The Heart Throbs, also known as The Heartbreakers, is the name of a

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consisting of Antonio Thomas and Romeo Roselli, currently wrestling on the

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. Thomas and Roselli are billed as being popular "with the ladies", and typically approach the ring while performing

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s to the accompaniment of

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. They are perhaps best known for their appearances with

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on its Raw brand.

Career

Independent circuit (2003–2004)

In 2003, Johnny Heartbreaker and Antonio Thomas formed a tag team in the Eastern Wrestling Alliance called "The Heart Breakers". On January 23, 2004, in

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, they defeated Cueball and Nick McKenna to win the EWA Tag Team Championship. The Heart Breakers lost the titles to Clinically Inclined (Andre Lyonz and Dr. Heresy) on June 18.

World Wrestling Entertainment (2004–2006)

Thomas and Heartbreaker, now going by Romeo Roselli, joined World Wrestling Entertainment's

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in 2004, though Roselli wasn't officially signed to a WWE developmental contract until February 2005. Renamed "The Heart Throbs" and going simply by Antonio and Romeo respectively, they made their WWE debut on the April 18, 2005 episode of '' Raw'', losing to World Tag Team Champions

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and Tajiri. They participated in a tag-team turmoil match for the World Tag Team Championship at Backlash 2005, but were defeated once again. The Heart Throbs mainly appeared on the ''Raw'' B-show, ''

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''. They had short-lived feuds with

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and William Regal,

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, and

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and

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. In 2006, the Heart Throbs gained a great deal of fan reaction and began entertaining the crowd by bringing two "hot chicks" into the ring and getting them to dance. During a ''WWE Unlimited'' webcast the Heart Throbs were sitting with the fans and they ended up being on its "Kiss Cam" segment, each kissing a girl sitting near them. Both Thomas and Roselli were released by WWE on February 10, 2006.

Return to the independent circuit (2006–2015)

Since their release, they have been active on the

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scene. They have spent time teaming together, as well as in solo competition, where each has a victory over the other, and two matches that were declared no contests. Together they have beaten such teams as The West Hollywood Blondes and Sex and Violence. They also wrestled former

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, as well as 1-2-3 Kid and

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, and have even teamed with

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in an 8-man tag team match. They lost to the

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on January 17, 2015, XWA Extreme Rumble.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2007)

Roselli and Thomas were backstage at

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, and wrestled the Riggs Brothers at the January 29, 2007 TNA television tapings. At

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on March 11, 2007, Roselli and Thomas, identified as "The Heartbreakers", appeared as a tag team selected by villainous manager

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to face the Voodoo Kin Mafia ( B.G. and Kip James). The Heartbreakers were defeated by the Voodoo Kin Mafia. They were released months later without ever appearing in TNA again.

Championships and accomplishments

*Eastern Wrestling Alliance **EWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) *Not Rated Pro Wrestling **NRPW World Tag Team Championship (1 time)

References

External links

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