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Birth name: Tommy Lorenzo

Born: June 6, 1988 (age 26). Kissimmee, Fl

Ring name(s): Tommy Lorenzo, Flying Tommy, Lorenzo

Billed Height: 5 ft 9 in

Billed Weight: 225 lbs

Debut: 2007

Tommy Lorenzo is an Italian American professional wrestler, currently signed to WWE work as a developmental wrestler in it's Orlando based performance center. He is best known on the independent scene where he has worked most notably for Combat Zone Wrestling, and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.

Early career

Lorenzo's love of wrestling dates back to his teens where he watched his hero Shawn Michales, in WWE. Lorenzo would imitate HBK's matches in his garden on a makeshift ring. He would wrestle most days of the week with his friends as they would work famous matches move for move. He would get to become an amateur wrestler in school and had the opportunity to go to college. However the summer he was due to start college he was involved in a hit and run accident when he was the passenger in a friends He spent his 18th birthday in jail which is where he stayed for a further 2 years before being released on parole after his guilty friend confessed to the crime.

Lorenzo's college career was gone and he worked a series of dead end jobs. However he would still find time to go to local wrestling events and train using the small amount of money he made. During a match an open challenge was made. Lorenzo entered the ring but was beat bad. However for a good part of the match he used his speed to dodge his opponent and caught him off guard. He was pulled aside by one of the promoters who suggested Lorenzo see his brother. A promoter for Combat Zone Wrestling. Here he had his first tryouts and was given a shot on the roster.

Combat Zone Wrestling (2007 - 2011)

In 2007 Lorenzo signed to CZW under the name Flying Tommy. Tommy was a hit with the crowd from the off. They loved his daredevil style and the CZW environment suited him very well. He could take on opponents twice his size and after a while, started picking up wins. Tommy could take an unreal amount of pain often outlasting his opponents. Tommy was entered into a tournament during the fall of 2007 for a shot at the heavyweight championship. He would go on to win most of his matches and became the poster boy of the tournament, he was the underdog the crowd loved. He lost the final match against Nick Cage and was eliminated from the tournament. However Cage sustained a neck injury during his match and so was unable to progress. Tommy got the number 1 contenders spot.

He then went on to defeat Ruckus in a triple threat match when a returning Nick Cage, who didn't need surgery was added to the contest. He defeated Ruckus for the championship following a shooting star press through a table. He created a great friendship with Cage and they would go back and forth the the following year trading victories including gaining the tag team championship. However their relationship soured in 2010 when they lost the tag titles and Cage turned on his former friend. Blaming him for holding him back. They faced off in an epic 6 month feud where Cage cost Tommy the title and broke his arm. Tommy returned late 2010 to avenge his injury and the two battled into 2011. When their feud was cut short as Cage committed a robbery and sent to prison for 5 years. Tommy was set to re start his venture into singles competition. He was the surprise entrant in a fatal four way match for the heavyweight championship at Best of the Best X. Where he won what would be his final title for the promotion. During the week of the event he had been approached by some promoters for TNA Wrestling, who offered him a full time contract with the promotion. Following the title win Tommy announced he was leaving the company and vacated the title. He was given a hero's send of with a standing ovation. This had been a rollacoaster of a time, and so he thought. He was about to hit the big time.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2011-2014)

Tommy Lorenzo came into TNA with all the confidence in the world, he was ready to fight hard and prove his worth. He may have been so dedicated however that he took on a persona he would later regret. Lorenzo was re branded Sponge Man. He was a jobber to the roster. His gimmick in CZW was "the man who feels no pain". The bookers at TNA built on this creating Sponge Man, the man who couldn't be hurt. Lorenzo was forced into squash matches week after week. However he waited his time and spent his time out the ring training harder than ever. He managed to make some friends backstage but the locker room as a whole viewed him as a joke. However his time came when he was promised a television championship match in early 2014 against Devon. However this spurred into a further gimmick when he would loose to Devon each week. In one of these matches he took a bumb and his shoulder was dislocated. He was out for a month and when he returned to training he was notified that his contract had been ended via a no compete clause. Tommy Lorenzo's name had been near destroyed and most promoters refused to sign him. He was also unable to rehabilitate properly from his injury which would continue to plague him throughout the year.

WWE Performance Center (2014 - present)

Unable to take any bookings Lorenzo made one last ditch attempt to resurrect his career. He had arranged a meeting in Orlando at the WWE Performance Center. He took along a DVD of one of his CZW events to show the trainers. He was welcomed in and shown around by an intern. He couldn't believe the size of the place. He caught a glimpse in the corner of a special ring made for high flying performers. A trainer was on the ground and jumping through the air was Kofi Kingston. Lorenzo took the courage and introduced himself to Kofi. He explained his story and Kofi gave Lorenzo a shot. Kofi stood by and gave Lorenzo a chance to perform a finisher on him. Lorenzo instructed Kofi to lay down. And for the first time in almost 3 years he climbed to the top rope and performed the shooting star press. He pulled Kofi up who was quite winded and apologised. But Kofi shook his hand and said that was great. A loud clap could be heard across the center. The American Dream Dusty Rhodes had just walked in the center and witnessed what had happened. He walked over to Lorenzo climbed in the ring and had a few word's. Lorenzo handed over the DVD he had brought which Dusty proceed to elbow drop. He put an arm over Lorenzo's shoulder and said that was a hell of a tryout, when do you want to start training. And so Tommy Lorenzo's WWE Career had begun...

Other Media

Flying Tommy appeared in a number of ippvs and dvd's for CZW including a Best of the best countdown, being named the promotions 5th most popular wrestler.

Tommy Lorenzo has appeared as an extra in 2 Snoop Dog music video's

Championships and accomplishments

CZW Heavyweight Champion (3 times)

CZW Tag Team Champion (with Nick Cage, 1 time)