Monsta Mack

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Monsta Mack
Birth nameStephen Carrasquillo
Born (1979-05-03) May 3, 1979 (age 45)
Bed-Stuy "Do or Die" Brooklyn[1]
Trained byHomicide[1]
Manny Fernandez[1]
Magic[2]
DebutOctober 1998[1]

Stephen Carrasquillo (born May 3, 1979) is an American

Dan "Mafia" Maff as the tag team Da Hit Squad.[1] Mack currently performs on the independent circuit, most prominently for Jersey All Pro Wrestling, where he works as both a wrestler and a commentator.[3]

Professional wrestling career

After receiving training from Homicide, Manny Fernandez and Magic, Mack began his wrestling career by joining the Long Island Wrestling Federation as Steve Mack, where he made his debut in a four-way elimination match against Low Ki, Chief Tango, and Ken Sweeney for the LIWF's benefit show towards the Junkyard Dog Memorial Fund.[4]

Jersey All Pro Wrestling and Da Hit Squad

Upon making his way to

The Haas Brothers (Russ and Charlie) as well as the Shane Twins. Soon after in 2000, Da Hit Squad continued to accumulate several championships in several other independent promotions and by 2001, they held a total of six titles between them. By 2002, they became one of the most dominant tag teams in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania
.

On February 22, 2003, in

Slyk Wagner Brown as he renamed himself Dan Maff and formed a stable with the Dirty Rotten Scoundrelz known as La Familia (not to be confused with the World Wrestling Entertainment stable of the same name
).

On February 28, 2004, Mack challenged Maff for the JAPW Heavyweight Championship. After Maff successfully retained the title, the former Squad members embraced after the match in a show of respect and friendship. However, the Scoundrelz were disgusted by the show of sportsmanship and attacked Maff as he tried to leave the ring. In response, Mack returned to the ring to help Maff but instead he assisted the Scoundrelz with their assault on Maff. Mack then formed a new version of La Familia with the Soundrelz, and enlisted a number of other heels to try and take the title away from Maff to no avail.

Ring of Honor (2002–2004)

Mack, along with Mafia, were in the first match in

Carnage Driver from the stage onto a table, ending the feud. Following their feud with the Crew, the Squad took part in a series of scramble matches
over the next few months.

Da Hit Squad would later have their last match together at the Round Robin Challenge II against the Second City Saints. Following the match, Mafia joined The Prophecy and attacked Mack, ending the team. After the Squad's dissolution, Mack left ROH to return to JAPW full-time.

Return to JAPW (2005–2018)

Following his tenure in ROH, Mack returned to JAPW on September 10, 2005 with a win over Bandito, Jr. Upon finishing up 2005 and entering 2006, Mack competed in several singles matches and started a feud with

Brodie Lee) to win the Tag Team Title.[6] As a result of the win, Mack tied the record with Homicide for the most reigns as Tag Team Champion. Mack and Havok lost the titles on October 23, 2010, to Sami Callihan and Chris Dickinson in a three-way match, which also included Axl Rotten and Balls Mahoney.[7] On December 10 Mack and Dan Maff won the titles from Callihan and Dickinson, marking the start of Mack's record breaking seventh JAPW Tag Team Championship reign.[8] The two would, however, lose the titles to Necro Butcher and Nick Gage the next day.[8]

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Monsta Mack's OWOW profile".
  2. ^ "Cagematch profile".
  3. ^ "MySpace profile".
  4. ^ "Ten Questions with... Monsta Mack". Retrieved 2007-03-15.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Match listing".
  6. ^ Martin, Adam (2010-01-24). "Indy News #5: January 24 (JAPW)". WrestleView. Retrieved 2010-01-24.
  7. ^ Martin, Adam (2010-10-24). "Indy News #2: JAPW with Lawler, WSU news/notes". WrestleView. Retrieved 2010-10-25.
  8. ^ a b "News: Results from JAPW's Anniversary Show Weekend". Jersey All Pro Wrestling. 2010-12-12. Archived from the original on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2010-12-12.
  9. ^ "Beyond Tournament For Tomorrow 4 - Tag 2 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". Archived from the original on 2015-12-07.
  10. ^ "ICW Tag Team Championship history".
  11. ^ "JAPW Tag Team Championship history". Archived from the original on 2011-07-17.
  12. ^ "JAPW Hall of Fame, Class of 2016 Inductees Announced!". Archived from the original on 2016-10-22. Retrieved 2016-10-21.
  13. ^ "JCW Tag Team Championship history".
  14. ^ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2003". The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
  15. ^ "USX Tag Team Championship history".
  16. ^ "WXW championship histories".

External links

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