Dominic DeNucci
| Dominic DeNucci | |
|---|---|
| Born |
January 23, 1932 Venice, Veneto, Italy |
| Residence | Freedom, Pennsylvania |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) |
Dominic DeNucci Dominic Bravo |
| Billed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Billed weight | 245 lb (111 kg) |
| Billed from | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Debut | 1963 |
Dominic DeNucci (born January 23, 1932), whose real last name is Nucciarone, is an Italian-American professional wrestler and trainer. Former wrestling students include Mick Foley, Shane Douglas, Cody Michaels, and Brian Hildebrand.
DeNucci started out teaming with Dino Bravo as Dominic Bravo, a storyline/kayfabe brother as the two worked as a tag team.
On June 18, 1971, DeNucci won his first World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) title, the WWWF International Tag Team Championship, with Bruno Sammartino by defeating The Mongols (Bepo and Geto Mongol). They lost the title to The Mongols three days later. On May 13, 1975, DeNucci and Victor Rivera won the WWWF World Tag Team Championship from Jimmy and Johnny Valiant. In June, however, Rivera left the WWF, and Pat Barrett became DeNucci's replacement partner. They lost the title approximately three months later to The Blackjacks on August 26. DeNucci became a two-time WWWF World Tag Team Champion when he and his partner Dino Bravo defeated Professor Tanaka and Mr. Fuji on March 14, 1978. They held the title until June 26 when they dropped it to The Yukon Lumberjacks. DeNucci also unsuccessfully challenged inaugural WWF Intercontinental Champion Pat Patterson on a number of occasions for the IC belt. DeNucci also wrestled for Big Time Wrestling out of Detroit; he was very popular in the Michigan/Ohio territory in the early 1970s.
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