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139-506: They were occasionally joined by Gino Martino , and collectively known as the Alliance of Violence , in CWA Montreal, the official eastern Canada affiliate for AWA Superstars , and other promotions; Martino and Pierre Vachon were the promotion's first-ever tag team champions upon winning the belts in 2006. The Vachons also worked for East Coast Championship Wrestling, Great Canadian Wrestling ,

278-604: A Casket match on September 15, 2007. Days later in Powerhouse Wrestling, a match between Ferraro and Abdullah the Butcher , involving broken bottles, a screw driver, a bed of nails, and Abdullah's infamous fork, ended in a no-contest. During this period, Ferraro joined the Men of Business with Big Business, Jimmy "Jact" Cash, Rocky Badabino, and Paul E. Normus. On January 19, 2008, he and Big Business lost to Don and Savio Vega in

417-606: A Fans Bring the Weapons match for the NWA New England Heavyweight Championship ; he had previously wrestled Martino for the title in a barbed-wire chain death match four months earlier. Pierre also lost to Martino and Dave Donavan in a three-way "broken bottle" death match to crown the first All Star Wrestling Federation Hardcore Champion on July 16, 2005. On August 5, The Vachons wrestled Martino (with The Iron Sheik ) in separate singles matches at an event for

556-542: A Lights Out match on the July 13th edition of Friday Night Chaos. In August, the then reigning Chaotic Wrestling champion was interviewed by Boston Magazine in which he discussed the difficulties of being an independent wrestler. His second reign lasted for a little over two months before he was dethroned by The One Night Stand's Ronnie D. Lishus in Lawrence, Massachusetts on September 7, 2001; he had defeated Aaron Stevens in

695-584: A Street Fight match . That fall, he defeated Spike Dudley in a Chain match . On September 26, 2009, he wrestled both New Jack and Powerhouse Wrestling Heavyweight Champion "The Punisher" Don Vega in two Steel Cage matches in Worcester, Massachusetts . On March 27, 2009, Ferraro wrestled "Sweet" Scott Ashworth in the opening bout for BTW's "Danbury Mania" held at the Danbury Arena in Danbury, Connecticut ; in

834-549: A Tables match and Pierre Vachon winning a Thumbtacks match against Hellraiser Pain. Both teams were scheduled to meet in a Dog Collar match for the GMW Tag Team Championship on March 10. On March 24, The Vachons were booked to face each other in a four-way Gladiator Scramble match, also involving Hybrid Rain and Professor Adib Monsour, for Elite Wrestling Action "Reckon This" in Cornwall, Ontario, its first show after

973-454: A Texas Tornado match at Iron Sheik Appreciation Night in Blackstone, Massachusetts on August 5, 2003. The four had been the last remaining teams in a Royal Rumble along with nine other tag teams. The tag team titles are primarily defended in the greater Boston area and southern New England . There have been a total of 5 recognized individual champions and 3 recognized teams, who have had

1112-562: A Triple Threat match against Pierre Vachon & Firestorm and The Incredible Hunks (Deeno & Cheeky) to earn a shot against Demolition ( Demolition Ax and Demolition Smash ) in the main event, a match with both Vachons lost. Also at the show were former World Wrestling Federation stars Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake , Doink the Clown , and Rick "The Model" Martel . The following night, Damien Vachon defeated Eric Mastrocola (with Frank Couture) at Mecca Pro Wrestling's "Damage Control" to become

1251-544: A Triple Threat match to win the NWA New England Heavyweight Championship . As a result of this victory, he became the only wrestler in NWA New England history to simultaneously hold the promotion's heavyweight, colonial, and bass knuckles championships. One day after his victory, Ferraro defended the NWA New England Brass Knuckles title at New World Wrestling's "Extreme Revenge" against Pierre Vachon in

1390-444: A headbutting contest. No one was successful in collecting the money. This was initially done to promote himself as having "the hardest head in all pro wrestling", however, this was later incorporated into his legitimate strongman performances. On August 5, 2005, he wrestled both Vachon Brothers in a single night, defeating Damian in the first match and Pierre Vachon in an Anything Goes match later on. On September 24, 2005, he won

1529-596: A "King of the Jungle" Death match against Kamala at "Road to the Gold" to win the AWA Brass Knuckles Championship . He defended the belt against The Outpatient in a Falls Count Anywhere match on October 22. Another title defense at MWF's "Soul Survivor III", against The Missing Link , ended in a no-contest. He has called this the most favorite match of his career. Ferraro continued feuding with Ox Baker's Army for

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1668-814: A "Lynn Street Fight" match at MWF's "Soul Survivor III" in Lynn, Massachusetts ; this match marked the official end to the two-year feud between Ox Baker's Army and Todd Hanson. At an RCW show the following night, The Vachons wrestled Makua of the Big Islanders (with Joe Rules) in a handicap match in Pawcatuck, Connecticut . At the end of 2005, The Vachon Brothers made their debut in Championship Wrestling Association, or CWA Montreal, one of two Canadian affiliates for AWA Superstars . On December 10, 2005, they defeated The Enforcer and "Asian Nightmare" Kwan Chang in

1807-659: A "VIP dark match " at C*4's "Only The Best" in Ottawa and teamed with Bull McGuire against The Incredible Hunks (Cheeky and Deeno) at Ontario Championship Wrestling's "Wreckage" in Kingston, Ontario . He later interjected himself during the main event to rescue Myzery the Barbarian from a gang attack by "The Don" Sak Daddy and his allies. The two men soon began teaming together as "The Barberians". On January 2, 2010, at OCW's "Hangover" show, he and Mysery were disqualified in their match against

1946-478: A 6-man tag team match against The NY Posse (Ron Zombie, Curtis Slamdawg, and Jay Kobain). He began competing regularly for the promotion the following year scoring victories over "Brutal" Bob Evans and Alex Arion in the fall of 1999. On July 20, 2000, he and Ali Mohammed won the NWA New England Tag Team Championship from (Luis Ortiz, Slyk Wagner Brown , and Jason Rumble ). They dropped

2085-583: A Street Fight match in Montreal , Quebec . It was in CWA Montreal that the Vachons resumed their feud with Gino Martino as, on January 16, 2006, Pierre wrestled their longtime rival in a Bloodbath match for the CWA Montreal Brass Knuckles Championship. Within two months, however, the Vachons unexpectedly joined Martino to form the "Alliance of Violence". Pierre Vachon and Gino Martino entered

2224-511: A Tag Team Turmoil championship tournament; they defeated Karnage and Abdul Hannish in the opening round (March 5), The Hellraisers (Pain and Mizery) in the semi-finals (March 19), and Necro Butcher and SeXXXy Eddy in the finals (April 8) to become the first-ever CWA Montreal Tag Team Championship. Ferraro briefly returned to New England where he was awarded the NWW Undisputed Brass Knuckles title on May 6, 2006. He also entered

2363-571: A barbed-wire chain death match. On March 3, Ferraro won a hardcore battle royal in the All Star Wrestling Federation by pinning Jose Perez via a fireball . Two weeks later in NWA New England, he and the 7'2" 550 lbs. Bull Moose Calhoun fought to a no-contest in a Dog Collar match . On June 10, 2005, he defended the Brass Knuckles title against Pierre Vachon in a Fans Bring the Weapons match . He re-wrestled Vachon, this time in

2502-603: A benefit show for United States Marine Corps " Toys for Tots " program, at Johnson & Wales University in Providence, Rhode Island . Ferraro was the 17th entrant in the 23-man event and eliminated three wrestlers before he, the last participant, was eliminated by Derik Destiny. Four months later, he defeated Universal Soldier for the PLW Heavyweight Championship at St. Anthony's Parish Center in Pawtucket . Ferraro

2641-522: A championship tournament for the NWW U.S. Heavyweight Championship. He defeated Dave Showtime in the opening round (May 6) but was eliminated in the semi-finals (May 7) by Eric Shred via disqualification. He also teamed with Ron Zombie to defeat Justin Credible and The Sandman in a Beds of Nails Death match for Powerhouse Wrestling a week later. On July 22, a tag team match against Karnage and Abdul Hannish ended in

2780-582: A championship tournament together to decide the first CWA Montreal Tag Team Champions. They defeated Karnage and Abdul Hannish in the opening rounds (March 5), The Hellraisers (Pain & Mizery) in the semi-finals (March 19), and Necro Butcher and SeXXXy Eddy in the finals at CWA Montreal's "kNOw FEAR" (April 8). Meanwhile, both the Vachons also took part in the title tournament for the CWA Montreal Internet Championship; Damien Vachon defeated Osirus and Pierre Vachon beat "Iron" Mike Lyons in

2919-531: A collegiate Bench Press and olympic-style weightlifting champion. As a powerlifter he benched 565 lbs.and lift 350 lbs. in the behind the neck press. He also had a background in martial arts, namely judo , and was also a power breaking champion. Ferraro was later employed as director of sales and marketing at Patriot Plastics in Woburn, Massachusetts , and remained with the company throughout his pro wrestling career. Ferraro eventually became interested in

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3058-447: A disqualification loss to Larry and Kyle Huntley (with Miss Jenna) in Brewer, Maine , but retained the tag titles. On November 5, 2010, Ferraro joined Donny Rotten, Iron Eagle, and "Redneck" Randy Walker in an 8-man Survivor Series match against The Huntleys and Public Works ("Roadblock" Mark Mahoney and John Bryar). Ferraro eliminated John Bryar and Kyle Huntley via pinfall before he himself

3197-454: A disturbance at the event earlier refusing to sign autographs or to actively participate in the show going on a drug induced episode in the parking lot locking himself in a wrestler's car. The three were later treated at a local hospital and the Iron Sheik later claimed he might never wrestle again. In November 2004, during an MWF Studio shoot interview with Dan Mirade, the Iron Sheik went on

3336-419: A fan in the crowd, Albert, but then invited him to join them in the ring. They continued talking to Albert until the young man said he was a fan of The Vachons causing The Hellraisers to attack him. The Vachons then ran to the ring to chase off The Hellraisers setting up two singles matches between the four wrestlers later that night. The match series ended in a tie with Hellraiser Misery defeating Damien Vachon in

3475-584: A four-way match with Jamie Paine and Nemesis. This was the first-ever "hardcore" match held in New England to use a no-rope barbed wire ring, light tubes, fire, a bed of nails, thumbtacks, and foreign objects. On June 23, he also teamed with Short Sleeve Sampson in a losing effort against The One Night Stand at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Methuen, Massachusetts . Ferraro regained the heavyweight title from Fuller in

3614-577: A guest on "Tommy's Corner" with host Tom Savoldi. He wrestled two matches for NWA On Fire TV, against "Boston Bad Boy" Jason Rumble and "Jivin" Jimmy Capone respectively, and remained undefeated during his time in the promotion. On July 12, Ferraro was inducted into the 2009 New England Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame by his one-time tag team partner Anthony Rufo. Ferraro formed a successful tag team with former rival "Mr. T.A." Terry Allen in late 2009. Together they defeated Bam Bam Delfonso and Scott Ashworth (October 14), Balls Mahoney and Scott Ashworth in

3753-596: A half million fans. However, in 2005, the Iron Sheik was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame . In 2008, the MWF conducted another shoot interview with the Iron Sheik. Similarly released on DVD, the Sheik verbally attacked Hulk Hogan and The Ultimate Warrior , making remarks about what he'd do to the Warrior's daughter if she was 18. He later made a Christmas challenge to Kramer , footage from

3892-562: A hardcore match (November 14), and were joined by A.J. Mitrano in a 6-man tag team match against "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka, Spike Dudley, and Lone Star (November 20). The following night, the two were defeated by Snuka and Doink the Clown in Palmer, Massachusetts . On January 23, 2010, Ferraro teamed with Jimmy Cash and Kurt Von Schmidt in a six-man tag match and were defeated by Hacksaw Jim Duggan , Nikolai Volkoff , and Jay Jaillette in Worcester, Massachusetts . A year later, he and Tommy Mack also won

4031-424: A heated year-long feud between the two wrestlers. Later on in the show, in which Ferraro was scheduled to have a championship match, MWF Commissioner Dr. Von Johnson "screwed" him by ordering a gauntlet match instead. Ferraro defeated three other wrestlers to get to Todd Hanson and battled to a double-countout. He was later recruited by Ox Baker to join his stable, Ox Baker's Army. While managed by Baker, he used

4170-404: A match lasting 47 seconds earlier that same night. Two weeks later, Ferraro defeated Jimmy Cash in a Tables match . His last match was against Scarecrow on December 14, 2001, which ended in a disqualification. Suffering a serious neck injury in his bout with Ronnie D. Lishus, he took three months off to recuperate and lost 30 pounds by the time he returned to action early the next year. Prior to

4309-636: A match to decide the number one contender for the NWH Heavyweight Championship. He later teamed with Danny Dangerous to win the NWH Tag Team titles from The Elite (Larry Huntley and Sonny Roselli). In October, Ferraro represented NWA New England at the 2-day NWA 56th Anniversary Show in Winnipeg, Manitoba ; he and Larry Huntley lost to The Trailer Park Boyz (Matt Korn and Dave Drako) on the first night (October 15) while Ferraro defeated Dave Drako

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4448-403: A mystery partner. The event also had the debut of Homicide and the return of Chris Sabin . This was followed by a VIP Q&A session and an autograph/photo fanfest with Abyss, Jay Lethal, Homicide, Chris Sabin and Leticia Cline as well as a special appearance by MWF President John Cena Sr. and the Iron Sheik. The promotion also held a raffle in which the winner would receive a free lunch with

4587-612: A new tag team, The New School Wrestling Crew, with Jim Tanner and together defeated SAW Tag Team Champions The Alden Brothers by disqualification at the "September Super Show" on September 8, 2007. After parting ways in SAW, Pierre Vachon began competing on the local independent circuit in Upstate New York . On April 4, 2008, he participated in an interpromotional show for ADK Wrestling and Top Rope Promotions , wrestling against Joe Sidusky, at Fort Edward High School. That summer, Vachon reformed

4726-618: A no-contest when Ferraro turned against his partner Brick Crawford . Feuding with the heavyweight champion, he defeated Crawford for the CWA Montreal Heavyweight title on August 19, 2006. Back in New England, Ferraro continued wrestling for local promotions. On September 23, 2006, he wrestled Greg "The Hammer" Valentine in a Dog Collar match for Powerhouse Wrestling. He also defended the NWW Brass Knuckles Championship against Moondog Maximus, losing to Maximus in

4865-626: A non-title match on October 7, before dropping the belt to Headshrinker Samu at an October 28 Ultimate Ring Wars show. Two months later, Ferraro wrestled Doink the Clown for USWF Championship Wrestling at the Irish American Club in Malden, Massachusetts . During 2006 and 2007 Ferraro worked with and performed many strongman feats with URW in the New England area . He was a welcomed addition to URW with all of his experience and his showmanship. Wrestling several times in hardcore matches with Pierre

5004-701: A number of actors, fashion models, musicians, reality tv stars, and other celebrities were also in attendance; Ray and Deana Housteau from The Amazing Race 7 , Team Kentucky from The Amazing Race 10 , David and Mary Conley from The Amazing Race: All-Stars , Kim Fore from ABC 's Dance Machine , Rebekah Cantrell from A Double Shot at Love , Roq M of From G’s to Gents , Steve "Chicken" Morris from Survivor: China , Billy Garcia and Cristina Coria from Survivor: Cook Islands , Jessica Kiper from Survivor: Gabon , Tracy Hughes-Wolf from Survivor: Micronesia , Jenna and Matsuflex from VH1 's Tool Academy , and Ariel Tweto from ABC's Wipeout . Vachon continued wrestling in

5143-531: A partner of his choice (which was revealed to be John Bryar). Two weeks later, Ferraro (with Ox Baker) defeated Adam Hastey via disqualification for All Out Mayhem in South Portland, Maine . He was also scheduled to take part in the 2nd annual Al Biondi Memorial Tournament on December 11, 2010. On January 21, 2011, Ferraro defeated Psycho at "Rival's Choice" in Lowell, Massachusetts. A month later at "Cold Fury X", he

5282-518: A pro wrestling career. He considered attending Killer Kowalski 's wrestling school in Malden, Massachusetts but decided against it due to the high tuition fees. He was instead trained by Jeff "Bruiser" Costa, Rip Morrison, Dan Petiglio, and Paul Zine among others. Zine specifically helped develop his in-ring persona and getting him bookings in his early career. He also received additional training from Tony Rumble , Ox Baker , and The Iron Sheik and adopted versions of their finishers as homages to

5421-485: A special benefit show, "Reality Rumble III", co-hosted by South Atlantic Wrestling and Entertainers That Care. It was held at Louisa County High School in Mineral, Virginia to raise money for a 6-year-old boy suffering from eosinophilic esophagitis ; his medical expenses had exceeded over $ 2 million. In addition to the many wrestling stars performing at the event, including Ring of Honor 's Damien Wayne and WWE 's Al Snow ,

5560-529: A three-way broken bottle death match with Dave Donavan, and won the ASWF Hardcore Championship. After leaving Ox Baker's Army, Ferraro began training with The Iron Sheik who eventually became his manager. Like Ox Baker, he started using his own version of The Iron Sheik's Camel clutch finisher called the "Iron Clutch". It was during this time that Ferraro started the so-called "Headbutt Challenge" offering $ 5,000 to anyone who could knock him out in

5699-610: A three-way match also involving the Big Islanders (Makua and Ka Hoku). Representing Green Mountain Wrestling at NWA Top Rope's "Road to the Convention", held at Nation Guard Armory in Lebanon , the Vachons challenged Really Sensational ("Real Deal" Jay Davis and "Sensational" Sean Reed) for the GMW Tag Team Championship; as a result of their victory over Davis and Reed, The Vachons became GMW's first-ever tag team champions in addition to holding

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5838-563: A three-year absence. This was one of two scramble matches held to decide the opponents for the main event with the winner receiving the EWA Heavyweight Championship. The participants for both matches were changed prior to the event, however, which saw Soulrage pin Damien Vachon (also involving Dave Titan and Hellraizor Myzery) and Pierre Vachon pin "White Lion" Jim Tanner (also involving Prof. Adib Mansour and Hellraizor Payne). In

5977-450: A tirade when asked about his appearance at WrestleMania III with Nikolai Volkoff and their match against The Killer Bees ( B. Brian Blair and Jim Brunzell ) making several controversial and derogatory statements in reference to Brian Blair. This interview was later released on a three-hour DVD and has since become popular on websites such as YouTube and led to his appearances on Howard Stern . The video has been seen by over one and

6116-630: A variation of Baker's infamous heart punch , using a headbutt rather than a punch, called the "Baker Breaker". Soul Survivor 04' saw Ferraro team with Kamala the Ugandan Giant and The Executioner in a 6-man tag team match against Todd Hanson, Beau Douglas, and "Cowboy" Bob Orton . When Hanson pinned the Executioner, Ferraro was blamed for the loss since he was the team captain. He started trading blows with Kamala and his former stablemates turned against him. Eventually, Todd Hanson and his team returned to

6255-804: A year later one of his demonstrations in Milan, Italy , aired on Lo show dei record , set the Guinness World Record for the most concrete blocks (45) broken on the head with a bowling ball. John Ferraro was born in Revere, Massachusetts . He was a fan of pro wrestling growing up and followed the World Wide Wrestling Federation during the late 1970s and early 80s. Superstar Billy Graham , The Samoans , and managers Freddie Blassie and The Grand Wizard were among his favorites. He started weightlifting during his teenage years and eventually became

6394-563: A year off before resurfacing on the Ontario independents in late 2009. On November 13, 2009, he appeared at Stellar Wrestling Showcase's "November Reign" show in Prescott, Ontario where he and Portia Perez lost to Jaguar and Josianne The Pussycat (with special guest manager Persephene) in a mixed tag team match ; after their loss, Vachon attacked Josianne and put the female wrestler in a piledriver . That same month, he wrestled Myzery The Barbarian in

6533-532: Is a former NWA New England Heavyweight Champion , NWA New England Colonial Heavyweight Champion , NWA New England Tag Team Champion (with Ali Mohammed), and winner of the 2004 Tony Rumble Memorial Rumble . He also feuded with "Big" Rick Fuller over the Chaotic Wrestling Heavyweight Championship during 2001, winning the belt twice. Nine years later, he was inducted into the promotion's hall of fame . He has been similarly honored by

6672-453: Is the main event held at the semi-annual memorial show for the late Tony Rumble , a wrestler and longtime wrestling promoter in the New England area throughout the 1990s. Todd Hanson won the first on the November 22, 2003 MWF Ultra program. The next battle royal was held at the MWF's Soul Survivor II and won by Bull Montana , a close friend of Tony Rumble, on November 13, 2004. The third show

6811-809: The Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational Technical High School in Upton, Massachusetts on June 2, and after losing to Neighborhood and Deep, attacked their opponents after the match. The Vachons spent their last months as a tag team in Slam All-Star Wrestling. Pierre Vachon had previously wrestled in a three-way tag match with Aftershock against Those 80's Guys (Vince and Reed) and TDS Inc. (Slick and Mackie Schrody) at their April 21 show "Intriguing Circumstances" in Highgate, Vermont . The Vachon Brothers made their SAW debut at

6950-474: The Chaotic Wrestling Heavyweight Championship in Worcester, Massachusetts . In his seven-month championship reign, Ferraro successfully defended the title against some of the top wrestlers in the Northeast. On January 12, 2001, he defeated John Kronus in a "Revere Street Fight" involving a bed of nails. He also faced El Mascarado (February 9), "Mr. USA" Tony Atlas (February 23), and Ronnie D. Lishus (April 6),

7089-629: The History Channel . After a five-year absence, Ferraro was also ranked #500 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the 2011 PWI 500 . In early 2012, Ferraro also wrestled shows for Powerhouse Wrestling and UFO Wrestling. On April 20, 2012, Ferraro (with B.A. Tatum) defeated "The Sure Thing" Mark Shurman at the Elks Lodge in Woburn, Massachusetts. The next night in Gray, Maine, he defeated Larry Zbyszko to win

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7228-625: The Millennium Wrestling Federation , New England Championship Wrestling , NWA New England , Ultimate Ring Wars and Paulie Gilmore 's New World Wrestling. Although based in the Northeast, competing most often in the New England region , Ferraro has wrestled in other parts of the US as well as in Canada and Europe. Ferraro has held championship titles in numerous promotions in his career. He

7367-530: The Millennium Wrestling Federation , the National Wrestling Alliance , specifically NWA Green Mountain, NWA: Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling , and NWA New England , and Paulie Gilmore 's New World Wrestling. A native of Burlington, Vermont , Pierre Vachon (born Chad Peeters) made his pro debut in 2003. He met Damien Vachon while wrestling in NWA Green Mountain and, in early 2005,

7506-698: The Millennium Wrestling Federation ; Gino defeated Damian Vachon in a standard wrestling match and Pierre Vachon in an Anything Goes match . The Vachons continued to split their time between the independents in eastern Canada, specifically Ontario and Quebec, and the Northeastern United States. Pierre Vachon was also active on the New York independent circuit during this time. At a September 23 show for World Of Hurt Wrestling, he wrestled WOHW Hardcore Champion Punk in Hudson Falls, New York . The Vachons lost

7645-820: The New England Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame . In addition to these championships Ferraro has won a number of brass knuckles and similar hardcore-themed titles , most notably, the AWA and NWA New England Brass Knuckles Championships ; he is also only one of two men, along with Don Fargo , to hold brass knuckles titles recognized by both the American Wrestling Association and National Wrestling Alliance . He has been featured in New Wave Wrestling , Pro Wrestling Illustrated , WOW Magazine , and Wrestle America ; one magazine ranked Ferraro #39 of

7784-474: The Special Olympics and has received extensive press coverage from The Boston Globe , The Howard Stern Show , KISS 108 FM , the Eddie Andelman Show , CN8 Sports Pulse and ESPN Radio . The promotion has also been involved in promoting other non-wrestling events in Boston such as hosting the Boston premiere of The Condemned (including a Q&A with "Stone Cold" Steve Austin ) and The Iron Sheik's appearance on Toronto 's Hi-Fi Network and promoting

7923-425: The "Slam Summer Spectacular" on July 14, 2007, where they wrestled The Alden Brothers (Shane and Eric Alden) (with The Director) and Those 80's Guys for the SAW Tag Team Championship. This would end up being their last match together as Damien Vachon suddenly left the promotion. Left by himself, Pierre Vachon took on The Alden Brothers in a handicap match at "Franklin County Face Off" on August 4. Pierre quickly formed

8062-455: The 5th Avenue Mob. Vachon was similarly disqualified when he refused to release a chokehold on his opponent at Stellar Wrestling Showcase's March 20 show "Tik Tok" in Prescott . That same month, he and Mysery entered a championship tournament to crown the first OCW Tag Team Champions. At OCW's "Tag Team Turmoil" on March 27, the team defeated The Incredible Hunks (Cheeky and Deeno) in the semi-finals and Lonely At The Top (with Persephone Vice) in

8201-430: The Alien & Dudley DL Dawson) causing a no-contest when they attacked all four participants and the referee. At CW's "Lowell Street Fight", they wrestled Julian Starr and Chase Del Monte. On November 12, Ferraro was in Ortiz' corner in his match against Rick Fuller. They challenged Julian Starr and Matt Logan for the Chaotic Wrestling Tag Team Championship in Hudson, Massachusetts the next day, but were unable to win

8340-509: The All Out Mayhem Heavyweight Championship after interference from John Cena Sr. Outside of professional wrestling, Ferraro is a real-life performing strongman. His demonstrations have included bending steel bars and breaking iron bars over his head, and headbutting and snapping a Louisville slugger in half with his skull. His specialty, however, is using his head to break various hard or heavy objects. He has had cinder blocks jack-hammered off his head, concrete blocks set on fire and broken over

8479-419: The Beast Vachon, Ferraro always captivated the crowds with his in ring style and strength. At the end of 2006, Ferraro joined the then recently revived Big Time Wrestling under Terry Allen. On December 1, he defeated Mister T.A. at The Castle of Knights in Chicopee, Massachusetts for the BTW United States Heavyweight Championship. Ferraro was the first wrestler to hold the belt in nearly three decades. During

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8618-520: The Chinese Martian Arts Association Iron Skills title in Long Island, New York . That same year, he added a new attraction to his strongman performance, the "$ 5,000 Headbutt Challenge" in which members of the public would be given the chance to trade headbutts with the strongman. If they were successful in knocking him out, Ferraro would pay the winner $ 5,000. This was borrowed from a similar concept used in his pro wrestling career. As of May 2011, Ferraro has knocked out 11 would-be challengers from around

8757-428: The Iron Sheik. The event was originally scheduled to be held on March 29, however the promotion was forced to reschedule the event when Total Nonstop Action Wrestling needed Jay Lethal, Chris Sabin and Homicide for an additional television taping of TNA Impact! during WrestleMania weekend in Orlando, Florida . Dan Mirade died on March 7, 2022. He was 41 years old. A regular on the independent circuit since

8896-443: The MWF debuts of "Die Hard" Eddie Edwards & Todd Hanson. A second show, MWF ULTRA , was also introduced with its first episode on October 12, 2003, but eventually became a monthly, one-hour special in October 2004. Its guests have included Johnny Fabulous, Karl Lauer, Scotty 2 Hotty , Demolition Smash , The Iron Sheik, Percy Pringle and actress Brigitte Nielsen . In addition to its wide use of regional cable TV throughout

9035-487: The MWF is one of the top promotions in the Northeastern United States along with Chaotic Wrestling , New England Championship Wrestling and Yankee Pro Wrestling . Among the wrestlers who have appeared in the promotion include independent wrestlers Abyss , A.J. Styles , Kofi Kingston , Joey Mercury , Antonio Thomas , Chris Sabin , Alex Shelley , Rick Fuller , Homicide , and R. J. Brewer . Due to its close working relationship with World Wrestling Entertainment ,

9174-404: The NWA Brass Knuckles title in a Broken Glass Death match against Dave Donavan winning via submission. Two weeks later, Ferraro defeated Beau Douglas at NWA New England's 2004 Tony Rumble Memorial Show. He spent the rest of the year making Brass Knuckle title defenses in NWA Green Mountain, NWA USA Pro Wrestling, and NWA Wildside . On February 4, 2005, Ferraro beat The Outpatient and Apocalypse in

9313-768: The NWA Green Mountain Tag Team titles to Franz and Hanz Roddy in Hyde Park, Vermont on October 29, however, they continued to win titles in most of the promotions they worked in (often as the inaugural champions). At one point, they held the tag team belts of seven different promotions in Canada and the US including the All Star Wrestling Federation, CWA Montreal, East Coast Championship Wrestling, NWA Green Mountain, NWA New England, New World Wrestling, and Revival Championship Wrestling. The Vachons also wrestled in Millennium Wrestling Federation where they were members of Ox Baker's Army with The Outpatient and The Islanders. On November 5, Pierre Vachon and Ox Baker's Army lost to Todd Hanson, Beau Douglas, The Sandman , and Paulie Gilmore in

9452-406: The NWA New England Brass Knuckles title on September 28, 2000. That same year he was one of several wrestlers featured in the 2000 pro wrestling documentary "Ringmasters: Pro Wrestling in New England", a special presentation by New England Sports Network which later aired on Spike TV . Ferraro began wrestling for Chaotic Wrestling in late 2000. On October 20, 2000, he defeated Jay Jaillette for

9591-413: The NWA New England titles. They lost the NWA New England tag titles to The Elite (Sonny Roselli and Larry Huntley) at the NWA 57th Annual Convention in Springfield, Tennessee the next day; this was also a three-way match with the Big Islanders. That summer, The Vachons feuded with Gino Martino in NWA New England and various independents. On June 10, Pierre Vachon unsuccessfully challenged Martino in

9730-408: The New England area appearing on numerous cable-access sports and pro wrestling television programs in the region. He was also invited on WROR 's "Loren and Wally show" in Burlington, Massachusetts where he performed "Feats of Strength" for guests and listeners. This led to further work in commercials which aired in Massachusetts and Central New England and later CMT 's Country Fried Home Videos. He

9869-443: The New England area, the promotion also began broadcasting its shows via internet broadcast and in-demand in May 2005 and became available in over 60 countries. That same year, the two more championships were created with "Die Hard" Eddie Edwards winning a tournament for the MWF Television Championship and, at MWF Iron Sheik Appreciation Night , Todd Hanson and Beau Douglas won a Tag Team Royal Rumble eliminating The Islanders for

10008-638: The New School Wrestling Crew with Jim Tanner and wrestled shows at the Adirondack Sports Complex in Queensbury, New York for both ADK Wrestling and Continental Wrestling Promotions. He also made a brief return to SAW for its last show of the season, defeating "Shooter" Anthony Storm in a singles match, on September 27, 2008. He also made occasional returns to the New England area for Top Rope Promotions . On May 9, 2009, Vachon took part in

10147-676: The Northeast US wrestling for Slam All-Star Wrestling, where he won the SAW Heavyweight Championship in 2009, and New York's In Your Face Wrestling where he teamed with Jim Tanner and Vigo during 2010. He joined forces with Vigo while engaging in a two-on-one feud with then IYFW Tag Team Champions The International Ego Trip (The Northern Studd and Fronz Roddy). Vachon defeated both Roddy and The Northern Studd in singles matches at IYFW's "Hanging By A Thread" (February 6) and Unsportsmanlike Conduct! (March 20) respectively before challenging

10286-539: The Polish American Veterans Club in Lowell, Massachusetts , however, this match never took place due to the interference of Max Bauer . At the end of the month, he defeated Elia Markopoulos in a rematch at the Elks Lodge in Woburn . Ferraro eventually joined Demon Ortiz to form a new version of The Alliance of Violence later that year. On October 1, Ortiz confronted him during a match against Vortex. This

10425-535: The US independent scene. Involved in fundraising and other community projects, the Millennium Wrestling Federation's on-going Keep The Kids Off The Streets Campaign presents live wrestling events in inner city neighborhoods. Its efforts in fundraising activities has raised tens of thousands of dollars for a number of charities and non-profit organizations including the American Red Cross ,

10564-517: The Wrestling's Living Legends reunion on the morning of WrestleMania 23 in Windsor, Ontario . The event also featured Demolition ( Ax and Smash ) in their first appearance in sixteen years. In September 2007, MWF Chairman Neil Manolian sold his share of the promotion to John Cena Sr. , giving him majority control of the company, and as a result, was named MWF President three months later, replacing on-air personality The Jackal who had been appointed to

10703-579: The Year" on Joe Bruins' Hardcore Wrestling show aired on Cox Cable in Rhode Island. The Millennium Killaz also defended the PCW Tag Team Championship against one-time ECW World Tag Team Champions The Pitbulls ( Pitbull #1 and Pitbull #2 ), a bout which ended in a double-disqualification. At the end of the month, Martino faced his tag team partner in a three-way thumbtack match with Jamie Paine for

10842-602: The belts and attacked his tag team partner after the match. Pierre Vachon and Maxx Burton continued feuding with Vigo throughout the year. On December 11, 2010, he and Burton wrestled Vigo and Tito Santana at IYFW's "Controlled Chaos!" in Saratoga Springs, New York . They lost the bout when Santana made Burton submit to a figure four leglock . On January 14, 2012, Vachon defeated Drake Evans at an IYFW show in Ballston Spa, New York . Damien Vachon returned to Canada and took

10981-609: The belts to Luis Ortiz and Jason Rumble a month later in Somerville; earlier in the show, Martino defeated Trooper Gilmore, Nemesis, Jaime Paine and Zach Mason in a five-way match to win the NWA New England Brass Knuckles Championship . Prior to losing the tag team belts, he was the first wrestler to hold both the NWA New England Tag Team and Brass Knuckles titles at the same time. At one point, he

11120-413: The belts to The Big Islanders (Makua and Kahoku) in Revere on June 24, 2006. The Vachons spent the next year or so on the Ontario and New England independent circuits. They briefly returned to CWA Montreal, both largely in singles competition, with Damian Vachon feuding with CWA Montreal iTV Champion Karnage. Though he defeated Karnage, via countout and disqualification victories, he was unable to capture

11259-485: The belts. On December 3, 2010, The Alliance of Violence and Chase Del Monte & Rick Fuller battled to a double-countout at CW's "Fan Appreciation Night" in Lowell, Massachusetts. At the end of the year he was interviewed by The Eagle-Tribune while performing at a benefit show Salem police and firefighters at Drew Estate Cigars. He was also a guest on the Canadian internet radio show Rope2Rope Radio where he discussed

11398-466: The early 1990s, the Iron Sheik became associated with the MWF soon after its establishment and was later named the MWF Lt. Commissioner. On August 5, 2005, the Iron Sheik, Dan Mirade and MWF Commissioner Dr. Brad Von Johnson were involved in a serious car accident when they were hit head on by a drunk driver following an event, Iron Sheik Appreciation Night , in Blackstone, Massachusetts . The Iron Sheik caused

11537-765: The end of his first run with Chaotic Wrestling, Ferraro returned to Rhode Island where he and Ali Mohammed regained the PCW Tag Team Championship from The Mutilators on October 4, 2002. On January 18, 2003, in Ultimate Championship Wrestling, he also defeated Travis Funk in a Strap match to win the UCW Heavyweight Championship. A year later, The Millenium Killaz won the UCW Tag Team Championship as well. Ferraro also wrestled for Jaime Pain and Nemesis' Crimson Mask Wrestling, PWF Northeast, and Rocky Raymond's Empire Professional Wrestling,

11676-563: The end of the month, they wrestled The HellRaisers (Payne and Myzery) at Great Canadian Wrestling 's "Seasons Beatings" in Oshawa, Ontario . At the beginning of 2007, The Vachons were back in the US. At a February 17 show for Grapple Masters Wrestling in Bristol, Vermont , The Vachons were supposed to appear for the show's opening promo . When the team was introduced, however, their rivals The Hellraisers come out instead. The Hellraisers began picking on

11815-400: The end of the month. The "Night of Champions" supercard included MWF Heavyweight Champion Todd Hanson successfully defending his title against Abyss, Rick Fuller and Executioner Milonas in a Monster's Ball match . The undercard featured a lumberjack match between MWF Television Champion Tommaso Ciampa and Jay Lethal , MWF Tag Team Champions The Canadian Superstars against Beau Douglas and

11954-688: The father of multi-time World Heavyweight Champion John Cena , took control of the promotion in September 2007 after buying out Chairman Neil Manolian's partial stock in the company. Cena became MWF South President after a confrontation with Paul Bearer at Soul Survivor VIII. The Millennium Wrestling Federation was founded by Dan Mirade and Neil Manolian in January 2001, partly founded in memory of longtime Boston promoter Tony Rumble and held their first show on September 28 of that year. Based in Melrose, Massachusetts ,

12093-532: The finals of a championship tournament to crown the first MWF Television Champion on February 5, 2003. The title is primarily defended in the Greater Boston Area and southern New England . The MWF Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling title in American independent promotion Millennium Wrestling Federation. The title was created when Todd Hanson & Beau Douglas defeated The Islanders in

12232-525: The first-ever MPW Heavyweight Champion. He defended the belt for almost five months, as well as wrestling for Ontario Championship Wrestling and Acclaim Pro Wrestling, until being stripped of the title by General Manager Nic Paterson at MPW's "Backfire" on November 20, 2010, when he was unable to compete due to injury. Gino Martino John Ferraro (born November 28) is an American professional wrestler and strongman , best known by his ring name Gino Martino . He has wrestled for Chaotic Wrestling ,

12371-452: The fundraiser, Neidhart did not arrive. According to owner Dan Mirade, he was later told that Neidhart had been planning on coming to Boston to spend Christmas week with a " ring rat ". When she decided to spend Christmas with her family down south, Neidhart stayed in Calgary and did not return the money he received from the promotion. Receiving no response to their e-mail and telephone messages,

12510-436: The increasing violence of " hardcore wrestling " as well as steroid and drug abuse which has resulted in the deaths of a high number of professional wrestlers . Dan Mirade also criticized certain ethical standards and business practices, particularly after the ring death of independent wrestler Dan Quirk , advocating some sort of system to regulate the professional wrestling industry. The Tony Rumble Memorial Battle Royal

12649-536: The independent scene in the Northeast, promoting Chaotic Wrestling and a few other New England promotions, as well as his own wrestling career. Ferraro spent the winter of 2010 in Maine working for Independent Wrestling Entertainment where he formed Primer Inc. with Johnny Primer. On September 24, Ferraro and Primer defeated Jim Capone and The Ninja for the IWE Tag Team Championship. A month later, they suffered

12788-490: The infamous Iron Sheik Appreciation Night and a "drug induced" telephone interview. The Sheik was attacked by the MWF Stalker, claiming he had gotten alcohol poisoning when an MWF cameraman had given him beer in his hotel room. On December 28, 2001, the promotion held its second live event in Revere, Massachusetts which was to raise money for Butch Miller , better known as Bushwhacker Butch of The Bushwhackers , who

12927-499: The latter match being officiated by special guest referee Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat . Another notable opponent was his tag team partner, Ali Mohammed, who he defeated in a Razor Chain match. Ferraro finally lost the belt to Rick Fuller at the Wonderland Greyhound Park in Revere on May 18. A few weeks later, he entered the 2001 King of Chaos tournament and made it to the finals where Ferraro lost to Ali Mohammed in

13066-904: The latter running events at Whalom Park and Thompson Speedway . Although primarily based in the Northeast and New England region , Ferraro eventually wrestled in other parts the country, such as for Bill Behrens in Georgia and Bert Prentice in Tennessee, as well as in Canada and Europe. In late 2003, Ferraro joined the Millennium Wrestling Federation . He was originally brought in by MWF Commissioner Dr. Von Johnson to take out Ralph Lano but later turned against him. At MWF's "Soul Survivor", he and Slyk Wagner Brown attacked Todd Hanson following his victory over D-Lo Brown , also cutting his hair and throwing it at Hanson's family members seated at ringside. Embarrassing Hanson in front of his hometown, their actions began

13205-598: The latter two. Ferraro made his professional debut in November 1996 and wrestled for the first six months of his career as "The Golden Gorilla". He started his career in Jeff Costa's World Independent Wrestling promotion in New Hampshire twice winning the promotion's heavyweight title from Sonny Goodspeed and Bart Hart respectively. On December 13, 1998, he took part in Power League Wrestling's "Power-House Brawl",

13344-496: The main event in Lynn, Massachusetts . The show also featured Test , The Sandman , The Missing Link and Ox Baker . NWA Ireland wrestler Fergal Devitt appeared at several MWF events while in New England during his 2005-2006 US tour. Facing Eddie Edwards and John Walters in a triple treat for the MWF TV Title, the match ended after 15 minutes when Edwards pinned Walters for the title. This match, gained considerable attention on

13483-496: The main event later that night, officiated by special guest referee Sakrilige, Soulrage ended up pinning Pierre Vachon to win the EWA Heavyweight Championship. A week later, Pierre Vachon lost to King Kong Bundy at a New World Wrestling event in East Sandwich, Massachusetts . In the next few months, The Vachons also visited Great Canadian Wrestling , Powerhouse Wrestling, Tri-State Wrestling, and Ultimate Ring Wars Wrestling. It

13622-399: The match that The Northern Studd and Fronz Roddy won the tag titles. Vachon chose Vigo as his partner to wrestle the new tag team champions at the 2010 Coronation Cup tournament on June 12. Vachon and Vigo defeated Fronz Roddy and The Northern Studd via disqualification, however, the team retained the championship. Vachon, egged on by Maxx Burton, blamed Vigo for costing them their chance to win

13761-626: The match. Ferraro took a few months off for a knee injury before returning to action in the fall. On October 4, 2011, Ferraro was a guest on the AngryMarks.com podcast Ring the Bell hosted by "Killa Kev" Fields, Mike Poulin, and Seth Drakin. He promoted an upcoming interpromotional show for Independent Wrestling Entertainment and NWA on Fire during the show, where he was to face former tag team partner Johnny Primer, as well discussed his recent appearances on Italian television and Stan Lee's Superhumans on

13900-530: The money back, but now refused because they had "upset him" . Neidhart eventually claimed in a later e-mail that he had sent the $ 500 to Butch Miller, however this was denied by both Butch Miller and longtime tag team partner Luke Williams . Soon after seeing him on the Raw 15th anniversary show , Dan Mirade wrote about the incident on his website and challenged Neidhart for an explanation however Neidhart did not respond. Mirade has been increasingly outspoken against both

14039-454: The next few months under manager Johnny Fabulous , he defended the title against Purty Kurty Adonis, Doink the Clown , Big Bear Matoush, and Malice . He also lost to Mr. T.A. in two separate Dog Collar matches, but retained the U.S. title in both encounters. The latter match, which took place on September 1, 2007, was for Terry Allen's BTW Dog Collar title. Ferraro and Johnny Fabulous also appeared for Powerhouse Wrestling during this time. In

14178-470: The opening rounds but were both eliminated in the semi-finals by Brick Crawford and Karnage (the latter in a Dog Collar match ) respectively. The Vachons returned to NWA New England in the summer of 2006. On May 11, they regained the NWA New England Tag Team titles by defeating 5–0 ( Trooper Gilmore and Corporal Johnson) in Fall River, Massachusetts . They remained champions for over a month before dropping

14317-439: The opening rounds of Chaotic Wrestling's Tournament of Champions which saw Ferraro defeat Ortiz in a No Holds Barred match . He then defeated Elia Markopoulos in the second round (May 21) before being eliminated by Handsome Johnny in the semi-finals (June 18) at "Breaking Point". A week earlier he had also lost to "The Golden Greek" Alex Arion via disqualification. On July 16, he was scheduled to wrestle his old rival Rick Fuller at

14456-567: The position at the beginning of the year. During the first half of 2008, a number of wrestlers from Total Nonstop Action Wrestling appeared for the promotion. On March 29, the promotion held its first show in Nashua, New Hampshire at Live Free or Die . On June 21, the MWF held the final professional wrestling event at the Good Time Emporium in Somerville, Massachusetts prior to its close at

14595-485: The promotion is one of several on the independent circuit to regularly feature many former World Wrestling Federation veterans including "Road Dog" Jesse James Armstrong , Scotty 2 Hotty , Al Snow , Kamala , Demolition ( Ax and Smash ) and MWF President Paul Bearer . Former WWF World Heavyweight Champion The Iron Sheik served as MWF Lt. Commissioner. Others who have also made appearances include The Missing Link , Bob Orton Jr. and Ox Baker . John Cena Sr.,

14734-409: The promotion posted Neidhart's home phone number on the front page of the MWF website. The promotion, which had gotten a number of replies from fans asking for an explanation for Neidhart's absence, explained that they had not received word from Neidhart and suggested fans to confront Neidhart themselves. Neidhart got in contact with the promotion soon after this and claimed that he had intended to send

14873-421: The promotion regularly began running shows in the greater Boston area for over a year before the debut of its weekly half-hour television program MWF Xtra on Labor Day weekend. The show was hosted by Dan Mirade and MWF on-air personalities The Jackal & Dr. Brad Von Johnson as well as special guest Tiger Mulligan , who would later win the promotion's Heavyweight Championship defeating "2Xtreme" John Brooks in

15012-482: The promotion's tag team titles from The Untouchables. At Chaotic Wrestling's "Cold Fury 9: The Never-ending Chase" Ferraro was inducted into the Chaotic Wrestling Hall of Fame . The following month at "Cold Fury: Fallout" he had an in-ring confrontation with fellow CW Hall of Famer Demon Ortiz which ended with Ferraro knocking Ortiz to the mat with a headbutt to the sternum . On April 30, he and Ortiz met in

15151-408: The raffle being held. In exchange, the promotion agreed to provide transportation. When the company was unable to afford to fly him in from Calgary , which would cost at least $ 1,200 (more than the cost of the actual fundraiser), Neidhart offered to sell his frequent flyer miles for $ 500 which the promotion accepted. The promotion received no contact from Neidhart after that point and, on the day of

15290-690: The remainder of the year defeating The Outpatient in a Cape Cod Collision match on November 11 and Makua in Falls Count Anywhere match on December 4, 2005. At the start of 2006, Ferraro traveled to Canada to join CWA Montreal, one of two Canadian affiliates for AWA Superstars . On January 16, 2006, he retained the AWA Brass Knuckles Championship in a Bloodbath match against Pierre "The Beast" Vachon , however, he soon allied with The Vachon Brothers (Pierre and Damien Vachon) to form The Alliance of Violence . He and Pierre Vachon entered

15429-461: The ring on Ferraro's behalf. The show ended with Ferraro shaking hands with his long-time rival. Ferraro returned to NWA New England in the summer of 2004. On June 4, he won a 12-man taped fist battle royal to regain the NWA New England Brass Knuckles Championship . He briefly lost the title to Osirus on August 4 but regained it six days later in a "Buxton Barroom Brawl" in Buxton, Maine . The bout

15568-567: The second night (October 16). He also defended the title in New Wrestling Horizons and NWA Green Mountain that same month. On November 4, 2004, Ferraro won the 2nd annual Tony Rumble Memorial "Rumble" Battle Royal, co-promoted by NWA New England and Paulie Gilmore 's New World Wrestling, and was awarded the NWA New England Colonial Heavyweight Championship ; also during the show he successfully defended

15707-545: The semi-main event, a 12-man Royal Rumble -style "Danbury Dungeon of Doom Match", he and Team Fuller (Rick Fuller, Jack Maverick, Benny Jux, Roberto Rush, and Mister T.A.) were defeated by Team Incredible ( Justin Credible , Spike Dudley, Eddy DelFonzo, Tony DelFonzo, Malice, and Scott Ashworth). Ferraro also had a brief stint in Maine 's NWA On Fire . He made his first appearance on the February 21st 2009 edition of "NWA On Fire TV" as

15846-416: The side of his head using a sledge hammer, and having 16lb bowling balls dropped on his head from heights up to 15 feet. Ferraro has also used his forehead to drive spikes through 2x4s wrapped in sheet metal . Ferraro first discovered this ability as a teenager when, while chasing younger brother around the house during an argument, crashed head first into a large oak door. Ferraro first gained notice in

15985-629: The spring of 2007, he wrestled "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka and Jake "The Snake" Roberts , losing both matches. That summer, Ferraro enjoyed a brief reunion with The Vachon Brothers in Ultimate Ring Wars Wrestling when he turned on his partner Crazy Chainsaw Bastard during a May 19 tag team match against The Vachons. He and Pierre Vachon faced each other in a special 4-man battle royal, with Paulie Gilmore and Kahuko, two months later in New World Wrestling. Ferraro eventually defeated CCB in

16124-511: The time (Unified Championship Wrestling, Independent Wrestling Alliance, and Power League Wrestling). He also won multiple tag team titles with Ali Mohammed as The Millenium Killaz. In August 1999, the team won the UCW Tag Team Championship from Kyle Storm and Widowmaker in a Bed of Nails hardcore match. A year later, they also won the tag team titles in International Independent Wrestling and Primal Conflict Wrestling. Ferraro

16263-627: The title. They also appeared for NWA: Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling in October and Mecca Pro Wrestling's "Redemption" in Cornwall, Ontario on November 11. A few weeks later, after a five-month title reign, The Vachons dropped the NWW Tag Team Championship to The Slaughterhouse (Outpatient and Crazy Chainsaw Bastard) in a "Christmas Carnage" hardcore match in Attleboro, Massachusetts . At

16402-496: The titles. The MWF Heavyweight Championship, which had since become vacant, was won by Dylan Kage when he defeated Slyck Wagner Brown on the first episode of MWF ULTRA . On November 11, 2005, the Soul Survivor III supercard featured MWF Heavyweight Champion Dylan Kage joining forces with Paul Bearer defeating Luis Ortiz, and MWF Television Champion Eddie Edwards defending his title against Fergal Devitt & John Walters in

16541-645: The top 50 brawlers in pro wrestling history. He has won numerous tag team titles as one-half of The Millenium Killaz with Ali Mohammed. He was also part of The Alliance of Violence with The Vachon Brothers in CWA Montreal , where he and Pierre Vachon became the promotion's first-ever tag team champions in 2006, and Demon Ortiz in Chaotic Wrestling several years later. A legitimate strongman, Ferraro has performed feats of strength for numerous television and radio shows in New England, and at public events throughout

16680-580: The tournament finals of the "Soul Survivor" competition at the Soul Survivor I supercard to crown the first MWF Heavyweight Champion and was presented the championship belt by Bobby "The Brain" Heenan . On October 5, 2002, Gary Michael Cappetta & Superstar Billy Graham appeared at a MWF benefit show at the America Civic Center in Wakefield, Massachusetts . The card also featured Road Dogg and

16819-613: The tournament finals to win the belts. On May 29, Vachon wrestled at two shows on the same night; a tag team title defense against the 5ifth Avenue Mob (McGuire and Manson) (with Sak Daddy and Savannah) ended in a no-contest at OCW's "Aftermath" in Kingston and at "Eat This" for Mecca Pro Wrestling in Cornwall Vachon defeated "The Fabulous French Canadian" Eric Mastrocola. On July 30, 2010, a reunion of sorts occurred at "Summer Bash" for Morrisburg Pro Wrestling when The Barbarians took part in

16958-767: The two began teaming together as the Vachon Brothers. This was a homage to the original Vachon brothers, Paul "Butcher" Vachon and Maurice "Mad Dog" Vachon . They gained early notoriety as second-generation wrestlers of Paul Vachon. While wrestling for NWA Green Mountain, The Vachons also competed for NWA New England in the Greater Boston area where they were managed by Barry Ace. On May 22, 2005, Pierre and Damian Vachon defeated NWA New England Tag Team Champions The Rough Ryders (Nyxx and Devin Raines) in Everett, Massachusetts ,

17097-451: The two men to a title match at the next show. The New School Wrecking Crew were scheduled to wrestle IYFW Tag Team Champions The Grindhouse (Maxx Burton and CJ Scott) and The International Ego Trip (The Northern Studd and Fronz Roddy) in a three-way match at April 17 "Amsterdamage" show in Amsterdam, New York , however, both Vachon and Tanner were unable to wrestle due to injuries; it was during

17236-571: The world. In an interview later that year he revealed he has been in negotiations to perform in Europe (France, Germany, and Poland) and Southeast Asia (Malaysia) and was also considering putting together an act for America's Got Talent and The X-Factor . Millennium Wrestling Federation The Millennium Wrestling Federation (MWF) is a New England independent professional wrestling promotion based in Melrose, Massachusetts . Founded in January 2001 by promoters Dan Mirade & Neil Manolian,

17375-415: The world. Often referred to as "Hammer Head" or "The Human Anvil", his specialty is breaking heavy objects such as concrete cinderblocks over his head. An assistant is generally used to drop bowling balls or operate a jackhammer or sledge . He has also encouraged 300 pound wrestlers to stand on his chest while lying on a bed of nails . In 2010, he was featured on Stan Lee's Superhumans . Less than

17514-558: Was Ortiz' first appearance in the promotion since being injured by Ferraro back in April. As the two stared each other down, in preparation for a fight, Ortiz inexplicably attacked Ferraro's opponent causing a disqualification and left the ring together. The next night in Lawrence , he and Ortiz interfered in a tag team match between four young trainees from the Chaotic Training Center (Vortex & “Western Dragon” Wesley Thomas vs. Alec

17653-766: Was also involved with Northeast Championship Wrestling in West Warwick, Rhode Island . Starting in 2000, he and Anthony "Troubleman" Rufo began training a select few of the NCW roster. It was during this period that Ferraro got his first big break wrestling for Tony Rumble and the NWA New England promotion in Boston, Massachusetts . He appeared on its inaugural event held at the Good Times Emporium in Somerville, Massachusetts where he teamed with Joel Davis and Trooper Gilmore in

17792-607: Was also part of the 1999 strongmen documentary "Beyond Pain" by James W Kent. His strongman demonstrations have been covered by The Boston Globe (New Hampshire edition), The Daily Item , Revere Journal , Silver City Bulletin , and The Sun Chronicle . Among his most notable performances include: Ferraro was featured on the August 19th 2010 edition of The History Channel 's Stan Lee's Superhumans . The episode examined his hard skull as well as attempted to explain how he performed his pro wrestling and strongman stunts. Ferraro

17931-577: Was at URWW's May 19 show "In Your Face!" in Somerset, Massachusetts that the "Alliance of Violence" was reformed when Gino Martino turned on his tag team partner Crazy Chainsaw Bastard during a tag team match against the Vachons. They also returned to East Coast Championship Wrestling where, under manager Julius Sweet, the Vachons unsuccessfully attempted to regain the ECCW Tag Team Championship from Nick Neighborhood and Chuck Deep. Both teams met at

18070-404: Was co-hosted by the MWF and AWA New England which was won by 72-year-old Ox Baker . This was his first wrestling match in several years. On August 4, 2007, Rick Fuller won the 4th annual Tony Rumble Memorial Battle Royal. The MWF Undisputed Championship is a professional wrestling title in American independent promotion Millennium Wrestling Federation. The title was created when Low Ki

18209-474: Was hospitalized from an untreated staph infection . Among those who headlined the show included Road Dogg and ECW wrestlers Little Guido , Super Nova and Chris Chetti . Tough Enough finalist Christopher Nowinski also made a surprise appearance. A few weeks prior to the event, Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart contacted the promotion via e-mail offering to appear at the show. Neidhart also said he would donate an official Hart Foundation leather jacket for

18348-423: Was managed The Pink Assassin and was walked to the ring with a dog collar . Also that summer, a cage match between Ferraro and John Kronus ended in a no-contest. The two met again in September three months later for a UCW show at Johnson and Wales College. Their hardcore match went to a 20-min. draw before referees stopped the match. The infamous "Blood Bath Street Fight" became the "Most Requested Match of

18487-509: Was named after him. On April 14, 2011, Ferraro set a Guinness World Record for having 45 concrete slabs (15 stacks of 3 with an estimated combined weight of 1125 lbs.) broken over his head using 16 lbs. bowling balls that were dropped from a height of over ten feet. The bowling balls were dropped onto to head continuously for over three minutes. This performance took place in Milan, Italy and later aired on Canale 5 's Guinness World Records TV series Lo show dei record . He also won

18626-458: Was pinned by Larry Huntley. Although Huntly ended up being the lone survivor, Ferraro hit his opponent in the face with a fireball after the match. The following night in Brewer , while gloating about burning Larry Huntly during an in-ring promo, IWE Executive Director Quentin Michaels came out and ordered Primer Inc. to defend the tag titles in a No Rules Texas Tornado match against Kyle Huntley and

18765-511: Was stripped from the MWF Heavyweight Championship. Carlito defeated Eddie Edwards, X-Pac, Luis Ortiz and Slyck Wagner Brown. The title was primarily defended in the greater Boston area as well as in southern New England . The MWF Television Championship is a professional wrestling title in American independent promotion Millennium Wrestling Federation. The title was created when Eddie Edwards defeated Jerelle Clark in

18904-425: Was studied by Harvard Medical School which determined through an MRI that his skull measured 16mm thick, over 2.3 times more than the average human skull, making it one of the thickest skulls ever x-rayed . The show's host, legendary Marvel comic book writer Stan Lee , nicknamed Ferraro the "Human Anvil" which he has since adopted for his strongman performances. In addition, the episode's title ("Hammerhead")

19043-399: Was subsequently stripped of the title after awarding it to his manager Scott Knight. That same year, he received an award for "Best Newcomer" (1998). Over the next two years, he won titles in numerous promotions on the New England independent circuit. In 1999, he became the first wrestler to simultaneously hold the heavyweight titles of the top three independent promotions in Rhode Island at

19182-537: Was the first entrant in the Royal Rumble -style "Classic Chaotic Countdown" and the first to be eliminated. This was done via outside interference from color commentator Rick Fuller, who Ferraro had been taunting, by pulling down the top rope and allowing Elia Markopoulos, Kid USA and Donnie Rotten to throw him out of the ring. He and Ortiz also took on Chaotic Wrestling Tag Team Champions The Logan Brothers (Bryan and Matt Logan) at Cold Fury: Fallout on March 4. but lost

19321-574: Was voted the best match of the year for New Wrestling Horizons by the Freaks of Wrestling website. Ferraro followed this up with successful title defenses against Johnny Curtis, Craig Stratton, Brian Black, and Jason Rumble . In addition to the NWA New England-New Wrestling Horizons interpromotional shows, Ferraro also wrestled solely for NWH shows where he feuded with Larry Huntley. On September 28, Ferraro also pinned Jason Rumble in

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