Mario Bulfone, better known by his ring name Mario Milano, was a professional wrestler.
17 Facts About Mario Milano
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Mario Milano wore a mask and wrestled as Black Diablo.
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Mario Milano lived in Nashville, Tennessee, where he competed for the National Wrestling Alliance.
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On 2 March 1965, Mario Milano again teamed with Fargo to win the Mid-America version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship.
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Mario Milano teamed with Len Rossi to win the Mid-America version of the NWA Southern Tag Team Championship six times - in total, he won that title nine times.
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In 1967, Mario Milano was offered a three-month stint wrestling in Australia for promoter Jim Barnett.
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Mario Milano's stay was then extended, after which he was offered a contract and moved to Australia permanently.
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Mario Milano had two reigns in 1967 as IWA World Heavyweight Champion after defeating Killer Kowalski and Ripper Collins.
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Mario Milano used the Atomic Drop as a finisher, and did an angle where he used it on a 400-pound wrestler.
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In 2008 Mario Milano appeared on Australian TV for International Wrestling Australia on their series Main Event Wrestling on the Aurora Community Channel.
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Mario Milano featured in 6 shows in an angle with resident heel champion Mark Mercedes.
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Mario Milano made a live appearance on Saturday 14 May 2011 for Melbourne-based promotion Professional Championship Wrestling.
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In 1970 Mario Milano wrestled for the World Wide Wrestling Federation in the Northeast territory where he was a babyface.
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Mario Milano only stayed with the company for a year.
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Mario Milano Bulfone was born in Trieste, Italy and later in 1948 moved to Venezuela.
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Mario Milano lived in Australia at the time of his death.
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Mario Milano appeared as the Russian muscleman in Chang Cheh's The Boxer From Shantung in 1972.