Mario Mancini was born on Leonard Inzitari; June 21,1966 and is a retired American professional wrestler who mainly worked in the World Wrestling Federation as a babyface jobber from 1984 to 1991.
34 Facts About Mario Mancini
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Mario Mancini was The Undertaker's first ever opponent on an edition of WWF Superstars, taped on November 19,1990, but not aired on television until December 15,1990.
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At the time Mario Mancini still believed that professional wrestling was a sport, and had to be smartened up prior to his first match.
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Mario Mancini appeared on successive episodes of WWF All Star Wrestling in October 1984, facing The Moondogs, Kamala, and a young Brutus Beefcake.
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On November 19,1984, at another taping of All-Star Wrestling, Dave Schultz took to the microphone to publicly apologize to Mario Mancini for breaking his nose.
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Mario Mancini would begin 1985 with a televised pinfall loss to Don Muraco on an All Star Wrestling taping in Hamilton, Ontario.
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Behind the scenes Roma and Mario Mancini would become traveling companions and form a strong friendship as they progressed within the industry.
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On May 4,1985, Mario Mancini gained another draw, this time facing Prince of Pain.
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Mario Mancini discussed his background, including being the youngest wrestler on the roster and beginning his career at 18.
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McMahon jokingly acknowledged that Mario was no relation to Boom Boom Mancini.
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Mario Mancini rebounded to gain his first pinfall victory of his career, pinning Gino Carabello on November 9,1985, at a house show in New Haven, CT.
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Mario Mancini entered 1986 now entrenched as one of the WWF's most visible jobbers.
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Mario Mancini began the year with televised losses on WWF Championship Wrestling to The Hart Foundation, Adrian Adonis, and Hercules Hernandez.
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Mario Mancini sustained losses to Rene Goulet, Iron Mike Sharpe and Terry Gibbs on the house show tour.
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Mario Mancini's losing streak continued as he lost a variety of televised and untelevised matches to Harley Race, The Hart Foundation, Hercules, Butch Reed, and Dino Bravo.
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The losing streak extended as Mario Mancini would fall to The One Man Gang, Outback Jack, The Heenan Family, The Islanders, The Young Stallions and Ron Bass during the remainder of the year.
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Mario Mancini entered 1988 feeling disillusioned behind the scenes with his trajectory within the company.
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Mario Mancini altered his training regimen and decided that if he was going to be a jobber, "I was going down in history as the best jobber the WWF had ever seen".
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Training outside the WWF in powerlifting, Mario Mancini altered his physique.
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Mario Mancini was caught between Virgil and DiBiase, forced back to the ring, and then defeated.
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Mario Mancini opened 1989 with a televised defeat at the hands of the newly christened "Brooklyn Brawler" on the February 15th edition of WWF Superstars.
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Much like Steve Lombardi, Mario Mancini participated in the debuts of several individual performers and tag-teams in the past, including Randy Savage, King Kong Bundy, Ted Arcidi, One Man Gang, Hercules Hernandez, the original and final versions of Demolition and The Hart Foundation.
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Mario Mancini would be pinned in a match that aired after Undertaker's WWF debut at the 1990 Survivor Series.
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Mario Mancini competed in a pre-approved match outside of the WWF on May 3,1985, where he faced and defeated Vance Verron on a Trans World Wrestling Federation event in Newington, CT.
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Back on WWF television, Mario Mancini would compete against Skinner on the latter's WWF debut on July 29,1991, on WWF Superstars.
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Mario Mancini closed the year teaming with Paul Perez to face The Nasty Boys on WWF Superstars on December 7,1991.
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Mario Mancini finally convinced me to go, telling me there was a guy flying in from Japan just to see me.
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Mario Mancini made his first appearance at a professional wrestling event in over two decades when at a fan event run by Joe Bruin in 2014.
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Klein eventually convinced Mario Mancini to attend, and he was delighted by the response, including a fan who flew in from Japan just to meet him.
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Mario Mancini was later inducted by Howard Finkel into the New England Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame.
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In 2015 Mario Mancini officially re-entered the industry alongside Paul Roma and founded Paradise Alley Pro Wrestling.
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Roma and Mario Mancini worked with David Paradise and Paul Perez to train a new generation of talent.
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Mario Mancini made his return to competition on September 12,2015, at the debut event of the PAPW in East Haven, CT, defeating Richard Holliday.
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Mario Mancini faced Dustin Waller in a career ending match on November 13,2021.