James Maritato James Maritato ( May 12 , 1972 ) is an American professional wrestler best known for his appearances in Extreme Championship Wrestling , where he wrestled as Little Guido and World Wrestling Entertainment where he wrestled as Nunzio , but would also be referred to as Little Guido when he appeared on WWE ' s revived ECW brand . Career . Starting out . While attending Nanuet Senior High School ( located in Rockland County , New York ) , Maritato competed in football ( as part of the school ' s 1989 team that went undefeated , untied , and unscored upon ) and wrestling . He was later trained as a professional by Billy Robinson , debuting in the professional ranks in the early 1990s , with his first match against a wrestler known as Parsippany Smith Fields ( real name Eric Fox ) , according to his shoot interview . Maritato then went to Japan to compete in the shoot style UWF International promotion Extreme Championship Wrestling ( 1995 – 2001 ) . He stayed in UWF until 1995 where he joined Extreme Championship Wrestling ( ECW ) under the name Damian Stone . He was later given the gimmick of Little Guido and put in the comedy stable the Full Blooded Italians ( F . B . I . ) , alongside an African American named " The Italian Stallion " J . T . Smith , Tracy Smothers , and " The Big Don " Tommy Rich . None of whom , with the exception of Maritato , were really Italian . During 1999 , he became a " serious wrestler " , although still accompanied by Sal E . Graziano and proclaiming himself to be an F . B . I . member ( though only the two of them were left ) . After his turn he was involved in some intense singles matches until late 2000 , when he formed a tag team with Tony Mamaluke . The duo won the World Tag Team Championship on August 26 , 2000 and held them until December when they lost them to Danny Doring and Roadkill . They continued to wrestle together until ECW folded in January 2001 . World Wrestling Entertainment ( 2002 – 2008 ) . SmackDown ! brand . When ECW closed , Maritato wrestled for several independent promotions , mostly in the New York Tri - State area ; he often teamed with former partner Tony Mamaluke . They had a notable run in Ring of Honor before Maritato was signed by World Wrestling Entertainment in 2002 . Maritato was introduced on WWE television as Nunzio , a possible reference to the mob / bodyguard characters Guido and Nunzio in the MythAdventures series of books by Robert Asprin . As the on - screen heel cousin of Jamie Noble , he attacked then face Crash Holly after he defeated Noble in a match on the December 12 , 2002 edition of SmackDown ! . Nunzio began a feud with Holly after this , defeating him on several occasions before going on to face the likes of Tajiri , Shannon Moore , and Chuck Palumbo . The team and cousin storyline of Nunzio and Noble soon faded . Nunzio reformed the Full Blooded Italians , this time with Johnny " The Bull " Stamboli and Chuck Palumbo , but the team found little success . After WrestleMania XX , Palumbo was drafted to Raw , and the F . B . I . was reduced to a tag team . After Stamboli was released , Nunzio began competing in the cruiserweight division . In 2005 , Maritato returned to his Little Guido persona for one night ; he reunited with the original Full Blooded Italians to take on Super Crazy and Tajiri in a three - way dance at the ECW reunion show One Night Stand . As Nunzio , he continued to perform on SmackDown ! B - show Velocity as both a fan favorite and a villain , forming a short - lived tag team with Funaki . On the August 6 ( taped on August 2 ) edition of Velocity , Nunzio won the Cruiserweight Championship by defeating Paul London after a new villainous wrestler , Vito , made his debut by giving Nunzio a blackjack , which he used to knock London out . Nunzio joined forces with Vito , thus becoming a full - time villain . The pair began feuding with The Mexicools and at No Mercy , Mexicool member Juventud defeated Nunzio with a Juvi Driver to take the Cruiserweight Championship . Nunzio regained the title on November 15 at a house show in Rome , Italy but lost it right back to Juventud on the November 25 SmackDown . Nunzio and Vito would both briefly turn into fan favorites by briefly engaging in a feud against Gregory Helms . Vito and Nunzio would quickly go back to being villains , however , due to Vito ' s new godfather gimmick . In late May 2006 , Nunzio ' s partnership with Vito began to crumble after it was revealed that , in storyline , Vito enjoyed cross - dressing , which made Nunzio feel betrayed and embarrassed . Nunzio ended his alliance with Vito , and moved to the ECW brand . ECW brand . In June when the ECW brand was launched , Nunzio left SmackDown to join other " ECW originals " on ECW , retaking his Little Guido name in the process . The F . B . I . was revived again , this time with Little Guido as a face once again , alongside Tony Mamaluke and Trinity and for a short while , Big Guido . The F . B . I . were used for tag matches on ECW to either take on debuting tag teams or facing another tag team when a tag match is needed . At December to Dismember , they took on Elijah Burke and Sylvester Terkay in a losing effort . His partner Tony Mamaluke was released on January 18 , leaving Guido and Trinity alone to carry on the stable . After Mamaluke ’ s release , Little Guido vanished from television ( he only appeared once on ECW on Sci Fi with the Little Guido name ) . After his hiatus , he later returned on the April 17 , 2007 episode ( in Italy , where he was well received by fans ) using his old Nunzio name again but without Trinity , who had been released in June . After losses to the debuting Johnny Nitro and The Miz , Nunzio disappeared from television for a few months . He returned on the September 11 edition of ECW , in a losing effort to Matt Striker . Nunzio was used mainly as a jobber during this period , losing to Tommy Dreamer , Jamie Noble , Kevin Thorn , and Kenny Dykstra . In 2008 , Nunzio returned on January 15 , in a losing effort against Shelton Benjamin , and on his next appearance , on April 8 , he lost to Elijah Burke . He then engaged in a brief feud with Mark Henry , but came out on the losing end . After nearly 2 years , Nunzio finally won a broadcast match on May 5 , as he was in a handicap match along with the rest of the ECW roster against Triple H and Mr . Kennedy . On August 8 , 2008 , Nunzio was released from his WWE contract . Independent circuit . Maritato wrestled for Jersey All Pro Wrestling on September 19 . On November 15 , he won the JAPW Tag Team Championship with Tracy Smothers . On January 16 , 2009 , Maritato was inducted into the ECPW Hall of Fame . In February 2009 , it was announced that Maritato would be a trainer for the " Bodyslam U " professional wrestling school in New Jersey , while still competing on the independent circuit . In June Guido returned to Ring of Honor losing to Jay Briscoe at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City . In late 2009 Maritato began competing for the National Wrestling Alliance under the name Nunzio . He currently performs for the NWA On Fire expansion that is based in New England . Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( 2010 ) . On August 8 , 2010 , Maritato took part in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ' s ECW reunion show , Hardcore Justice , where he , Tony Mamaluke ( billed as Tony Luke ) and Tracy Smothers defeated Kid Kash , Simon Diamond and Johnny Swinger in a six - man tag team match . On the following edition of TNA Impact ! , the ECW alumni , known collectively as Extreme , Version 2 . 0 ( EV 2 . 0 ) , were assaulted by A . J . Styles , Kazarian , Robert Roode , James Storm , Douglas Williams and Matt Morgan of Ric Flair ' s Fortune stable , who thought they didn ' t deserve to be in TNA . The following week TNA president Dixie Carter gave each member of EV 2 . 0 TNA contracts in order for them to settle their score with Fortune . On the August 26 edition of Impact ! Guido and Luke were squashed by Roode and Storm in a tag team match . The match ended F . B . I . ' s association with TNA . Return to WWE ( 2010 – 2011 ) . Maritato appeared at a house show for WWE Raw , at Madison Square Garden on December 26 , 2010 , as a referee when the majority of referees could not make it to the arena due to blizzards and gale force winds ; this position expanded to televised events on February 1 . On September 29 , 2011 , Maritato announced that he was no longer working for WWE . Ring Ka King ( 2011 - Present ) . Maritato was announced as a part of the new Total Nonstop Action India based project Ring Ka King working under the name Broadway . Other media . On March 6 , 2006 , Maritato was seen supporting his brother on the NBC game show Deal or No Deal in which he won $ 25 , 000 .