Tony Salantri
| Birth name | Anthony Salantri |
|---|---|
| Born |
October 4, 1980 Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Tony Santarelli Tony Stradlin Tony Salantri |
| Billed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Billed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) |
| Billed from | Los Angeles, California |
| Trained by |
Shawn Michaels Wrestling Academy Dave Taylor |
| Debut | 2000 |
| Retired | 2008 |
Anthony "Tony" Salantri is a former American professional wrestler, better known by his ring names Tony Santarelli or Tony Stradlin, who competed in North American promotions including Combat Zone Wrestling, the National Wrestling Alliance, as well as New Japan Pro Wrestling, Pro Wrestling Zero1, Deep South Wrestling, and World Wrestling Entertainment.
One half of the tag team High Impact with Mike Taylor, he and Taylor were the first DSW Tag Team Champions holding the titles for a record 4½ months.
Salantri started training with Shawn Michaels' Texas Wrestling Academy in 2000. During 2001, Salantri began wrestling for NWA Wildside participating in a battle royal for the NWA "Beat the Champ" Championship on April 19. He was the last man to be eliminated by Destiny.
In July, he made an appearance at CZW Deja Vu losing to M-Dogg 20 and, the following year, he performed for Bill Behrens' NWA Wildside forming a tag team with Todd Sexton. Known as TNT, he and Sexton would feud with the Lost Boys over the NWA Wildside Tag Team Championship holding the titles on two occasions.
Salantri moved on to Ultimate Pro Wrestling teaming with Kid Vicious, he lost to MTV celebrity wrestler The Real World's The Miz and Lil Nate on July 11, 2003. During early 2004, he would defeat Lil Nate in a singles match and later won the Mat Wars championship tournament defeating The Miz in the tournament finals. On May 16, he lost to Tatsuhito Takaiwa in a match for the vacant NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship in Tokyo, Japan on May 16.
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