Phi Delta Slam Phi Delta Slam is a professional wrestling tag team , consisting of Big Tilly and Bruno Sassi . They wrestle principally on the Floridian independent circuit . History . When Sassi began wrestling on the Floridian independent circuit , he formed a tag team with " Brother " Dan Evans . Evans and Sassi used the gimmick of a pair of boisterous , prank playing fraternity members . After Evans retired for several years , Sassi continued to use the gimmick , and eventually found a new tag team partner , Big Tilly . Sassi and Tilly then became known collectively as " Phi Delta Slam " . Phi Delta Slam debuted in the now - defunct Future of Wrestling promotion in 2001 and remained there until the promotion folded in 2002 . They were rejoined by Evans , expanding Phi Delta Slam to a stable . Phi Delta Slam appeared with the South Florida based Coastal Championship Wrestling promotion throughout 2004 . Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( 2005 - 2007 , 2009 , 2010 ) . In 2005 , Phi Delta Slam were signed by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling . Phi Delta Slam were introduced to TNA after Dusty Rhodes told his two competing assistants , Traci Brooks and Trinity , to each find a tag team . The tag teams would wrestle one another at Destination X , with the winning tag team ' s sponsor becoming Rhodes ' sole assistant . Trinity selected Phi Delta Slam , and they debuted in February 2005 , wrestling dark matches , and made their onscreen debut on March 13 at Destination X , where they lost to Traci ' s choice , The Harris Brothers . Phi Delta Slam remained in TNA for several weeks afterwards , but were unable to get over with fans , and began appearing only sporadically with the promotion . In September 2005 , their profiles were removed from the TNA website , confirming that the team was gone from TNA . Tilly and Sassi later made a cameo appearance in a series of comedy segments on the December 20 , 2007 episode of " Impact ! " where they were seen at Eric Young ' s Christmas party , which also involved the likes of Bushwhacker Butch , Kevin Nash , ODB , and Awesome Kong . In early 2009 , both Tilly and Sassi returned to TNA as the personal security of The Main Event Mafia in order to help them fend off the TNA Frontline . In order play into the mafia aspect of the stable , both were renamed to Rocco and Sal respectively , both began wearing sunglasses at all times and Sassi dyed his normally blond hair to black and began sporting a beard . On the March 13 edition of " Impact ! " , Sal and Kurt Angle accompanied Rocco as he wrestled Frontline member Eric Young in the main event , which Rocco lost after Young pinned him following a Death Valley driver . On the April 2 edition of " Impact ! " they were defeated in a tag team match by Team 3D . On the May 7 edition of " Impact ! " they were defeated in a handicap match by Matt Morgan . On the May 28 edition of " Impact ! " Sting , the new leader of the Main Event Mafia , fired Rocco and Sal . On the June 4 , 2009 , edition of " Impact ! " Rocco and Sal were hired by Mick Foley , thus turning face . They wrestled their first title match on the July 23 edition of impact , losing to TNA World Tag Team Champions Scott Steiner and Booker T . The two of them have since made only sporadic appearances as security men .