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56-516: The team plays its home games at the stadium on the campus of John Dewey High School . The team's colors are white and blue. The Brooklyn Italians are generally regarded as one of the most successful semi-pro teams in the United States, with a linear history that now stretches back over 60 years. Founded in 1949 by John DeVivo, an Italian immigrant to the New York area , the team was originally part of

112-549: A singles match . Afterwards JTG attacked O'Brian until Kozlov made a save and attacked JTG. He wrestled on the May 26 episode of Superstars as a face in a losing effort against Curt Hawkins . He officially cemented his status as a heel on the June 7 episode of NXT Redemption when he attacked Yoshi Tatsu on JTG's in ring segment "Straight Outta Brooklyn". As he was going backstage, Matt Striker came out and announced JTG would face Tatsu in

168-463: A "muppet" while Novak was calling Regal out to a match, turning him heel . Two weeks later, Novak was on eliminated, being the first to no longer be part of the show. In the 2011 WWE draft , JTG was drafted to the Raw brand in the supplemental draft via WWE.com on April 26, 2011. On the May 24 episode of NXT , JTG had a feud with Vladimir Kozlov 's rookie Conor O'Brian after he was pinned by O'Brian in

224-605: A Battle Royal at the promotion's Spring Break 4 event the following day, which was broadcast on FITE TV . On November 6, JTG won the VIP Wrestling Heavyweight Championship in Haltom City, Texas, becoming his first solo championship after defeating Gino, Shane Taylor, and Will Allday. He reappeared at the wrestling promotion on January 29, 2021, after issuing an open challenge to take his championship title, which Alex Hammerstone accepted but lost. He returned to

280-471: A backstage segment when they vandalised JBL's limo. After a house show match, Cena announced they had created a faction called CTC, "Cryme Tyme Cenation". Separately, Cryme Tyme started a feud with then World Tag Team Champions Ted DiBiase and Cody Rhodes , stealing their championship belts for a time, then losing a title match to them at Unforgiven . JTG entered early into the Royal Rumble match at

336-557: A fan, and the following week, stole Cade's and gave it away to a fan. In the middle of this feud , on September 2, 2007, both Paul and Gaspard were released from WWE. Paul, along with Gaspard wrestled at the Jersey All Pro Wrestling 10th Anniversary Show on October 27, 2007. Wrestling as Crime Time, they defeated The Dirty Rotten Scoundrelz. Paul appeared in Derby City Wrestling (DCW) at their end of year show. He

392-554: A girlfriend and manager in Tamina in November 2011, leading to a feud with The Usos, whom Tamina had formerly managed; JTG continually found himself losing to The Usos. Alicia Fox then approached JTG in May 2012 and offered to give him a makeover, which JTG accepted. On the May 9 episode of NXT Redemption , JTG debuted a new look and defeated Yoshi Tatsu, which was his first and only win in 2012, as JTG soon reverted to losing matches for

448-543: A match, which JTG lost. On the July 19 and August 2 episodes of NXT Redemption , Kozlov started a feud with JTG beating him two times in a row with Kozlov also dressed like JTG in the second match. The feud ended when Kozlov was released by WWE on August 5, 2011. JTG scored his first win in months on the August 5 episode of SmackDown teaming with David Otunga and Michael McGillicutty to defeat The Usos and Trent Barreta . JTG gained

504-470: A shot at the World Tag Team Championships. They then competed mainly on Heat for the next few months, although they made a backstage appearance at WrestleMania 23 . They also took part in the tag team battle royal on April 2. After Mr. McMahon 's " death ", Cryme Tyme plugged some merchandise and auctions in memory of him. On the June 29, 2007 episode of SmackDown , Cryme Tyme

560-712: A student chooses a preferred language, the course must be taken for either for 4 or 12 cycles. Art and music are important in the Dewey curriculum, a student can take photography, music, or film classes. Each student must take 2 cycles of each. As in all high school in New York City, Dewey offers health education and physical education. Each student must take 14 cycles of physical education and 2 cycles of health, totaling 16 cycles. There are also many electives and extra curricular activities, such as dance, business education, technology, home economics, and health careers and occupations. There

616-524: Is The Dewey Dragons . Teams have expanded to include lacrosse, boys' and girls' softball, boys' and girls' tennis, and girls' volleyball. In 1999, John Dewey High School was one of ten schools nationwide to receive the 10th Annual Businessweek Award for Instructional Innovation for incorporating technology into the classroom. The award and grant of $ 1,500 was presented at Businessweek's annual conference in San Francisco . In 2000, John Dewey High School

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672-972: Is a public high school in Gravesend , Brooklyn , New York City . It was founded and based on the educational principles of John Dewey . The school, under the supervision of the New York City Department of Education , was named a New American High School in 2000. The school opened on September 8, 1969, with 1,130 freshmen and sophomores. It grew in the next two academic years to include juniors and seniors. There currently are over 3,200 students. It counts among its alumni producer and director Larry Charles , filmmaker Spike Lee , Pulitzer Prize winner Donald Margulies , radio personality David Brody , photographer Gregory Crewdson , WWE wrestler Jayson Paul (aka JTG), scientist Robert Sapolsky , astrologer-journalist Eric Francis , news correspondent Ray Suarez , and film actress Michelle Ye . John Dewey High School

728-575: Is a college chapter at the University of Vermont , and an international chapter in Balti, Moldova. Formerly known as ARISTA , the scholastic honor society is served through its National Honor Society chapter. Applicants must have achieved an overall scholastic average of 90 or above. The student must also have a record of service performed each cycle (term) in a school facility. In the early decades of its operation, Dewey had no letter or number grades, and there

784-477: Is also a COOP program for senior students. Dewey has been credited for being a college-like high school because classes are not restricted by the students' year, and for its campus. John Dewey High School offers approximately 17 Advanced Placement courses, one of the highest for New York City public high schools. These include courses in John Dewey High School houses the first Academy of Finance , which

840-455: Is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his time in WWE under the ring name JTG. Paul began his professional wrestling career in 2006 with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), being assigned to their developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), where he was a two-time OVW Southern Tag Team Champion (with Shad Gaspard , as part of Cryme Tyme ). In 2006, Cryme Tyme

896-638: Is currently split into four cycles. In order to graduate, students must pass a certain number of classes in each department. For example, each student must take 16 cycles of English: 8 literature classes, 4 writing classes, 2 communication classes, and 2 electives. For Social Studies, each student must take 16 cycles of classes. Students need 8 global history courses, 4 American history, 2 economic classes, and 2 government classes. Mathematics requires 12 cycles, and each student must complete Math A. The Science Department requires students to take 12 cycles of classes. The foreign language options are Spanish and Chinese. When

952-424: Is home to the first Council For Unity , a national non-profit organization founded in 1975 Robert DeSena, who was a Dewey teacher at that time. Its mission is to establish racial harmony, respect, peace, and an end to violence in schools and the surrounding community. The Council for Unity network currently is at more than sixty schools and community centers in New York City, Long Island, Texas, and California. There

1008-489: Is now located in more than 275 high schools nationwide. Each student is allowed to apply for the Academy of Finance. During the sophomore year, a student who is interested in joining submits an application and waits for an interview with the Academy coordinator. The Academy of Finance is only available to juniors and seniors who have applied during their sophomore year. This program is no longer available. John Dewey High School

1064-625: The 2009 Royal Rumble pay-per-view in January, after cheating to get a spot instead of Shad. JTG lasted nearly 12 minutes before he was eliminated by The Undertaker . On the January 26 episode of Raw , JTG and Shad attempted to win the World Tag Team Championship from John Morrison and the Miz , but were unsuccessful. On April 15, 2009, Cryme Tyme were drafted to the SmackDown brand as part of

1120-411: The 2009 supplemental draft . They earned a Unified WWE Tag Team Championship match against Jeri-Show ( Chris Jericho and Big Show ) for SummerSlam after defeating The Hart Dynasty on the July 31 episode of SmackDown . On the August 7 episode of SmackDown , JTG pinned Jericho in a major upset, however at SummerSlam they lost the match after Show hit JTG in the face and Jericho pinned him. At

1176-609: The Brooklyn Cyclones . The team originated as a small after-school club and gradually grew into a highly-selective program with its own classes and curriculum, and currently consists of over fifty members who work during and after school in an industrial arts shop located in the school. For more than 30 years, Dewey did not have varsity sports teams. The lack of inter-school sports competition grew out of its educational design, meant to de-emphasize competition, winning and losing, and to encourage achievement for its own sake. However,

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1232-545: The COVID-19 pandemic . Gaspard died three months later on May 17, disbanding the tag team. Three months after Gaspard's death, JTG made his first wrestling appearance at VxS Wrestling on August 16, 2020, losing to Brian Cage . He also appeared at Brii Combination Wrestling on September 5 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. On October 9, JTG defeated Trey Miguel at Game Changer Wrestling's For The Culture event, and also participated in

1288-602: The National Challenge Cup , winning the title twice during the pre-MLS all-amateur era, in 1979 (when they were still called the Dodgers) and 1991 , and reaching the final in 1981 and 1990 . As a result of their success in the 1990 tournament, the Italians played in the qualifying rounds of the 1991 CONCACAF Champions' Cup . In April 1991, they beat Bermudian side Dandy Town Hornets 4–3 on aggregate; they withdrew before

1344-481: The New York Daily News . Their efforts have resulted in beating some of the top high schools in the country and some of the specialized high schools in New York City, such as Brooklyn Tech and Stuyvesant High School . Their accomplishments have led to visits from the previous New York City school chancellor Dennis Walcott and astronaut Gregory Olsen . The team has also participated in the opening pitch for

1400-456: The Royal Rumble , JTG entered his second royal rumble match but only lasted 25 seconds getting eliminated by CM Punk . At WrestleMania XXVI , Cryme Tyme competed in the dark match battle royal, but neither won the match. On the April 2, 2010 episode of SmackDown , Cryme Tyme was quickly defeated by John Morrison and R-Truth . The loss of the match prompted Gaspard to attack JTG, breaking up

1456-603: The famous club in Argentina , but played just one season with this name before resigning from the ASL in 1964. For the next 20 years or so the team continued to play in amateur leagues under various names – at one time or another were they known as Palermo Football Club and the Brooklyn Dodgers (after the former Brooklyn baseball team ) – before reverting to their original name in 1991. They were also regular participants in

1512-535: The ring name The Neighborhoodie . While there, he was placed into a tag team with Shad Gaspard . They held the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship on two occasions. In 2006, the tag team was promoted from OVW to the Raw brand under the name " Cryme Tyme ", with Paul changing his name to JTG . On September 4, 2006, a series of vignettes began airing on Raw , hyping the debut of Cryme Tyme. On

1568-633: The "Dewey or Don't We?" talent show. As of the 2016–2017 school year, John Dewey High School students participate in SING! , an annual student-run musical production which is exclusive to New York City public high schools. Dewey's nationally ranked and award-winning robotics team, Team #333, also known as The Megalodons, has participated in various national and regional competitions. The team avidly participates in " FIRST Robotics ," an international competition that attracts schools with robotics teams. The team has also been featured in various local newspapers, including

1624-695: The Film Class titled "A Block From Home" which was about an innocent victim who was caught in cross fire gun violence nearby Sheepshead Bay High School and takes on the progressive healing and the will to forge ahead. It was a part of Tribeca Film Festival in the Our City My Story event. In 2013, U.S. News & World Report awarded John Dewey High School a silver medal for ranking as one of America's Top High Schools, and for ranking #127 in New York State. In 2015, Niche named John Dewey High School as

1680-823: The Heavyweight Championship title from Jacob Fatu , though lost the match. JTG published his first book Damn! Why Did I Write This Book? in May 2015, followed by its sequel Damn! Why Did I Write This Book Too? How to Play the Game the following year. He published his third book and first fitness e-book, The Newbies Guide To Big Biceps: So Easy To Follow A Child Could Do It! in December 2020. As an actor, JTG made his film debut in Bad Night and appeared in The Last Sharknado: It's About Time . In 2017, he appeared on

1736-820: The Memorial Claudio Sassi in Italy, the Dallas Cup, the President's Day Tournament in Phoenix, and college showcases across the country. International travel is encouraged, and teams have trained with many of the elite teams from Italy. In 2020, the team was not listed among the clubs taking part in the 2020 NPSL season. On May 5, 2021, the New York Red Bulls announced the Italians as an official Academy Affiliate. John Dewey High School John Dewey High School

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1792-664: The Metropolitan Soccer League in the early 1950s, before joining the American Soccer League prior to the 1956–57 season . The Italians finished seventh in their first season in the ASL behind champions New York Hakoah . The Italians changed their name to the Inter-Brooklyn Italians when they merged with a local rival club in 1961, became Inter SC in 1962, and before the 1963 season the team changed its name again and became Boca Juniors , named after

1848-504: The OVW Southern Tag Team Championship for the second time. On August 13, 2007, Cryme Tyme returned to their hometown of New York City on an episode of Raw from Madison Square Garden , losing to then-World Tag Team Champions Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch in a non-title match by disqualification when Shad used a chair on Murdoch. On the August 20, 2007 episode of Raw , Cryme Tyme stole Murdoch's hat and sold it to

1904-505: The October 16, 2006 episode of Raw , Cryme Tyme debuted and defeated two members of the then named World Tag Team Champions , The Spirit Squad ( Mikey and Johnny ), in a non-title match. In November 2006, at the Cyber Sunday pay-per-view , Cryme Tyme defeated Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch , Charlie Haas , Viscera , and The Highlanders in a Texas tornado tag team match (as voted by

1960-586: The SmackDown roster wrestling against talent such as Mike Knox , Chavo Guerrero , Jack Swagger , CM Punk , Vance Archer , and even teaming with other talent such as MVP , Chris Masters , and Trent Barreta in tag team action and in six man tag team action since the team split up. JTG was announced to be one of the Pros for NXT Redemption , mentoring Jacob Novak. On the May 3, 2011 episode of NXT , he started his feud with William Regal when Regal called him

2016-507: The campus and the school, such as the Octoberfest, Club Fair, Multicultural Show, Fashion Show, Clash of the Genres (in which different music genres compete), Country Fair (with games, inflatable balloons, caricatures, music, food, sports, and other activities are held all over the school), Field Day, Spirit Week, Blood Drive (students 16 or older have the option to donate blood to those in need) and

2072-504: The fans). As part of their gimmick , Cryme Tyme regularly stole items belonging to other wrestlers and on-air personalities, and sold them to fans. They were also selling false entry numbers at the Royal Rumble . A few months later at the New Year's Revolution pay-per-view, Cryme Tyme won a tag team turmoil match against The Highlanders, World's Greatest Tag Team , Cade and Murdoch, and "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan and Super Crazy , earning them

2128-546: The fifth best high school in Brooklyn, the second best high school in the New York City Department of Education 's District 21, top 100 most diverse schools in New York State , and was given an "Overall Niche Grade" of a B+, the only school in the district to achieve this grade. In 2016, Niche gave John Dewey High School an "Overall Niche Grade" of an A−. Jayson Paul Jayson Anthony Paul (born December 10, 1984)

2184-505: The majority of New York City public schools, Dewey does not share its campus with any other school. The campus includes the main building, a statue as well as stone plaques to honor alumni. The school has a football, soccer, lacrosse, and softball field which is utilized in various ways. The school also has an outdoor tennis field and two parking lots. The library has a collections of more than 30,000 books, magazines, and about 12 computers for student, parent, and faculty use. Students utilize

2240-920: The many facilities in which they work side by side with either their teachers, peers, and friends. This enables students to fulfill their personal interests and can concurrently build a steady foundation for advancements in their life. Most classroom are outfitted with 2 to 40 computers or laptops. Classroom are also equipped with Smart Boards, Promethean Boards and Elmo Projectors. The Student Organization facilitates clubs in organizing and fundraising. John Dewey High School offers clubs such as: Anime, Asian, Art-Ink, Christian Culture, Ceramics, Classic Rock, Chess, Dance, Diversity, Fashion Design, Finance, Gardening Club, The Video Game Club, Cinema Club, Key Club , Hebrew Culture, Award Winning Robotics Team, Math, Marine Science, Muslim Culture, Modeling, Model Congress, Sci-Fi, Gay-Straight Alliance, Soccer, and Softball. New clubs are created every year. There are annual events throughout

2296-518: The promotion again on March 26, defeating Carlito , and has continued to make appearances with the promotion, with his most recent being on March 6, 2022, in a match against Shane Taylor . In February 2021, he appeared at Florida-based wrestling promotions and returned to VxS Wrestling in New Jersey, defeating Mance Warner . On April 9, he appeared at VxS Wrestling's Lucid Dreams show in Tampa, Florida that

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2352-570: The rest of 2012 and 2013, including his final match, which was a loss to Santino Marella on the September 20, 2013 episode of Superstars . After not appearing on WWE television in 2014, JTG was released on June 12. In June 2014, JTG and tag team partner Shad Gaspard began taking bookings as Crime Time, changing the spelling of their name in order to avoid a lawsuit from WWE. On August 23, 2014, for Warriors of Wrestling, Crime Time and The Blue Meanie were defeated by Chachi, Verna and J-George. This

2408-423: The school has intramural athletic programs, in which students can play various sports for recreation. However, starting in the 2011–2012 school year, the school changed its stance on competition and competitive sports with other public high schools began, following a majority vote for it. It started with boys' and girls' soccer teams and girls' basketball, cross country, and cheerleading. The team name for all sports

2464-682: The second round of the tournament. In November 1991 they lost 6–1 on aggregate to Club Universidad de Guadalajara in the first round of the 1991 CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup . The Italians joined the National Premier Soccer League in 2010, with head coach Joe Barone calling it "a new adventure". In addition to the new NPSL side, the Italians continue to field a number of teams in the New York-based Cosmopolitan Soccer League . The Italians also regularly compete in various amateur tournaments world-wide, including

2520-445: The team. Their feud culminated with a strap match at Extreme Rules which JTG won. After JTG won against Caylen Croft , Gaspard immediately attacked him unsuccessfully. Shad won a rematch on the May 6 episode of Superstars , but their feud came to an end when Gaspard was sent to Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW). Also after the split up of Cryme Tyme in 2010 JTG went on to compete in singles and in tag team action strictly on

2576-792: Was JTG's first match since leaving WWE. He appeared at wrestling events by himself or with Gaspard as part of Crime Time in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. In 2017, he wrestled for Joey Ryan 's California Bar Wrestling promotion in matches alone and alongside Gaspard. In 2019, he wrestled a tag match with Shad at a Game Changer Wrestling /Suburban Fight Pro event, and in a battle royal at Joey Janela 's Spring Break 3. On February 15, 2020, Crime Time appeared at former WWE wrestler Santino Marella's Battle Arts promotion in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, which would be their final match together as following scheduled events were cancelled due to

2632-463: Was also the first "educational-option" school in New York City, in which applicants are admitted through academic groups based on their citywide test scores: high, middle, and low-achieving. Dewey selects students from each of the three groups. Other schools in the city, such as Edward R. Murrow High School , Murry Bergtraum High School and Norman Thomas High School have since opened, following Dewey's "ed-op" system of admissions. Each academic year

2688-735: Was broadcast on FITE TV in a match against Dr. Cube. After being attacked by Dr. Cube and his entourage, he was saved by Big Cass and won the match. On October 22, he made his PCW Ultra debut in Wilmington, California, where he was defeated by Steve Madison . On October 24, he won the Waco Association Wrestling Championship in Waco, Texas after defeating Juventud Guerrera . On June 6, JTG made his National Wrestling Alliance debut at their When Our Shadows Fall pay-per-view event, defeating Fred Rosser . A month later on July 6, he

2744-535: Was defeated by Chris Adonis in an attempt to earn his NWA National Championship title. In December of that year, he formed a tag team with Dirty Dango under the name "Dirty Sexy Boys." On April 1, 2022, JTG, in his first WWE appearance in eight years, appeared with Shad Gaspard 's wife and son in the 2022 WWE Hall of Fame ceremony, awarding the Warrior award to Gaspard. On February 3, 2023, JTG appeared at House of Glory 's The Beginning show in an attempt to earn

2800-407: Was defeated by Deuce 'n Domino (with Cherry ) in an inter-brand match tag team match. While Deuce, Domino and Cherry celebrated their victory, Cryme Tyme appeared on the titantron and, in storyline, stole their car, taking it to Brisco Brothers Auto to sell it for parts chanting their signature catchphrase , " Money money, yeah, yeah ". On July 21, 2007, Cryme Tyme defeated The James Boys to win

2856-796: Was named a New American High School for serving as a model for schools nationwide that have achieved high levels of success, and was showcased nationally at the White House . In 2003, John Dewey High School was named as one of 209 successful schools that then-chancellor Joel L. Klein exempted from the citywide uniform curriculum. In 2007, John Dewey High School was named one of America's Top 500 High Schools by U.S. News & World Report . In 2008 and 2009, Newsweek named John Dewey High School one of America's Top 6% of high schools in its rankings, citing "how hard staffs work to challenge students with Advanced Placement college-level courses and tests." In 2010, John Dewey High School's short film produced by

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2912-763: Was no school-wide academic honor society. One of the many innovative features are the Dewey learning centers, which are commonly called "resource centers." These are located centrally between five or six classrooms, staffed by a teacher and a paraprofessional. Each major department has one — English & Literature, Mathematics, Social Studies, Science, Foreign Language, Music, Art and the Universal Resource Center. For each band (class period), subject teachers in designated resource centers are there to facilitate students in academics. Students who are free may go to resource centers for assistance in homework, projects, or independent study, or to socialize with others. Unlike

2968-572: Was promoted to WWE's main roster, before both JTG and Gaspard were released from the company the following year. They both returned to the company in 2008, and later split up and feuded with each other until Gaspard's release in 2010. Later that year, JTG was assigned to NXT , where he was announced as one of the Pros for NXT Redemption , mentoring Jacob Novak. He eventually turned heel and feuded with Vladimir Kozlov 's rookie Conor O'Brian and Kozlov himself. He additionally made appearances on SmackDown and Superstars . From late 2012 to 2013, JTG

3024-537: Was relegated to jobber status and continued to compete until his release in 2014. Jayson Anthony Paul was born on December 10, 1984, in Brooklyn, New York City, New York. Paul's mother is of Tobagonian descent. He attended John Dewey High School in Brooklyn, where he participated in acting and drama classes. Paul began his career in 2006, working in the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) under

3080-486: Was started by Sandy Weill in 1982. The Academy of Finance prepares students for post-secondary education and careers through a theme-based, contextualized curriculum approach. The Academy of Finance introduces high school students to the broad career opportunities of the financial services industry. One of three member programs of the National Academy Foundation, it operates as a small learning community and

3136-529: Was then involved in a feud with The Mobile Homers in DCW. Cryme Tyme returned to WWE on the March 31, 2008 episode of Raw , where they defeated Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch in their first televised match in nearly six months. Cryme Tyme began working with John Cena on the June 30 episode of Raw when they helped him interfere during John "Bradshaw" Layfield 's match. The following week, they again appeared together in

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