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04-17-2007, 03:33 AM
On tonight's edition of Monday Night Raw, the "fan" who debuted against Umaga tonight is actually Ohio Valley Wrestling developmental star Boris Alexiev, who will be a new character in WWE's storylines.
Alexiev (real name Anthony Carelli) had been portraying a Russian monster heel in OVW, but is actually Italian, so WWE came up with the idea of giving him a big debut on the Italian tour.
Some of you may also remember Carelli's name as the OVW student who was slapped around by Jim Cornette in the incident that led to Cornette's departue from WWE.
His Boris Alexiev character was created by Paul Heyman when Heyman was booking OVW and he was later signed to a developmental deal.
Credit: PWInsider.com
Alexiev (real name Anthony Carelli) had been portraying a Russian monster heel in OVW, but is actually Italian, so WWE came up with the idea of giving him a big debut on the Italian tour.
Some of you may also remember Carelli's name as the OVW student who was slapped around by Jim Cornette in the incident that led to Cornette's departue from WWE.
His Boris Alexiev character was created by Paul Heyman when Heyman was booking OVW and he was later signed to a developmental deal.
Credit: PWInsider.com