Sign Guy Dudley
Sign Guy Dudley | |
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | |
Alma mater | University of Hartford |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Lou E. Dangerously[1] Sign Guy Dudley[1] |
Billed height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm)[1] |
Billed weight | 200 lb (91 kg)[1] |
Billed from | "Dudleyville" Scarsdale, New York[1] |
Debut | 1995 |
Retired | 2003 |
Lou D'Angeli (born August 19, 1972) is an American marketing professional and retired
Professional wrestling career
Extreme Championship Wrestling
The Dudley Brothers (1995-1999)
Before being publicly hired by ECW, D'Angeli was an ECW "fan" that came dressed like a Dudley family member, holding up signs like "Welcome to Dudley World"[3] and sitting near other very well known ECW fans like Hat Guy and the original ECW Sign Guy. In reality, D'Angeli was already on ECW's payroll and was planted in the crowd to further the Dudley Family angle. D'Angeli would go on to be trained as a manager by Tommy Dreamer and Tazz.[citation needed]
D'Angeli started out in ECW as Sign Guy Dudley, the manager of the Dudley Boyz and member of the Dudley family. He led Buh Buh Ray and D-Von Dudley to 8 ECW World Tag Team Championship reigns before they left for World Wrestling Federation (WWF).
The Dangerous Alliance (1999-2001)
In October 1999 at
He also refounded the Dangerous Alliance in December 1999.[10]
Independent circuit (2001–2003; 2010; 2012)
This section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources. (January 2010) |
When ECW went bankrupt, Lou went to work for other pro wrestling companies such as
More recently D'Angeli appeared as part of
Lou appeared as Lou E. Dangerously at
In March 2012 Lou returned to wrestling with Billy Corgan's group Resistance Pro based out of Chicago. He was brought in to specifically write for the shows as well as help talent given his performing and promoting history with ECW and WWE.
Marketing career
D'Angeli works as the Director of Marketing and Public Relations for the Cirque Du Soleil shows based out of Las Vegas, Nevada.[11]
D'Angeli worked for World Wrestling Entertainment in marketing until August 15, 2010.[4] He was made Director of Live Events Promotions & Booking in June 2006, before becoming Director of Promotions and Event Marketing in May 2007.[12]
Prior to being recruited to work for WWE and after ECW, D'Angeli worked for
In addition to his work for Cirque De Soleil, D'Angeli works as the Vice President of Marketing for Anthem Entertainment and by extension, Impact Wrestling.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Lou E. Dangerously". ECWWrestling.com (via Wayback Machine). January 26, 2001. Archived from the original on January 26, 2001. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
- ^ a b "Lou E Dangerously Confirms Role With Impact". 411 Mania. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-59670-225-7.
- ^ a b Johannes, Amy (May 30, 2007). "WWE beefs up marketing department". Promo Magazine. ChiefMarketer. Archived from the original on February 24, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
- ^ Sprague, David (28 July 2000). "The Week in Weird". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 30 January 2010.[dead link]
- ^ Scherer, David (29 July 2000). "Smashing Debut". New York Daily News. Retrieved 30 January 2010.[dead link]
- ^ Mancini, Robert (1 August 2000). "Pumpkins' Corgan Comments On ECW Fracas". MTV. Retrieved 30 January 2010.
- ^ Roy, Mike (23 October 2007). "ECW original crashes Smashing Pumpkins show in Philadelphia". PW Insider. Retrieved 30 January 2010.
- ^ Riviello, John (25 October 2007). "ECW's Lou D'Angeli". Flickr. Retrieved 30 January 2010.
- ^ Powell, John (10 January 2000). "Overbooking convicts Guilty As Charged". SLAM! Wrestling. Archived from the original on July 17, 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2010.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Lou D'Angeli leaves WWE for Cirque Du Soleil". WrestlingDNA.com. 16 August 2010. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
- ^ a b "WWE Hires D'Angeli, Seffens And Moore To Expand Marketing Effort". World Wrestling Entertainment. 22 May 2007. Archived from the original on 5 January 2009. Retrieved 30 January 2010.
- ^ "Wachovia Center Grads Take Marketing Posts At Global Spectrum Venues" (PDF). Global Spectrum. Summer 2003. Retrieved 30 January 2010.
- ^ "New asst. Liacouras Center GM named". Temple Times. 16 March 2006. Retrieved 30 January 2010.
External links
- Lou D'Angeli on Twitter
- Lou D'Angeli at IMDb
- Sign Guy Dudley's profile at Cagematch.net