Trent Baretta Gregory " Greg " Marasciulo ( March 30 , 1987 ) is an American professional wrestler , currently working for promotions such as Global Force Wrestling ( GFW ) , New Japan Pro Wrestling ( NJPW ) , Pro Wrestling Guerrilla ( PWG ) and Ring of Honor ( ROH ) under the ring names Trent ? , Baretta and Trent Baretta . He is best known by his work in WWE under the ring name Trent Barreta . He was one half of the Dude Busters with Caylen Croft , before Croft was released from his WWE contract . Marasciulo also wrestled for the New York Wrestling Connection as Plazma and used to work in Florida Championship Wrestling ( FCW ) in drag as The Girl from Mexico . He currently teams with Rocky Romero as Roppongi ( RPG ) Vice . They are former one - time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions . Professional wrestling career . New York Wrestling Connection ( 2004 – 2007 ) . Marasciulo made his professional debut for New York Wrestling Connection on July 10 , 2004 , under the ring name Plazma in a losing effort to Dan Barry . After wrestling primarily in singles and tag team matches , Plazma defeated Matt Maverick on January 28 , 2006 to become the promotion ' s first ever Hi - Fi Champion , which was also the first championship of his career . On February 25 , Plazma retained the title against Maverick in his first title defense . On March 18 , Plazma lost the title to Mike Spinelli . Plazma would defeat Spinelli in a rematch for the title on May 20 . After successfully retaining the title against the likes of Jamie Van Lemer , Spyder , Javi - Air , and Jerry Lynn throughout the next few months , Plazma lost the Hi - Fi Championship to Dickie Rodz on October 21 . After two unsuccessful attempts to regain the title in February and March 2007 , respectively , Plazma teamed with Maverick to defeat The Angus Brothers ( Danny and Billy ) and Dan Dynasty and Jamie Van Lemer in a three - way match to win the Tag Team Championship . The team would retain the title on several occasions before losing them to MEGA and Prince Nana on December 15 . That same night , Plazma defeated Quiet Storm to win the Heavyweight Championship , although the title was vacated shortly afterwards due to Marasciulo announcing his signing to World Wrestling Entertainment . World Wrestling Entertainment / WWE . Developmental territory ( 2007 – 2009 ) . Between August 2007 and January 2008 , Marasciulo had several tryout matches for WWE , using the ring name Greg Cardona . He was signed to a WWE contract and began wrestling in Florida Championship Wrestling ( FCW ) under the ring name Greg Jackson . His name was later changed to Trent Baretta , then tweaked to Trent Beretta . He also competed under a mask as The Girl From Mexico in an attempt to become the first Queen of FCW , but was eliminated in the second round by Angela Fong . Beretta would soon form a tag team with Caylen Croft called The Dude Busters . Together , they would defeat Tyler Reks on May 30 , 2009 to win the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship after Reks ' tag team partner , Johnny Curtis , failed to appear . On July 23 , Beretta and Croft lost the title to Justin Angel and Kris Logan . The Dude Busters reclaimed the title when Croft and Curt Hawkins , their new ally , defeated the Rotundos ( Bo and Duke ) on November 19 . Although not a champion , Beretta was allowed to defend the title alongside either Croft or Hawkins via the Freebird Rule . On January 14 , 2010 at an FCW television taping , the Dude Busters lost the Florida Tag Team Championship to The Fortunate Sons ( Brett DiBiase and Joe Hennig ) . ECW and SmackDown ( 2009 - 2010 ) . On the December 1 , 2009 episode of " ECW on Syfy " , Marasciulo , under the respelled name of Trent Barreta , and Caylen Croft debuted as villains in a winning effort against Bobby Shields and Tyler Hilton , two local competitors . On the February 9 , 2010 episode of " ECW " , they lost to Goldust and Yoshi Tatsu in a match to determine the number - one contenders to the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship . When the ECW brand ended in February 2010 , its roster became free agents . Barreta and Croft signed with SmackDown , making their debut for the brand on February 19 in a losing effort against Cryme Tyme . On the April 2 episode of " SmackDown " , they began using their Dude Busters name again , which they had seemingly dropped since their move to the main roster . The Dude Busters turning face earned their first tag team victory since joining the SmackDown roster when they defeated Curt Hawkins and Vance Archer on the August 26 edition of " Superstars " . Singles competition ( 2010 – 2013 ) . On November 19 , 2010 , Caylen Croft was released from his contract , effectively ending The Dude Busters and turning Barreta into a singles competitor . After becoming as a singles competitor , Barreta would largely be involved in lower - card feuds . During this period , a majority of his matches would be on Superstars , and when he appeared on SmackDown , he would almost always lose , only garnering a single win when appearing on SmackDown during his tenure in WWE . Barreta would continue to feud with Hawkins , whose partner Archer had also been released together with Croft . Both wrestlers would exchange wins in various matches on Superstars . Barreta would then feud with Drew McIntyre , even managing to earn an upset victory over McIntyre on the January 14 , 2011 episode of " SmackDown " , his first singles win on SmackDown since the breakup of the Dude Busters . In 2011 , Barreta would largely be used as enhancement talent , mostly competing on " WWE Superstars " and losing to various wrestlers such as Cody Rhodes , Jack Swagger , Tyler Reks , Ted DiBiase , Wade Barrett , Heath Slater , and Jinder Mahal . From April , Barreta would enter into a long rivalry with Tyson Kidd , but he found himself on the losing end in five singles matches against Kidd . However , Baretta managed a win over Kidd when he teamed with The Usos to beat Kidd , Justin Gabriel , and Heath Slater on the June 30 , 2011 episode of " WWE Superstars " . Barreta finally defeated Kidd in a singles match on the August 23 episode of " NXT " , his first match on " NXT " . In 2012 , Barreta would exclusively wrestle on " NXT " , failing to wrestle on " Raw " or " SmackDown " . On " NXT " , Barreta formed an alliance with Yoshi Tatsu from December 2011 , they feuded with Curt Hawkins and Tyler Reks ; both teams managed to score one win apiece during the feud . Both teams would play pranks on each other , with Tatsu being locked in a closet and Reks ' hands being superglued onto an video game controller . During this feud , Barreta would score rare singles wins over both Hawkins and Reks on consecutive episodes of " NXT " in January 2012 . The feud ended when Hawkins and Reks defeated Barreta and Tatsu on the January 18 episode of " NXT " . Baretta disappeared from television after February 2012 due to a torn triceps , instead being confined to the " Where ' s Trent ? " segments within the " Z ! True Long Island Story " YouTube show . A video package on the September 12 episode of " NXT " acknowledged Baretta ' s six - month absence and the " Where ' s Trent " segments , scheduling his return on the September 19 episode of " NXT " , where he defeated Johnny Curtis . After trading wins with Kassius Ohno , Barreta was injured by Leo Kruger before the third match in the series . On January 11 , 2013 , Marasciulo was released from his WWE contract ; with his last televised match for WWE being a disqualification win over Kruger due to Ohno ' s interference on the January 16 , 2013 episode of " NXT " , which was taped before his release . Independent circuit ( 2013 – present ) . On January 18 , 2013 , Marasciulo made his first independent appearance since his WWE release , when he worked for the Hart Legacy Wrestling ( HLW ) promotion in Calgary , Alberta , Canada . In the opening four - way elimination tag team match , Marasciulo , still working as Trent Barreta , teamed with Brian Cage , with the two being eliminated by El Generico and Samuray del Sol . Later in the main event of the evening , Barreta teamed with Davey Boy Smith , Jr . , El Generico , Jack Evans and Samuray del Sol in a ten - man tag team match , where they were defeated by Teddy Hart , Brian Cage , Cam ! kaze , Flip Kendrick and Pete Wilson . On March 22 , 2013 , Marasciulo , working under the ring name " Trent ? " , made his debut for Southern California - based Pro Wrestling Guerrilla ( PWG ) , losing to Roderick Strong in a singles match . At the following day ' s PWG event , Trent ? was defeated by Paul London in another singles match . On April 6 , Trent ? made his debut for Dragon Gate USA , defeating Jon Davis via disqualification . On April 26 , Barreta made his debut for Full Impact Pro , defeating AR Fox . On July 5 , 2013 , Barreta made his return for Full Impact Pro ( FIP ) at Declaration of Independence , where he defeated the FIP World Heavyweight Champion Jon Davis by disqualification . On August 9 , Baretta defeated Davis in a rematch to become the new FIP World Heavyweight Champion . On August 30 , Trent ? returned to PWG to take part in the 2013 Battle of Los Angeles , but was eliminated from the tournament in his first round match by Kyle O ' Reilly . The following day , Trent ? formed the Best Friends stable with Chuck Taylor and Joey Ryan as the three defeated B - Boy , Tommaso Ciampa and Willie Mack in a six - man tag team match . On October 12 , 2013 , Trent made his debut in Family Wrestling Entertainment with Bandido Jr . in a match for the FWE Tag Team Championship . However , the champions retained . On December 6 , Barreta successfully defended the FIP World Heavyweight Championship against Lince Dorado . On January 31 , 2014 , Trent ? and Chuck Taylor defeated three other teams , including the Inner City Machine Guns ( Rich Swann and Ricochet ) in the finals , to win PWG ' s 2014 Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament ( DDT4 ) . On February 22 , Baretta unsuccessfully challenged Johnny Gargano for the Open the Freedom Gate Championship . In March 2014 , Trent ? took part in German promotion Westside Xtreme Wrestling ' s 16 Carat Gold weekend . During the second day on March 15 , he and Matt Striker defeated Hot & Spicy ( Axel Dieter Jr . and Da Mack ) to win the wXw World Tag Team Championship . They , however , lost the title back to Hot & Spicy the next day . As a result of winning the 2014 DDT4 , Trent ? and Chuck Taylor received a shot at the PWG World Tag Team Championship on March 28 , but were defeated by the defending champions , The Young Bucks ( Matt and Nick Jackson ) . On November 14 , 2014 , during WWNLive ' s tour of China , Barreta lost the FIP World Heavyweight Championship to Rich Swann . Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( 2013 , 2014 ) . On July 18 , Marasciulo , working under his real name , made his debut for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ) , when he took part in the Destination X episode of " Impact Wrestling " . Entering a tournament to determine the new X Division Champion , he defeated Rockstar Spud and Rubix in his first round three - way match to advance to the tournament finals . On the July 25 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , he was defeated by Manik in an Ultimate X match that also included Sonjay Dutt for the X Division Championship . On April 12 , 2014 , Marasciulo returned to TNA under the ring name Ace Vedder at TNA One Night Only ' s event X - Travaganza 2 defeating Manik in a singles match to qualify for the Ultimate X match later that night . In the main event Low Ki defeated Rashad Cameron , Kenny King , Ace Vedder , Sonjay Dutt and Tigre Uno in the Ultimate X match for a future shot at the TNA X Division Championship . New Japan Pro Wrestling ( 2013 , 2015 ) . On May 3 , 2013 , New Japan Pro Wrestling ( NJPW ) announced Marasciulo , working simply as " Baretta " , as a participant in the 2013 Best of the Super Juniors tournament . Baretta made his debut for the promotion on May 22 , teaming with Titán in a tag team match , where they defeated Bushi and Hiromu Takahashi . In the round - robin portion of the tournament itself , which ran from May 24 to June 6 , Baretta won three of his eight matches , finishing seventh out of the nine wrestlers in his block . On October 15 , NJPW announced that Baretta , now representing the Chaos stable , would return to the promotion on October 25 , teaming with Brian Kendrick in the 2013 Super Jr . Tag Tournament . Baretta and Kendrick were eliminated from the tournament in the first round by The Young Bucks , following a pre - match assault by Bullet Club . Baretta teamed with various Chaos stablemates in midcard six - man and eight - man tag team matches for the rest of the tour , which lasted until November 6 . On March 16 , 2015 , NJPW announced that Baretta would be returning to the promotion later that month as part of the Roppongi Vice tag team with Rocky Romero . His return match took place on March 22 , when he teamed with Romero and Chaos stablemate Gedo to defeat Bullet Club ( Kenny Omega , Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson ) in a six - man tag team match . On April 5 at Invasion Attack 2015 , Roppongi Vice defeated The Young Bucks to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship . They lost the title back to The Young Bucks on May 3 at Wrestling Dontaku 2015 . Ring of Honor ( 2015 – present ) . On March 1 , 2015 , at Ring of Honor ' s 13th Anniversary Show , Rocky Romero announced he was forming a new tag team named Roppongi Vice with Baretta . The following day , Baretta was pulled from his scheduled Evolve events and announced for ROH events . Roppongi Vice made its ROH debut on March 13 , 2015 , defeating The Decade ( B . J . Whitmer and Jimmy Jacobs ) . Global Force Wrestling ( 2015 – present ) . On May 13 , 2015 , Global Force Wrestling ( GFW ) announced Barreta as part of their roster .