Kid Romeo Kid Romeo ( born 1975 ) is an American former professional wrestler . He is best known for his stint in World Championship Wrestling in 2001 under the ring name Kid Romeo , where he was one half of the first ever Cruiserweight Tag Team Champions alongside Elix Skipper . Career History . World Championship Wrestling ( 1999 , 2001 ) Debut and departure . After a briefly working as a male stripper Romeo started wrestling in 1999 in World Championship Wrestling after being trained by Paul Orndorff at the WCW Power Plant . He debuted later that year at a house show on September 3 under the ring name Kid Romeo , where he defeated Triple A . Two days later , Triple A defeated Romeo in a rematch . After Triple A began using his real name ( Allan Funk ) , the two exchanged victories on Saturday Night before Romeo began wrestling against fellow Power Plant graduates in dark matches through the rest of 1999 and into early 2000 . [ 5 ] On the January 24 , 2000 episode of Nitro , Romeo made his televised debut and was easily defeated by The Wall . Two days later on Thunder , Romeo lost to Prince Iaukea in a Cruiserweight Championship tournament quarterfinal match . After winning a few consecutive dark matches , Loman left WCW and traveled to Japan to compete in New Japan Pro Wrestling in order to further hone his skills . Return and Cruiserweight Tag Team Champion . After losing a match against Essa Ríos on the February 10 , 2001 episode of Jakked , Loman returned to WCW , where he resumed his Kid Romeo name and lost to Chris Harris in a dark match before Superbrawl Revenge . On the March 5 episode of Nitro , Romeo was introduced as Elix Skipper ' s mystery tag team partner against A . J . Styles and Air Paris . With Skipper , Romeo won his redebut match and they both advanced to the semi - finals of a tournament to crown the inaugural Cruiserweight Tag Team Champions . Upon returning , Romeo adopted a heel gimmick loosely based on Ricky Martin , which was further emphasized with his entrance music being a cover of Martin ' s song " The Cup of Life " . The following week on Nitro , Skipper and Romeo defeated the Jung Dragons to advance to the finals of the tournament . On March 18 at Greed , WCW ' s final pay - per - view , Romeo and Skipper defeated the Filthy Animals ( Rey Mysterio , Jr . and Kidman ) in the tournament finals to become the promotion ' s first ever Cruiserweight Tag Team Champions , which also gave Romeo the first championship of his career . Romeo and Skipper began feuding with the Animals over the title , and on the final episode of Thunder on March 21 , Romeo and Skipper ' s undefeated streak was broken as they and Chavo Guerrero , Jr . lost to Mysterio , Jr . Kidman and Shane Helms . On the final episode of Nitro on March 26 , their feud culminated as Romeo and Skipper lost the Cruiserweight Tag Team Title to Mysterio , Jr . and Kidman in what turned out to be the second to last match in WCW ' s history . Independent circuit , hiatus and retirement ( 2002 – 2005 , 2008 ) . Following WCW ' s closure , Romeo traveled to Puerto Rico to wrestle for the World Wrestling Council . He also made some appearances in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , making his debut there on July 10 , 2002 in a six - way elimination match that included Tony Mamaluke , Christopher Daniels , Elix Skipper , Jerry Lynn , and Low Ki , although Romeo was eliminated after Low Ki forced him to submit . He returned to TNA on May 21 as Romeo , competing in a four - way match against CM Punk , Jason Cross and Paul London , the latter of whom won the match and became the number one contender to the X Division Championship . From 2003 to 2004 , Romeo would continue to be used as a jobber , losing to the likes of Raven , Jeff Hardy , Kid Kash and Chris Sabin . During his time with TNA , Romeo ' s only victory was a tag team dark match where he and Sonjay Dutt defeated The Naturals . In addition to TNA , Romeo also wrestled in Championship Wrestling from Florida for a short time , where he feuded with Tyree Pride . He returned to TNA for the final time on May 17 , 2005 , where he lost to Zach Gowen . Romeo then took a hiatus from wrestling and subsequently began working as an exterminator . In 2008 , Romeo returned to wrestling and joined NWA South Atlantic . On May 10 , he teamed with Benny Blanco as the Casanova Cartel to defeat Manson and Black Knight ( the latter substituting for Manson ' s partner Rico Moon ) to win the territory ' s Tag Team Championship . The Cartel would go on to hold the title for over six months before being defeated by the SWAT Patrol on November 15 . Following the title loss , Romeo retired from wrestling .