Dean Simon (born August 4, 1960) is an American retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Dean Malenko. He is currently signed to WWE working as a road agent. He is best known for his time with Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW). Malenko was known by the nicknames "The Man of 1,000 Holds" and "The Iceman", the former in recognition of his technical wrestling ability, and the latter for his cold and calculating demeanor. Although never a world champion, Malenko achieved significant championship success in ECW, WCW and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE), holding multiple titles in each organization. Pro Wrestling Illustrated named Malenko the #1 wrestler in the world in 1997.
Along with his work as a wrestler, his family also ran a wrestling school for years. Among the wrestlers he had a hand in training are Molly Holly (Nora Greenwald), Gangrel (David Heath), Chad Collyer, and Tony Mamaluke (Charles Spencer). As a trainer for WWE at their Ohio Valley Wrestling developmental promotion, he worked with Brock Lesnar and Shelton Benjamin.
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As a testament to how tough he actually is, he suffered a heart attack at the age of 50 in 2010 and was back to work within days. Days.
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The Godfather talking about "1000 positions" was not the first time that had been mentioned about Malenko. Ric Flair had already used it on the September 24, 1998 "WCW Thunder.".
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In ECW, he used Salt-N-Pepa's "Whatta Man" as his entrance music when he had Jason "The Sexiest Man on Earth" (Jason Knight) as his manager and Deep Purple's "Perfect Strangers" as a member of the Triple Threat.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
WCW/NWO Uncensored
1998
TV Movie
Dean Malenko
WCW Starrcade 1997
1997
TV Movie
Dean Malenko
WCW World War 3
1997
TV Movie
Dean Malenko
WCW Fall Brawl: War Games
1997
TV Movie
Dean Malenko
WCW Road Wild
1997
TV Movie
Dean Malenko
WCW Slamboree
1997
TV Movie
Dean Malenko
WCW Spring Stampede
1997
TV Movie
Dean Malenko
WCW Uncensored
1997
TV Movie
Dean Malenko
WCW SuperBrawl VII
1997
TV Movie
Dean Malenko
Clash of the Champions
1997/II
TV Movie
Dean Malenko
WCW Starrcade 1996
1996
TV Movie
Dean Malenko
WCW Halloween Havoc
1996
TV Movie
Dean Malenko
Clash of the Champions
1996/II
TV Movie
Dean Malenko
WCW Hog Wild
1996
TV Movie
Dean Malenko
WCW Bash at the Beach
1996
TV Movie
Dean Malenko
WCW The Great American Bash
1996
TV Movie
Dean Malenko
WCW Slamboree '96: Lethal Lottery
1996
TV Movie
Dean Malenko
Clash of the Champions
1996/I
TV Movie
Dean Malenko
Clash of the Champions XIX
1992
TV Movie
Dean Malenko
Saturday Night's Main Event
1986
TV Series
Referee
WWF Raw
2000-2012
TV Series
Dean Malenko
WWE Smackdown!
2000-2011
TV Series
Dean Malenko
WWE Sunday Night Heat
2000
TV Series
Dean Malenko
No Way Out
2000
TV Movie
Dean Malenko
WCW Souled Out
2000
TV Movie
Dean Malenko
WCW Monday Nitro
1995-2000
TV Series
Dean Malenko
WCW Starrcade
1999
TV Movie
Dean Malenko
WCW Thunder
1998-1999
TV Series
Dean Malenko
WCW Mayhem
1999
TV Movie
Dean Malenko
WCW Halloween Havoc
1999
TV Movie
Dean Malenko
WCW Fall Brawl
1999
TV Movie
Dean Malenko
WCW Road Wild
1999
TV Movie
Dean Malenko
WCW Bash at the Beach
1999
TV Movie
Dean Malenko
WCW Slamboree
1999
TV Movie
Dean Malenko
WCW Spring Stampede
1999
TV Movie
Dean Malenko
WCW Uncensored
1999
TV Movie
Dean Malenko
WCW SuperBrawl IX
1999
TV Movie
Dean Malenko
WCW: Nitro
1998
Video Game
Dean Malenko
WCW/NWO World War 3
1998
TV Movie
Dean Malenko
WCW/NWO Fall Brawl: War Games
1998
TV Movie
Dean Malenko
WCW/NWO Road Wild
1998
TV Movie
Dean Malenko
WCW World Championship Wrestling
1998
TV Series
Dean Malenko
WCW/NWO Bash at the Beach
1998
TV Movie
Dean Malenko
WCW/NWO The Great American Bash
1998
TV Movie
Dean Malenko
WCW/NWO Slamboree
1998
TV Movie
Dean Malenko
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
WWF Raw
2014
TV Series producer - 1 episode
E.C.W.
2008-2009
TV Series producer - 3 episodes
WWE: The Bash
2009
TV Special producer
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
WWE Smackdown!
1999
TV Series road agent - 2001-
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
WWE: OMG! Volume 2 - The Top 50 Incidents in WCW
2014
Himself
The Monday Night War: WWE vs. WCW
2014
TV Series documentary
Himself
WWE Hall of Fame 2013
2013
TV Special
Himself
Breaking the Code: Behind the Walls of Chris Jericho
2010
Video
Himself / Dean Malenko
WWE: The Rise and Fall of WCW
2009
Video
Himself
Viva la Raza: The Legacy of Eddie Guerrero
2008
Video
Himself
WWE Vengeance
2007
TV Special
Dean Malenko
The Most Powerful Families in Wrestling
2007
Video
Himself
Ric Flair & The Four Horsemen
2007
Video documentary
Himself
WWE Vengeance
2006
TV Special
Dean Malenko
WWE Royal Rumble
2006
TV Special
Dean Malenko
Brian Pillman: Loose Cannon
2006
Video documentary
Himself
WWF Raw
2003-2005
TV Series
Himself
WWE Royal Rumble
2005
TV Special
Dean Malenko
Hard Knocks: The Chris Benoit Story
2004
Video documentary
Himself
Cheating Death, Stealing Life: The Eddie Guerrero Story
2004
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Rey Mysterio: 619
2003
Video documentary
Himself
ECW: Hardcore TV - Mental!
2003
Video
Himself
Lita: It Just Feels Right
2001
Video documentary
Himself
WWF Judgment Day
2001
TV Special
Dean Malenko
WWF Insurrextion
2001
TV Special
Dean Malenko
WrestleMania X-Seven
2001
TV Special
Dean Malenko
WWF Rebellion
2000
TV Special
Dean Malenko
Survivor Series
2000
TV Special
Dean Malenko
WWF Judgment Day
2000
TV Special
Dean Malenko
WWF Insurrextion
2000
TV Special
Dean Malenko
WWF Backlash
2000
TV Special
Dean Malenko
WrestleMania 2000
2000
TV Special
Dean Malenko
WCW World Title Tournament
1999
TV Special
Dean Malenko
WWE Jakked
1999
TV Series
Himself (2000-2001)
WCW Monday Nitro
1999
TV Series
Himself
WWE Metal
1998
TV Series
Himself (2000-2001)
WWE Sunday Night Heat
1998
TV Series
Himself (2000-2001)
ECW Enter Sandman
1995
Video
Himself
ECW Three Way Dance
1995
TV Special
Himself
ECW Hostile City Showdown 1995
1995
Video
Himself
ECW Return of the Funker
1995
Video
Himself
ECW November to Remember
1994
Video
Himself
Eastern Championship Wrestling
1993
TV Series
Himself (1995)
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
WWE Hall of Fame
2015
TV Special
Himself
The Road Is Jericho: Epic Stories & Rare Matches from Y2J
2015
Video
Himself
WCW Greatest Pay-Per-View Matches, Volume 1
2014
Video
Dean Malenko
WWE: ECW Unreleased, Vol. 2
2013
Video
Dean Malenko
Barbed Wire City: The Unauthorized Story of Extreme Championship Wrestling
2013
Video documentary
Himself
The Top 100 Moments in Raw History
2012
Video
Himself
WWE: The Biggest Matches in ECW History
2012
Video
Dean Malenko
WWE: The Best of WCW Clash of the Champions
2012
Video
Dean Malenko
WWE: The Best of SmackDown - 10th Anniversary 1999-2009