| Antonio Thomas |
| Antonio Thomas Height: 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) Weight: 235 lb (102 kg) Real name: Thomas Matera Hometown: Springfield, Massachusetts (billed from Panama City, Florida) Pro debut: September 2001 Finishing move: Promised Land (Inverted swinging neckbreaker), Heart Attack (w/Romeo) Other aliases: Promise Thomas, The Promise, Antonio Career highlights: CSWF Tag Team Champion, EWA Heavyweight Champion, EWA New England Heavyweight Champion, EWA Tag Team Champion (w/Johnny Heartbreaker), GMW Tag Team Champion, NECW Tag Team Champion (w/Chad Storm), WFA Heavyweight Champion Trained by: Kevin Landry, Steve Weiner, Steve Bradley, Killer Kowalski, Ohio Valley Wrestling On January 23, 2004 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, Antonio Thomas and Johnny Heartbreaker (Romeo Roselli) defeated Cueball and Nick McKenna to win the Eastern Wrestling Alliance (EWA) Tag Team Championships. In February 2005, Thomas and Roselli signed a WWE developmental deal. In April 2005, William Regal and Tajiri successfully defended the World Tag Team Championships against the debuting Romeo (Roselli) and Antonio (Thomas), known collectively as The Heart Throbs. They would go on to participated in Tag-Team Turmoil match for the World Tag Team Championship at WWE Backlash. The Heart Throbs, who have portrayed heels, mainly appeared on the RAW B-show, HEAT. They have had short-lived feuds with William Regal and Eugene, Hurricane and Rosey, and V-Squared (Val Venis and Viscera) but have mainly been used as jobbers. During the first episode of HEAT in 2006 the pair turned face and began entertaining the crowd by bringing two "hot chicks" into the ring and getting them to dance. On WWE.com, on February 10, 2006, it was announced that WWE had come to terms on the release of the Heart Throbs. |
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