Matt Taven
American professional wrestler
Matthew Marinelli (born March 20, 1985), better known by his ring name Matt Taven, is an American professional wrestler and trainer. He is signed to Ring of Honor (ROH), where he is one-half of The Kingdom with Michael Bennett.
Taven is best known for his work with ROH as an original member of The Kingdom, being the former leader of its 2016-19 revival incarnation. He is a former ROH World Champion, ROH World Television Champion, three-time ROH World Tag Team Champion with Mike Bennett, and a three-time ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champion with T. K. O'Ryan and Vinny Marseglia. Taven has also worked for the Japanese promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he is a former IWGP Tag Team Champion, Impact Wrestling, where he is a former Impact World Tag Team Champion, and Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), where he is a former NWA World Historic Welterweight Champion and participated in the main event of the CMLL 85th Anniversary Show.
In addition to wrestling, Taven and Bennett operated a wrestling school in West Warwick, Rhode Island.
Professional wrestling career
Early career (2008–2009)
Marinelli, using the ring name Matt Taven, made his professional wrestling debut on March 7, 2008. During his first year, Taven worked mainly for Top Rope Promotions (TRP) and Collision Pro Wrestling (CPW) in Massachusetts. While working for TRP, he challenged for the vacant TRP Interstate Championship in a six-way ladder match that also included Buck Nasty, Gregory Edwards, J. Freddie, Ryan Waters and Spike Dudley; Nasty won the title.
Ring of Honor (2009–2021)
Debut; ROH Television Champion (2009–2014)
Taven debuted for Ring of Honor (ROH) on May 8, 2009, losing a dark match to Jaleel Patel.
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