PAGE OF FAME: Gino Brito

Gino Brito

Gino Brito
Real name: Gino Acocella
Popular wrestler in Montreal and one of the promoters in the city in the 1980s. As Louis Cerdan, he was WWWF tag champion, teaming with with fellow Canadian-Italian wrestler Tony Parisi.
Son of wrestler Jack Britton and father of Gino Brito Jr.
Jack Britton was probably more famous for organizing a central booking office for midget wrestlers in the 1950s. He worked with Detroit promoters Bert Ruby and Harry Light and had a near-monopoly on the top wrestling midgets for many years.

Brito continued to wrestle through the mid-80s. He promoted shows in Toronto in 1987, but the promotion had a very difficult time after Dino Bravo and Rick Martel left. Brito appeared in the WWF old-timers battle royal in November 1987 (the first to be eliminated in a match won by Lou Thesz that featured several former world champion).

Prominent Titles:

WWWF World tag champion, as Louis Cerdan, with Tony Parisi, 1975-76
Grand Prix tag champion (Montreal), with Dino Bravo, 1973
2-time International tag champion (Montreal), with Tony Parisi, 1983-84