Todd Hanson Todd Smith ( March 3 , 1984 ) better known by his ring name " The Brand New Bad " Todd Hanson and , formerly , Handsome Johnny , is an American professional wrestler , currently wrestling in the independent circuit in the Northeastern United States as well as making occasional appearances in World Wrestling Entertainment . He is the former head trainer of the Chaotic Trainer Center along with Brian Fury . A mainstay of Chaotic Wrestling and New England Championship Wrestling , he is a 3 - time Chaotic Wrestling Heavyweight Champion and has had victories over opponents such as Charlie Haas , Scotty 2 Hotty , Simon Diamond and Low Ki . He and Psycho also formed a tag team , Pretty Psycho , and won the Chaotic Wrestling Tag Team Championship twice . Career . Independent Promotions . Smith has worked for Chaotic Wrestling , Millennium Wrestling Federation , NWA New England , New England Championship Wrestling , New England Wrestling Alliance , Front Row Wrestling , Eastern Pro Wrestling and UCW promotions under various ring names . Smith has an extensive tag team background , most notably , as one half of The Trendsetters with Max Bauer and Pretty Psycho with Psycho . A former student of Killer Kowalski , he and Brian Milonas are also the head instructors at his Chaotic Wrestling ' s training facility in North Andover , Massachusetts . On June 3 , 2007 , Smith was one of several wrestlers involved in a NECW - sponsored fundraiser , " The Hot Dog Safari " , at the Suffolk Downs racetrack in East Boston . The event raised $ 1 , 000 , 000 for " The Joey Fund " which battles cystic fibrosis . During the event , Smith won the annual " Nathan ' s Hot Dog Eating Contest " with Nikki Roxx coming in second . On February 16 , 2008 , Smith defeated Brandon Locke for the NECW Television Championship in Quincy , Massachusetts . The title was vacated on April 22 , 2008 , due to an injury Smith suffered in a title defense . On June 1 , 2008 , Smith became the champion again after defeating Chase Del Monte in a tournament final held at Suffolk Downs . In late winter into spring 2008 a series of vignettes featuring Smith began to air during Chaotic Wrestling live events and on the web . This series of vignettes showed Handsome Johnny discovering himself on a trip abroad and lead to the introduction of " The Duke of Elegance " Don Chesterfield into Chaotic storylines . Smith also uses this character for the Eastern Wrestling Alliance as well as Front Row Wrestling . Is currently out of wrestling due to a back injury , from a tables match against the Intellectual Properties in Chaotic Wrestling . In NECW , he changed his ring name in 2010 to " Handsome " Johnny Hayes . He was scheduled to challenge Brandon Locke for the PWF Northeast Heavyweight Championship on February 19 , 2011 and was attacked by an unknown person while leaving a physical therapy session . World Wrestling Entertainment . Smith was in a Velocity match before an episode of " SmackDown ! " on December 16 , 2005 , which he lost to Doug Basham . He made his WWE debut on September 15 , 2006 under the ring name Todd Hansen in a losing effort against Sylvester Terkay . Ring of Honor ( 2013 - present ) . Smith made his ROH debut on July 27 in a losing effort in a four - corner survival also featuring Brian Fury , Kongo and Vinny Marseglia . A few months after this , he was announced as the eighth participant in the 2014 edition of the Top Prospect Tournament , defeating Cheeseburger and Andrew Everett in the opening rounds before going on to win the tournament at " Wrestling ' s Finest " , defeating Raymond Rowe in the final , to earn a ROH World Television Championship match against reigning champion Tommaso Ciampa at the ROH 12th Anniversary Show , where he lost to Ciampa . Since then , he has been tagging with the man he beat in the final of the Top Prospect Tournament , Raymond Rowe under the team name War Machine . On April 11 , Hanson and Rowe both signed contracts with ROH .