Kid Romeo

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Kid Romeo
Birth nameSamuel Roman
Born (1975-01-01) January 1, 1975 (age 49)
Miami, Florida[1]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Kid Romeo[1][2]
Romeo[1]
Billed height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2]
Billed weight185 lb (84 kg)[2]
Billed fromSouth Beach, Florida[2]
Trained byPaul Orndorff[1]
WCW Power Plant[1][2]
DebutSeptember 3, 1999[3]
RetiredNovember 16, 2008[4]

Samuel Roman[1][2] (born 1975) is a Puerto Rican-American former professional wrestler. He is best known for his stint in World Championship Wrestling in 2001 under the ring name Kid Romeo, where he was one half of the first ever Cruiserweight Tag Team Champions alongside Elix Skipper.

Professional wrestling career

World Championship Wrestling (1999–2001)

After briefly working as a male stripper,[1][2] Roman started wrestling in 1999 in World Championship Wrestling after being trained by Paul Orndorff at the WCW Power Plant. He debuted later that year at a house show on September 3 under the ring name Kid Romeo, where he defeated Triple A.[3] Two days later, Triple A defeated Romeo in a rematch.[5] After Triple A began using his real name (Allan Funk), the two exchanged victories on Saturday Night before Romeo began wrestling against fellow Power Plant graduates in dark matches through the rest of 1999 and into early 2000.[6]

On the January 24, 2000 episode of

Cruiserweight Championship tournament quarterfinal match.[8] After winning a few consecutive dark matches, Roman was sent to Japan to compete in New Japan Pro-Wrestling in order to further hone his skills.[6]

After losing a match against

The Cup of Life". The following week on Nitro, Skipper and Romeo defeated The Jung Dragons to advance to the finals of the tournament.[11] On March 18 at Greed, WCW's final pay-per-view, Romeo and Skipper defeated The Filthy Animals (Rey Mysterio Jr. and Kidman) in the tournament finals to become the promotion's first ever Cruiserweight Tag Team Champions, which also gave Romeo the first championship of his career.[12] Romeo and Skipper began feuding with the Animals over the title, and on the final episode of Thunder on March 21, Romeo and Skipper's undefeated streak was broken as they and Chavo Guerrero Jr. lost to Mysterio Jr. Kidman and Shane Helms.[13] On the final episode of Nitro on March 26, their feud culminated as Romeo and Skipper lost the Cruiserweight Tag Team Title to Mysterio Jr. and Kidman in what turned out to be the second to last match in WCW's history.[14]

Independent circuit, hiatus and retirement (2002–2005, 2008)

Following WCW's closure, Roman traveled to

dark match where he and Sonjay Dutt defeated The Naturals.[2] In addition to TNA, Roman also wrestled in Championship Wrestling from Florida for a short time, where he feuded with Tyree Pride.[2] He returned to TNA for the final time on May 17, 2005, where he lost to Zach Gowen.[9] Roman then took a hiatus from wrestling and subsequently began working as an exterminator.[1]

In 2008, Roman returned to wrestling as Romeo and joined NWA South Atlantic. On May 10, he teamed with Benny Blanco as the Casanova Cartel to defeat Manson and Black Knight (the latter substituting for Manson's partner Rico Moon) to win the territory's Tag Team Championship.[4][15][16] The Cartel would go on to hold the title for over six months before being defeated by the SWAT Patrol on November 15.[4][17] Following the title loss, Roman retired from wrestling.

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Kid Romeo's Cagematch profile".
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Kid Romeo's OWOW profile".
  3. ^ a b "WCW house show report on September 3, 1999".
  4. ^ a b c d "NWA South Atlantic Tag Team Championship history".
  5. ^ "WCW house show report on September 5, 1999".
  6. ^ a b "Cagematch matches listings, page 2".
  7. ^ "WCW Nitro report on January 24, 2000".
  8. ^ "WCW Thunder report on January 26, 2000".
  9. ^ a b "Cagematch match listings, page 1".
  10. ^ a b "WCW Nitro report on March 5, 2001".
  11. ^ "WCW Nitro report on March 12, 2001".
  12. ^ "WCW Greed report on March 18, 2001".
  13. ^ "WCW Thunder report on March 21, 2001".
  14. ^ "WCW Nitro report on March 26, 2001".
  15. ^ "Kid Romeo's tag teams".
  16. ^ "The Casanova Cartel's Cagematch profile".
  17. ^ "The Casanova Cartel's match listings".
  18. ^ "WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Championship history".

External links

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