Romeo Roselli

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John Roselli
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Ring name(s)	Johnny Heartbreaker Johnny Romano Giovanni Roselli Romeo Roselli Romeo
Billed height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Billed weight	220 lb (100 kg)
Born	September 23, 1980 White Plains, New York
Billed from	Panama City, Florida
Trained by	Kevin Landry Dory Funk, Jr. Tom Prichard Bill DeMott Lance Storm
Debut	1998

John Roselli (born September 23, 1980) best known as Romeo Roselli is a professional wrestler, best known for his stint with World Wrestling Entertainment on the RAW brand and is not to be confused with another wrestler by the name of Kid Romeo.

1 Career
2 In wrestling
3 Championships and accomplishments
4 External links

Career

John Roselli began wrestling on the independent circuit and for the Internet-based Junior Pro Wrestling Association as Johnny Heartbreaker.

On January 23, 2004 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, Johnny Heartbreaker (Roselli) and Antonio Thomas defeated Cueball and Nick McKenna to win the EWA (Eastern Wrestling Alliance) Tag Team title.

In February 2005, Roselli signed a WWE developmental deal. Both Antonio Thomas and Roselli debut not long after as the "Heart Breakers".

In April 2005, William Regal & Tajiri successfully defended the World Tag Team belts against the debuting Romeo (Roselli) and Antonio (Thomas), known collectively as "The Heart Throbs." They would go on to participated in Tag-Team Turmoil match for the World Tag Team Championship at WWE Backlash.

The Heart Throbs, who have portrayed heels, mainly appeared on the RAW B-show, Heat. They have had short-lived feuds with William Regal and Eugene, Hurricane and Rosey, and V-Squared (Val Venis and Viscera).

During the first episode of HEAT in 2006 the pair turned face and began entertaining the crowd by bringing two "hot chicks" into the ring and getting them to dance, however. On February 10, 2006 both The Heart Throbs were released from WWE.

Roselli continued on as an active competitor touring many American independents; sometime still competing with/against Antonio, while touring abroad. Roselli also made a one off appearance with Ohio Valley Wrestling.

In November, Roselli appeared on the television show "Pants Off Dance Off", a show in which people strip and dance for the camera in a competition hosted by Jodie Sweetin.

Both of the Heart Throbs appeared on the Food Network show, Ham On The Street, cooking french style mussels alongside chef George Duran.

After this, Roselli left America to tour with Nu-Wrestling Evolution. During this tour, on December 10, 2006, in Palermo, Italy, the full blooded Italian Romeo defeated Vampiro to win the NWE Heavyweight Championship. Romeo became only the third champion in the history of the NWE and the first Italian to claim the championship.

Roselli, along with partner Antonio, made a suprise debut and appearance at TNA's Destination X Pay Per View in March 2007 with Christy Hemme as their manager, however they were defeated by VKM.