Vito LaGrasso Vito Joseph LoGrasso ( June 18 , 1964 ) , also known as Big Vito or simply Vito , is an American professional wrestler currently competing on the independent circuit . He is best known for his time with World Wrestling Entertainment , World Championship Wrestling , and Extreme Championship Wrestling . Career . Extreme Championship Wrestling ( 1990 - 1999 ) . Vito LoGrasso started wrestling in 1990 . He first made a name for himself in Extreme Championship Wrestling ( ECW ) as Skull Von Krush , a generic big wrestler who began with a subtly " evil foreigner " gimmick who never rose above jobber to the stars category . Later he changed his name to Vito " The Skull " LoGrasso and becoming a member of " Da Baldies " stable , who claimed to be an offshoot of a real life New York street gang , and as such took issue with New Jack calling himself a " Gangsta " and began a feud with him . World Championship Wrestling ( 1999 - 2001 ) . In 1999 Vito left ECW for World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) where he teamed with Johnny the Bull as The Mamalukes ( also known as " The Paisains " for a short time ) . Managed by Tony Marinara The Mamalukes captured the WCW Tag Team title ( twice ) , and were ( kayfabe ) jointly awarded the Hardcore title . After being awarded the Hardcore title Vito and Johnny were forced to face one and other in a match to crown one champion , which Vito won . In 2001 when The World Wrestling Federation purchased WCW Vito was one of the wrestlers who was lost in the shuffle , neither becoming a part of The Invasion nor taking one of the large ticket buyouts offered . Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( 2004 ) . He had a brief run in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in late - 2004 with Glenn Gilberti , Trinity and Johnny Swinger as the " New York Connection " . His only feud was with " Irish " Pat Kenney , in which they exchanged victories . World Wrestling Entertainment . 2005 . In Early 2005 Vito worked dark matches for the now renamed World Wrestling Entertainment and signed a contract with them in July . He was assigned to their Ohio Valley Wrestling developmental territory for several months until he was ready to be called up to the main roster . Vito made his debut on WWE television on the August 6 episode of " WWE Velocity " , where he helped Nunzio win the WWE Cruiserweight Championship from Paul London . Together Vito and Nunzio reformed the Full Blooded Italians stable , acting mostly as a tag team together on " Velocity " with scattered appearances on " SmackDown ! " . 2006 - 2007 . Vito and Nunzio turn ed heel again ( after a short flirtation with being face s ) in March 2006 under an angle in which Vito announced that he wanted to be recognized as a " Godfather " and he would wear a blazer and glasses . Beginning in May various wrestlers such as Orlando Jordan and Paul Burchill began approaching Nunzio in backstage situations and spreading rumors that they had ( kayfabe ) seen Vito in public places in various forms of cross - dress . Nunzio originally wouldn ' t hear of any such thing until the June 2nd " SmackDown ! " when Vito came down the ramp , in a dress , to collect Nunzio after losing a match . The next week , after arguing about Vito ' s clothing choices , the two former friends faced each other in a match which Vito won after hitting Nunzio with The Code of Silence . Not long after Nunzio joined the ECW brand , leaving Vito on " SmackDown ! " alone . The idea for the gimmick seemed to originate on The Sopranos , who also had a character named Vito who had recently been outed as a homosexual ( though he was never seen in women ' s clothing ) . Regardless of his passion for cross dressing , Vito continually explained that he was a straight man ; including one instance of asking Diva Ashley out on a date while wearing a dress . After this he began to " have more fun " during his matches , running around and waving his dresses and otherwise interacting with the fans , turning him once again face . As the gimmick took off various people began ( kayfabe ) voicing problems with a man wrestling while wearing a dress , including color commentator JBL ( who refused to do commentary with him ) and wrestlers Montel Vontavious Porter and William Regal ( who ( kayfabe ) threatened SmackDown General Manager Theodore Long with a sexual harassment lawsuit after a match with Vito ) . At the same time , the WWE began to " censor " any incidents of Vito ' s dress raising and exposing his ( bethonged ) buttocks . Despite his detractors , once he started wearing a dress Vito began an undefeated streak which didn ' t end until over four months later when he was defeated by Elijah Burke after interference from his partner Sylvester Terkay . On November 2 , WWE . com announced that Vito would be posing ( non - nude ) for the April 2007 edition of " Playgirl Magazine " . Vito defeated champion Bradley Jay and Ryan O ' Reilly in a three - way round robin match to win the Deep South Wrestling Heavyweight Championship on , January 25 , 2007 . After winning the title he was removed from the WWE . com SmackDown ! roster page . Almost immediately upon winning the title he underwent a gimmick change , losing the dress and instead adopting martial arts - style trunks , a headband , and wrestling without shoes . When asked on DSW TV he announced that he changed his style of dress because his opponents were citing it as a distraction and claiming his clothing was the reason they were losing to him . He held the title until February 22 , when he lost it back to Bradley Jay . Vito currently is a professional actor and has several films set for release . Vito is married to CZW / ROH / WEW wrestler / manager Noel Harlow