In 2007, he and Afa The Wild Samoan trained Nicolas Cage, and later Mickey Rourke, for the lead role in Darren Aronofsky's film The Wrestler.
This led to further work in Tell Tale, starring Josh Lucas and Brian Cox, and in the independent film Big Fan as the stunt double for Patton Oswalt.
They were originally supposed to appear in Kowal's WWWA promotion in February 1999, however several show cancellations pushed back his debut for several months.
[4] A few months later, he and another friend, Brian Dorshefski, traveled to Tennessee and Kentucky where he began his initial training with Mike Promo where he learned ring psychology and southern style wrestling.
As well as Afa and Sal Bellomo, other wrestlers involved in his training included Samula Anoa'i and former graduates Jake Molsonn and Tommy Suede.
[7] Awarded the Xero World Championship, he defended the title against Julio Dinero at Frontline: Countdown to Xtinction at the Abderdeen Proving Grounds in Aberdeen, Maryland on February 23.
WAW Cruiserweight Champion The Dynamic Sensation, the kayfabe younger brother of Trosky, was banned from ringside by officials as one of the stipulations for the match.
[4] On February 24, Trosky was also awarded the WXW Hardcore Championship after defeating the then champion Nicky Ice in a tag team match.
By early 2008, the stable saw signs of breaking up after Trosky failed to defeat his old tag team partner Tommy Suede for the WXW Television Championship on January 5, 2008.
Trosky has since criticized MTV's creative control to resemble a reality television styled show similar to Real World or Road Rules rather than a more realistic training program.
From 2005 to 2006, he worked as an information technology consultant for Nu-Wrestling Evolution and was also an instructor in mass communications at Northampton Community College the following spring.
In the fall of 2007, Trosky was chosen by Afa The Wild Samoan to train Nicolas Cage and then Mickey Rourke for the lead role in the Darren Aronofsky film The Wrestler.