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Professional wrestler Luca Crusifino revealed last week that he was among those to leave WWE in the company’s most recent wave, and on Monday he announced he would be retiring from the sport.
The 25-year-old Pennsylvania native, whose real name is Roman Macek, wrote on social media that he was leaving professional wrestling for good.
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Luca Crusifino enters the ring during the WWE main event at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida on January 29, 2024. (Georgiana Dallas/WWE)
“After much reflection, I have decided it is time to close this chapter of my life,” he wrote on
“I will always be grateful for the friendships I made along the way. From the talent, to the coaches, to the creative team, to every person I came into contact with at the performance center… thank you! Thank you for pushing me, believing in me, and sharing the ring with me. I have learned more than I could ever put into words and have met some of the best people who will be friends for life.”
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Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo, Tony D’Angelo and Luca Crusifino compete during NXT at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida on July 15, 2025. (Matt Pendleton/WWE)
He wrote that the decision was not easy.
“As of today, I am officially walking away and retiring from professional wrestling. It is not an easy decision, but it is the right one for me,” he added. “This is not goodbye, just the end of an incredible chapter.
“Once again, I can’t say enough… Thank you! What an amazing last 4 years and don’t worry about me… I’ll figure it out.”
And don’t worry, Crusifino made it clear that he wasn’t about to do an OnlyFans.
Crusifino was a college football player at Duquesne before joining WWE. He came in with a lawyer’s trick and would later join the D’Angelo family as their consigliere.
Members of the Channing “Stacks” family Lorenzo, Tony D’Angelo, Luca Crusifino and Adriana Rizzo pose during NXT Stand and Deliver at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 19, 2025. (Andrea Kellaway/WWE)
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In 2025, he would attack his family members Tony D’Angelo and Channing Lorenzo and end up abandoning the family. He was reintroduced in WWE Evolve with a new raver gimmick. But it didn’t last long as he left the company last week.
