(1960-08-04) August 4, 1960 (age 63)[1][2] Irvington, New Jersey, U.S.
Spouse(s)
Julie Hittinger
(m. 1996)
Children
3
Family
Boris Malenko (father) Joe Malenko (brother)
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
Ciclope[3] Dean Malenko Dean Sarcoff Great Pumpkin
Billed height
5 ft 10 in (178 cm)[4]
Billed weight
212 lb (96 kg)[4]
Billed from
Tampa, Florida, U.S.[4]
Trained by
Boris Malenko[4][1]
Debut
February 18, 1985[5]
Retired
February 27, 2007
Dean Simon[6] (born August 4, 1960), better known by the ring name Dean Malenko, is an American retired professional wrestler.[7] He is currently signed with All Elite Wrestling (AEW) as a senior producer.[8] He is best known for his time with Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW). He is also known for his time in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) as a wrestler and a road agent and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW).[4]
Although never a world champion, Malenko achieved championship success in ECW, WCW and the WWF, winning 11 total titles across the three organizations. Pro Wrestling Illustrated named Malenko the #1 wrestler in the world in 1997, and he was inducted into the Hardcore Hall of Fame in 2015.[9] He has been described by commentators as one of the most underrated wrestlers of all time.[10] Multiple-time world champion Bryan Danielson said that his "number one guy, growing up, was Dean Malenko".[11] Following his retirement as an in-ring competitor, he worked as a road agent for WWE from 2001 until 2019.
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^"Dean Malenko's Bio". Accelerator's Wrestling Rollercoaster. Retrieved May 24, 2008.
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^ abcde"Dean Malenko". WWE.com. WWE. Retrieved January 27, 2014.
^Varsallone, Jim (January 24, 1999). "The Past Makes A Bright Present". Miami Herald. Retrieved August 26, 2012.
^Greer, Jamie (May 24, 2019). "The Iceman Cometh: Dean Malenko Joins AEW As Senior Producer/Coach". Last Word on Pro Wrestling. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
^Currier, Joseph (May 24, 2019). "Dean Malenko signs with AEW as senior producer/coach". WON/F4W – WWE news, Pro Wrestling News, WWE Results, UFC News, UFC results. Wrestling Observer. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
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^Top 20 Underrated Wrestlers of All Time
^"Daniel Bryan". Wrestling With Rosenberg. June 18, 2012. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
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a Russian heel. He was the father of professional wrestlers Joe and DeanMalenko. Simon was born in Newark, New Jersey and raised in Irvington, New Jersey...
better known by his ring name, Joe Malenko. He is the son of Boris Malenko and the older brother of DeanMalenko. Malenko wrestled as Karl Gotch Jr. in Mexico's...
Perry Saturn, and DeanMalenko. Terri later joined the group by proxy after becoming Saturn's on-screen girlfriend. O'Haire, Malenko, and Saturn all had...
contest against DeanMalenko at the Bash at the Beach. During the match, Double D confronted Anderson, who got into the ring. Malenko intervened and,...
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to WWF during the Attitude Era with his WCW colleagues Chris Benoit, DeanMalenko and Perry Saturn, who formed a group called The Radicalz. Guerrero went...
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Championship, on him to be the long-term champion of the company. Benoit and DeanMalenko won the ECW World Tag Team Championship – Benoit's first American title –...
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title shots for the World Cruiserweight Championship, this time against DeanMalenko on the December 2 episode of Nitro and the December 14 episode of Saturday...
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