Nunzio (wrestler)

This article is about the professional wrestler. For other uses, see Nunzio (disambiguation).

Nunzio
Nunzio in 2010
Born (1972-03-12) March 12, 1972 (age 52)[1]
Howard Beach, Queens, New York City, U.S.[1]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Damien Stone[1]
Guido Maritato[1]
James Maritato[1]
James Stone
Jeff the Killer
Little Guido[1]
Little Guido Maritato[1]
Nunzio[1]
Tony Broadway[2]
Billed height5 ft 7 in (170 cm)[3]
Billed weight170 lb (77 kg)[3]
Billed fromRockland County, New York[3]
Little Italy, New York City
Italy
Trained byBilly Robinson[1]
Debut1991[1]

James Maritato (born March 12, 1972) is an American professional wrestler, best known for his work in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) under the ring names Little Guido and Nunzio.[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 stay with the promotion until its closure in January 2001.

After ECW closed its doors, Maritato worked on the independent circuit before he was signed to a contract by WWE in 2002. There he was part of the promotion’s cruiserweight division until its disbandment in 2007, as well as a new version of the F.B.I Stable. 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.

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  3. ^ a b c "Nunzio Bio". WWE. Archived from the original on December 28, 2006. Retrieved May 4, 2008.
  4. ^ Lents, H.M., Biographical Dictionary of Professional Wrestling (2nd edition), McFarland, 2003, p138
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference SLAM!bio was invoked but never defined (see the help page).