John Roselli

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Real Name: John Roselli
Height: 6’1″
Weight: 220 lbs.
Date of birth: September 23, 1980
Hometown: Westchester, NY
Pro debut: 2002
Trained by: Kevin Landry
Finishing move: Blockbuster

Biography

– Roselli began his career working as ‘Johnny Heartbreaker’
– On July 13, 2002, VIP (Heartbreaker & Mike Preston) won the vacant NEPW Tag Team Titles
– On September 7, VIP defeated Dr Heresy & Chi Chi Cruz to retain the NEPW Tag Team Titles
– On October 6, VIP again defeated Heresy & Cruz to retain the NEPW Tag Team Titles
– On November 3, VIP defeated The Burning River Brigade (Josh Prohibition & M-Dogg 20) to retain the NEPW Tag Team Titles
– Roselli sat out much of 2003 with injury
– On January 23, 2004, Heartbreaker & Antonio Thomas defeated Nick McKenna & Cueball to win the EWA Tag Team Titles
– On April 16, Heartbreaker & Thomas defeated Clinically Inclined (Dr Heresy & Andre Lyonz) in a Best of Three Falls Match to retain the EWA Tag Team Titles
– Roselli (now under the name ‘Romeo Roselli’ began working for OVW in the summer of 2004
– Roselli returned to his ‘Johnny Heartbreaker’ gimmick for an appearance on Sunday Night Heat in January 2005
– Roselli signed a WWE development deal in February 2005
– Roselli & Antonio Thomas debuted on Raw as ‘The Heart Throbs’ in April 2005, but the gimmicks went nowhere
– Roselli was released from his WWE deal in February 2006 and would return to the indies as ‘Heartthrob Romeo’
– On April 15, Romeo defeated El Bronco to win the WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Title, but lost it back a week later in a Loser Leaves Puerto Rico match
– By mid-2006, Roselli was competing as ‘Romeo Roselli’
– On December 10, Roselli defeated Vampiro to win the NWE Heavyweight Title
– On April 6, 2007, Roselli defeated Sterling James Keenan by DQ to retain the NWE Heavyweight Title
– On May 4, Roselli defeated Mike Bennett to retain the NWE Heavyweight Title
– Roselli began winding down his career in 2015 and retired completely in 2017 in order to become a personal trainer