Bruno Sassi
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| Bruno Sassi | |
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| Ring name(s) | Bruno Sassi Big Bruno Brother Bruno Sassi Bruno |
| Billed height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) |
| Billed weight | 260 lb (118 kg) |
| Born | December 15, 1970 Baltimore, Maryland |
| Billed from | Fraternity Row, College Town |
| Debut | September 30, 1988 |
Bruno Sassi (born December 15, 1970 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American professional wrestler.
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Bruno Sassi graduated from Miramar High School in 1988, and turned down academic scholarships in order to train as a wrestler, financing his training through a series of odd jobs. Sassi debuted on September 30 that year. In 1990 Sassi appeared with the Nashville-based NWA Worldwide Wrestling as a jobber.
Sassi eventually began wrestling primarily on the Floridian independent circuit, where he formed a tag team with "Brother" Dan Evans. Evans and Sassi used the gimmick of a pair of boisterous, prank playing fraternity members. After Evans retired due to injury, Sassi continued to use the gimmick with the third part of the team, Big Tilly. Sassi and Tilly were known collectively as Phi Delta Slam.
On April 15, 2000 Sassi wrestled for the World Wrestling Federation, appearing on Jakked and losing to Stevie Richards.Sassi wrestled as a jobber with the WWE from 1994-2000.
Phi Delta Slam is wrestling with the South Florida based Coastal Championship Wrestling. CCW has headlined such superstars such as "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes, Dustin Rhodes(fka Goldust), Kip James(fka Billy Gunn), D-Lo Brown, Mike Graham, Jerry Lynn, Jake "The Snake" Roberts, Glacier, and Brother Devon of Team 3-D.
In 2005, Phi Delta Slam were signed by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. The hiring of Sassi and Tilly – two "hosses" - was somewhat controversial, and the revelation that they were friends of Dusty Rhodes (the company booker (professional wrestling)booker.
Phi Delta Slam were introduced to TNA after Dusty Rhodes told his two competing assistants, Traci Brooks and Trinity, to each find a tag team. The tag teams would wrestle one another at TNA Destination X 2005, with the winning tag team's sponsor becoming Rhodes' sole assistant. Trinity selected Phi Delta Slam, and they debuted in February 2005, wrestling dark matches, and made their onscreen debut on March 13 at Destination X, where they lost to Traci's choice, The Harris Brothers. Phi Delta Slam is still employed with TNA; they are currently assisting with the production of the TNA/SpikeTV television show.
Phi Delta Slam, all three members, operate a professional wrestling school, Bodyslam University, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.This is where MVP (Montel Vontavious Porter)and Bobby Hopkins Jr. started their wrestling careers.
- Previous Manager(s): Trinity
- Quotes: "Welcome to the Frat House!"
- The Initiation (Sitout DDT)
- Tornado Suplex (Spinning vertical suplex piledriver)
- Stomps
- Wooden paddle
Sassi was a youth leader in Hollywood, Florida. He is married to Angela Sassi and has two children.
He was kicked out of the church in which he was briefly employed as a youth leader, not pastor, due to racism & extreme force on a minor child, age 10. He did not receive his pastoral license thru the Assemblies of God, is not a youth pastor, and no longer attends church thru Assemblies of God.
- 1-time FWA Heavyweight Champion
- 1-time FWA Light Heavyweight Champion
- 4-time FWA Tag Team Champion
- 1-time IPWA Light Heavyweight Champion
- 5-time IPWA Tag Team Champion
- 1-time WWC Tag Team Champion
- 1-time SECW Tag Team Champion
- 2-time WWW Tag Team Champion
- 1-time FOW Heavyweight Champion
- 1-time FOW International Champion
- 1-time CCW Tag Team Champion (with Big Tillie)
- 1-time CCW Heavyweight Champion