Catch Phrase:

Violence is Golden!

Demeanor:  

Maniac is smart, cunning, ruthless, a pure madman who does whatever it takes to win but at the same is very patient. He'll wait for the perfect time to strike and is not afraid to go all out.

​Entrance:   

The arena goes dark and "So Called Life" by Three Days Grace begins to play. As it begins strobe lights flash with the beat, the beat evens out for a moment leaving the arena pitch black again. When the beat picks back up so do the strove lights, revealing Maniac standing at the entrance.  He slowly looks up smiling as he does so, and blood drops out of his mouth. He begins laughing which causes the blood to come pouring out of his mouth. This only lasts a moment before he suddenly stops laughing and immediately drops the smile. He heads down the ramp, the only light coming from the constant strobe lights suddenly goes out when the beat drops. When it picks back up Maniac is standing on the top turnbuckle with his arms outstretched yelling inaudible comments at the crowd. He jumps down into the ring and heads over to the nearest ropes leaning against them and waiting for his opponent. 

​Appearance:

His hair is long, black, stringy and with the natural hair color blonde still showing through the roots and hints of grey throughout it. His blue eyes can be seen sneaking through his thin black hair when it is away from his face. Maniac wears black dickie work pants with a black studded belt, and a pair of red wrestling boots. His hands are taped up to mid forearm with white tape.   Maniac has one tattoo and it’s in the middle of his chest. It is a tattoo of the King of Spades. The King's face is that of a skull, with his sword covered in blood and black roses.  Maniac paints his face solid white, black lip with a line running from mid-lip to chin. Around the eyes are solid black with a three inch "arrow-head like spike" on each side of the nose and under the eye. Above the eyebrows are three black quarter-size dots with a a line (two inches in length) above each one.  When he enters the arena he wears a red shirt with a dark image of decomposing woman. Her left side is slowly rotting away, showing torn flesh, bone and guts.H er right remains perfectly intact.  Occasionally, Maniac wears a white jersey with written on the upper back "Suicide Kings" and below that are the numbers 00. On the front of the Jersey is a Black and White Trimmed Spade with a Skull in the middle of it. 

​Wrestling Style:

Hardcore - Favorite moves include: DDT, Super Kick, Superplex, Running Clothesline, Scissors Kick, Diving Headbutt, Frog Splash, Diving Elbow Drop, Guillotine Leg Drop, Hurricanrana 11. Facedown - Maniac picks the victim up in a Reverse Lift, and drops the victim down to the mat face first 12.  Back Drop to Sit-Out Side Slam - Maniac lifts opponent up for a Back Drop then spins in the middle of it and drops them in a Sit-Out Side Slam . 

​Pre-Finisher:

"Sweet Death" (Fireman's Carry into High Impact Reverse DDT)  Maniac first drapes an opponent over their shoulders in a fireman's carry position. Maniac then takes hold of the thigh and arm of the opponent, which are hung over the front side of Maniac. He and then flips them vertical over drops them down on their back while first tucking the opponent's head under his arm so they land in the Reverse/Inverted DDT.  

​"Psycho Drop" (Flying Flipping Neckbreaker) (top and second rope variant)  After whipping the victim into the corner, Maniac will charge and clothesline the prone victim. As they stumble out, Maniac takes quickly to the top rope. As the victim turns around. Maniac jumps from a raised platform (usually the second turnbuckle) and grabs an opponent's neck while in midair, thereby taking them down with a neckbreaker. Upon landing, Maniac lands in a sitting position causing the victim's head to snap back quickly.  Maniac can also perform a standing variant of this move and can be performed as a counter move for being thrown into the turnbuckle 

​"Spine Splitter" (Maniac lifts opponent up and over on to one shoulder, normally his right. From there Maniac will grab both ankles and proceeds to slam them down and in mid move, performs a roll through adding more impact for his High Angle Spinebuster variant.)

​"Fireball" (Out of nowhere, Maniac will throw a "Fireball" into the face of the victim, burning and blinding them for a short time.)

​Finisher: 

"Fatality" (Belly-to-Back Inverted Mat Slam)  From a position in which the victim is bent forward against the wrestler's midsection, the wrestler grabs around his or her opponent's midsection and lifts so that the victim is held upside down, facing in the same direction as the wrestler. The wrestler then hooks both arms of the victim using his or her legs, and then falls forward planting the opponent's body into the mat face-first.

​"Super Fatality" (Top Rope Variation of the Fatality)

​Background: 

Antonino Romano was born in Sicily, Italy. His parents were poor merchants who were barley getting by on what they were making and couldn`t take care of him or his brother Santino so they decided to sneak on a boat and come to America. After a long and scary trip, the Romano family were now immigrants, but they were finally in America. They lived on the street for most of Antonino`s life and began to steal whatever they could get their hands on, food, money, jewelry, you name it--they stole it. They saved up enough money and eventually got themselves a cheap apartment that was barley big enough for the four of them. Antonino and his younger brother Santino shared a room and their parents shared another. Times were good until one day they were visited by a strange man. This man whore a grey suit complete with black shoes, a Rolex watch, a black hat (the kind gangsters wore back in the day) and he was always seen smoking a cigar. He talked to Antonino`s parents and after that things seemed to have gotten better. The Romano family moved into a nice house in a nice part of town with their grandmother and little cousin who were also immigrants to this country. Things stayed very well until Antonino`s father got really sick, no matter what they tried he just couldn`t get better and he eventually died. Times were tough after that, Antonino`s mother started drinking and doing drugs and she whored herself for money. When the Antonino and Santino were old enough they took care of themselves and watched out for each other. The Romano brothers did whatever it took to survive, and it was that path that led them to the mysterious man in gray who turned out to be none other than Don Costantino. They realized who he was and what he was capable of and in time the Romano brothers started working for Don Costantino and it was then when Antonino and Santino got into wrestling. Don Costantino seen that they were naturals and sent them both to wrestling school while they still worked for the Don. Antonino and Santino made it through the school and were on their way to being huge successes until the fateful night that Santino shot and killed someone who supposedly beat their mother. In a panic the Romano`s brothers were giving money by their mother who discovered the boys at the scene and told them to run. She took the blame and the Romano brothers got away Scott free. Before they could decide what to do Antonino knocked his brother out and told him to use the money and run and Antonino disappeared into the night, never again to see his mother or little brother. 

​With help from Don Costantino, Antonino was able to create a fake identity with a fake past and he changed his appearance and used his new identity to break into wrestling. Under the alias Maniac, he traveled place to place, wrestling and making money by wrestling at different Indy shows. While traveling, he stumbled upon the Hardcore Wrestling Alliance. Interested in what they had to offer, he signed the papers and Maniac has risen to be a Hardcore Wrestling Alliance Superstar. Since his days in the Hardcore Wrestling Alliance, Maniac has traveled to many places and wrestled all over the world. Maniac was vicious as ever and would do WHATEVER it takes to get to the top. After many disputes with management Maniac left the Hardcore Wrestling Alliance and joined the Honorable Wrestling Alliance which is just one fed that is part of the NWA. There, Maniac was successful but after serious injury had to take time off. After recovery, Maniac has returned to action and is once again wowing the crowds and winning gold. Doing that, he is enjoying his run as one-half of the HWA Tag Team Champions and the HWA Hatchet Champion. Maniac has been wrestling in the Honorable Wrestling Alliance for some time now and has decided to see what else is out there. After searching Maniac found Ricochet Wrestling, which is a part of the WWA (World Wrestling Association) Maniac enters with one thing on his mind, cause pain and win gold Once again things were going great for Maniac until he learned that the FBI has found out who he is. With no other way out, Maniac confessed to being Antonino Romano and has shaken the wrestling world with the thought of an alleged member of the Italian Mob being in the HWA and RPW. What does the future hold for Antonino Romano? Only time will tell. After much success in other feds Antonino retired from wrestling and effectively locked away Maniac in a mental prison. Since then, Antonino has focused on his business and his son and has found success and happiness in both, however with the reopening of the HWA something has caused Antonino to release Maniac and the madness begins again....

​Career Highlights: 

1x Hardcore Wrestling Alliance US Champ, 1x Hardcore Wrestling Alliance Extreme Champ, 2x (And the youngest) Hardcore Wrestling Alliance World Heavyweight Champion