Romeo Valentino was born on July 8,1968 and is a retired American professional wrestler and promoter.
51 Facts About Romeo Valentino
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Romeo Valentino competed in a number of independent promotions in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern United States during the 1990s and early 2000s including American Commonwealth Wrestling, CyberSpace Wrestling Federation, The Bad Crew's Eastern Wrestling Federation, Music City Wrestling, National Championship Wrestling, NWA New Jersey, Ozark Mountain Wrestling, and the World Wrestling Alliance.
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Romeo Valentino had a brief stint as a preliminary wrestler in World Championship Wrestling.
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Romeo Valentino was a major star in Maryland Championship Wrestling and the Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation, two of the biggest Mid-Atlantic promotions in the late 1990s.
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Romeo Valentino was the inaugural MCW Heavyweight Champion, winning the title three times, a former MCW Rage Television Champion, and a two-time MCW Tag Team Champion with "Wiseguy" Jimmy Cicero and "Soda Pop" Ronnie Zukko.
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Romeo Valentino was inducted into the MCW Hall of Fame shortly after his retirement in 2006.
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Romeo Valentino teamed with Don Bass, Tom Brandi, and "Doomsday" Danny Rose at various times in his career.
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Romeo Valentino was born in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 8,1968.
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Romeo Valentino was put in contact with his future trainer Duane Gill after calling the show and began working out at the facility.
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Romeo Valentino made his professional debut against Ricky Blues on August 11,1990.
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In early-1995, Dino Casanova and Romeo Valentino began wrestling for World Championship Wrestling making their debut at the February 2nd edition of WCW Worldwide against The Fantastics at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida.
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Romeo Valentino made a few appearances after the PPV, most notably, wrestling Sting on WCW Pro and teaming with Ricky Santana against The Nasty Boys on WCW Saturday Night.
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Shortly before splitting up with Casanova, Romeo Valentino began wrestling in singles competition.
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On February 26,1995, Romeo Valentino lost to Johnny Gunn in a match to crown the first MEWF European Champion.
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Romeo Valentino subsequently faced Rex King and Shane Eden on MCW TV before leaving the promotion.
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Romeo Valentino successfully defended his title in rematches against Cpl.
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Romeo Valentino was voted "Wrestler of the Year" at MCW's first-ever year-end award ceremony.
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Romeo Valentino regained the belt from Bundy in Glen Burnie on January 7,1999.
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At Break the Barrier, an interpromotional show featuring wrestlers from 15 different independent promotions from throughout the United States, held at Philadelphia's Viking Hall, Romeo Valentino represented MCW by challenging Headbanger Mosh for the MCW Heavyweight Championship.
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Four days later, Romeo Valentino wrestled Tito Santana at a National Championship Wrestling show in Red Lion, Pennsylvania.
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Romeo Valentino later served as Cicero's cornerman during his match against Headbanger Mosh for the MCW Heavyweight Championship.
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Romeo Valentino was scheduled to have a rematch against Headbanger Mosh the following night at North Harford High School in Pylesville the champion was unable to make the show due to a WWE appearance in St Louis.
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Romeo Valentino eventually forced Rotten to leave the promotion in a Loser Leaves Town match.
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That fall, Romeo Valentino regained the title from The Bruiser but lost it to him in Olney, Maryland on December 4,1999.
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Romeo Valentino made a brief appearance for Memphis Power Pro Wrestling and was part of the Allied Powers Wrestling Federation's "Diceman Forever", a memorial show for Robert Hornack, wrestling Corporal Punishment and The Bruiser in a 3-Way Dance for the MCW Heavyweight Championship.
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Romeo Valentino was a mainstay for Darren Wyse's National Championship Wrestling promotion based in Red Lion, Pennsylvania.
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Two months later, Romeo Valentino faced Flash in another ladder match for the Eastern Wrestling Federation's "Reading Invasion" in Reading, Pennsylvania.
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On March 18,2000, Romeo Valentino wrestled WWF Hall of Famer George "The Animal" Steele in Emmitsburg, Maryland.
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Romeo Valentino faced former stablemates Tom Brandi and Jimmy Cicero, Gregory Martin, and Ronnie Zukko during the spring.
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That same night, Romeo Valentino won a battle royal after Orlando Jordan and Ronnie Zukko eliminated each other.
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On October 25,2000, Valentino wrestled T Rantula on Far North Wrestling's "Return of the Monster" show; he returned to Irwin two months later to face Don Montoya in the main event.
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In late-2000, Romeo Valentino formed a tag team with "Soda Pop" Ronnie Zukko.
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Romeo Valentino eliminated The Holy Rollers when he pinned Earl the Pearl Myers interfered in the match moments later allowing 2-Dope of The Ghetto Mafia to pin Romeo Valentino and win the titles.
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Romeo Valentino's "heel turn" and feud with his former tag team partner resulted in being voted "Most Hated Wrestler of the Year".
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Romeo Valentino ended up pinning his opponent with a roll-up after an attempt by Candie to interfere backfired.
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Romeo Valentino took over her monthly "Candi's Box" column on the promotion's official website to insult her fans.
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Romeo Valentino subsequently formed a brief alliance with MCW Heavyweight Champion The Bruiser.
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Romeo Valentino eventually lost the MCW Rage TV title to Joey Matthews on January 29,2003.
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On March 12, Romeo Valentino lost to Danny Doring at MCW's 2003 awards show.
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At MCW's final show, the 5th annual Shane Shamrock Memorial Cup, Romeo Valentino lost to Danny Doring, unifying the MEWF and MCW Heavyweight titles, in a three-way match involving Chris Chetti.
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Romeo Valentino spent much of 2003 working for various promotions on the East Coast.
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Romeo Valentino made a number of appearances for Hardway Wrestling's syndicated television show that included a "very bloody" match against The Butcher.
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On November 1,2003, Romeo Valentino was pinned by Al Snow at an NCW show.
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Romeo Valentino made a brief return to the MEWF in early 2004.
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Romeo Valentino won his last title in the promotion, the MEWF Maryland Unified Mid-Atlantic Championship, after defeating "Hollywood" Bob Starr on January 11,2004.
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Romeo Valentino lost the belt to Sean Patrick a month later.
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Romeo Valentino's promotion ceased operations after three months when Dan McDevitt began promoting events in nearby Fort Meade under the "Fort Meade Wrestling" banner.
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Romeo Valentino worked shows for Maximum Xtreme Pro Wrestling in bouts against Alex Pourteau and Bobby Hopkins, Jr.
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Romeo Valentino teamed with Cotton the Bad Butcher to challenge the then newly crowned NCW Tag Team Champions Marshal Law and The Luvbug but were unsuccessful in winning the belts.
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Shortly before his retirement that year, Romeo Valentino was inducted into the MCW Hall of Fame.
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Romeo Valentino was unable to attend the ceremony but made an official statement on his official MySpace page thanking the promoter, wrestlers, and fans.