History Wrestling / LittleGuidoMaritato

As usual, you can find the basics at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nunzio The Other Wiki]].

James Maritato (born March 12, 1972) is an Italian-American {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er from [[UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity Howard Beach, Queens, NY]] best known for his work in the original Wrestling/{{ECW}} as Little Guido Maritato and in Wrestling/{{WWE}} as Nunzio. He debuted in 1991 and worked in various independent promotions and for the UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}ese shoot-style promotion Wrestling/UniversalWrestlingFederation, under the name James Stone. He debuted in [=ECW=] in 1996 and was given the name Little Guido and teamed with JT Smith as the comedy team the Full-Blooded Italians ([=FBI=]), although Smith, who started the gimmick, was African-American. The team expanded to include Southern wrestling veterans Tommy Rich and Tracey Smothers, neither of whom were actually Italian either. Smothers and Guido ''[[CueTheFlyingPigs defeated]]'' Wrestling/NewJack and John Kronus for the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ecw/ecw-t.html ECW World Tag Team Championship]] due to Wrestling/TheDudleyBoys interfering, which was the ''only'' way the FBI were going to win, since they had been getting slaughtered to that point. Maritato and Tony Mamaluke would defeated Wrestling/MikeyWhipwreck and Wrestling/YoshihiroTajiri for the titles in late 2000 before ultimately losing them to "Dastardly" Danny Doring and "The Angry Amish Warrior" Roadkill as the promotion died out. Maritato debuted in [=WWE=] in 2002 as Nunzio, the [[UnrelatedBrothers "cousin"]] of Jamie Noble. This connection was forgotten about as Nunzio teamed up with Chuck Palumbo and Johnny Stamboli in a [[TheMafia Mafia]]-themed version of the FBI, which was not very successful. Nunzio would go on to be a 2x WWE Cruiserweight Champion. He returned to the Maritato name for the [[MeleeATrois International Three-Way-Dance]] against Tajiri and Wrestling/SuperCrazy at ''ECW One Night Stand 2005''. He has since competed for a variety of promotions around the world, including Wrestling/ImpactWrestling's [=Ring Ka King=] promotion in UsefulNotes/{{India}} as Tony Broadway.

James Maritato (born March 12, 1972) is an Italian-American {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er from [[UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity Howard Beach, Queens, NY]] best known for his work in the original Wrestling/{{ECW}} as Little Guido Maritato and in Wrestling/{{WWE}} as Nunzio. He debuted in 1991 and worked in various independent promotions and for the UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}ese shoot-style promotion Wrestling/UniversalWrestlingFederation, under the name James Stone. He debuted in [=ECW=] in 1996 and was given the name Little Guido and teamed with JT Smith as the comedy team the Full-Blooded Italians ([=FBI=]), although Smith, who started the gimmick, was African-American. The team expanded to include Southern wrestling veterans Tommy Rich and Tracey Smothers, neither of whom were actually Italian either. Smothers and Guido ''[[CueTheFlyingPigs defeated]]'' Wrestling/NewJack and John Kronus for the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ecw/ecw-t.html ECW World Tag Team Championship]] due to Wrestling/TheDudleyBoys interfering, which was the ''only'' way the FBI were going to win, since they had been getting slaughtered to that point. Maritato and Tony Mamaluke would defeated Wrestling/MikeyWhipwreck and Wrestling/YoshihiroTajiri for the titles in late 2000 before ultimately losing them to "Dastardly" Danny Doring and "The Angry Amish Warrior" Roadkill as the promotion died out. Maritato debuted in [=WWE=] in 2002 as Nunzio, the [[UnrelatedBrothers "cousin"]] of Jamie Noble. This connection was forgotten about as Nunzio teamed up with Chuck Palumbo and Johnny Stamboli in a [[TheMafia Mafia]]-themed version of the FBI, which was not very successful. Nunzio would go on to be a 2x WWE Cruiserweight Champion. He returned to the Maritato name for the [[MeleeATrois International Three-Way-Dance]] against Tajiri and Super Crazy at ''ECW One Night Stand 2005''. He has since competed for a variety of promotions around the world, including Wrestling/{{TNA}}'s [=Ring Ka King=] promotion in UsefulNotes/{{India}} as Tony Broadway.

** (in TNA): [=EV2.0=]
* RealSongThemeTune: (in ECW):
** Music/DeanMartin's "That's Amore"
** [=N-Trance=]'s "Stayin' Alive Remix"
** At ''ECW A Matter of Respect 1998'', May 15th, 1998, the FBI showed just that, using Music/FrankSinatra's "Fly Me to the Moon," since Sinatra had passed away the day before.
** (as James Maritato in Wrestling/RingOfHonor):
** Dimestore Hoods' "Blood in My Eyes"
** Music/{{Disturbed}}'s "Welcome Burden"
*** (teaming with Tony Mamaluke): [=Republica=]'s "Ready to Go" and "Stayin' Alive Remix"

* TheNapoleon: Hinted at. In ECW he weighed in at "201 and 1/4 lbs."

James Maritato (b. 1972) is an Italian-American {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er from [[UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity Howard Beach, Queens, NY]] best known for his work in the original Wrestling/{{ECW}} as Little Guido Maritato and in Wrestling/{{WWE}} as Nunzio. He debuted in 1991 and worked in various independent promotions and for the UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}ese shoot-style promotion Wrestling/UniversalWrestlingFederation, under the name James Stone. He debuted in [=ECW=] in 1996 and was given the name Little Guido and teamed with JT Smith as the comedy team the Full-Blooded Italians ([=FBI=]), although Smith, who started the gimmick, was African-American. The team expanded to include Southern wrestling veterans Tommy Rich and Tracey Smothers, neither of whom were actually Italian either. Smothers and Guido ''[[CueTheFlyingPigs defeated]]'' Wrestling/NewJack and John Kronus for the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ecw/ecw-t.html ECW World Tag Team Championship]] due to Wrestling/TheDudleyBoys interfering, which was the ''only'' way the FBI were going to win, since they had been getting slaughtered to that point. Maritato and Tony Mamaluke would defeated Wrestling/MikeyWhipwreck and Wrestling/YoshihiroTajiri for the titles in late 2000 before ultimately losing them to "Dastardly" Danny Doring and "The Angry Amish Warrior" Roadkill as the promotion died out. Maritato debuted in [=WWE=] in 2002 as Nunzio, the [[UnrelatedBrothers "cousin"]] of Jamie Noble. This connection was forgotten about as Nunzio teamed up with Chuck Palumbo and Johnny Stamboli in a [[TheMafia Mafia]]-themed version of the FBI, which was not very successful. Nunzio would go on to be a 2x WWE Cruiserweight Champion. He returned to the Maritato name for the [[MeleeATrois International Three-Way-Dance]] against Tajiri and Super Crazy at ''ECW One Night Stand 2005''. He has since competed for a variety of promotions around the world, including Wrestling/{{TNA}}'s [=Ring Ka King=] promotion in UsefulNotes/{{India}} as Tony Broadway.

!!! "Full-Blooded Tropes":

* [[IKnowKarate I Know Shoot Wrestling]]: Trained under Wrestling/BillyRobinson and competed in UWF-I.

James Maritato (b. 1972) is an Italian-American {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er from [[UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity Howard Beach, Queens, NY]] best known for his work in the original Wrestling/{{ECW}} as Little Guido Maritato and in Wrestling/{{WWE}} as Nunzio. He debuted in 1991 and worked in various independent promotions and for the UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}ese shoot-style promotion [=UWF=], under the name James Stone. He debuted in [=ECW=] in 1996 and was given the name Little Guido and teamed with JT Smith as the comedy team the Full-Blooded Italians ([=FBI=]), although Smith, who started the gimmick, was African-American. The team expanded to include Southern wrestling veterans Tommy Rich and Tracey Smothers, neither of whom were actually Italian either. Smothers and Guido ''[[CueTheFlyingPigs defeated]]'' Wrestling/NewJack and John Kronus for the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ecw/ecw-t.html ECW World Tag Team Championship]] due to Wrestling/TheDudleyBoys interfering, which was the ''only'' way the FBI were going to win, since they had been getting slaughtered to that point. Maritato and Tony Mamaluke would defeated Wrestling/MikeyWhipwreck and Wrestling/YoshihiroTajiri for the titles in late 2000 before ultimately losing them to "Dastardly" Danny Doring and "The Angry Amish Warrior" Roadkill as the promotion died out. Maritato debuted in [=WWE=] in 2002 as Nunzio, the [[UnrelatedBrothers "cousin"]] of Jamie Noble. This connection was forgotten about as Nunzio teamed up with Chuck Palumbo and Johnny Stamboli in a [[TheMafia Mafia]]-themed version of the FBI, which was not very successful. Nunzio would go on to be a 2x WWE Cruiserweight Champion. He returned to the Maritato name for the [[MeleeATrois International Three-Way-Dance]] against Tajiri and Super Crazy at ''ECW One Night Stand 2005''. He has since competed for a variety of promotions around the world, including Wrestling/{{TNA}}'s [=Ring Ka King=] promotion in UsefulNotes/{{India}} as Tony Broadway.

* [[IKnowKarate I Know Shoot Wrestling]]: Trained under Billy Robinson and competed in UWF-I.

'''James Maritato''' (b. 1972) is an Italian-American {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er from [[UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity Howard Beach, Queens, NY]] best known for his work in the original Wrestling/{{ECW}} as '''Little Guido Maritato''' and in Wrestling/{{WWE}} as '''Nunzio.''' He debuted in 1991 and worked in various independent promotions and for the UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}ese shoot-style promotion [=UWF=], under the name '''James Stone.''' He debuted in [=ECW=] in 1996 and was given the name '''Little Guido''' and teamed with JT Smith as the comedy team the Full-Blooded Italians ([=FBI=]), although Smith, who started the gimmick, was African-American. The team expanded to include Southern wrestling veterans Tommy Rich and Tracey Smothers, neither of whom were actually Italian either. Smothers and Guido ''[[CueTheFlyingPigs defeated]]'' Wrestling/NewJack and John Kronus for the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ecw/ecw-t.html ECW World Tag Team Championship]] due to Wrestling/TheDudleyBoys interfering, which was the ''only'' way the FBI were going to win, since they had been getting slaughtered to that point. Maritato and Tony Mamaluke would defeated Wrestling/MikeyWhipwreck and Wrestling/YoshihiroTajiri for the titles in late 2000 before ultimately losing them to "Dastardly" Danny Doring and "The Angry Amish Warrior" Roadkill as the promotion died out. Maritato debuted in [=WWE=] in 2002 as Nunzio, the [[UnrelatedBrothers "cousin"]] of Jamie Noble. This connection was forgotten about as Nunzio teamed up with Chuck Palumbo and Johnny Stamboli in a [[TheMafia Mafia]]-themed version of the FBI, which was not very successful. Nunzio would go on to be a 2x WWE Cruiserweight Champion. He returned to the Maritato name for the [[MeleeATrois International Three-Way-Dance]] against Tajiri and Super Crazy at ''ECW One Night Stand 2005''. He has since competed for a variety of promotions around the world, including Wrestling/{{TNA}}'s [=Ring Ka King=] promotion in UsefulNotes/{{India}} as '''Tony Broadway.'''

* [[IKnowKarate I Know Shoot Wrestling]]: Trained under Billy Robinson and competed in Wrestling/UniversalWrestlingFederation International.

'''James Maritato''' (b. 1972) is an Italian-American {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er from [[UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity Howard Beach, Queens, NY]] best known for his work in the original Wrestling/{{ECW}} as '''Little Guido Maritato''' and in Wrestling/{{WWE}} as '''Nunzio.''' He debuted in 1991 and worked in various independent promotions and for the UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}ese shoot-style promotion [=UWF=], under the name '''Damien Stone.''' He debuted in [=ECW=] in 1996 and was given the name '''Little Guido''' and teamed with JT Smith as the comedy team the Full-Blooded Italians ([=FBI=]), although Smith, who started the gimmick, was African-American. The team expanded to include Southern wrestling veterans Tommy Rich and Tracey Smothers, neither of whom were actually Italian either. Smothers and Guido ''[[CueTheFlyingPigs defeated]]'' Wrestling/NewJack and John Kronus for the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ecw/ecw-t.html ECW World Tag Team Championship]] due to Wrestling/TheDudleyBoys interfering, which was the ''only'' way the FBI were going to win, since they had been getting slaughtered to that point. Maritato and Tony Mamaluke would defeated Wrestling/MikeyWhipwreck and Wrestling/YoshihiroTajiri for the titles in late 2000 before ultimately losing them to "Dastardly" Danny Doring and "The Angry Amish Warrior" Roadkill as the promotion died out. Maritato debuted in [=WWE=] in 2002 as Nunzio, the [[UnrelatedBrothers "cousin"]] of Jamie Noble. This connection was forgotten about as Nunzio teamed up with Chuck Palumbo and Johnny Stamboli in a [[TheMafia Mafia]]-themed version of the FBI, which was not very successful. Nunzio would go on to be a 2x WWE Cruiserweight Champion. He returned to the Maritato name for the [[MeleeATrois International Three-Way-Dance]] against Tajiri and Super Crazy at ''ECW One Night Stand 2005''. He has since competed for a variety of promotions around the world, including Wrestling/{{TNA}}'s [=Ring Ka King=] promotion in UsefulNotes/{{India}} as '''Tony Broadway.'''

[[caption-width-right:227:As [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-c.html WWE World Cruiserweight Champion]]]]


'''James Maritato''' (b. 1972) is an Italian-American {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er from [[UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity Howard Beach, Queens, NY]] best known for his work in the original Wrestling/{{ECW}} as '''Little Guido Maritato''' and in Wrestling/{{WWE}} as '''Nunzio.''' He debuted in 1991 and worked in various independent promotions and for the UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}ese shoot-style promotion [=UWF=], under the name '''Damien Stone.''' He debuted in [=ECW=] in 1996 and was given the name '''Little Guido''' and teamed with JT Smith as the comedy team the Full-Blooded Italians ([=FBI=]), although Smith, who started the gimmick, was African-American. The team expanded to include Southern wrestling veterans Tommy Rich and Tracey Smothers, neither of whom were actually Italian either. Smothers and Guido ''[[CueTheFlyingPigs defeated]]'' Wrestling/NewJack and John Kronus for the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ecw/ecw-t.html ECW World Tag Team Titles]] due to Wrestling/TheDudleyBoys interfering, which was the ''only'' way the FBI were going to win, since they had been getting slaughtered to that point. Maritato and Tony Mamaluke would defeated Wrestling/MikeyWhipwreck and Wrestling/YoshihiroTajiri for the titles in late 2000 before ultimately losing them to "Dastardly" Danny Doring and "The Angry Amish Warrior" Roadkill as the promotion died out. Maritato debuted in [=WWE=] in 2002 as Nunzio, the [[UnrelatedBrothers "cousin"]] of Jamie Noble. This connection was forgotten about as Nunzio teamed up with Chuck Palumbo and Johnny Stamboli in a [[TheMafia Mafia]]-themed version of the FBI, which was not very successful. Nunzio would go on to be a 2x WWE World Cruiserweight Champion. He returned to the Maritato name for the [[MeleeATrois International Three-Way-Dance]] against Tajiri and Super Crazy at ''ECW One Night Stand 2005''. He has since competed for a variety of promotions around the world, including Wrestling/{{TNA}}'s [=Ring Ka King=] promotion in UsefulNotes/{{India}} as '''Tony Broadway.'''

* NapoleonSyndrome: Hinted at. In ECW he weighed in at "201 and 1/4 lbs."

*** NWA Wildside version: Maritato, Mamaluke, Tony [=Knightenelli=] (aka Tony Knight)

* ArchEnemy: Tajiri, Super Crazy, Crash Holly, Wrestling/GregoryHelms

* BrooklynRage
* FinishingMove: ''Arrivederci'' (Springboard single arm DDT), Kiss of Death (inverted double-underhook facebuster), Sicilian Crab, [[IHaveTheHighGround Sicilian Slice (Diving leg drop bulldog)]].
* IHaveManyNames

*** NWA Wildside version: Maritato, Mamaluke, Tony [=Knightenelli=] (aka Tony Knight)
*** [=WWECW=] version: Maritato, Mamaluke, Big Guido (only a couple of appearances) and Trinity

* ArchEnemy: Tajiri, Super Crazy, Crash Holly, Gregory Helms

* BashBrothers: with Tracy Smothers, Tony Mamaluke

*** (teaming with Tony Mamaluke): [=Republica]'s "Ready to Go" and "Stayin' Alive Remix"

* RealSongThemeTune: [=N-Trance=]'s "Stayin' Alive Remix"

* RedBaron: "The Extreme Stud," "The Sicilian Shooter"

* RealSongThemeTune: [=N-Trance=]'s "Stayin' Alive Remix"

* FinishingMove: ''Arrivederci'' (Springboard single arm DDT), Kiss of Death (inverted double-underhook facebuster), Sicilian Crab, [[IHaveTheHighGround Sicilian Slice (Diving leg drop bulldog)]].

* BrooklynRage