James Maritato is a professional wrestler best known for his time in ECW as Little Guido and in WWE as Nunzio. He sits down with Chris Van Vliet in New Jersey to discuss which name he is better known as, how he was able to make it in wrestling despite being undersized, slapping Brock Lesnar in a backstage segment, his iconic Last Ride from The Undertaker, winning the Cruiserweight Championship at a house show, still wrestling today, briefly being a WWE referee and more!

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00:00 Intro
01:05 Finding his wrestling school
05:58 Paul Heyman invented the Little Guido character
10:16 Nunzio vs Little Guido
15:24 Italian stereotypes
17:43 The FBI/Where's my pizza?
22:33 ECW was so special
25:02 Toughest guy in ECW
25:49 Wild New Jack dive
27:49 Entering on Big Sal's shoulders
29:09 Losing his job when ECW went under
33:24 Favorite highlight in ECW & WWE
35:51 Winning the Cruiserweight Title in WWE
38:59 Working with top talent in WWE
41:21 Praise from Kurt Angle
44:29 Working with The Undertaker
50:21 Spear from Goldberg
51:33 Working with Brock Lesnar
53:13 Wrestling Batista & John Cena
56:06 Still wrestling/life after WWE
59:33 Being an emergency referee in WWE
01:04:47 NXT match in the ECW Arena in 2024
01:07:17 How long he'd like to wrestle for
01:08:57 Differences in wrestling then vs now
01:09:58 Jerry Lynn & Mike Awesome
01:13:00 Tajiri & Super Crazy being his favorite opponents
01:14:38 3 things he's grateful for

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