Colin Delaney

Colin Matthew Delaney (born September 7 1986) is an American professional wrestler from Rochester, New York. He is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) working on its ECW brand. In the past, Delaney wrestled for promotions such as CHIKARA, NWA Upstate, Buffalo Championship Wrestling, NWA Empire, Pro Wrestling Ohio, UWA Hardcore Wrestling, 2cw, and Combat Zone Wrestling under the name Colin Olsen.

NWA territories/Independents
Delaney formerly worked for the CHIKARA, NWA Upstate, UWA Hardcore Wrestling in Canada, Squared Circle Wrestling, Buffalo Championship Wrestling, Roc City Wrestling and CZW promotions under the ring name Colin Olsen as part of the tag team, The Olsen Twins with partner Jimmy Olsen.

Wrestling as Colin Olsen, Delaney has won three wrestling championships. For his 1st championship, he teamed with his kayfabe brother Jimmy to win the NWA Upstate Tag Team Championship on November 13 2004 by defeating the Ring Crew Express (Kevin Dunn and Mean Marcos). They held the belts for over six months before dropping them to The Outcast Killaz on May 14 2005. They also captured the RCW Tag Team Championship on January 20th 2006 defeating the Prophets of Pain (Father Synne and Hard Knox) and retained until June 9th 2006 when they were stripped of the titles after a working arrangement between NWA Upstate and Roc City Wrestling was dissolved.

On May 19, 2007, Olsen defeated "Mastiff" Will Christianson and Damien Alexander to win NWA Empire's Lord of the Dance Championship, a title which can only be contested in three-way matches. Colin's last defense of the title was at on December 8, 2007 where he wrestled his kayfabe brother Jimmy Olsen and "Mastiff" Will Christianson. At an NWA Empire show on February 9, 2008 Colin vacated the title due to his ECW brand commitments.

World Wrestling Entertainment
Delaney made his World Wrestling Entertainment debut as a jobber, seen wrestling on the ECW show. He was first beaten by Shelton Benjamin on the December 18 2007 edition of ECW, before getting squashed by Big Daddy V two weeks later. On the January 8 2008 edition of ECW, Delaney did not face a member of the ECW brand, but instead faced Mark Henry from the SmackDown! brand. Delaney, however, was yet again beaten. On the January 29, 2008 edition of ECW, he was beaten by WWE Tag Team Champions The Miz and John Morrison in a Handicap Match. However, during a post-match beatdown by the Champions, he was saved from a prolonged assault by Tommy Dreamer. On February 24, 2008, Colin Delaney officially signed a three year contract with the WWE.

Delaney picked up his first official win in the WWE on the February 26, 2008 edition of ECW in a tag team match with Tommy Dreamer against The Miz and John Morrison. On the March 11 2008 edition, he and Dreamer challenged for the titles but came up short in an Extreme Rules match after having lost a subsequent title match the week before.

The past few weeks of ECW on Sci-Fi, Delaney has been trying to win a kayfabe contract to compete on ECW (Delaney had signed a contract with the WWE on February 24, 2008).

In wrestling

 * Finishing and signature moves
 * As Colin Delaney
 * Snap DDT
 * Schoolboy
 * Slingshot somersault senton
 * Dropkick, sometimes from the top rope
 * High-angle somersault plancha over the top rope
 * Slingshot crossbody
 * As Colin Olsen
 * Lung Blower (Double knee backbreaker)
 * Diving crossbody
 * Falling lariat onto a grounded opponent


 * Entrance Music
 * He uses an instrumental version of Man in the Box performed by Harry Slash & The Slashtones with Tommy Dreamer in tag matches or when managed by him.
 * During a singles match he uses no entrance music but has a titantron.
 * As Colin Olsen, he would use the beginning bars of the theme from Full House, but then break into "Toxic" By Britney Spears

Championships and accomplishments

 * NWA Empire
 * NWA Empire Lord of the Dance Championship (1 time)


 * NWA Upstate
 * NWA Upstate Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Jimmy Olsen


 * Roc City Wrestling
 * RCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Jimmy Olsen