Matt Taven

Matt Taven
Taven as ROH World Champion in 2019
Birth nameMatthew Marinelli[1]
Born (1985-03-20) March 20, 1985 (age 39)[1]
Derry, New Hampshire, U.S.[1]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Matt Taven
The Romantic Touch[2]
Billed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[1]
Billed weight219 lb (99 kg)[3]
Billed fromLos Angeles, California[3]
Boston, Massachusetts
DebutMarch 7, 2008[1]

Matthew Marinelli (born March 20, 1985), known by his ring name, Matt Taven, is an American professional wrestler and wrestling trainer, who wrestles for All Elite Wrestling and its sister promotion, Ring of Honor (ROH), where he is one-half of the current ROH World Tag Team Champions with Mike Bennett in their third reign. Taven and Bennett are also members of the Undisputed Kingdom stable.

Taven is best known for his work with ROH as an original member of The Kingdom and he's the former leader of the 2016-19 revival incarnation. During his tenure in ROH he held the ROH World Championship, ROH World Television Championship, ROH World Tag Team Championship, and ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship. Taven has also worked for the Japanese promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) (where he is a former IWGP Tag Team Champion); Impact Wrestling; and Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) (where he is a former NWA World Historic Welterweight Champion).

In addition to wrestling, Taven and Mike Bennett operated a wrestling school in West Warwick, Rhode Island.[4]

  1. ^ a b c d e "CageMatch". CageMatch. Archived from the original on April 7, 2015. Retrieved September 11, 2012.
  2. ^ "Show results - 6/7 ROH in Collinsville, Ill.: Cole defends ROH Title, Tag Title main event, final show pre-BITW PPV". Pro Wrestling Torch. June 8, 2014. Archived from the original on August 12, 2014. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference CW was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "New ROH PPV bout, Omega-ROH update and more". Pro Wrestling Insider. Archived from the original on September 12, 2018. Retrieved April 23, 2016.

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