wrestling as the tasmaniac, senerchia had his first world wrestling federation (wwf) match on august 19, 1991, when he was defeated by ray odyssey. appearing as the tazmaniac, he then made his only appearance ever in world championship wrestling (wcw) when he defeated joey maggs in a dark match at a "saturday night" taping in atlanta, georgia on february 8, 1993. he would then make his second appearance in the wwf on may 5, 1993. wrestling in a dark match at a wrestling challenge taping in portland, me, tazmaniac would beat scott taylor. he would go on to make two additional appearances on house shows in new jersey on june 29 and june 30, losing to jim powers on each occasion.