Greg Marasciulo[1] (born March 30, 1987)[1] is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, working on its SmackDown brand under the ring name Trent Barreta. He was one half of the Dude Busters tag team with Caylen Croft before Croft was released from his WWE contract. Marasciulo also wrestled for the New York Wrestling Connection as Plazma, and competed in Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) in drag as a masked wrestler, The Girl from Mexico.[1]
| Trent Barreta | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 30, 1987[1] Mount Sinai, New York[1] |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | French Man Un The Girl from Mexico[1] Greg Cardona[1] Greg Jackson[1] Plazma[1] Trent Baretta[1] Trent Barreta[1] |
| Billed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[2] |
| Billed weight | 203 lb (92 kg)[2] |
| Billed from | Mount Sinai, New York[2] |
| Trained by | Mikey Whipwreck[1] New York Wrestling Connection[1] Florida Championship Wrestling |
| Debut | July 10, 2004[1] |
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.[1] 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.[1] On February 25, Plazma retained the title against Maverick in his first title defense.[1] On March 18, Plazma lost the title to Mike Spinelli.[1] Plazma would defeat Spinelli in a rematch for the title on May 20.[1] 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.[1] 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.[1] The team would retain the title on several occasions before losing them to MEGA and Prince Nana on December 15.[1] 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.[1]
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.[1] 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.[3] Beretta would soon form a tag team with Caylen Croft called The Dude Busters.[4] 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, Baretta 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. Baretta was officially recognized as a champion along side Croft and Hawkins, and 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).[5]
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 heels in a winning effort against Bobby Shields and Tyler Hilton, jobbers.[1] 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.[6]
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.[7] 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, having since turned 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.[8]
Singles competition (2010–present)
On the October 14 edition of Superstars, Barreta went against Curt Hawkins in a losing effort.[9] A rivalry then began between Barreta and Hawkins shortly after, with Barreta getting the win on the November 18 edition of Superstars.[10] On November 19, Caylen Croft was released from his contract, turning Barreta into a singles competitor fully and effectively ending The Dude Busters.[11] In a rematch the next week, Hawkins defeated Barreta, claiming Barreta's win the week before was a fluke.[12] In another rematch, Baretta exacted revenge by defeating Hawkins. On the January 14, 2011 edition of SmackDown, Barreta earned an upset victory over Drew McIntyre. One week later, Kelly Kelly came and helped Barreta instead of McIntyre, who, over the last few weeks, had been trying to impress her.[13]
On May 1 at Extreme Rules Barreta was a Lumberjack in the WWE Tag Team Championship Match. On the May 20 edition of SmackDown Barreta went against Ted DiBiase in a losing effort. On the June 10 edition of SmackDown, Barreta faced Jinder Mahal in a losing effort. Following the match, Mahal would instruct The Great Khali to attack Barreta. On the June 30 edition of Superstars, Barreta and The Usos faced Justin Gabriel, Heath Slater and Tyson Kidd in a winning effort, ending an almost 2-month losing streak. On the August 23 edition of NXT Redemption, Barreta appeared on NXT and faced Tyson Kidd in a winning effort after a Titantron video distracted him and also ended his losing streak in a singles match. Barreta received a negative ovation following his win over Tyson Kidd in Kidd's hometown of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- Dudebuster DDT [2][14] (Springboard tornado DDT)[8][10][15]
- Signature moves
- Diving corkscrew senton[14][16]
- Dropkick,[17] sometimes while springboarding[8][15][18]
- Enzuigiri[16][19]
- Flying forearm smash[16]
- Frankensteiner,[15] sometimes from the top rope[20]
- Gobstopper [19] (Running single leg high knee)[21]
- High knee on a cornered opponent[22]
- Leg drop to an opponent draped on the second rope[16]
- Running somersault senton[23]
- Slingshot elbow drop[24]
- Somersault plancha[23][25]
- Snap DDT onto the ring apron[26]
- Springboard back elbow to a cornered opponent[15]
- Springboard moonsault[15][27]
- Superplex[28]
- With Caylen Croft
- Inverted atomic drop (Croft) followed by a running single leg high knee (Barreta)[29]
Championships and accomplishments
- Florida Championship Wrestling
- Florida Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Caylen Croft (2) and with Curt Hawkins (1)1[30]
- New York Wrestling Connection
1When Croft and Hawkins won the title, Barreta could defend the title with either of them under the Freebird Rule.
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Trent gets out on the apron Wade looks to hit Trent with a should to the gut but Trent dodges and hits Wade with a leg drop sending him out to the floor.
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Barreta hits a flipping senton splash for a two count....Barreta charges and hits a flipping plancha to the outside on Hawkins!
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