- Salvatore Bellomo
Infobox Wrestler
name=Salvatore Bellomo
names=Salvatore Bellomo
Crazy Bellomo
Centurian Marsella
Jason Martino
Adonis Romano
Wildman Bellomo
height=6 ft 2 in
weight=290 lbs.
birth_date = birth date|1951|6|18|mf=y
birth_place =Hornu ,Belgium
death_date=
death_place=
billed=Italy
trainer=
debut=1974
retired=November 25 2006 |Salvatore Bellomo (born
June 18 1951 in Hornu,Belgium ) is a retiredBelgian -Italianprofessional wrestler with a career spanning more than three decades.Career
Working in
North America under various gimmick names of Italian derivation, Bellomo portrayed a "wildman" in the ring, thought to be unpredictable and/or brutal by wrestling audiences. The list of titles he has held over the years is almost as colorful and includes everything from theNWA Canadian Tag Team Championship to theWXW Heavyweight Championship .WWF
Bellomo's solid in-ring work eventually landed him a stint in the growing pro-wrestling empire of
Vince McMahon . At first, his record was actually quite favorable - particularly inPennsylvania throughout 1983 and 1984, where the then-WWF put him over the likes ofJohnny Rodz ,Tony Colon and Butcher Vachon on a regular basis. Bellomo also wrestled former heavyweight championBob Backlund at thePhiladelphia Spectrum onAugust 4 ,1984 , jobbing for Backlund in what would be Backlund's last WWF match of the decade.From this point on, Bellomo was most recognizable as a jobber on WWF programs throughout the 1980s. Being the fall guy was not necessarily ignomious, as Bellomo got to work with a veritable whose-who of professional wrestling in some of the biggest venues to hold wrestling around the world. During one "
Piper's Pit " segment, Bellomo made an "unscheduled" appearance, inspiring hostRoddy Piper to quip, "What are you doing here? I didn't order a pizza."ECW
Bellomo was an early performer for Eastern Championship Wrestling in 1993, wrestling in the first-ever ECW World Championship match (losing to
Jimmy Snuka ), and can by virtue of his appearances claim to be an original member of theFull Blooded Italians .Later life
Although retiring at BWS: Collision Detected (
November 25 ,2006 ), Bellomo continues to be active in the business up to the present day, working as a trainer for the [http://www.bws-wrestling.com Belgian Wrestling School] located in Terhagen and Flémalle (Belgium).In wrestling
*Finishing and signature moves
**Running splash
**Donkey KickChampionships and accomplishments
*Flemish Wrestling Force
**FWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
*National Wrestling Alliance
*National
**NWA Americas Tag Team Championship (1 time) withVictor Rivera
*Regional
**NWA Pacific Coast (Vancouver) Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
**NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship ("Vancouver version") (2 times) withMike Sharpe andBill Cody
*World Xtreme Wrestling
**WXW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
**WXW Tag Team Championship (1 time) with The Mad Russian
*Pro Wrestling Illustrated
**PWI ranked him # 276 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 1992References
* [http://www.bws-wrestling.com Belgian Wrestling School]
* [http://bodyslamming.com/other/sbellomo.html BodySlamming.com: Salvatore Bellomo]
* [http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/s/salvatore-bellomo.html Salvatore Bellomo at Online World of Wrestling]
* [http://www.salvatorebellomo.com/ SalvatoreBellomo.com, Salvatore's official website]
* [http://www.wrestlinginformer.net/1983_wwf_championship_wrestling_results.htm WrestlingInformer results for 1983]
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