Preston Petrova

**Preston Alenzar-Petrovich** (born April 12, 2001) is a Croatian professional wrestler, actor and former mixed martial artist who performs under the ring name **Preston Petrovich** (**shortened to Petrova**) whose currently signed to wrestling promotion, **LIGHTNING**. Considered one of the most influential models of this generation, he's so-far received numerous accolades throughout his career, which spanned only outside of wrestling. Preston's personal life surrounding his family's surname has made multiple headlines, including reports of infidelity and sexual favors in-exchange for opportunities, as well as allegations of an additional family tree. In November of 2021, he signed a contract with **Starboy Entertainment** after his sisters became contracted competitors. Following his signing, he began immense training underneath some of **LIGHTNING's** Elite in **Tyler Venom** and private lessons from his family-relatives.

## Professional Wrestling Career

### Wrestling Style

Greco-Roman WrestlingMuay Thai Kickboxing

## Personal Life

**Petrovich** was born in **Brisbane, Queensland, Australia** during a family-business trip to **Aleksandar Petrovich**, a pesticide and chemical feed manufacturer, and **Elena Sarić** (née Petrovich). His ancestry is mostly Croatian, Dutch, English, and Irish. He has three older sisters, Alaina, Isabella and Kasey, and a twin brother in Beau, all wrestlers. The family emigrated from the Republic of Croatia when he was only five years old to the blinding lights of **Malibu, California**. Preston attended the Catholic secondary schools of St. Monica Elementary, Santa Monica High School and now — Notre Dame de Namur University where him and his identical twin-brother run a world-renowned fraternity under the name, Alpha Phi where they only requested the company of academic scholars and promising athletes if they met the criteria.

At **Santa Monica High School**, he showed an early interest in acting, making amateur Super 8 films with his sister and actress, **Nadia Petrovich** and school friends under his birth name. Deciding to not only run a fraternity but also, become an actor, he took on the stage name, **Preston Petrova**. He adopted the surname Petrova in-honor of his sisters, Isabella and Alaina. Although, there’d been various speculation that his fraternity may be short-lived for his family’s priorities were far more important the more publicity they achieved, seeing as they demanded all of their lineage to present themselves as class acts. Acquaintaning themselves with etiquette, and maintaining a strict diet in-deeming what his family only thought had been picture perfect. The Petrovich household began to make headlines all over, through news articles, morning shows — and even billboards, whether controversial or not: the family reportedly, “**famous for being famous**” eventually found themselves being considered as Hollywood’s new royalty by many. The Petrovich klan’s entanglements — and their devotion to showcasing the next generation already — hints that this bunch is not leaving the pit of the limelight any time soon.

#### **Relationships**

***Petrovich*** and adult film actor and model, ***Lexington*** crossed paths while training at the renowned, *Devil’s Academy*. The duo also trained before ***LIGHTNING*** shows. In an interview with ***Good Morning America***, Rochefort comically imitated his appearance and voice. This submerged an accumulation of alleged newsfeeds that the two students had been seeing each other, although they managed to keep a low profile while dating, they made their brewing love publicly known during Valentine’s Day weekend, where they shared a heartfelt video on YouTube that recapped some of the most monumental moments throughout their time together. Their relationship became a matter of public record but Lexington did not publicly debut his $5 million **Lorraine Schwartz**-designed promise ring until after his Championship win. They reside in a multi-million dollar mansion in the Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles. They generally avoid discussing their relationship, and Lexington has stated his belief that this has helped them, while Preston agreed in a People article that they do not "play when it comes to [***their***] undying love". Lexington and Preston were then listed as People Magazine’s new power couple and later, were listed as the most influential people for Time magazine's 100 most influential people of 2021. In January, **Forbes** ranked them as Hollywood's top-earning couple, with a combined total of $162 million. They made it to the top of the list the following year, with a combined total of $122 million between June and September.

## Career

#### ***Mixed Martial Arts Career***

Petrovich’s main experience comes from high school wrestling. He wrestled at Saint Monica High School in Santa Monica, California and there, Preston was a national wrestling Champion in his own right and in his senior year — was a california state wrestling champion. He’d been 18-0 in amateur MMA. Preston maintained his extensive career in modeling, and trained in Brazilian jiu-jitsu in the evenings. Since the Petrovich family was more than wealthy, his father used a small portion of their earnings to get Preston the best trainer money can buy and in his off days, would he train in the gym of their mansion. Preston studed using books such as, **Mixed Martial Arts**: The Book of Knowledge to help him learn and redefine his strikes to become more lethal. His deadly strikes lead him to be named by not only his coach, but opponents: “**The Lethal Knockout**.”

#### *The Ultimate Fighter*

*Petrovich* fought a number of competitors, managing to win every single one to get into such a notorious MMA camp, Alliance. Preston knocked out his opponent, Joel Martinez in the opening seconds of the second round and struck him three times in the jaw after he had lost consciousness, breaking Martinez’s jaw in two places, partially dislocating it. Nicking it as the biggest knockout in **The Ultimate Fighter** history by Dana White and the knock out of the century by Quinton Jackson. Preston was picked as a first recruit for Blackzilians. During training, *Petrovich* was given the nickname, Chipper and Blue Eyes after coaches noticed him always smiling and his alarming blue eyes. The more he trained, the more promising he’d became, for his second fight was against Tim *Credeur. Petrovich* knocked out *Credeur* four minutes in to the first round, hitting him with a Njokuani kick to send him straight to the ground, unconscious. After the fight, Preston and *Credeur* shared a brief hug, showing unlikely sportsmanship. During his stay, Preston was consistent when it came to his training, keeping not only his mean undefeated streak alive, but also assuring that his brutal strikes stayed at the forefront of murderous, months after, he’d retire from mixed martial arts seeing as, he’d no longer had desire left to pursue this extensive career. Although, speculations and rumors ignited after his departure that he’d been participating in underground fighting for not the money, but the thrill of the adventure, this being why so many coaches referred to him as a **bloodthirsty brawler**.

#### ***Modeling***

Preston was scouted alongside his three sisters and twin brother in Malibu and began his modeling career when he was fresh out of high school. Upon being signed with Next Management, shortly after their signing, Petrovich and his siblings were photographed by Hedi Slimane for Vogue Homme Japan which generated immediate attention. Petrovich’s modeling career especially took off after he dyed his hair with brunette with honey blond highlights at his agent's advice, which became his signature look for some time. By the next gig, he had shot a dozen magazine covers and fronted fashion campaigns for Philipp Plein and Tom Ford. He and several other models appeared in Tom Ford's fashion video his latest launch. He has appeared in editorials for American, French, Spanish, and Ukrainian Vogue, GQ, British Elle, Marie Claire, V, Numéro, i-D, LOVE, and W. Petrovich has appeared on the covers of French and Spanish Vogue, GQ, V, and Harper's Bazaar. Preston even began walking the runways for Fendi, Chanel, Roberto Cavalli, Moschino, Emporio Armani, DSquared2, Salvatore Ferragamo, Philipp Plein, Ralph Lauren, Balmain, Tom Ford, Marc Jacobs, Ermanno Scervino, Versace, Jeremy Scott, Michael Kors, John Varvatos, Etro and Bottega Veneta. He’d appeared in advertising campaigns for Tom Ford, Calvin Klein, Moncler, Tommy Hilfiger, Philipp Plein, Mavi, Penshoppe, H&M, Gap, Big C and L'Oreal.

## In-Wrestling

### Moveset / Attributes:

#### *FINISHING MOVES*

* **Contortionist-Lock** (Arm Trapped Boston Crab) - 2021–present
* **Black Mamba** (Bicycle Knee Strike) - 2021–present; adopted from ***Alaina Petrova***
* **Roundup** (Lifting reverse STO) - 2022–present
* **Rack and Ruin** (Over the shoulder Cutter) - 2022–present

#### *SIGNATURE MOVES*

* **Cross The Great Divide** (Swinging Side Effect) - 2021–present
* **Final Blow** (Ripcord Koppou Kick) - 2021–present
* **Take Flight** (Deadlift German Suplex) - 2022–present
* **Heads For the Hills** (Arm Trap Headlock Driver) - 2022–present

### *Nicknames:*

* The **Bloodthirsty** Brawler
* ~~Premier Superstar~~
* The Total **Knockout**
* Reincarnation of **Zeus**
* Man of **Steel**
* **Black Mamba**
* The **Ace of Spades**

### *Managers:*

* **Milan Giordano**
* **Beau Petrova**

### *Theme Songs:*

* ***Homecoming*** by **Lil-Uzi Vert** (2021-present)