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Anthony DeVito (born January 20, 1972) is an American
professional wrestler Professional wrestling, often shortened to either pro wrestling or wrestling,The term "wrestling" is most often widely used to specifically refer to modern scripted professional wrestling, though it is also used to refer to real-life wrest ...
, better known as Tony DeVito or simply DeVito. He is best known for his appearances with
Extreme Championship Wrestling Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) was an American professional wrestling promotion that was based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and operated by its parent company HHG Corporation. The promotion was founded in 1992 by Tod Gordon as Nationa ...
as part of Da Baldies and with
Ring of Honor Ring of Honor (ROH) is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Jacksonville, Florida. The promotion was founded by Rob Feinstein on February 23, 2002, and was operated by Cary Silkin from 2004 until 2011; the promotion was subs ...
as part of the Carnage Crew.


Professional wrestling career


Early career (1991-1999)

DeVito was trained by David Schultz and debuted in 1991. In 1992, DeVito worked as an enhancement talent for WWF until 1997, losing to the likes of Mr. Perfect,
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,
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,
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, Phantasio and The Rock. After leaving the company in 1997, he began working on the
independent circuit In professional wrestling, the independent circuit (often shortened to the indie circuit or the indies) is the collective name of independently owned promotions which are deemed to be smaller and more regionalized than major national promotions. ...
. In the late-1990s, DeVito appeared with promotions in the
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such as
Jersey All Pro Wrestling Jersey All Pro Wrestling (JAPW) was an independent wrestling promotion based in New Jersey, United States. History 1997 Jersey All Pro Wrestling was an independent wrestling promotion that was founded by "Fat" Frank Iadeavia and Angel Surit ...
and
Northeast Wrestling Northeast Wrestling (NEW) is an independent professional wrestling promotion based in the Northeastern United States and has promoted events since 1996. It is currently owned and operated by promoter Mike Lombardi and is one of the top indepen ...
.


Extreme Championship Wrestling (1999–2000)

In 1999, DeVito joined
Extreme Championship Wrestling Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) was an American professional wrestling promotion that was based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and operated by its parent company HHG Corporation. The promotion was founded in 1992 by Tod Gordon as Nationa ...
as a part of a faction called "Da Baldies" with
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, Vito Lograsso,
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,
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and Redd Dogg. The characteristics of Da Baldies were that of bald headed thugs. DeVito and Angel feuded with
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and
Balls Mahoney Jonathan Rechner (April 11, 1972 – April 12, 2016), better known by his ring name Balls Mahoney, was an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler best known for his appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) and WWE, W ...
, and then with
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. At ECW Guilty as Charged, Da Baldies were "hired" to attack the team of
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and Joey Matthews, as well as
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and
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. DeVito made his final appearances with ECW in December 2000, after which he wrestled sporadically on the independent circuit.


Ring of Honor (2002–2005)

In April 2002, DeVito joined the nascent
Ring of Honor Ring of Honor (ROH) is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Jacksonville, Florida. The promotion was founded by Rob Feinstein on February 23, 2002, and was operated by Cary Silkin from 2004 until 2011; the promotion was subs ...
promotion, where he formed a tag team with his long-time friend
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known as the "Carnage Crew". The Carnage Crew was later expanded to include
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, and then again to include
Justin Credible Peter Joseph Polaco (born October 16, 1973) is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) under the ring name Justin Credible. Debut ...
. Credible left ROH in 2004, while Masada became a
villain A villain (also known as a " black hat", "bad guy" or "baddy"; The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p.126 "baddy (also baddie) noun (pl. -ies) ''informal'' a villain or criminal in a book, film, etc.". the feminine form is villai ...
by betraying DeVito and Loc on May 22, 2004. DeVito and Loc feuded with Special K, then with B. J. Whitmer and
Dan Maff Daniel Lopez (born October 28, 1973), better known by his ring name Dan Maff, is an American professional wrestler, known for his time with Ring of Honor (ROH). Professional wrestling career Da Hit Squad Lopez attended Jersey All Pro Wrestling ...
. After Maff left ROH, they began feuding with Whitmer and his new partner,
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. The Carnage Crew defeated Whitmer and Jacobs for the ROH Tag Team Championship on July 9, 2005, but lost it to Whitmer and Jacobs on July 23, 2005. DeVito made his final appearances with Ring of Honor in September 2005.


Late career (2005–present)

DeVito left Ring of Honor in June 2005 and went into semi-retirement, making occasional appearances on the
independent circuit In professional wrestling, the independent circuit (often shortened to the indie circuit or the indies) is the collective name of independently owned promotions which are deemed to be smaller and more regionalized than major national promotions. ...
. DeVito made two appearances with
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(formerly the World Wrestling Federation) in mid-2006. On the June 20, 2006 episode of ''
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'', DeVito appeared as Macho Libre (a parody reference to both Jack Black's titular character from the film ''
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'' and "Macho Man" Randy Savage), losing to The Sandman in a
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. On the July 4 episode of ''ECW on Sci Fi'', DeVito reappeared as a faux preacher who verbally rallied against ECW until being attacked and chased from ringside by The Sandman. On November 15, 2016, DeVito opened his own wrestling school. He had previously trained many wrestlers, including
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.


Professional wrestling style and persona

DeVito's signatures moves include the "Bronx Bomb" (a sitdown side slam) and the "F-U Moonsault" (a split-legged moonsault).


Personal life

DeVito is married with two children.


Championships and accomplishments

*
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**
ACW Great American Championship The ACW Great American Championship was a secondary professional wrestling championship title in the American independent promotion Assault Championship Wrestling. The first champion was "The Machine" Jeff Rocker who won the title from Mercen ...
( 1 time) *Atomic Legacy Wrestling **ALW Hardcore Championship (2 times, current) **ALW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with CJ O'Doyle *Eastern States Wrestling **ESW Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *Go Wrestling **GW Powerweight Championship (1 time) *Massachusetts Wrestling Association **MWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Nick Barberi *Millennium Wrestling Association :*MWA Hardcore Championship (1 time) *NEWF **NEWF Television Championship (1 time) *New Breed Wrestling **NBW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with
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**NBW Television Championship (1 time) **NBW United States Championship (1 time) * NWA Northeast **NWA Northeast Television Championship (1 time) *Renegade Wrestling Federation **RWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *
Ring of Honor Ring of Honor (ROH) is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Jacksonville, Florida. The promotion was founded by Rob Feinstein on February 23, 2002, and was operated by Cary Silkin from 2004 until 2011; the promotion was subs ...
** ROH Tag Team Championship ( 1 time) – with H. C. Loc


References


External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Devito, Tony 1972 births American male professional wrestlers American professional wrestlers of Italian descent Living people People from Newburgh, New York Professional wrestlers from New York (state) ROH World Tag Team Champions Washingtonville High School alumni