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WSW CONFIDENTIAL SPOTLIGHT......
HCM BRUNO

For the past 4 years, Bruno has been a major player on the Northeast PA area's wrestling circuit. As a part of the notorius Underground regieme, he brought anger, brutality, and sheer strength to the table during his blood soaked feud with the founders of the Underground; Halo, Khufu, and Aries.

When the state athletic commission ended the notorius Underground circuit, Bruno was given the opportunity to make a bold step forward into independent wrestling.

This is his story.

"Watching the WWF and NWA on Saturday mornings in my grandparents' house and then having my grandfather take me to the Catholic Youth Center to see the WWF growing up was what hooked me."

As is the case with many current stars, Bruno was a childhood fan who found wrestling as his escape from reality. His dream world. And like many other current independent stars, ECW was his salvation.

"I found ECW, and every other company seemed meaningless. The day I knew this business was my destiny was when I saw a tape of the infamous Shane Douglas "throw down" of the NWA Title. That was it for me, every chance I got to watch wrestling after that I did."

Bruno would spend the next few years as an ECW junkie and student of the extreme. But what he saw in ECW could not even begin to prepare him for the abuse that awaited him in Valley Championship Wrestling -- the home of NEPA Underground.

"Then in Sept of 1999, I went to a VCW event and after the show I spoke with Lars Morris, the next 2 years are a blur."

Most fans will recall his infamous bloody massacre with Khufu in March of 2000. Khufu had used a fork, a machete, and barbed wire to carve Bruno into pieces. Other fans will remember him for the immensely brutal 6 man tag team match between the HCM (Bruno, Joey Davino, and Frankie Angelini) and the Foundation (Halo, Khufu, and Aries). Some diehard fans will recall Bruno's intense feud with Halo and his eventual title win. Or his domination of the tag team scene with his partner in crime, Joey Davino. Regardless, those two years plus of Underground Wrestling brought on some very memorable experiences for all those involved.

Although Underground was unsanctioned by the state of Pennsylvania and highly illegal, with most wrestlers receiving nominal training and numerous injuries, Bruno feels that the Underground scene was his chance to take the next step towards his dreams of becoming a world renowned athlete.

But at what costs? Bruno is now scarred and disfigured and has been living under the scrutiny of his pants in many locker rooms around the East Coast.

"I could have had a professional career but I would have had to have paid a large sum of money for it. Would I have gotten anywhere? Maybe, but I doubt it ... I think joining VCW and being a large part of the Underground Movement has made my career, along with other peoples careers, take off. It gave us a sense of being a local celebrity, but at the same time.. even though we weren't professionally trained it gave us some sort of knowledge for when the time came to get trained."

It was after an that had incident occurred between Bruno and Black Magik that VCW was unable to continue without threats of exposure to the PA-SAC. The promoter also needed major time off and VCW closed its doors in February of 2001. And then, Bruno, and 6 of his friends, took the next step.

"Professional wrestling training stumbled onto US! Phil Stamper moved up to NEPA from Maryland and was looking for somewhere to work out and he found VCW. He soon realized that we weren't trained but that we had the determination to be pros. He knew guys that had a ring in Allentown and he took some of us down there 2-3 times a week and it was drills and (stuff) from Phil. Soon it just became 2nd nature to bump correctly and work correctly."

But Bruno could tell the difference. And it wasn't just the way things happened, it was the whole atmosphere.

"The biggest difference I see is the level of hardcore. VCW gave it to you up front, you expected blood to be split if you came to a VCW. You expected someone to get dumped huge on their head. On the indies its very hard to get away with ANY of the blood. Another difference i see are the fans. VCW had rabid fans that knew everyone and all the story lines, they were sick."

Bruno made his professional debut in front of an almost hometown crowd in Plymouth, PA for VCW -- the newly LEGAL version. It opened his eyes to the possibilities and brought on the newest challenge, the next step, to take towards the dream. But the upcoming months would not be easy as Brad and Joey would face the ultimate challenge -- finding employment.

"Back in May of 2001 Lars Morris ran an indy show and he had a ton of big names on that show and he put his boys over the names. We were grateful but unworthy. After that it took Joey and I a while to get more work, true we were still training and working out but we couldn't get booked. We finally got an in up in the Mass fed of Big East Wrestling."

Big East Wrestling was so pleased with the HCM, that they were given a tag team title shot on their first BEW appearance. The HCM took the titles with relative ease and continued to hold them for over 8 months. But the boys of the HCM were still not content. Until a new door was opened for them.

"I think the biggest turning point so far was when we contacted Johnny Glitter about coming to WSW. Ever since our 1st show with them back in April of 2k2, he has treated us like sons. I and Joey go to the training center twice a week and work out and Johnny will tell us what's up and what we need to know. So far WSW has been our big break. I hope that the fed takes off in NEPA and I know that Joey and I are planning to be a big part of it."

Since joining the ranks of WSW, the HCM have had several wins over many main players and regional stars. WSW also sent the HCM to Hanover, PA for a satellite show which saw the HCM take on the 15 year ring veterans, The Tokyo Terrors.

The HCM and the Terrors pummeled each other and the Terrors ripped the chest of Joey Davino open with a barrage of chops. Joey was quick to fire back and many fans and wrestlers felt as if a fight was to break out between the two teams.

"It was just a brutal match in which Joey and I both got lit up and brutalized. True, we gave it back a bit but not enough. There will come a time when the Terrors will step into our ring and I guarantee the roles will be reversed."

Within this past week, WSW Confidential got word that the HCM will face off against the Tokyo Terrors in a brutal rematch in Moosic, PA. But this time, the HCM are ready. and willing, to show the Terrors a little NEPA hardcore hospitality.

"The HCM vs the Terrors on the 17th. Revenge.. yeah.. that's the word for it. Gruesome photo.. nah, F-that.. Joey has SCARS across his chest as a permanent reminder of that nite. Are we looking for revenge? A bit. But what we are really looking to do is show the Terrors that we ain't some nickle and dime tag team. We are the FUTURE of this Sport and believe me after the 17th the Terrors and everyone else in Moosic will know that."

This brutal attitude is growing into an epidemic in WSW and is a primary reason why WSW head honcho, Johnny Glitter, has put together the new Underground Division. With VCW/UWF gone from the Underground scene, many fans have been searching for a substitute. While WSW is readily available, the Underground fans were looking for a more aggressive and violent sport to watch. WSW's Underground Division should fill that void nicely while exposing fans to the tried and true traditional style of professional wrestling as well.

"It appears that WSW has done its homework on the history of this area and is planning to bring back at least SOME of the old school ways. I know im excited about it, I cant wait to hear what some of the plans are for it. Should be fun, I just hope that the news of the division gets out to the old school fans so they can not only relive, but also see what new twist WSW can put on it. Ill say this too: If you took a select group of undy guys.. trained them to be pro wrestlers and LET them wrestle the undy style.. you are ASKING for amazing matches."

While Bruno and partner Joey Davino are a card carrying veterans of the Underground, it is hard to tell if they will be placed in the division yet or not. As one of WSW's top tag teams, they may be too busy to venture back to the Underground, WSW style; but that doesn't mean that the HCM, Bruno in particular, does not want to.

"True, Joey and I have loyalties to the Underground. We helped make it so huge so it would be, if I can be so harsh to say, Un-Holy for us NOT to be involved. Hell, I _STILL_ carry the moniker of the Franchise of Undeground Wrestling. But on the other hand Joey and I spent 3 years, spilled pints and pints of blood, broken bones etc.. and we would like to stay with the other side of WSW as well. I hope that there is room for us on both sides of the coin."

Several other non-vets of the Underground scene have expressed interest in joining the ranks of the new division. Draven Blaze has spent time doing no holds barred shoot fights and bloody hardcore battles in EGW; Brother Rosh had a brief Underground stint as Ashe, the masked man of destruction; Chris Stylz has battled in the Combat Zone and could easily lay claim to belonging -- but do these guys stand a chance in the Underground" Do they deserve it?

"I'm daring anyone from WSW to step into the Underground. Brother Rosh did his tour of duty and I guarantee he has the scars and war stories to prove it. Just ask him. Its a different world completely. If Blaze, Stylz, Brass.. anyone wanted to come into the Undergound I would be more than happy to have them step into that world. But I'm not sure any of them would like what they saw or felt.

"What I'm really saying is: It takes a special kind of person to step into an Underground match. Some have it and some don't, some will like it and some wont. HELL, some may not want to leave once they are inside."

That special something is what keeps the HCM and Bruno at the top of the game with World Star Wrestling. With the added pressures of upholding the Underground reputation for barbaricism, and dealing with old school vets, the HCM look to have a rough few months coming up. But if their past experiences have proven anything, survival by abusive means if necessary, is a way of life.

"We both feel that WSW is our new home, and we will do everything in our power to make it take off. I would love to have the tag team division in WSW take off as well. Its an almost forgotten art and it can come back again and Joey and I plan to make that happen."