Matthew Randazzo V (born March 13, 1984) is an American true crime writer and historian originally from New Orleans, Louisiana, who currently lives on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington. Randazzo is of Sicilian-American, Isleņo, and Cajun descent. He is the author of 2008's Ring of Hell: The Story of Chris Benoit & The Fall of the Pro Wrestling Industry, and 2009 Phoenix Books release Breakshot: A Life in the 21st Century American Mafia with Kenny "Kenji" Gallo, and 2010's Mr. New Orleans: The Life of a Big Easy Underworld Legend with gangster Frenchy Brouillette , which claims to be the first book to ever break the code of secrecy in the New Orleans Mafia Family. On July 1, 2009, Randazzo announced that he and Johnny Fratto were signed to Neil Strauss and Anthony Bozza's new HarperCollins imprint, Igniter, for Fratto's memoir.