Lou Marconi was born on June 19,1973 and is an American professional wrestler, trainer, and occasional actor.
68 Facts About Lou Marconi
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Lou Marconi has wrestled in numerous independent promotions in the Mid-Atlantic and Midwestern United States since his debut in 1992.
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Lou Marconi held every championship title in both promotions as well as engaged in feuds with Cactus Jack and Stevie Richards.
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Lou Marconi had brief stints in Extreme Championship Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation as a preliminary wrestler.
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Since August 2012, Lou Marconi has competed in the National Wrestling Alliance winning titles in several NWA-affiliated promotions.
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Lou Marconi is a former NWA East Three Rivers Champion, a two-time NWA Eastern States Champion, and two-time NWA National Heavyweight Champion.
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Lou Marconi was born in Brooklyn, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland, on June 19,1973.
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Lou Marconi began training under Charlie Fulton at the Ohio Monster Factory in Marion, Ohio, shortly after leaving high school.
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Lou Marconi made his pro debut on June 19,1993, after only two months of training.
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On May 25,1994, Lou Marconi appeared on WWF Superstars of Wrestling where he and Curtis Harrison wrestled The Headshrinkers for the WWF World Tag Team Championship.
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Lou Marconi was given this early opportunity, due in large part to his trainer Charlie Fulton, and would eventually become a regular WWF preliminary wrestler for its Midwestern tours from 1996 to 2000.
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That summer, Lou Marconi joined Steel City Wrestling based in Irwin, Pennsylvania.
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Lou Marconi began wrestling for the American States Wrestling Alliance around this time.
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Shortly before Deaf Wrestlefest, Lou Marconi took part in an 18-man battle royal for an ASWA television taping in Lexington, Ohio; he was the last participant to be eliminated by the winner Max Profit.
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On June 8,1996, Lou Marconi defeated Lumberin' Jack in Alliance, Ohio.
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Lou Marconi wrestled "Stone Cold" Steve Austin on WWF Superstars two months later.
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On September 21,1996, Lou Marconi defeated Paul Atlas at the Tuscarawas County Fair in Dover, Ohio.
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On October 18,1996, Lou Marconi teamed with Micro Menace and Kaos in a 6-man tag team match to defeat Bo Dacious, Chip Emdale, and The Prince of Polyester at an ASWA television taping in Mansfield, Ohio.
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On November 23,1996, Lou Marconi defeated Big Daddy Adams at the Wrestleplex in North Versailles, Pennsylvania, to win the PWX North American Championship.
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Lou Marconi subsequently aligned himself with manager Notorious Norm's heel stable.
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On December 13,1996, Lou Marconi held on to his title via a disqualification loss to Paul Atlas at the Wrestleplex.
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One day later, Lou Marconi defeated "Bad Boy" Brian Anthony at North Star High School in Boswell, Pennsylvania.
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Lou Marconi has called this match, in which he was powerbombed though the particleboard-constructed entranceway, the "craziest" of his entire career.
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That same night Marconi lost to PWX Heavyweight Champion T Rantula in a Falls Count Anywhere match in Punxsutawney.
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That same month, Lou Marconi made his Extreme Championship Wrestling debut against Bam Bam Bigelow before 2,200 fans at the Golden Dome in Monaca, Pennsylvania.
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Lou Marconi was initially brought into ECW by The Blue Meanie and would continue to make appearances with the promotion throughout the year.
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On September 21,1997, Lou Marconi defended the PWX Television Championship defeating Sean Evans by submission at an SCW show in Mount Washington, Pennsylvania.
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On October 4,1997, Lou Marconi lost the newly unified title to Dennis Gregory at the Wrestleplex.
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That weekend in ECW, Lou Marconi wrestled Al Snow in back-to-back singles matches.
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On January 16,1998, Lou Marconi lost a second tag team match with Bud Liscious to Danny Doring and Paul Diamond in Rostraver, Pennsylvania.
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In early-1998, Lou Marconi returned to SCW and would hold the SCW Heavyweight, Television, and Tag Team titles within the span of a year.
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On June 29,1998, Lou Marconi wrestled Faarooq on WWF Shotgun Saturday Night.
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On December 12,1998, Lou Marconi was one of several wrestlers who performed for "Christmas Chaos", an interpromotional event for Allied Powers Wrestling Federation and the Pennsylvania Wrestling Alliance, held at Elk County Catholic High School in St Mary's, Pennsylvania.
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Lou Marconi dropped it to The Blue Meanie in Weirton, West Virginia, a month later.
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That same month, Marconi made one of his last appearances in SCW wrestling a Three-Way Dance with T Rantula and Dennis Gregory in McKeesport, Pennsylvania.
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Lou Marconi briefly feuded with Notorious Norm but made peace with his longtime manager before leaving the promotion.
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In 2000, Lou Marconi suffered a serious back injury which kept him out of action for over five years.
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Lou Marconi spent time developing a second career during this period.
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Lou Marconi received his bachelor's degree in communications from Cleveland State University in the mid-1990s he later found employment as an insurance salesman.
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Lou Marconi had accepted an open challenge made by Prohibition when his scheduled opponent Colt Cabana was unable to appear.
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Lou Marconi successfully defended the title against JT Lightning at "Gauntlet for the Gold 1" on December 11,2005.
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Lou Marconi lost the belt to Vincent Nothing at "Night of Mystery" on February 26,2006.
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Lou Marconi teamed with Frank Staletto and JJ Dillon against Dominic DeNucci, Cody Michaels, and Shane Douglas at Deaf Wrestlefest 2009.
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On December 12, Lou Marconi joined Frank Stalletto and Lord Zoltan in a six-man tag team match against Shane Douglas and The Blue World Order at "A Call To Arms 2009" for the International Wrestling Cartel in Elizabeth, Pennsylvania.
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Lou Marconi continued to keep Xion in the hold after the match, spitting in the face of referee Mick Lovin when he tried to break them apart, until the intervention of FPW Heavyweight Champion Ray Rowe.
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Lou Marconi pinned Xion with an O'Connor roll to earn the 30th spot in the 30-man battle royal.
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Later that night, an enraged Lou Marconi forced Firestorm Pro owner JC Koszewski to sign a Lou Marconi vs Xion in a Last Man Standing match at the then upcoming "Something to Die For".
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On November 19,2010, Lou Marconi appeared on the Ohio Wrestling Alliance's "November Nightmare" at the Auglaize County Fairgrounds in Wapakoneta, Ohio.
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Lou Marconi eventually relocated to Eastern North Carolina to manage a sales territory for Progressive Insurance.
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Lou Marconi spent several months in Shockwave Wrestling Entertainment where he won the promotion's heavyweight title.
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Carmichael alleged that Lou Marconi was verbally abused by both Carrano and building security.
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Tustian later admitted to Fernandez that Lou Marconi's paperwork had not been processed due to the Thanksgiving weekend.
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Lou Marconi began wrestling for the National Wrestling Alliance in mid-2012 and appeared in a number of NWA-affiliated promotions including NWA East, NWA Fusion, NWA Houston, and NWA Smoky Mountain.
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Lou Marconi was selected by the NWA based on recommendations from Johnny Lightning, Cueball Carmichael and Ray Rowe.
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Lou Marconi lost to NWA National Heavyweight Champion Damien Wayne at an NWA Edge show on February 2,2013.
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Lou Marconi made appearances with North Carolina independents Dawg Pro Wrestling and New Skool Wrestling.
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Lou Marconi was among several major challengers who failed to capture the DPW Heavyweight Championship from Damien Wayne.
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That summer, Lou Marconi won the vacant NWA Eastern States Championship.
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On October 18,2013, Lou Marconi wrestled his former student Raymond Rowe in the opening match of "NWA Invasion" held at the Humble Civic Center Arena in Houston, Texas.
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Lou Marconi ended up pinning Rowe with his "Death Sentence" finisher, after outside interference from suspended wrestler Jasper Davis, and retained the NWA Eastern States Championship.
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On January 18,2014, Lou Marconi wrestled on NWA Rage's debut show, "NWA Rage Invades Williamston", where he regained the NWA Eastern States Championship from The Human Predator.
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Weeks later, Lou Marconi gained revenge on Monahan by defeating him for the NWA National Heavyweight Championship in Williamston on March 1,2014, ending Monahan's six-month title reign.
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That same month, Lou Marconi was interviewed by Dr Jerry Wiseman on the WrestleStuff Radio podcast and discussed his career and feud with Monahan.
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Lou Marconi was invited back to WrestleStuff Radio the following week joining Phil Monahan in an on-air interview.
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The bout reportedly turned into a wild brawl that included "a frenzy of trash cans, steel chairs to the head, and even a crutch from an injured US Marine" before Monohan was able to pin Lou Marconi using a steel chair.
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Lou Marconi took to his official Facebook account vowing to end Monahan's career.
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In July 2016, Lou Marconi was named part of a class action lawsuit filed against WWE which alleged that wrestlers incurred traumatic brain injuries during their tenure and that the company concealed the risks of injury.
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Lou Marconi is married with two daughters and lives in Geauga County, Ohio.