Montel Vontavious Porter
MVP in 2019 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Alvin Burke Jr. October 28, 1973 Miami, Florida, U.S. |
| Children | 1 |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Antonio Banks Antonio Bank$ Lord of War Montel Vontavious Porter MVP |
| Billed height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) |
| Billed weight | 259 lb (117 kg) |
| Billed from | Miami, Florida |
| Trained by | Soulman Alex G Norman Smiley |
| Debut | June 29, 1999 |
Hassan Hamid Assad (born Alvin Antonio Burke Jr.; October 28, 1973), better known by his ring name Montel Vontavious Porter (MVP), is an American professional wrestler, manager, and submission grappler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is the on-screen manager of The Hurt Syndicate. He has also worked in WWE, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW).
After concluding his training under Soulman Alex G and Norman Smiley, MVP began wrestling for numerous independent promotions, including a stint in TNA. He won various championships in singles competition. He first signed with WWE in 2005 and was assigned to Deep South Wrestling, one of the company's developmental territories at the time. After being promoted to the SmackDown brand, he made his main roster debut in October 2006, and became two-time WWE United States Champion, with his first reign being the longest in SmackDown history at 343 days. He is also a former one-time WWE Tag Team Champion with Matt Hardy.
After his departure from WWE in 2010, MVP joined New Japan Pro-Wrestling in 2011 and spent the next two years there, becoming a one-time (and the inaugural) IWGP Intercontinental Champion. He subsequently returned to the independent circuit and made appearances in TNA and ROH. He returned to WWE in January 2020 and left in August 2024, debuting in AEW the following month.