Todd Smith Biography

Todd Smith (born March 3, 1984) better known by his ring name "The Brand New Bad" Todd Hanson and, formerly, Handsome Johnny, is an American professional wrestler, currently wrestling in the independent circuit in the Northeastern United States as well making occasional appearances in World Wrestling Entertainment. He is the former head trainer of the Chaotic Trainer Center along with Brian Fury.

A mainstay of Chaotic Wrestling and New England Championship Wrestling, he is the current 3-time Chaotic Wrestling Heavyweight Champion and has had victories over opponents such as Charlie Haas, Scotty 2 Hotty, Simon Diamond and Low Ki. He and Psycho also formed a tag team, Pretty Psycho, and won the Chaotic Wrestling Tag Team Championship twice.

Career

Independents

Smith has worked for Chaotic Wrestling, Millennium Wrestling Federation, NWA New England, New England Championship Wrestling, New England Wrestling Alliance, Front Row Wrestling, Eastern Pro Wrestling and UCW promotions under various ring names. Smith has an extensive tag team background, most notably, as one half of The Trendsetters with Max Bauer and Pretty Psycho with Psycho. A former student of Killer Kowalski, he and Brian Milonas are also the head instructors at his Chaotic Wrestling's training facility in North Andover, Massachusetts.

World Wrestling Entertainment

Smith was in a dark match before an episode of SmackDown! on December 16, 2005, which he lost to Doug Basham. He made his WWE debut on September 15, 2006 under the ring name Todd Hansen in a losing effort against Sylvester Terkay.

Recent years

On June 3, 2007, Smith was one of several wrestlers involved in a NECW-sponsored fundraiser, The Hot Dog Safari, at the Suffolk Downs racetrack in East Boston. The event raised $1,000,000 for The Joey Fund which battles cystic fibrosis. During the event, Smith won the annual Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest with Nikki Roxx coming in second.

On February 16, 2008, Smith defeated Brandon Locke for the NECW Television Championship in Quincy, Massachusetts. The title was vacated on April 22, 2008, due to an injury Smith suffered in a title defense. On June 1, 2008, Smith became the champion again after defeating Chase Del Monte in a tournament final held at Suffolk Downs.

In late winter into spring 2008 a series of vignettes featuring Smith began to air during Chaotic Wrestling live events and on the web. This series of vignettes showed Handsome Johnny discovering himself on a trip abroad and lead to the introduction of "The Duke of Elegance" Don Chesterfield into Chaotic storylines. Smith also uses this character for the Eastern Wrestling Alliance as well as Front Row Wrestling. Is currently out of wrestling due to a back injury, from a tables match against the Intellectual Properties in Chaotic Wrestling.

In NECW, he changed his ring name in 2010 to "Handsome" Johnny Hayes. He is scheduled to challenge Brandon Locke for the PWF Northeast Heavyweight Championship on February 19, 2011. The match is currently in jeopardy as he was attacked by an unknown person while leaving a physical therapy session.

In wrestling

• Finishing moves
  • Sin City Plunge (Tiger driver)

• Signature moves
  • Exploder suplex
  • Sidewalk slam
  • Spin kick

• Managers
  • "Duchess" Damon D'Archanglo
  • Sammi Lane

Championships and accomplishments

• Chaotic Wrestling

• Chaotic Wrestling Heavyweight Championship (3 times)
• Chaotic Wrestling Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Psycho

• Millennium Wrestling Federation

• MWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
• MWF Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Beau Douglas

• NWA New England

• NWA New England Television Championship (1 time)
• NWA New England Tag Team Championship (1 time) - Beau Douglas

• New England Championship Wrestling

• NECW Television Championship (2 times)
• IRON 8 Championship (2010)

• New England Wrestling Alliance

• NEWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI ranked him #457 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2010

• Ultimate Championship Wrestling

• UCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Beau Douglas

• Other titles

• OW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Psycho