Pitbull 2

Pitbull 2 got his start in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), competing as an enhancement talent under his real name. In his first WWF match, Durante formed a tag team with Gary Wolfe on the March 4, 1989 episode of *Superstars*, losing to The Hart Foundation (Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart). He would face several WWF stars such as Rick Rude, The Honky Tonk Man and The Barbarian.

Pitbull 2 and Wolfe (as Pitbull 1) became The Pitbulls and debuted in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) at a live event on April 25, 1992, where Pitbull 2 participated in a battle royal with the winner earning an ECW Heavyweight Championship match. Later that night, the Pitbulls defeated Jeff Royal and Johnny Hotbody in the main event of the show. The Pitbulls then engaged in a brief rivalry with The Super Destroyers before departing the company.

Pitbull 2 made his televised return in ECW as a villain at Hostile City Showdown in 1994 by attacking The Tazmaniac after Tazmaniac defeated The Pitbull in a dog collar match. As a result, he reformed The Pitbulls with Gary Wolfe. Pitbull 2 made his in-ring debut on the July 5 episode of *Hardcore TV*, challenging Mikey Whipwreck for the ECW Television Championship. Pitbull 2 was disqualified after his partner Pitbull 1 interfered in the match. The Pitbulls began a rivalry with Tazmaniac as they lost to Tazmaniac and Sabu at Heat Wave. On the July 26 episode of *Hardcore TV*, the Pitbulls attacked their tag team partner Jimmy Snuka after they lost a match to Tommy Dreamer, Terry Funk and Dory Funk, Jr.. This led to Tazmaniac making the save, leading to a match between the Pitbulls and the team of Snuka and Tazmaniac at Hardcore Heaven, which the Pitbulls lost, thus ending the feud. The Pitbulls defeated The Bad Breed (Axl Rotten and Ian Rotten) in a match at November to Remember and lost a handicap match to 911 at Holiday Hell.

The Pitbulls defeated Tony Stetson and Johnny Hotbody at *Three Way Dance* on April 8, 1995, which stipulated that Stetson and Hotbody would be fired by Raven's Nest. As a result of winning, the Pitbulls joined Raven's Nest. The Pitbulls began pursuing the ECW World Tag Team Championship, challenging The Public Enemy (Johnny Grunge and Rocco Rock) for the titles at Hostile City Showdown, but failed to win the titles. They received another title shot in a double dog collar match at *Enter the Sandman*, where they lost again. Dissension began between the Pitbulls and Raven's Nest when Raven cost them matches against Taz and 2 Cold Scorpio and The Dudleys (Snot Dudley and Dudley Dudley) by abandoning them to solve the issue between Stevie Richards, Francine and Beulah McGillicutty. This led to the Pitbulls refusing to follow Raven and Richards' orders of superbombing Luna Vachon and attacked their leaders, thus turning into fan favorites at Hardcore Heaven. As a result, the Pitbulls aligned with Raven's Nest rival Tommy Dreamer and began feuding with Raven and Stevie Richards, defeating them in a two out of three falls dog collar match to win the World Tag Team Championship, thanks to interference by Francine at Gangstas Paradise. They lost the titles back to Raven and Richards on October 7.

Francine would become the manager of the Pitbulls. The Pitbulls began feuding with Jason's next tag team The Eliminators (John Kronus and Perry Saturn) after Jason confronted Francine. The two teams traded wins with each other at November to Remember and December to Dismember. At the 1996 CyberSlam event, Francine and the Pitbulls defeated Stevie Richards and the Eliminators in a dog collar match. After the match, the Eliminators attacked the Pitbulls. The Pitbulls challenged the Eliminators for the World Tag Team Championship at *Big Ass Extreme Bash* on March 8, but failed to win the titles, thus ending the feud.

On May 11, Pitbull 2 received his first opportunity for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship at A Matter of Respect, where he faced Raven and The Sandman in a three-way dance, but failed to win the title. At *Fight the Power*, he challenged Shane Douglas to a match for the ECW World Television Championship after Douglas provoked him into a match by insulting him and Francine, leading to Pitbull 2 defeating Douglas for the title. At Hardcore Heaven, Pitbull 2 lost the title to Chris Jericho after a distraction by Shane Douglas. At Heat Wave, Pitbull 2 faced Jericho, Douglas and 2 Cold Scorpio in a four-way dance for the title, which Douglas won after Francine turned on the Pitbulls. Douglas broke Pitbull 1's neck, resulting in him being sidelined and Pitbull 2 feuded with Douglas throughout the rest of the year, attempting to regain the World Television Championship and avenging his tag team partner's injury.

Pitbull 2 unsuccessfully challenged Douglas for the title at *The Doctor is In*. At *Natural Born Killaz*, he and The Sandman defeated Douglas and Raven in a double dog collar match when he pinned Raven. As a result of pinning Raven, Pitbull 2 earned a title shot against Raven for the World Heavyweight Championship at *When Worlds Collide*, which he failed to win. In early 1997, Pitbull 1 recovered from injury and the two resumed their tag team to feud with The Triple Threat (Shane Douglas, Chris Candido and Brian Lee). On April 13, Pitbull 2 wrestled Shane Douglas for the World Television Championship at ECW's first pay-per-view event, Barely Legal, where he failed to win the title. The Pitbulls would lose the feud against The Triple Threat and then took a hiatus in July.

The Pitbulls returned to ECW at *As Good as it Gets*, where they turned into villains by aligning themselves with Lance Wright and confronting Taz, who attacked the Pitbulls. As a result, Pitbull 2 began feuding with Taz and faced him for the World Television Championship in a losing effort at November to Remember. The Pitbulls made their last televised appearance in ECW on the December 20 episode of *Hardcore TV*, after which they left ECW.

On September 25, 2003, Pitbull 2 passed away.