Full Blooded Italians

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Full Blooded Italians or F.B.I. is a professional wrestling stable currently wrestling in World Wrestling Entertainment's ECW brand. The original F.B.I. was apart of the Extreme Championship Wrestling promotion that ran in the '90s.

Contents 1 In Extreme Championship Wrestling 2 In World Wrestling Entertainment 3 In Nu-Wrestling Evolution 4 In WWE's ECW brand 5 Signature team moves 6 Trivia 7 Championships and accomplishments

[edit] In Extreme Championship Wrestling

Full Blooded Italians was a comedy stable that put Little Guido alongside a black wrestler (J.T. Smith), an obese wrestler (Val Puccio), and two wrestlers from the southern United States (Tracy Smothers and Tommy Rich). The running gag of the stable was by having wrestlers that were obviously not of Italian decent to be a part of the group, even including German wrestler Ulf Herman; who was briefly a member.

The stable gained a cult following in ECW. During the dying days of promotion, the stable would start using wrestlers that were actually Italian. Tony Mamaluke would become a member during this time.

• Members

Salvatore Bellomo "The Big Don" Tommy Rich Tracy Smothers Little Guido Davey Piezono Mabel

J.T. Smith Sal E. Graziano Big Guido Tony Mamaluke Ulf Herman

[edit] In World Wrestling Entertainment

After a beating at the hands of Rikishi, Little Guido, now known as Nunzio, threatened to bring in his "family" in order to gain revenge. The next week, Chuck Palumbo and Johnny "The Bull" Stamboli joined with Nunzio to reform the F.B.I. once more and attacked Rikishi. This version initially gained little success, but would go on to have brief feuds with Rikishi, Los Guerreros, Chris Benoit, Rhyno, Brian Kendrick, Nathan Jones, Funaki, APA, Rey Mysterio, John Cena, Hardcore Holly, and The Undertaker. When the group turned face it grew in popularity and just when the group was starting to get over with the fans it was disbanded, as Chuck was sent to the RAW brand. Not long afterward both Johnny "The Bull" Stamboli and Chuck Palumbo were released from the WWE, leaving Nunzio on his own (who went on to still, on occasion, wear trunks that said F.B.I. on them).

Though it seemed FBI's time in WWE was no more, in 2005 On the August 6 (taped August 2) edition of WWE Velocity Nunzio won the WWE Cruiserweight Championship by defeating Paul London after Vito (making his WWE TV debut at the time) gave Nunzio a Blackjack, which Nunzio used to whack London with. An official announcement was made referring to the pair as the FBI in SmackDown! Magazine when they profiled Vito. The pair continued to appear in the tag team division of Friday Night SmackDown! until they split in mid-2006.

• Members

• Nunzio
• Vito
• Chuck Palumbo
• Johnny "The Bull" Stamboli

[edit] In Nu-Wrestling Evolution

After their release Johnny Stamboli along with Chuck Palumbo, would once again form the FBI and began using the gimmick to make themselves the top babyfaces in the Nu-Wrestling Evolution promotion in Italy, a country where the Full Blooded Italians gimmick is hugely over.

• Members

• Chuck Palumbo
• Johnny "The Bull" Stamboli

[edit] In WWE's ECW brand

The F.B.I. returned to WWE after WWE had a few members of the original F.B.I. reunited at One Night Stand; an ECW tribute show. However, in 2006, when WWE launched an ECW brand, Nunzio (once again as Little Guido) left SmackDown! to join the brand, and reform the F.B.I. with Tony Mamaluke and as well as new member Trinity. After the One Night Stand PPV, Big Guido left the stable.

• Current members

• Tony Mamaluke
• Little Guido Maritato
• Trinity

• Former members

• Big Guido

[edit] Signature team moves

• Double Team
  • Kiss Of Death (Diving legdrop, backbreaker combination with Palumbo holding the opponent as Stamboli hits the legdrop.)
  • Paisan Elbow Drop (Double elbow drop with Tracy Smothers and Little Guido joining hands before dropping the elbows.)

• Triple Team
  • Kiss Of Death (Diving stomp, catching hip toss combination with Nunzio performing the stomp.)

[edit] Trivia

• After the original group disbanded Tony Mamaluke would, on occasion, still wear trunks that say F.B.I. on them.
• In ECW, the F.B.I.'s theme music was That's Amore by Dean Martin, and a remix of Stayin' Alive by N'Trance.
• In WWE, the F.B.I.'s theme music is an instrumental of Beastie Boys' No Sleep Till Brooklyn.
• James Maritato (Little Guido/Nunzio) has been involved in every ECW and/or WWE incarnation of the F.B.I.

[edit] Championships and accomplishments

• Extreme Championship Wrestling

• 2-Time ECW World Tag Team Champions - Guido and Smothers, then Guido and Mamaluke

• World Wrestling Entertainment

• 2-Time WWE Cruiserweight Champion - Nunzio