- Early days
Peter Polaco is best known for his appearances with WWF as Aldo Montoya and ECW as Justin Credible. Polaco trained at the famous Hart Dungeon in Calgary, Alberta Canada with Stu Hart, Keith Hart, and his future tag team partner, Lance Storm. He wrestled his first match on his birthday against Jake Steele. Polaco then returned to America soon after his training was completed and began working for New England based wrestling promotions.
- WWF (1st run)
Polaco wrestled in WWF as a jobber under the name P.J. Walker throughout 1993 and 1994, he was hired full time by WWF agent Pat Patterson in late 1994. His Portuguese ethnicity inspired the WWF to give him the character of Aldo Montoya, the "Portuguese Man O' War", a gimmick which required him to wear a mask that resembled a yellow jockstrap over his head. Polaco befriended The Kliq, an influential group of upper card wrestlers, after Scott Hall (Razor Ramon) offered to mentor him. He then had feuds with Jeff Jarrett and Ted DiBiase.
In 1997, Polaco asked WWF for a release after he was only booked 2 times a month. WWF initially declined and sent him to a developmental promotion in Memphis to sharpen his skills, where he remained for 7 weeks. He was then released on the condition that he could not work for WCW, which was then luring wrestlers away from WWF with the promise of larger salaries. Polaco then left WWF and joined ECW.
- ECW
Then ECW booker Paul Heyman promised to make Polaco a star in the promotion. Polaco then shaved his head and switched to a grunge style of dress, and adopted a cocky, sneering, egomaniacal attitude, renaming himself Justin Credible.
Polaco quickly ascended the ranks, eventually forming a tag team, The Impact Players, with his trainer, Lance Storm. The teaming was successful, as they captured the ECW Tag Team Championships on January 9, 2000. He then went into solo feuds against Sabu, Shane Douglas, and Tommy Dreamer, before once again winning the tag team titles with Storm on March 3, 2000.
Polaco ascended to main event level and finally won the ECW World Heavyweight Championship on April 22, 2000 at CyberSlam from Tommy Dreamer and threw down his ECW World Tag Team Championship. The Impact Players split up and Storm left for WCW soon after. Polaco held the ECW title for over 5 months and finally lost the title to Jerry Lynn on October 1, 2000. At the final ECW PPV, he formed the New Impact Players with Steve Corino.
- WWF (2nd run)
With ECW facing imminent bankruptcy, Polaco returned to the WWF in February 2001, immediately forming an alliance with his off-screen friend, X-Pac and assisting him in his pursuit of the WWF Intercontinental Championship. The duo eventually formed a stable with Albert known as X-Factor. X-Pac and Polaco tried several times to win the WWF Tag Team Championship, but were unsuccessful.
X-Factor eventually split up when Polaco aligned himself with Paul Heyman's band of ECW insurgents and helped form The Alliance with WCW. When Team Alliance lost at Survivor Series, Polaco was fired along with the rest of the Alliance roster (scripted) by Vince McMahon until Ric Flair was able to save his job and get him drafted over to the RAW brand.
Despite being on the RAW brand, Polaco wrestled mostly on Sunday Night HEAT and lost many singles matches he was in. However, he did managed to become an 8-time WWF Hardcore Champion. His last match on RAW was a squash match in which he was defeated by Batista. Polaco was released by WWF in January 2003, with his final televised WWE appearance being a loss to Test on the December 8, 2002 episode of HEAT.
- TNA, ROH and others
After being released by WWF, Polaco wrestled for numerous independent promotions. He has appeared several times for Ring of Honor (ROH), where he was a member of The Carnage Crew, and for Xtreme Pro Wrestling, where he feuded with Shane Douglas. He also appeared in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), forming a stable with several other ex-ECW wrestlers and reviving his feud with Jerry Lynn.
Polaco was also briefly a member of the Xtreme Horsemen in Major League Wrestling with C.W. Anderson, Steve Corino, and Simon Diamond, who were briefly managed by J.J. Dillon. In June 2005, Polaco made appearances on both ECW reunion shows of Hardcore Homecoming and ECW One Night Stand. On November 13, 2005, Polaco, wrestled as P.J. Polaco, was announced as the "mystery opponent" for Raven on the TNA Genesis. In 2006, Polaco was in the main event of the first MTV "Wrestling Society X" Show, the WSX Rumble. He was the first person in the match and the last one eliminated.
- WWE (3rd run)
Polaco was rehired by WWE in June 2006. He returned to WWE television at the June 7, 2006 and took part in a 20 man battle royal. He made several appearances on ECW Sci Fi before being released yet again on September 28, 2006. During this brief run, he only won 2 matches by disqualification. He was unhappy with WWE limiting his in-ring moves and decided to no-show on a few occasions which led to his final release.
- Now
Polaco returned to the independent circuit in 2007 using the name "Justin Credible" once more. He wrestled mostly for the Pro Wrestling Syndicate promotion, along with fellow original ECW wrestlers Sabu, Danny Doring and Julio Dinero. Polaco also make appearaces for the Insane Clown Posse owned Juggalo Championship Wrestling.
Links:
1) Aldo Montoya vs. David Sierra
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/aldo%2Bmontoya/video/x4zedz_aldo-montoya-vs-david-sierra_sport (Thanks to TSteck160)
2) Justin Credible vs. Tommy Dreamer (Stairway To Hell match @ ECW Heatwave 2000)
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/justin%2Bcredible/video/x476lg_ecwstairway-to-hell-2000tommy-dream_sport (Thanks to SPLVIDEO)
3) X-Factor vs. Kane & Hardy Boyz w/ Lita
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-1rN1suk0U (Thanks to extremevids4ever)
4) Justin Credible vs. CM Punk (CM Punk WWE debut)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ha3kl7hcEzU (Thanks to Svr06pat)
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