Lou D'Angeli (born August 19, 1972) is an American marketing professional and retired

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manager Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government body. It is the art and science of managing resources of the business. Management includes the activities ...

. He is the current director of marketing and public relations for

Cirque du Soleil Cirque du Soleil (, ; "Circus of the Sun" or "Sun Circus") is a Canadian entertainment company and the largest contemporary circus producer in the world. Located in the inner-city area of Saint-Michel, it was founded in Baie-Saint-Paul on 16 Ju ...

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, as well as the Vice President of Marketing for Anthem Entertainment. He is best known for his appearances with the

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-based professional wrestling promotion

Extreme Championship Wrestling HHG Corporation, doing business as Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), was a professional wrestling promotion and media company that was based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The promotion was founded in 1992 by Tod Gordon as National Wrest ...

from 1995 to 2001 under the ring names Sign Guy Dudley and Lou E. Dangerously.

Professional wrestling career

Extreme Championship Wrestling

The Dudley Brothers (1995-1999)

Before being publicly hired by ECW, D'Angeli was an ECW "fan" that came dressed like a

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member, holding up signs like "Welcome to Dudley World" and sitting near other very well known ECW fans like Hat Guy and the original ECW Sign Guy. In reality, D'Angeli was already on ECW's payroll and was planted in the crowd to further the Dudley Family angle. D'Angeli would go on to be trained as a manager by

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and

Tazz Peter Senerchia (born October 11, 1967), better known by the ring name Taz (also spelled Tazz) is an American radio personality, color commentator, and retired professional wrestler signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) as a commentator and manage ...

. D'Angeli started out in ECW as Sign Guy Dudley, the manager of the

Dudley Boyz The Dudley Boyz (also known as Team 3D) are an American professional wrestling tag team that consisted of kayfabe half-brothers Bubba Ray Dudley (Mark LoMonaco) and D-Von Dudley (Devon Hughes). The team was also joined by various Dudley family ...

and member of the Dudley family. He led Buh Buh Ray and

D-Von Dudley Devon Hughes (born August 1, 1972) is an American retired professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he works backstage as a producer. Hughes wrestled for Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) from 1995 to 1999 and for the WWF/E ...

to 8

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reigns before they left for

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(WWF).

The Dangerous Alliance (1999-2001)

In October 1999 at Re-enter the Sandman, D'Angeli became a rip-off character of his boss,

Paul Heyman Paul Heyman (born September 11, 1965) is an American professional wrestling manager, former promoter, photographer, and executive. He is currently signed to WWE, appearing on the SmackDown brand as manager for Undisputed WWE Universal Heavyweig ...

, called "Lou E. Dangerously", with the gimmick of a giant cell phone (Heyman's ring name when a manager in

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and early ECW was Paul E. Dangerously). As Dangerously, D'Angeli is known for several run-ins with Billy Corgan from

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. On 22 July 2000, Corgan took to the ring at a match in Peoria, Illinois to play the national anthem, but Dangerously interrupted and harangued him, ending in Corgan hitting him over the head with an acoustic guitar. D'Angeli managed the tag team of

Julio Dinero Brian Wohl (born April 14, 1972) is an American retired professional wrestler, better known for his ring name Julio Dinero. His real name is sometimes mistakenly given as Brian Wall. Professional wrestling career Wohl debuted in 1994 after tra ...

and

E. Z. Money Jason Broyles (born April 27, 1973) is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his tenure in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) under the ring name E. Z. Money. He also briefly wrestled for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in ...

, which became

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with the addition of

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and Elektra. He also managed

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for a short stint in late 2000. D'Angeli appeared onstage before a Smashing Pumpkins gig in Philadelphia in October 2007, baiting the crowd. He also refounded the

Dangerous Alliance The Dangerous Alliance was a professional wrestling stable who was active in the American Wrestling Association (AWA) in 1987 and in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Extreme Championship Wrestling in the early 1990s. The group derives it ...

in December 1999.

Independent circuit (2001–2003; 2010; 2012)

When ECW went bankrupt, Lou went to work for other pro wrestling companies such as

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, PWF and MECW. At one point D'Angeli was working with

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on booking the PWF. D'Angeli last appeared in a ring as a manager in February 2003 with Alexis Laree ( Mickie James) and

Justin Credible Peter Joseph "PJ" Polaco (born October 16, 1973) is a retired American professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) under the ring name Justin Credible. He ...

. D'Angeli had a cameo at the 2006 WWE ECW One Night Stand PPV when

Rob Van Dam Robert Alexander Szatkowski (born December 18, 1970) is an American professional wrestler and actor better known by his ring name Rob Van Dam (frequently abbreviated to RVD). He is best known for his tenures in Extreme Championship Wrestling ...

defeated

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for the WWE Title. More recently D'Angeli appeared as part of

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's entourage on ''

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'' from Madison Square Garden when Evander Holyfield, in place of MVP, had a boxing match with

Matt Hardy Matthew Moore Hardy (born September 23, 1974) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). He is best known for his time with WWE. With his real life brother Jeff, Hardy gained notoriety in WWF's tag team ...

. Lou appeared as Lou E. Dangerously at ACID FEST in honor of Trent Acid on July 10, 2010. In March 2012 Lou returned to wrestling with Billy Corgan's group Resistance Pro based out of Chicago. He was brought in to specifically write for the shows as well as help talent given his performing and promoting history with ECW and WWE.

Marketing career

D'Angeli currently works as the Director of Marketing and Public Relations for the Cirque Du Soleil shows based out of Las Vegas, Nevada. D'Angeli worked for World Wrestling Entertainment in marketing until August 15, 2010. He was made Director of Live Events Promotions & Booking in June 2006, before becoming Director of Promotions and Event Marketing in May 2007. Prior to being recruited to work for WWE and after ECW, D'Angeli worked for

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/Global Spectrum as Director of Marketing and Assistant General Manager in several arenas throughout the United States, including the

Wachovia Center The Wells Fargo Center is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Philadelphia. It serves as the home of the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL), the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the ...

, then the

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in Loveland, Colo from 2003, and finally the

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in March 2006. In addition to his work for Cirque De Soleil, D'Angeli currently works as the Vice President of Marketing for Anthem Entertainment and by extension, Impact Wrestling.

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