[2][3] In 1973, he toured the United Kingdom as "Tino Salvadore", losing to Brian Maxine in the Royal Albert Hall in London and appearing on World of Sport.

In October 1978, Bellomo and Mike Sharpe defeated the Iron Sheik and the Texas Outlaw to win the NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship.

Bellomo's second reign lasted until March 1979, when he and Joe Ventura (substituting for Cody) lost to Igor Volkoff and The Mongol.

That same month, Bellomo defeated Gene Kiniski to win the vacant NWA Pacific Coast Heavyweight Championship.

[3][8][19][20][21][22][23] In mid-1978, Bellomo toured Japan with the Tokyo-based International Wrestling Enterprise promotion as part of its Big Summer Series.

[24] In June 1979, Bellomo began appearing with the Portland, Oregon, United States–based promotion Pacific Northwest Wrestling as "Sal Martino".

[26][27][28] In 1982, Bellomo was signed by the United States–based World Wrestling Federation after Peter Maivia advised him to audition as the WWF was looking for a new babyface Italian wrestler to replace Bruno Sammartino.

By mid-1984, Bellomo was winning less regularly, putting over opponents such as David Schultz, Greg Valentine, Big John Studd, Paul Orndorff, and Pat Patterson.

On the second episode of Tuesday Night Titans in June 1984, Bellomo defeated Ron Shaw, then later gave a demonstration on boat building.

On the 34th episode of Tuesday Night Titans in May 1985, Bellomo defeated Frankie Williams and hosted a segment titled "Thatsa My Kitchen" featuring traditional Italian cooking.

[34] He made his final appearance with the WWF in March 1987, losing to Brad Rheingans in the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York.

Now considerably heavier than during his WWF run and sporting a full beard, he was billed as "Wildman" Sal Bellomo, adopting both a distinctive new ring attire resembling a Roman centurion and a more brawling-orientated wrestling style.

In January 1993, he wrestled Kerry Von Erich (the "secret weapon" of Woman) to a double disqualification at the "Battle of the Belts" event.

In May 1993, he took part in a battle royal to crown the inaugural ECW Pennsylvania Champion that was won by Tommy Cairo.

In August 1993, Bellomo and The Sandman entered a tournament for the vacant ECW Tag Team Championship, first defeating Sir Richard Michaels and Tony Stetson, then defeating Ivan Koloff and Vladimir Koloff, before losing to The Dark Patriot and Eddie Gilbert in the finals.

He continued to be active in the business up to his death, working as a trainer for the Belgian Wrestling School located in Terhagen and Flémalle (Belgium).

[32] Bellomo originally wrestled in a technical style, with his signature moves including a "back dropkick", flying head scissors,[11][12] and crossbody block.