Dominic Ramirez (Universe 2)

Dominic Roberto Peña Reeves (Born October 26th, 1971) is a retired Dominican Professional Wrestler who is better known for his ring names Dominic Ramirez, Luiz Hermaro, and his later known alter ego Papa Yaga.

Ramirez was born into a obscure wrestling family back in his native country of the Dominican Republic. His father and brother were both former professional wrestlers before retiring and transitioning to backstage relations and raising a family respectively.

Ramirez would begin training at 13 years old in 1984 by competing in his family's promotion. He would later move to Atlanta, Georgia to begin training at the WCW Powerplant after completing two years of college in 1990. He would make his WCW debut in January of 1991, defeating fellow WCW Powerplant graduate, friend, and future tag team partner, "Great Tank" Richard Hong.

Ramirez would compete for several promotions over his near 4 decade career including his family's promotion in the Dominican Republic, World Championship Wrestling, World Wrestling Federation (now World Wrestling Entertainment), All Japan Pro Wrestling, New Japan Pro Wrestling, Frontier Martial Arts Wrestling, Total Nonstop Action, and finally his own promotion, New Orleans Pro Wrestling (now Atlanta Pro Wrestling).

Early Life

Reeves was born on November 14th, 1971 in New Orleans, Louisiana to immigrant parents Luiz and Claudia Reeves. Both whom originate from Barahona, Dominican Republic. He has a older brother and sister Derick Reeves (Born July 1964) and Doralis Aracena (Born 1968) who remained in the country with their paternal grandmother Yesenia Reeves. Due to being in uncharted territory meant it was hard for Reeves to connect to his homeland growing up, leaving him for wanting to have a better connection as he got older. Reeves would attend multiple schools in New Orleans that had began to teach Spanish speaking students. Dominic would eventually learn to fluently speak English some time around 1978. Wanting to connect with his heritage more and to escape the prejudice from some of his peers and teachers, Reeves with the permission of his parents, moved to Barahona, Dominican Republic with his maternal grandmother Eva Manuela, in order to finish High School in 1984. There, he began to truly experience and embrace his heritage and culture. During this time, he and his brother would begin to professional wrestling training after both fell in love with the sport during their time together. Their father would move back to open up a wrestling school there for his sons, their friends, and anyone who would want to join and begin training. Reeves would finished High School and would move back to the states with his sister and grandmother and would move to Atlanta, Georgia and attended two years of DeVry University.

Professional Wrestling Career

Training and Early Career (1984-1991)

Reeves would make his debut at 13 years old in 1984 by competing and training in his family's very own promotion, RPWS (Reeves Pro Wrestling School). Not much is known of his time in the promotion as no footage of his time there has ever been shown. He does state that he did hold the promotion's world title, the RPWS World Championship and it's tag titles, the RPWS Tag Team Championships with his brother, Derick Reeves. Reeves would spend 8 years in the promotion while tackling middle schools and high school until spending a year in college before returning to America to sign to World Championship Wrestling.

World Championship Wrestling (1991-1998)

Early Career (1990-1992)

Reeves would move to Atlanta, Georgia in order to begin training at the WCW Powerplant after completing two semesters of college in late 1990. He would make his WCW debut in January of 1991, defeating fellow WCW Powerplant graduate, friend, and future tag team partner, "Great Tank" Richard Hong on a taping of WCW Pro Wrestling. He would start a small rivalry with another friend, Yamashita Maeda which would last until May of that year. Their rubber match was supposed to take place on WCW Clash of Champions XVII, however, their match was cut and the match later took place on the November 23rd edition of WCW Saturday Night. The two would move on from this rivalry and pursue other challenges and rivals. For most of 1992, Dominic would be on the shelf due to sustaining a forearm injury during a match with the Super Invader (AKA Hercules Hernandez) on WCW Saturday Night on May 16th. He would return in November as a last minute replacement and put into the tournament to win the WCW World Television Championship. He would come short as he would end up being eliminated during the first round by Erik Watts.

1st World Television Championship reign (June 1995-September 1995)

Ramirez would capture his first singles gold by beating Arn Anderson at the Great American Bash for the WCW World Television Championship.

1st United States Championship reign (December 1995-July 1996)

At Starrcade '95, Ramirez would replace One Man Gang in the United States title match against then champion, Kensuke Sasaki.

New Orleans Pro Wrestling (1995-Present)

Involvement in formation and the original concept (1995)

Prior to his singles and tag team push in June of 1995, Dominic became friends with Somaje Maverick, a then recently released wrestler from the WWF. The two bonded over their shared spots on the card and their shared experiences with not being able to go up the card, despite being able to go up with the top stars. While bonding, they decided they would scramble up a few friends and colleagues to help build and open up a gym for those who want to avoid working out in public areas with strangers. The original name would be the PowerGym but would later be renamed as the Power Chamber. In October, Somaje and his now wife, Michelle Bosling (renamed Michelle Maverick) pitched a idea that would end up becoming a reality in the background of their careers and with some backing from Michelle herself, the three would end up turning the Power Chamber into something more than just a wrestling gym, but instead a promotion itself. In 1996, New Orleans Pro Wrestling would begin operation in secret with the first 10 shows being taped. The finals of the first NOLA Grand Prix would take place during the final episode and the episode would feature appearances from some independent wrestlers like Lucas Wellsley, Bishop Thompson, Bobby Lewis, Hardcore Bobby, and Pedro Thomas.

Other Media

Console Games

Year	Name	Role	Notes
2001	WWF No Mercy	Luiz Hermaro
2002	WWE SmackDown!: Shut Your Mouth	Luiz Hermaro
2003	WWE SmackDown!: Here Comes the Pain	Luiz Hermaro
2004	WWE SmackDown vs RAW	Papa Yaga
2005	WWE SmackDown vs RAW 2006	Papa Yaga
2019	WWE 2K20	Dominic Ramirez
2022	WWE 2K22	Dominic Ramirez/Luiz Hermaro/Papa Yaga
2023	WWE 2K23	Dominic Ramirez/Luiz Hermaro/Papa Yaga
2024	WWE 2K24	Dominic Ramirez/Luiz Hermaro/Papa Yaga
2025	WWE 2K25	Dominic Ramirez/Luiz Hermaro/Papa Yaga

Personal Life

While out of action from a ankle injury in 1995, Dominic would begin hanging out with fellow WCW wrestler, AJ Maverick. Who was returning to action following a ankle injury that she sustained during a match with Akira Hokuto. The two would begin hanging out frequently and begin dating in two years later in 1997. Eventually getting married in June 22nd of 1999. The two are still together to this very day. While taking some time off from competing after suffering a shoulder injury in 2005, AJ would get pregnant with the couple's first child. She would give birth to her son, Zakari Dion-Samaje Maverick on January 6th, 2006 in Newark, New Jersey. He would later be known by his ring name Zante Carter. Their daughter Zamari Amara Maverick would be born on March 26th, 2013 in Atlanta, Georgia.

Through his marriage with AJ, he's the brother in law of former wrestler and friend of the business, Somaje Maverick. He's also the uncle of Somaje's 4 children, Sean, DJ, Luna, and Ebony.

In Wrestling

Finishers

• Orge Cutter (Vertical Suplex transitioned into a Cutter)
• Coyote Cutter (Jumping Fireman's Carry Cutter)
• Final Blow (Rolling Elbow)
• Figure Four Leg Lock
• King Driver (Pumphandle Michinoku Driver; adopted from AJ Maverick)
• Kingo Bomb (Torture Rack transitioned into a Powerbomb; Commonly referred to as either the Tower Hacker Bomb or the Rack Bomb (Originally known as the Dominican Bomb))

Signature Moves

• Sit-Out Piledriver
• Choke Slam
• Standing Vertical Powerbomb
• Running Vader Bomb
• Spingboard Crossbody
• Saito Suplex
• Top Rope Diving Leg Lariat

Signings

• World Championship Wrestling (1991-1998)
• New Orleans Pro Wrestling/Atlanta Pro Wrestling (1995-Present)
• New Japan Pro Wrestling (1996-1998)
• Frontier Martial-Arts Pro Wrestling (1997)
• World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (1998-2005)
• Ring of Honor (2005-2009)
• Total Nonstop Action (2006-2008)

Alignments

• Face (1991-1996)
• Heel (1996-1997)
• Face (1997-2002)
• Heel (2002-2004)
• Face (2004-2007)
• Heel (2007-2008)
• Face (2008-Present)

Championships and Accomplishments

Jersey All Pro Wrestling

• JAPW World Heavyweight Championship (2 times)

New Orleans Pro Wrestling/Atlanta Pro Wrestling

• NOPW World Heavyweight Championship (4 times)
• NOPW World Tag Team Championships (3 times w/ Somaje Maverick (2) and Jon Blake (1))
• NOPW Deathmatch Championship (6 times)
• APW Deathmatch Tag Team Championships (2 times with Somaje Maverick)

NWA: Total Nonstop Action/Total Nonstop Action

• NWA X-Division Championship (1 time)
• NWA World Tag Team Championships (2 times with Richard Hong (1) and Carlos Morales (1))
• TNA Television Championship (1 time)

Reeves Pro Wrestling School

• RPWS World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
• RPWS World Tag Team Championships (2 times)

Ring of Honor

• Ring of Honor Championship (1 time)

World Championship Wrestling

• WCW United States Championship (1 Time)
• WCW World Tag Team Championships (w/Richard Hong) (1 Time)
• WCW World Television Championship (2 Times)

World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment

• WWE Cruiserweight Championship (2 times)
• WWF Intercontinental Championship (2 times)
• WWF Hardcore Championship (9 times)
• WWF Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
• WWF World Tag Team Championships (2 times w/ Carlos Morales)
• 2013 WWE Hall of Fame