After Stamboli was released, Nunzio began competing in the cruiserweight division.

The pair began feuding with The Mexicools and at No Mercy, Mexicool member Juventud defeated Nunzio with a Juvi Driver to take the Cruiserweight Championship.

In late May 2006, Nunzio's partnership with Vito began to crumble after it was revealed that, in storyline, Vito enjoyed cross-dressing, which made Nunzio feel betrayed and embarrassed.

In late 2009, Maritato began competing for the National Wrestling Alliance under the name Nunzio.

Beginning in May, various wrestlers such as Orlando Jordan and Paul Burchill began approaching Nunzio in backstage situations and spreading rumors that they had, in storyline, seen Vito in public places in various forms of cross-dress.

Nunzio and Vito would both briefly turn into fan favorites by briefly engaging in a feud against Gregory Helms.

brand in February 2006 to start a feud with Nunzio, Kid Kash and the other cruiserweights.

Vito and Nunzio turned heel once again ( after a short flirtation with being faces with a brief feud against then-heel, Gregory Helms ) in March 2006 under an angle in which Vito announced that he wanted to be recognized as a " Godfather " and he would wear a blazer and glasses.

Gowen then lost several singles matches to wrestlers including Shannon Moore, Nunzio, and John Cena, with Gowen being attacked by Matt Hardy, Moore's mentor, following each loss.

Nunzio reformed the Full Blooded Italians, this time with Johnny " The Bull " Stamboli and Chuck Palumbo, but the team found little success.

Nunzio joined forces with Vito, thus becoming a full time villain.

Nunzio ended his alliance with Vito, and moved to the ECW brand.

After nearly 2 years, Nunzio finally won a broadcast match on May 5, as he was in a handicap match along with the rest of the ECW roster against Triple H and Mr. Kennedy.

On December 19, Holly teamed up with Bill DeMott to take on Noble and Nunzio ( James Maritato ).

Her second marriage ( 1981 – 1996 ) was to Nunzio Peluso with whom she had two sons, Michael and Robbie.

Seven professional wrestling matches were scheduled on the event card with one dark match between Nunzio and Akio taking place before the event went live.

On November 20, 2007, Thorn debuted a new look, with shorter hair and different ring attire, while defeating Nunzio.

Notably he is seen wearing a variant on the costume he wore while with the League of Assassins, complete with a tiger head mask ( according to writer Nunzio DeFilippis he wears the mask to prove it no longer has any power over him ).

Pianese Nunzio, 14 anni a maggio is a 1996 Italian film directed by Antonio Capuano that deals with a Catholic priest, his pederastic relationship with a Napolitan street boy, and the domination of daily life in Southern Italy by the Camorra.

The title translates as Pianese Nunzio, 14 in May and the movie was released in the USA with the title Sacred Silence.

Borrelli's personal life centers on his relationship with a 13-year-old choir boy, Nunzio Pianese ( Emanuele Gargiulo ), who is not only strikingly handsome but also a very talented musician.

The next week, Chuck Palumbo and Johnny " The Bull " Stamboli joined with Nunzio to reform the Full Blooded Italians and attacked Rikishi.

Vito appeared on the August 6, 2005 episode of Velocity by aiding Nunzio with a blackjack to help him win the Cruiserweight Championship from Paul London.

The group feuded with Velocity main-stay and then-Cruiserweight Champion Nunzio and his tag partner Vito.

The documentary features interviews with various performers who worked in the promotion including co-founder and former owner Paul Heyman as well as performers Tazz, Tommy Dreamer, Dawn Marie, Stevie Richards, Mick Foley, Chris Jericho, Lance Storm, Rey Mysterio, Eddie Guerrero, Chris Benoit, Rob Van Dam, Rhyno, Nunzio, Spike Dudley, Bubba Ray Dudley and D ' Von Dudley.

** " Fear " ( with Nunzio DeFilippis and Christina Weir, in # 42, 2003 )

A 30-man interpromotional Battle Royal, which featured: Booker T, Paul London, Heidenreich, Spike Dudley, Nunzio, Funaki, Doug Basham, Danny Basham, Orlando Jordan, Mark Jindrak, Luther Reigns, Scotty 2 Hotty, Hardcore Holly, Charlie Haas, Billy Kidman, and Akio from SmackDown and Simon Dean, William Regal, Tajiri, Rob Conway, Sylvain Grenier, Snitsky, The Hurricane, Rosey, Chris Masters, Viscera, Rhyno, Val Venis, Tyson Tomko, and Maven from Raw.

On the August 6 ( taped on August 2 ) edition of Velocity, Nunzio won the Cruiserweight Championship by defeating Paul London after a new villainous wrestler, Vito, made his debut by giving Nunzio a blackjack, which he used to knock London out.

when Vito came down the ramp, in a dress, to collect Nunzio after losing a match.

The next week, after arguing about Vito's clothing choices, the two former friends faced each other in a match which Vito won after hitting Nunzio with The Code of Silence.

Not long after, Nunzio joined the ECW brand, leaving Vito on SmackDown!

He then easily defeated Nunzio the week after.

He made his WWE television debut during an episode of Velocity on July 16, 2005, under the name " The Future " Frankie Kazarian defeating Nunzio, and remained undefeated throughout July and into August.

Nunzio plans on becoming a priest as well, as the easy life of a priest without worries about the future appeals to him.

Block in Space, Time and Organized Crime, Dorothy Gallagher in All the Right Enemies, and Nunzio Pernicone in Carlo Tresca: Portrait of A Rebel all confirm that the most likely scenario is that Tresca was killed by Carmine Galante on the order of Frank Garofalo, underboss to Joseph Bonanno, Fascist sympathizer and close friend to Generoso Pope.

Maritato was introduced on WWE television as Nunzio, a possible reference to the mob / bodyguard characters Guido and Nunzio in the MythAdventures series of books by Robert Asprin.

As Nunzio, he continued to perform on SmackDown!

Nunzio regained the title on November 15 at a house show in Rome, Italy but lost it right back to Juventud on the November 25 SmackDown.

In June when the ECW brand was launched, Nunzio left SmackDown to join other " ECW originals " on ECW, retaking his Little Guido name in the process.

After his hiatus, he later returned on the April 17, 2007 episode ( in Italy, where he was well received by fans ) using his old Nunzio name again but without Trinity, who had been released in June.

In 2008, Nunzio returned on January 15, in a losing effort against Shelton Benjamin, and on his next appearance, on April 8, he lost to Elijah Burke.

Francesco Forgione was born to Grazio Mario Forgione ( 1860 – 1946 ) and Maria Giuseppa de Nunzio Forgione ( 1859 – 1929 ) on May 25, 1887, in Pietrelcina, a farming town in the southern Italian region of Campania.

* Nunzio ( Bud 1997 – 1998, Butch 1998 – 1999, Twiggy 2000 – 2001 ) — Stinky's dog, a Welsh Corgi ; Dharma's gift to Stinky on his Bar Mitzvah.

For example, Nunzio won the WWE Cruiserweight Championship from Juventud Guerrera in Rome on November 15, 2005.

London lost the Cruiserweight Title on the August 4 episode of Velocity to Nunzio.

Hugger and Nunzio continued to team together until Hugger was released from his WWE contract on November 4, 2004.