Editing Dean Malenko (section)

{{Short description|American professional wrestler}}
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{{Infobox professional wrestler
| name        = Dean Malenko
| image       = Dean Malenko.jpg
| caption       = Malenko in 2019 
| names       = [[Halloween (wrestler)|Ciclope]]<ref name="slamboree98"/><br />Dean Malenko<br />Dean Sarcoff
| height      = 5 ft 10 in<ref name="WWEbio"/>
| weight      = 212 lb<ref name="WWEbio"/>
| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1960|8|4}}<ref name="OWOW">{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/d/dean-malenko.html|title=Dean Malenko's Profile|publisher=Online World of Wrestling|access-date=May 24, 2008}}</ref><ref name="acceleratorbio">{{cite web|url=http://www.accelerator3359.com/Wrestling/bios/malenko.html|title=Dean Malenko's Bio|work=Accelerator's Wrestling Rollercoaster|access-date=May 24, 2008}}</ref>
| birth_name  = Dean Shelly Simon
| family      = [[Boris Malenko]] (father)<br />[[Joe Malenko]] (older brother)
| spouse      = {{marriage|Julie Hittinger|1996}}
| children    = 3
| birth_place = [[Irvington, New Jersey]], U.S.
| billed      = [[Tampa, Florida]]<ref name="WWEbio"/>
| trainer     = [[Boris Malenko]]<ref name="WWEbio"/><ref name="OWOW"/>
| debut       = February 18, 1985<ref>cite web|url= https://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=531&page=20</ref>
| retired     = December 11, 2001
}}
'''Dean Shelly Simon'''<ref name="99article">{{cite web |url=http://www.wrestlingclassics.com/wawli/Nos.590-601.html |title=The Past Makes A Bright Present |first=Jim |last=Varsallone |date=1999-01-24 |publisher=Miami Herald |access-date=2012-08-26}}</ref> (born August 4, 1960), better known by the [[ring name]] '''Dean Malenko''', is an American retired [[professional wrestling|professional wrestler]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Greer |first=Jamie |date=2019-05-24 |title=The Iceman Cometh: Dean Malenko Joins AEW As Senior Producer/Coach |url=https://lastwordonsports.com/prowrestling/2019/05/24/dean-malenko-aew/ |access-date=2022-04-09 |website=Last Word on Pro Wrestling}}</ref> He is signed with [[All Elite Wrestling]] (AEW) as a senior producer.<ref name="AEW">{{cite web |last1=Currier |first1=Joseph |title=Dean Malenko signs with AEW as senior producer/coach |url=https://www.f4wonline.com/other-wrestling/dean-malenko-signs-aew-senior-producercoach-284536 |website=WON/F4W – WWE news, Pro Wrestling News, WWE Results, UFC News, UFC results |publisher=Wrestling Observer |access-date=24 May 2019 |language=en |date=24 May 2019}}</ref> He is best known for his time in the [[WWE|World Wrestling Federation]] (WWF, now WWE) as a wrestler and a [[Road Agent (professional wrestling)|road agent]] and [[New Japan Pro-Wrestling]] (NJPW).<ref name="WWEbio">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/superstars/dean-malenko|title=Dean Malenko|publisher=WWE|work=WWE.com|access-date=January 27, 2014}}</ref>

Although never a [[World heavyweight championship (professional wrestling)|world champion]], Malenko achieved championship success in ECW, WCW and the WWF, winning 11 total titles across the three organizations. ''[[Pro Wrestling Illustrated]]'' named Malenko the #1 wrestler in the world in 1997, and he was inducted into the [[Hardcore Hall of Fame]] in 2015.<ref name="pwi500"/> He has been described by commentators as one of the most underrated wrestlers of all time.<ref>[https://www.thesportster.com/wrestling/top-20-underrated-wrestlers-of-all-time/ Top 20 Underrated Wrestlers of All Time]</ref> Multiple-time world champion [[Bryan Danielson]] said that his "number one guy, growing up, was Dean Malenko".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7A0SfjIAsU&t=5m48s|title=Daniel Bryan|date=June 18, 2012|website=[[Peter Rosenberg|Wrestling With Rosenberg]]|access-date=February 20, 2016}}</ref> Following his retirement as an in-ring competitor, he worked as a road agent for WWE from 2001 until 2019.