Gino Brito

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Gino Brito is a Canadian professional wrestler. He was a popular wrestler in Montreal, and was one of the promoters in the city in the 1980s. As Louis Cerdan, he was a WWWF Tag Team Champion, teaming with with fellow Canadian-Italian wrestler Tony Parisi.

[edit] Career

Born Gino Acocella, Brito was the son of wrestler Jack Britton and father of Gino Brito Jr. Jack Britton was probably more famous for organizing a central booking office for midget wrestlers in the 1950s. He worked with Detroit promoters Bert Ruby and Harry Light and had a near-monopoly on the top wrestling midgets for many years.

Brito continued to wrestle through the mid-80s. He also promoted shows in Toronto, Ontario under the International Wrestling banner, until 1987 , but the promotion had a very difficult time after Dino Bravo and Rick Martel left. Brito appeared in the WWF old-timers battle royal in November 1987 (the first to be eliminated in a match won by Lou Thesz that featured several former world champion).

[edit] Championships and accomplishments

• Eastern Sports Association

• IW North American Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• International Wrestling Alliance

• IWA International Tag Team Championship (4 times) - with Rick McGraw (1) and Tony Parisi (3)

• World Wide Wrestling Federation | World Wrestling Federation

• WWWF World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with with Tony Parisi
• WWF International Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• Other Titles

• Grand Prix Tag Team Championship (Montreal) (1 time) - with Dino Bravo