!nterogative

!nterogative (ĭn'tə-rŏg'ə-tĭv) is an American professional wrestler currently under contract to the Unnecessary Roughness Wrestling League. He is the current URWL Champion, a three-time UNW/URWL Internet Champion and one-time UNW Rookie Champion.

Biography
Joseph Intero was born into extreme poverty in Harlem, New York, on October 3rd, 1978, the son of an Italian sweatshop worker and an African-American prostitute. His father, Angelo Interonuovo, was an Italian immigrant who moved to Harlem in 1967 during the height of the Vietnam War and the counterculture movement. Angelo shortened his last name to "Intero" (ĭn'tə-ro) after arriving in an attempt to "americanize" his last name. Angelo never married. Because of this, Joseph was born illegimiately. His birth mother, Georgia Slandry, was a Harlem prostitute who reportedly died in 1979 after a heroin overdose. Not much is known about Intero's birth mother, who reportedly left the infant outside of Angelo Intero's door in an act of defiance. Not knowing what to do with the baby, Intero placed the baby in a Harlem orphanage. Until the age of fourteen, Joseph Intero lived without his birth parents, bouncing from abusive foster tenement to abusive foster tenement, searching for a way to live. His violent life led him to streetfighting, an outlet of aggression that would eventually get him arrested and put into another orphanage at the age of fourteen. This time, however, fate intervened and placed Intero in a stable family. The Mancuso family of Howard Beach in Queens, whose oldest son had died in a car accident, adopted Intero and turned his life around, turning his streetfighting problem into a love of organized boxing. During his teenage years, Intero became a notable amateur boxer around New York City. However, a disqualification at a city-wide boxing tournament with an olympic tryout at stake damaged his career. While trying to repair his boxing career in late 2000, he received a phone call from Goldash007, CEO of the URWL, who had seen one of his matches in a local gymnasium while scouting talent. In December 2000, Goldash007 and the URWL signed Intero to a developmental contract. It is rumored that Goldash007 chose the name "Interogative" based on Intero's "questionable" past.

Text-Based Era
Surprisingly, Intero was able to easily pick up the amateur and professional wrestling style he was taught, wrestling numerous successful (albeit punch-heavy) dark matches against URWL jobbers in early 2001. After Intero's grapple skill improved, the towering physical specimen debuted in November 2001 as an attack-based powerhouse. His initial unfamiliarity of grapples was criticized by URWL marks but gradually improved as he gained expertise. In February 2002, Interogative captured his first major URWL title belt, the URWL Rookie Title. By June, Interogative had the longest active winning streak in the URWL, going 24 matches without a loss. However, as soon as the URWL and the NOW e-feds merged to form United National Wrestling (UNW), the Rookie Title was dropped. Interogative's first loss eventually came at The Barrster's Revenge 2003 in a UNW Championship match against current Champion Dynamite Newton.

More biographical information coming soon...

Trademark Moves

 * Finishing Moves
 * Aftershock
 * Full Nelson


 * Signature Moves
 * Running STO
 * Back Club
 * Boxing Punch Combination (left hook, right haymaker, uppercut)
 * Stomp to the Knee
 * Running Headlock Takedown Into Lou Thesz Press

Entrance Music

 * Bill Conti - "Gonna Fly Now (Theme From Rocky)" (Late 2001 - Early 2003)
 * Blue Öyster Cult - "Don't Fear The Reaper" (Early 2003 - March 2003)
 * Björk - "Army Of Me" (May - June 2003)
 * Kenny Rogers - "Lady" (December 2006 - December 2007)
 * Metallica - "To Live Is To Die" (December 2007 - present)