James Maritato
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Maritato in 2010
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| Birth name | James Maritato |
| Born |
March 12, 1972 Howard Beach, Queens, New York, New York |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Damien Stone Guido Maritato James Maritato James Stone Little Guido Little Guido Maritato Nunzio Tony Broadway |
| Billed height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
| Billed weight | 170 lb (77 kg) |
| Billed from |
Rockland County, New York Little Italy, New York City Italy |
| Trained by | Billy Robinson |
| Debut | 1991 |
James Maritato (born March 12, 1972) is an Italian American professional wrestler currently working on the independent circuit. He is best known for his work in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) under the ring names Little Guido Maritato and Nunzio.
While attending Nanuet Senior High School (located in Rockland County, New York), Maritato competed in football (as part of the school's 1989 team that went undefeated, untied, and unscored upon) and wrestling. He was later trained as a professional by Billy Robinson, debuting in the professional ranks in the early 1990s, with his first match against a wrestler known as Parsippany Smith Fields (real name Eric Fox), according to his shoot interview. Maritato then went to Japan to compete in the shoot style UWF International promotion. He also competed in Amarillo, TX promotion USWF under the name James Stone.
He stayed in UWF until 1992 where he joined Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) under the name Damian Stone. He was later given the gimmick of Little Guido and put in the comedy stable The Full Blooded Italians (F.B.I.), alongside an African American named "The Italian Stallion" J.T. Smith, Tracy Smothers, and "The Big Don" Tommy Rich. None of whom, with the exception of Maritato, were really of Italian descent.
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