Dan Lopez
| Dan Maff | |
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Dan Maff at a JAPW event in 2009
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| Birth name | Daniel Lopez |
| Born |
October 28, 1973 Newark, New Jersey |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) |
Dan Maff Danny Maff Mafia Mafia Mack |
| Billed height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
| Billed weight | 280 lb (130 kg) |
| Billed from | Bed Stuy Do-or-Die, Brooklyn, New York, Bayonne, New Jersey |
| Trained by |
Homicide Magic |
| Debut | 1999 |
Daniel Lopez is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Dan "Danny" Maff. He retired in March 2005 following an as of yet undisclosed incident involving his trainer, Homicide, and remained inactive until returning in June 2008.
Lopez attended Jersey All Pro Wrestling shows as a fan, and enrolled in the JAPW training school when it opened in the late 1990s. After training for several months in the JAPW school, Lopez began attending Homicide's training school, The Doghouse, in New York City after impressing Homicide with his work ethic. When his training was completed in 1999, Lopez adopted the name "Mafia" and formed a tag team with another Doghouse graduate who he resembled, Monsta Mack.
Mafia and Mack, collectively known as Da Hit Squad, began wrestling on the northeastern independent circuit. They won tag team title in JAPW in 1999 and in Jersey Championship Wrestling in 2000. In 2001, Da Hit Squad won titles in World Xtreme Wrestling and USA Pro Wrestling. At one stage they held a total of six titles between them.
After Mack injured his leg, he was unable to defend his half of the JAPW Tag Team Championship in a scheduled match on January 25, 2003 against the Dirty Rotten Scoundrelz. Lopez unsuccessfully defended the title singlehandedly in a handicap match.
Lopez won his first singles Heavyweight Championship on February 22, 2003 in Woodbridge, New Jersey, defeating his trainer, Homicide. Inspired by his victory, Lopez turned face by leaving Mack, who he defeated in a match for USA Pro Wrestling on March 8.
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