Professional Wrestling Career
Altieri began amateur wrestling in junior high school. After graduating from high school, he enlisted in the United States Air Force in 1999. Altieri was stationed at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, where he served a two year term, during which he continued wrestling. He was discharged in 2001 and relocated to Tampa, Florida where he became a personal trainer. While working as a trainer, he decided to become a professional wrestler.
Altieri trained under his cousin, Billy Kidman, in addition to learning from Roderick Strong at the NWA Florida school. He debuted in NWA Florida on June 20, 2003 as Mikey Batts, wrestling Naphtali. On February 26, 2005 in Brandon, Florida he won a six way match to become the NWA Florida X Division Champion.
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