Alvaro Lages "AJ" Bernardo Jr. was born on May 26th, 1999. He was raised in the small suburban town of Newington, Connecticut. Growing up AJ was fascinated with professional wrestling, it consumed most of his early and then teenage years. While attending an independent wrestling event in February 2014 he met notable actor/producer, David Gere. David would later become a mentor to him. AJ would use his connections in the wrestling world to work with David on independent wrestling shows, and in re ...