Luca Crusifino announced on Monday that he is retiring from professional wrestling, writing on X that “As of today, I’m officially stepping away and retiring from professional wrestling.” The 25-year-old, who revealed last week that he was among those who departed WWE in the company’s most recent wave, said the decision follows a period of reflection.
Crusifino, a Pennsylvania native whose real name is Roman Macek, framed the move as the end of a dream lived out. He wrote that “Being a part of the WWE has been a dream ever since I was a child” and that “Getting the chance to live out my dream in front of the world is something I’ll never take for granted.” He thanked fans directly: “To the fans … thank you for every cheer, every boo, every moment of support,” and added he was “forever grateful for the friendships that I made along the way.”
The raw numbers underline how quickly the chapter unfolded. Crusifino said the last four years were amazing; during that period he appeared on WWE programming at the Amalie Arena in Tampa on Jan. 29, 2024, posed with Channing 'Stacks' Lorenzo, Tony D'Angelo and Adriana Rizzo at NXT Stand and Deliver at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on April 19, 2025, and competed during NXT at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando on July 15, 2025. Before joining WWE, he played college football at Duquesne.
Crusifino’s character work in WWE moved through distinct phases. He entered the company carrying a lawyer gimmick, later joined The D’Angelo Family as its consigliere, and in 2025 he attacked Tony D’Angelo and Channing Lorenzo and left The D’Angelo Family. He was later reintroduced into WWE Evolve with a new raver gimmick prior to his departure from the company last week.
That trajectory — lawyering, consigliere, on-camera betrayal, a raver reboot and then an exit — is the friction point in Crusifino’s announcement. He called the choice to quit “not an easy decision, but it’s the right one for me,” a wording that underscores the gap between the dream he said he achieved and the choice to walk away while still in his mid-20s. He also pushed back on a persistent social-media rumor, stating plainly that he was not about to make an OnlyFans.
The pace of events compressed the decision. After revealing last week that he was among those cut in WWE’s most recent wave, Crusifino took to social media on Monday to close the book. That sequence — departure, public farewell and immediate retirement — leaves little room for a gradual transition back to the ring and signals a clean break from the company and the business.
Crusifino’s announcement avoided long-term plans. He emphasized gratitude and a need to move on: “After much reflection, I’ve decided it’s time to close this chapter of my life,” he wrote, and he promised fans that the choice was made thoughtfully. He ended his message on a final personal note: “This isn’t goodbye, just the end of one incredible chapter,” and added, “Again, I cannot say this enough … Thank you! What an amazing last 4 years and don’t worry about me … I’ll figure it out.”
For now, the answer to why Crusifino is leaving is plain in his own words: he said he has closed the chapter and that stepping away is the right decision for him. Whether he eventually returns to a ring under any name is not part of his announcement; today, Roman Macek says he is done with being Luca Crusifino.
