Romeo Roselli Giovanni ( John ) Roselli ( September 23 , 1980 ) is an American professional wrestler and actor better known as Romeo Roselli . He is best known for his work with World Wrestling Entertainment , ( on its RAW brand ) as one half of the tag team " The Heart Throbs " . Career . Early career . Roselli began wrestling on the independent circuit , initially training in Springfield , Massachusetts under Kevin Landry . From 1998 to 2000 , Roselli wrestled as a heel , regularly appearing for the video - based promotion Junior Pro Wrestling Association as Johnny Heartbreaker . He rose to the top of the JPWA ranks after defeating top - ranked Damian " Lionheart " Campari . Heartbreaker went on to have the JPWA ' s longest undefeated streak until , after losing an arm wrestling challenge to Biff Backstreet , Backstreet challenged him to a match and was victorious . At the demise of the JPWA , Heartbreaker had the 3rd highest number of wins , behind Sasha " The Russian Skullcrusher " and Campari . Roselli also appeared for the video - based BG East Wrestling as Johnny Romano . On January 23 , 2004 , in Southbridge , Massachusetts , Johnny Heartbreaker and Antonio Thomas defeated Cueball and Nick McKenna to win the Eastern Wrestling Alliance Tag Team title . In June 2004 , Roselli moved to Louisville , Kentucky to train and wrestle in Ohio Valley Wrestling . Here he teamed with Thomas as The Heart Breakers . He signed a World Wrestling Entertainment contract in February 2005 . World Wrestling Entertainment . In April 2005 , William Regal and Tajiri successfully defended the World Tag Team Championship against the debuting Romeo ( Roselli ) and Antonio ( Thomas ) , billed as " The Heart Throbs " . The Heart Throbs participated in a Tag Team Turmoil match for the belts at Backlash , but were unsuccessful . The heel team mainly appeared on the RAW brand ' s B - show , Heat . They have short - lived feuds with the teams of Eugene and William Regal , Hurricane and Rosey , and V - Squared ( Val Venis and Viscera ) . During the first Heat episode of 2006 , the pair turned face and began regularly bringing two " hot chicks " into the ring with them to dance . On February 10 , 2006 both The Heart Throbs were released from WWE . Later career . After his release , Roselli spent several months wrestling in Puerto Rico for the World Wrestling Council . He defeated El Bronco for the WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship , and lost the title back to him in a Loser Leaves Town rematch , before returning to the US . Roselli worked for many US independent promotions , sometimes competing against ( and sometimes teaming with ) Antonio Thomas . He also made a one - off appearance for Ohio Valley Wrestling . Roselli then went to Europe to tour with Nu - Wrestling Evolution . On December 10 , 2006 , in Palermo , Italy , Romeo defeated Vampiro to win the NWE Heavyweight Championship , becoming only the third champion in NWE history , and the first of Italian heritage . At TNA ' s Destination X PPV , on March 11 , 2007 , Roselli and Antonio Thomas , ( billed as The Heartbreakers ) , were revealed as the mystery tag team selected by Christy Hemme to face the Voodoo Kin Mafia . The Heartbreakers lost the match and were never seen in TNA again . On July 28 , 2012 , The Heart Throbs made their debut for Chikara , teaming with The Young Bucks ( Matt and Nick Jackson ) in an eight - man tag team match , where they were defeated by Hallowicked , Jigsaw , Mike Quackenbush and UltraMantis Black . The Heart Throbs returned to the promotion on November 18 , losing to 1 - 2 - 3 Kid and Marty Jannetty in a tag team match . Other Work . Although Roselli continues to work as an independent wrestler , he is also a certified personal trainer and has focused his attention on acting . He is a member of SAG and AFTRA , and appears in the films College Road Trip , Baby Mama , and The Wrestler . Roselli wrote a regular column for the website WWEPreview . com . In November 2006 , Roselli appeared on the FUSE TV television program Pants - Off Dance - Off . In July 2008 , he returned to FUSE , on the program " You Rock , Lets Roll " - a dating show hosted by Jared Cotter . Roselli had to choose between three female musicians attempting to win him over with their musical talents .