Early career (1998–2004) 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 in 2002, 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. With JPWA closing, Johnny Heartbreaker started wrestling for New Era Pro Wrestling. While there, he formed a tag team with Mike Preston called the VIP. On July 13, 2002, they won the vacant NEPW United States Tag Team Championship which they would hold until they vacated the titles in March 2003. In 2003, Johnny Heartbreaker formed a tag team with
Antonio Thomas called the Heart Breakers. On January 23, 2004, in
Southbridge, Massachusetts, they defeated Cueball and Nick McKenna to win the Eastern Wrestling Alliance Tag Team Championship. The Heart Breakers lost the titles to Clinically Inclined (Andre Lyonz and
Dr. Heresy) on June 18.
World Wrestling Entertainment (2004–2006) In June 2004, Roselli moved to
Louisville, Kentucky to train and wrestle in
World Wrestling Entertainment's developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling. On August 25, Roselli made his OVW debut when he teamed up with Robbie Dawber to lose to Mac Johnson and Seth Skyfire. In late 2004, Antonio Thomas would also sign for OVW and the pair would reform their tag team, The Heart Breakers. After a few months of teaming together, they took on
MNM in an
OVW Southern Tag Team Championship number one contenders match but lost. 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 of The Heart Throbs were released from WWE.
Independent circuit (2006–2017) Since his release from World Wrestling Entertainment, Roselli has worked for many US independent promotions and has sometimes competed against and teamed up with Antonio Thomas. He has also had the chance to wrestle in over countries as well such as Italy, Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. On March 23, Roselli returned to the New York independent circuit at Northeast Wrestling's Wrestlefest X in a losing effort against Mikey Batts. In April, Roselli had a one-month tour at Puerto Rico's main wrestling promotion,
World Wrestling Council. He defeated
El Bronco for the
WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship, and re-lost the title to him in a Loser Leaves Town rematch, before returning to the US. Roselli returned to Ohio Valley Wrestling in October where he lost to
Paul Burchill. 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. On January 13, 2007, Roselli debuted for
Full Impact Pro when he teamed up with Antonio Thomas and
Shiima Xion and lost to Pelle Primeau and The Heartbreak Express (Phil Davis and Sean Davis). On March 10, 2007 Roselli defeated Jason Blade in the opening match on a NEW event. On April 6, Roselli made his UK debut when he defended the NWE World Heavyweight Championship against
Sterling James Keenan at
One Pro Wrestling. On April 22, Roselli announced his surprise partner for the evening as
Joey Mercury on a NEW event in Bristol, Connecticut and the duo, managed by
TNA Knockout
Velvet Sky went on to defeat Vik Dalishus and Hale Collins of The NOW. On May 4, 2007, Roselli made a rare US NWE World Heavyweight Championship title defense at
Top Rope Promotions at the 2007 Killer Kowalski Cup where he defeated
Mike Bennett. On May 11, Roselli and Thomas teamed up to take part in a gauntlet match for the International Wrestling Cartel Tag Team Championship which was eventually won by Johnny Gargano and Michael Facade. On April 19, 2008, Roselli was stripped of the NWE World Heavyweight Championship after an attack by
Orlando Jordan. In October, he took on Myke Quest for the National Wrestling Superstars Jersey Shore Championship and lost. In 2009, Roselli had two opportunities to win the NEW Heavyweight Championship but failed on every occasion (April 25, November 7). In late 2009, Roselli began wrestling for Victory Pro Wrestling and has had two chances to win the VPW New York State Championship but failed both times (October 6, 2012, November 23, 2013). He holds VPW victories over VSK, Jorge Santi, Kevin Fulton, and Johnny Armani. On June 29, 2013 he defeated
ROH wrestler
Vinny Marseglia in the opening match of a NEW event in Southbury, Connecticut. 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. Roselli returned to Victory Pro Wrestling on March 8, 2014 for their eight anniversary show defeating Mr. Pogo in a show headlined by former
TNA star
AJ Styles. On June 1, 2014 in Spring Valley, NY for the Northeast Wrestling promotion, Roselli had a face to face encounter with
WWE Hall of Famer
Mick Foley. On August 2, 2014 Roselli defeated WWE Hall of Famer
Booker T Huffman Reality of Wrestling student Sergei Volkov in front of 3000 fans in Fishkill, New York at
Dutchess Stadium. A year prior, Roselli defeated former
Major League Baseball pitcher Joe Ausiano in the same venue on September 21, 2013. Roselli continues to tour the independent circuit for Northeast Wrestling (NEW) which runs shows primarily in Connecticut and New York.
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2007) At
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling'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. ==Other media==