After suffering a legitimate concussion at Wrestlepalooza in August 1995, J. T. Smith adopted the gimmick of believing himself to be an Old World Italian (despite being African American).
[1] In April 1996 at Massacre on Queens Boulevard, Smith announced that he had discovered that Damien Stone was his Sicilian cousin, dubbing him "Little Guido".
The group would routinely come out to N-Trance's cover of the Bee Gees' "Stayin' Alive" and challenge their opponents to dance-offs.
The group imploded when Smothers and Rich departed the company, leaving Sal E. Graziano to manage Little Guido on his own.
This was further reinforced by video vignettes stylized by stakeout footage showing the trio involved with organized crime in New York City backstreets.
This led to a series of feuds with notable wrestlers and tag teams, including Los Guerreros, Chris Benoit, Rhyno, and the APA.
Vito appeared on the August 6, 2005 episode of Velocity by aiding Nunzio with a blackjack to help him win the Cruiserweight Championship from Paul London.
from the original Extreme Championship Wrestling reunited briefly at the first-ever One Night Stand pay-per-view event in 2005.
Big Guido was also in their corner for the pay-per-view, and ECW television debut, but left the company that same week.
Trinity eventually began making appearances without the tag team, and Tony Mamaluke was released from his WWE contract on January 18, 2007.
Then they went to the Italy-based Nu-Wrestling Evolution,[7] using the gimmick to make themselves top fan favorites in the company until they left the promotion at the end of the year.
in Jersey All Pro Wrestling, and defeated the Latin American Xchange in their first match to win the Tag Team Championship.
would be taking part in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's ECW reunion show, Hardcore Justice, on August 8.
Styles, Kazarian, Robert Roode, James Storm, Douglas Williams and Matt Morgan of Ric Flair's Fourtune stable, who thought they didn't deserve to be in TNA.