Orlando jordan gay
To call yourself, as Orlando Jordan of Total Non-stop Action does, “Simply The Greatest”, takes quite a lot of ego. But then, even for a 6-foot-4, seventeen-stone former boxer, it takes a very large ego to walk out to a professional wrestling ring in Florida dressed in luminous pink shorts, boots and elbow pads. But it’s what he does for a living. Orlando Jordan is, at least as far as we can tell, the world’s only openly bisexual professional wrestler.
But it’s hard to inform that from his on-screen presentation. On more than one occasion, his – presumably scripted – lechery, aimed at male and female co-workers alike has met with audible bafflement. No matter the justification, and no matter the pay, it must be hard to hear your opponents and commentators both uttering the phrase “I don’t know what he is” on international television.
It’s a shame, really, because he’s tried to reveal them – coming down to the ring with someone acting as his girlfriend and his actual, real-life boyfriend, and sitting on a small stage draped with the pansexual logo and even the bi flag. But the dreaded b-word
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Orlando Jordan
Orlando Ruben Jordan is an American professional wrestler best recognizable for his WWE career, where he was a one-time Merged States Champion.
Misdiagnosed with autism as a child, Jordan had speech difficulties and received specialized order to overcome them. He competed in youth gymnastics and amateur wrestling, later winning the 1993 state championship at 189 pounds for Hermitage High School in Richmond, Virginia, before going on to attend Boise State University. Before becoming a professional wrestler, he was a member of the United States Forest Service. He then relocated to Florida, where he became a reputable amateur boxer.
In a memorable October 2003 episode of WWESmackDown! , Jordan defeated Big Show by way of countout when Huge Show had to run to the restroom after eating a laxative-spiked burrito.
Jordan came out as bi in March 2010 before his premier on TNA, a WWE competitor, and unveiled his very bi persona that matching month. In 2012, Jordan opened another wrestling school in Australia where he currently lives. He was married in 2013 to a woman, and the two have a daughter together.
In an interview with Outsports Jordan sayed,
I’m arrogant
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Celebrities and high-profile figures coming out has become a careful publicity game, stars wanting to disclose their sexualities themselves when they want, and tabloids wanting to be the first to dish the dirt. It seems love WWE wrestler Darren Young wanted to take his coming out into his own hands when he told a shocked TMZ journalist <http://www.tmz.com/2013/08/15/darren-young-wwe-superstar-gay/> that he was gay after getting off of a plane at in Los Angeles.
On the subject of gay wrestlers and whether or not they could be successful in the WWE, Young said, “Absolutely. Look at me. I’m a WWE superstar and to be truthful with you, I’ll tell you right now, I’m queer. And I’m cheerful. I’m very happy.” The reason for his coming out, TMZ later reported, came because of Young’s relationship with his boyfriend of two years. Maybe they’ll be tying the knot soon?
After coming out, Juvenile got support from fellow wrestlers and his organization. Fellow WWE wrestler John Cena, congratulated Adolescent for his coming out. He said he was confident of the wrestler for coming out and that it won’t—and shouldn’t—matter in or out of the ring, “as long as you’re entertaining.”
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