- Born
- Birth nameArthur E Pittman Jr
- Nicknames
- Art
- Artie
- Hoss
- Height6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
- He was born and raised for a while in Wiesbaden, Hessen, Germany. Mother, Barbara Ann, now currently works EOM (Executive Office of the Mayor) in Washington, D.C. as Veteran Benefits Special Assistant. However, She is a retired Air Force Veteran. Due to her job in the Air Force, he lived a majority of his early years after 1988 with his mother and great-grandmother Katherine Arnold Roseboro who died March 17th 2003.
Growing up he spent time in many different schools. Between just 1st through 9th grade he attended schools in 2 different countries and 8 different schools. Attended school from 4th grade to half of 7th grade in Bossier City and Elm Grove Louisiana. The second half of seventh grade attended Francis Jr. High in Washington D.C. before transferring to Saint Ritas School in Arlington, Virginia for first year ever of private school being 8th grade. The Total graduating Class of 8th grade equaled 15 total students.
Attended and graduated from Bishop Ireton Highschool in Alexandria, Va 1993-1997 before being recruited from many Division 1, 2 and 3 NCAA schools for Football and one even for Basketball.
Deciding between many Ivy and Patriot League schools also to include SEC and ACC school, he made a decision to attended Towson University and was also a part of their NCAA Football Team while attending.
He was approached by Mark "The Shark" Shrader about getting into Professional Wrestling on Nov 9th 1999 after exiting WWF Smackdown in Baltimore, Maryland.
He also appeared on the Jerry Springer Show which aired December 2, 2002 for the Holiday Episode: "Midget Holiday Hell" but was uncredited.
He is currently training and performing as a Professional Wrestler with Eastern Wrestling Alliance in Maryland & Combat Zone Wrestling members. He performs in the Mid-Atlantic east coast.
- IMDb mini biography by: Annonymous
- His Ethnic background is highly diverse and is a mix of more than 6 different documented ethnic cultures.
- Recognized for Achievment of Original Scholarship presented at the Sixth Annual Undergraduate Communication Research Conference at Towson University in May of 2002.
- Won 2nd place in Impromptu Speaking at a Speech Tournament in 2003 held at Seton Hall University, in NJ.
- Joined the speech and debate team at Towson University, both to help with the vocal side of training as a Professional Wrestler and to work with kids in Baltimore City, MD.
- Ranked #463 is Pro Wrestling Illustrated's Top 500 Wrestlers in the World for 2012.
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