[4] After being trained by Dean Malenko,[2] Spencer began his wrestling career in 1998, working for independent promotions in Florida under the names C.G.

He returned shortly as "Tony Marinara", a New York mobster who managed the team of Big Vito and Johnny the Bull, who became known as The Mamalukes.

The reasoning for his alignment with this group was a combination of his previous gimmick in WCW being similar, as well as his resemblance to the character Christopher Moltisanti of the Italian-American mobster television series The Sopranos.

The two also began using the liquid ounce measurement as a reference to the size difference between the two smaller active wrestlers, and their large manager.

In late 2003, Mamaluke relocated to Los Angeles to train in martial arts at the New Japan Pro-Wrestling Inoki Dojo.

He eventually returned to pro wrestling in 2005, winning the ROH World Tag Team Championship with Sal Rinauro in his first match back in Ring of Honor.

During 2005, WWE held a reunion ECW show entitled One Night Stand, Little Guido and Mamaluke appeared with other original Full Blooded Italians at the pay-per-view.

He only appeared sporadically on ECW on Sci-Fi in losing attempts in both singles and tag team action against the likes of Sabu, The Hardys, Mike Knox, and Test.

[17] On August 8, 2010, Mamaluke returned to TNA to take part in ECW reunion show, Hardcore Justice, where he, under the name "Tony Luke" due to WWE trademark reasons, Little Guido 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 did not deserve to be in TNA.