WRESTLER PROFILES

	Wrestler: Gino Brito Real Name: Louis Gino Acocella Birthday: May 18, 1941 Hometown: Montreal, Quebec Marital Status: Married Height & Weight: 5'10" - 236 lbs Trained by: Debut: 1959 Previous Names: Louis Cerdan (WWWF) Finishing Move: Figure Four Leglock Favorite Moves: Notable Feuds: Abdulah The Butcher Pierre Lefebvre Frenchy Martin The Destroyer
ESA (Eastern Sports Association) North American Heavyweight title defeating Leo Burke (September 22, 1971); IWA (Montreal) International Tag Team titles w/Jacques Rougeau Sr. defeating ??????? (May ??, 1972); WWWF Tag Team titles w/Tony Parisi (as Louis Cerdan) defeating Blackjack Mulligan & Blackjack Lanza (November 18, 1975); IWA (Montreal) International Tag Team titles w/Rick McGraw defeating Len Shelley & Richard Charland (????, 1982); IWA (Montreal) International Tag Team titles w/Tony Parisi defeating Sailor White & Gilles Poisson (????, 1982); WWF International Heavyweight title defeating Tony Parisi (August ??, 1982); IWA (Montreal) International Tag Team titles w/Tony Parisi defeating Pat Patterson & Pierre Lefebvre (January ??, 1983); IWA (Montreal) International Tag Team titles w/Tony Parisi defeating Pat Patterson & Pierre Lefebvre ( December 12, 1983);
Gino Brito is the son of wrestler/promoter Jack Britton, who is famous for organizing a central booking office for midgets in the 50s. Gino Brito was a popular wrestler in Montreal and one of the promoters in the city in the 1980s.. Gino Brito promoted shows in Toronto in 1987, but the promotion had a very difficult time after Dino Bravo and Rick Martel left.. November 16, 1987: Gino Brito appeared in the World Wrestling Federation old-timers battle royal (1st to be eliminated).. Gino Brito's son, Gino Brito Jr., also became a professional wrestler.. June 19, 2010--TOW: The show was in honor of former promoter and wrestler Gino Brito in Montreal, Quebec..