no_reply@yahoogroups.com>
To: <TheOriginalWWFFanClub@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 5:22 PM
Subject: [TOWWFFC] MVP Signs With New Japan
>I don't know why TMZ made this a big deal but they announced that MVP
>signed a 1-year deal with New Japan.
>
> Source: TMZ
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> "Ex-WWE U.S. champion MVP -- previously barred from Japan because of his
> 9-year stint in U.S. federal prison -- has not only been given clearance
> to enter the country ... he just signed a deal to wrestle there
>
> According to sources close to the wrestler, Montel Vontavious Porter --
> real name Alvin Burke, Jr. -- inked the deal over the weekend to compete
> for New Japan Pro Wrestling ... a contract that involved TONS of red tape
> because of Burke's criminal past.
>
> Burke -- who spent over nine years behind bars after being convicted of
> kidnapping and armed robbery when he was just 16 -- had to fight tooth and
> nail to get the requisite visa given Japan's anti-felon policy ... but was
> eventually successful.
>
> We're told MVP will compete in Japan for at least a year -- and his first
> match is in February."
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