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Vito debuted in WCW as the person
the Disco Inferno owed money to in
the form of gambling debts.
- Vito and Johnny the Bull became
the Mamalukes managed by Tony Maranara
(Tony Mamaluke).
- At Starrcade '99 in Washington,
D.C., the Mamalukes defeated the Disco
Inferno and Lash LeRoux.
- In a strange twist of fate, when
WCW released Maranara, the Disco Inferno
became the new manager of the Mamalukes.
- At the Souled Out 2000 PPV, the
Mamalukes, managed by the Disco Inferno,
defeated the Harris Brothers.
- On January 18, 2000, the Mamalukes
defeated David Flair and Crowbar for
the WCW World Tag Team title in Evansville,
IN.
- One day after dropping the WCW World
Tag Team title to the Harris Brothers
(Ron and Don), the Mamalukes regained
the title on February 13, 2000 in
Leipzig, Germany.
- The following Sunday at Superbrawl,
the Mamalukes successfully defended
the Tag Team title against Flair and
Crowbar.
- On June 6, 2000, Eric Bischoff awarded
the WCW Hardcore title to Big Vito,
one day after Bischoff had captured
the title from Norman Smiley.
- At the Bash at the Beach 2000 PPV,
Vito successfully defended the Hardcore
title against Norman Smiley and Ralphus
in Daytona Beach, FL.
- In the fall of 2000, WCW introduced
Marie, a "sister" to Vito.
It was also revealed that Reno and
Vito were "brothers."
- After a short reconciliation, Reno
turned against Vito in a tag match
against Kronic at Starrcade 2000 in
Washington, D.C.
- Vito was released shortly before
WCW was sold to the WWF.
- Big Vito defeated Nobutaka Araya
on March 19 and March 20, 2003 for
the WJ (World Japan) promotion.
- On June 14, 2003 in Tokyo, Big Vito
and Kensuke Sasaki defeated Shiro
Koshinaka and Riki Choshu.
- In July 2005, Vito signed with WWE.
- On January 25, 2007, Vito defeated
Bradley Jay and Ryan O'Reilly to capture
the DSW (Deep South Wrestling) title
in in McDonough, GA.
- WWE released Vito on May 15, 2007.
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