Martino in September 2008
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Birth name | John Ferraro |
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Born | Revere, Massachusetts, United States |
Residence | Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
Website | Official website |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) |
Gino Martino Muscles Martino Millinium Killa The Golden Gorilla |
Billed height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) |
Billed weight | 280 lb (127 kg) |
Trained by | Bruiser Costa Rip Morrison Dan Petiglio Paul Zine Ox Baker The Iron Sheik |
Debut | November 1996 |
John Ferraro (born November 28) is an American professional wrestler and strongman, best known by his ring name Gino Martino. He has wrestled for Chaotic Wrestling, the Millennium Wrestling Federation, New England Championship Wrestling, NWA New England, and Paulie Gilmore's New World Wrestling. Although based in the Northeast, competing most often in the New England region, Ferraro has wrestled in other parts the US as well as in Canada and Europe.
Ferraro has held championship titles in numerous promotions in his career. He is a former NWA New England Heavyweight Champion, NWA New England Colonial Heavyweight Champion, NWA New England Tag Team Champion (with Ali Mohammed), and winner of the 2004 Tony Rumble Memorial Rumble. He also feuded with "Big" Rick Fuller over the Chaotic Wrestling Heavyweight Championship during 2001, winning the belt twice. Nine years later, he was inducted into the promotion's hall of fame. He has been similarly honored by the New England Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame.