Taz (wrestler)

Taz
Taz in 2022
Birth name	Peter Senerchia[1]
Born	(1967-10-11) October 11, 1967 (age 57)[1] Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.
Spouse(s)	Teresa Smith
Children	Hook (son)
Family	Chris Chetti (cousin)
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Kid Krush[2] The Tasmaniac The Tasmanian Devil[2] The Tazmaniac[2] Taz[2] Tazz[2][3]
Billed height	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)[4]
Billed weight	240 lb (109 kg)[4]
Billed from	"The Red Hook Section of Brooklyn, New York"[2][3]
Trained by	Johnny Rodz[1]
Debut	June 3, 1987 (1987-06-03)[1]
Retired	June 11, 2006 (2006-06-11)[5]

Peter Senerchia (born October 11, 1967),^[1] 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 color commentator for AEW Dynamite and manager.

Beginning his career in 1987, began his rise to prominence after joining Eastern Championship Wrestling (ECW, later Extreme Championship Wrestling) in 1993 as The Tazmaniac. In late-1995, following a severe neck injury, he shortened his ring name to "Taz" and adopted the persona of a belligerent shoot fighter who dismantled opponents with an array of suplexes before forcing them to submit with the "Tazmission". During his time in ECW, Taz was a two-time ECW World Heavyweight Champion,^[6] a two-time ECW World Television Champion,^[7] a three-time ECW World Tag Team Champion,^[8][9] a two-time (and the inaugural) FTW Heavyweight Champion,^[10] and the fourth ECW Triple Crown Champion.

In 1999, Taz left ECW to join the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, later WWE) where he was renamed "Tazz". After largely retiring from the ring in 2002, he transitioned into a color commentary role. Upon leaving WWE in 2009,^[3] Taz joined Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) as a color commentator. He left TNA in 2015. In 2019, Taz joined the upstart AEW promotion, where he once again provided color commentary as well as managing Team Taz, a stable that included his son Tyler "Hook" Senerchia.