Nunzio (wrestler)

[4] A high-school football player and amateur wrestler, he trained under Billy Robinson, making his professional debut in the early nineties.

He joined Eastern Championship Wrestling initially as an enhancement talent, as well as competing in the shoot style UWF International promotion.

[1][5] Maritato later returned to ECW (now Extreme Championship Wrestling), being given the gimmick of “Little Guido” as part of the comedy stable the Full Blooded Italians (F.B.I).

He would take part in the ECW One Night Stand events as well as the relaunch of the franchise as a third brand before leaving WWE and returning to the independent circuit.

[7] Maritato joined Eastern Championship Wrestling (ECW) under the ring name "Damien Stone" on July 14, 1992, where he lost to Tommy Cairo.

[5] The duo won the World Tag Team Championship on August 26, 2000 and held them until December when they lost them to Danny Doring and Roadkill.

[1] When ECW closed, Maritato wrestled for several independent promotions, mostly in the New York Tri-State area; he often teamed with former partner Tony Mamaluke.

[5][8] Nunzio began a feud with Holly after this, defeating him on several occasions before going on to face the likes of Tajiri, Shannon Moore, and Chuck Palumbo.

Nunzio reformed the Full Blooded Italians, this time with Johnny "The Bull" Stamboli and Chuck Palumbo, but the team found little success.

After his hiatus, he later returned on the April 17, 2007 episode (in Italy, where he was well received by fans) using his old Nunzio name again but without Trinity, who had been released in June.

[28] Nunzio was used mainly as a jobber during this period, losing to Tommy Dreamer,[29] Jamie Noble,[30] Kevin Thorn,[31] and Kenny Dykstra.

[32] In 2008, Nunzio returned on January 15, in a losing effort against Shelton Benjamin,[33] and on his next appearance, on April 8, he lost to Elijah Burke.

In February 2009, it was announced that Maritato would be a trainer for the "Bodyslam U" professional wrestling school in New Jersey, while still competing on the independent circuit.

In June, Guido returned to Ring of Honor losing to Jay Briscoe at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City.

[46] At House of Hardcore 2, now returning under his "Little Guido" ring name, faced Vik Dalishus in a losing effort.

[48] On August 8, 2010, Maritato took part in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's ECW reunion show, Hardcore Justice, where he, Tony Mamaluke (billed as Tony Luke) and Tracy Smothers defeated Kid Kash, Simon Diamond and Johnny Swinger in a six-man tag team match.

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.

Maritato was announced as a part of the new Total Nonstop Action India based project Ring Ka King working under the name Tony Broadway teaming with Joey Hollywood.

[citation needed] In 1996 Maritato competed in a mixed martial arts fight in Texas against Steve Nelson, who was also his past opponent in UWFi.

Maritato (right) and Big Vito in 2013.