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    Jesse Ventura

    Luca Crusifino
    Crusifino in 2024
    Birth nameRoman Macek
    Born (2000-11-16) November 16, 2000 (age 24)[1]
    McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, U.S.
    Alma materDuquesne University[2]
    Professional wrestling career
    Ring nameLuca Crusifino
    Billed height6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
    Billed weight246 lb (112 kg)
    Billed fromPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    Trained byChris LeRusso[3]
    WWE Performance Center[4]
    DebutFebruary 21, 2023

    Roman Macek (born November 16, 2000) is an American professional wrestler and former American football player. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the NXT and Evolve brands under the ring name Luca Crusifino. He is a member of The D'Angelo Family.

    Early life and football career

    Macek was born in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania. He attended Montour High School in McKees Rocks, where he played football. He was a first team all-Northwest Nine Conference pick on both the offensive and defensive lines for two-straight years. He also participated as four-year letterman and three-year captain for the wrestling team.[2]

    After graduating from high school, Macek went on to study at Duquesne University, majoring in sociology. While attending Duquesne, Macek played football for the Duquesne Dukes. As a freshman in 2017, he played special teams and defense; in 2018, he appeared in all 13 games for the Dukes; in 2019 he moved to offense as a left guard; In 2020–2021 season, he started all five games at left guard for the Dukes in first season on the offensive line and played major role in success of Dukes’ offense. In 2021, he started all 10 games at left guard for the Dukes and was a part of an offensive front which paced the NEC and ranked 17th in the FCS in fewest sacks allowed per game (1.2).[2] After graduating with a B.A. from Duquesne University, Macek continued his education at Duquesne, enrolling in the law school. However, he took a leave of absence to pursue professional wrestling. Macek is still enrolled in law school at Duquesne.[5]

    Professional wrestling career

    On April 6, 2022, it was reported that Macek had signed with WWE after undergoing a tryout at the WWE Performance Center.[6] He was later assigned the name Luca Crusifino and the gimmick of a lawyer.[7] In early 2023 before his debut, Crusifino made his own website called crusifinolaw.com for his gimmick of a lawyer. The website includes “ongoing trials” in NXT, testimonials from The D'Angelo Family's Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo and an anonymous client, and a paragraph about himself and his “Law firm” and how to contact him, as well as “video evidence” about various assault charges in NXT.[8]

    Crusifino participated in the NXT men's breakout tournament,[9] but was defeated by Tavion Heights in the first round. On February 27, Crusifino faced Dijak in a losing effort. After the match, Crusifino would hit Dijak with his own crowbar, setting up Joe Gacy to attack him, turning face in the process for the first time in his WWE career. Crusifino would then slip Dijak's crowbar behind the steel steps. Impressed by Crusifino’s match, Tony D’Angelo would tell Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo to “remember that” and “go get ‘em.”[10] At NXT: Roadblock on March 5, D'Angelo welcomed Crusifino as the new "consigliere" of The D'Angelo Family stable, cementing his face turn.[11][12][13] Crusifino made his Evolve debut on the March 5, 2025 episode of Evolve, where he was sent there as a representative of The D'Angelo Family.[14] He defeated Javier Bernal on the March 19 episode of Evolve in his Evolve debut match.[15] At NXT Stand & Deliver on April 19, during the six-man tag team match between The D'Angelo Family against DarkState (Dion Lennox, Saquon Shugars and Osiris Griffin), Lorenzo turned on D'Angelo after months of D'Angelo distrusting Lorenzo.[16] In the following episode of NXT, Crusifino met Lorenzo in a desert, and Crusifino was later deemed "missing". He returned at NXT Battleground on May 25, where he seemingly helped Lorenzo to defeat D'Angelo.[17]

    References

    1. ^ "Luca Crusifino - Pro Wrestlers Database - The SmackDown Hotel". TheSmackDownHotel.com. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
    2. ^ a b c "Roman Macek - Football - Duquesne University Athletics". Duquesne University Athletics. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
    3. ^ Rossetti, Antonio. "Luca Crusifino has no regrets about leaving Duquesne law school for the WWE". pghcitypaper.com. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
    4. ^ "Luca Crusifino « Wrestlers Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". Cagematch.com. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
    5. ^ Benz, Tim (April 6, 2022). "Duquesne football player Roman Macek gets offer to pursue pro wrestling dream at WWE performance center". TribLIVE.com. Retrieved January 9, 2024.
    6. ^ "Duquesne football player Roman Macek accepts WWE contract offer". f4w.com. April 6, 2022. Archived from the original on April 4, 2023. Retrieved July 29, 2022.
    7. ^ "WWE NXT Level Up Results: March 3, 2023". WWE.com.
    8. ^ Rumsey, Connel (April 20, 2023). "WWE Creates Hilarious Website For Upcoming New Gimmick". WrestleTalk. Retrieved March 18, 2024.
    9. ^ "Brackets Revealed For WWE NXT Men's Breakout Tournament". wrestlinginc.com. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
    10. ^ "WWE NXT Results: Winners, Live Grades, Reaction and Highlights From Feb. 27". Bleacher Report. Retrieved March 17, 2024.
    11. ^ Defelice, Robert (March 5, 2024). "Luca Crusifino Named The Consigliere Of Tony D'Angelo's Family At NXT Roadblock 2024 | Fightful News". Fightful. Retrieved March 6, 2024.
    12. ^ Powell, Jason (March 5, 2024). "NXT TV results (3/5): Moore's review of NXT Roadblock with Carmelo Hayes vs. Tony D'Angelo for a shot at the NXT Title, Kabuki Warriors vs. Lyra Valkyria and Tatum Paxley for the WWE Women's Tag Titles". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved March 6, 2024.
    13. ^ Moore, John (April 16, 2024). "NXT TV results (4/16): Moore's review of Carmelo Hayes vs. Trick Williams in a steel cage match, Ridge Holland vs. Joaquin Wilde, Sol Ruca vs. Lola Vice, Noam Dar vs. Dijak". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
    14. ^ Vetter, Chris (March 5, 2025). "WWE Evolve results (3/5): Vetter's review of Jackson Drake and "Swipe Right" Brad Baylor and Ricky Smokes vs. Sean Legacy, Jack Cartwheel, and Cappuccino Jones". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved May 26, 2025.
    15. ^ Vetter, Chris (March 19, 2025). "WWE Evolve results (3/19): Vetter's review of Luca Crusifino vs. Javier Bernal, Tyson Dupont and Tyriek Igwe vs. Drako Knox and Tate Wilder, Brinley Reece vs. Masyn Holiday". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved May 26, 2025.
    16. ^ Moore, John (April 19, 2025). "NXT Stand & Deliver results: Moore's live review of Oba Femi vs. Trick Williams vs. Je'Von Evans for the NXT Title, Stephanie Vaquer vs. Giulia vs. Jordynne Grace vs. Jaida Parker for the NXT Women's Title". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved April 20, 2025.
    17. ^ Moore, John (May 25, 2025). "NXT Battleground results: Moore's live review of Stephanie Vaquer vs. Jordynne Grace for the NXT Women's Championship, Joe Hendry vs. Trick Williams for the TNA World Championship". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved May 26, 2025.
    Credit: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luca_Crusifino

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