CT Native Christopher Annino Joins Legendary Tag Team The Pitbulls

Pro Wrestling Tag Team Pitbulls Have Returned

ECW original former Philly native Gary Wolf officially released his autobiography The Pitbull Unleashed co-written by Kevin C Davidson.
During the 1990’s, The Pitbulls were one of the most dominating and influential tag teams in professional wrestling. Pitbull # 1 Gary Wolf teamed up with fellow Monster Factor Alum Pitbull # 2 Anthony Durante and for a decade made history at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, PA. Anthoney Durante and Gary Wolf both went to Hammonton High School in Hammonton, New Jersey.

Gary Wolf and Anthony Durante were both trained by Larry Sharpe at the legendary monster factory Monster Factory – Pro Wrestling Training & More
In 1989, Wolf and Durante got their big push with the World Wrestling Federation, losing to The Hart Foundation on March 4, 1989. They also lost to The Brain Busters on June 27, 1989, and the Fabulous Rougeau brothers on Primetime aired on 25 September 1989.

n 1990, Wolf and Durante went to South Atlantic Pro Wrestling as the American Bulldogs and later renaming themselves the Pitbulls. They defeated The Nasty Boys for the tag team titles.In 1991 they went to New Japan Pro-Wrestling as the Mad Bull Busters. They stayed there for a year.
The Pitbulls debuted Extreme Championship Wrestling in April 1992 both competing in battle royals to crown the first ECW Heavyweight Champion. Neither were successful. Durante left shortly after, Wolfe, became known as "the Pitbull", won the Television Championship on April 16, 1994. Later 1994, Wolfe and Durante, who became "Pitbull #2", reunited The Pitbulls and had notable feuds with Public Enemy and the Bad Breed, the feud with the Bad Breed culminated at the November to Remember in a match where the Losing team was forced to split up. The Pitbulls were victorious. The Pitbulls won their first and only Tag Team Championship on September 16, 1995, at Gangstas Paradise from Raven and Stevie Richards.[2] They were soon joined by Francine, who became their manager and dubbed herself "The Beastmaster". One month later at South Philly Jam, they lost the titles back to Raven and Richards.[2] In 1996, The Pitbulls moved into an intense feud with The Eliminators, which saw their manager Francine receive the Total Elimination on two occasions. The feud culminated at the first-ever CyberSlam in a three-on-three dog collar match, which saw Francine team with the Pitbulls against Stevie Richards with The Eliminators. The Pitbulls won the match after superbombing Richards and letting Francine pin Richards. However, The Eliminators hit the Total Elimination on Pitbull #1, Pitbull #2, and Francine after the match. After this, Pitbull #2 went on to win the ECW Television Championship on June 1 at the Fight the Power event; he held the belt for only 21 days before losing it to Chris Jericho at Hardcore Heaven.On July 13, 1996, at Heat Wave, Francine turned on The Pitbulls and became the manager of Shane Douglas. The feud between Douglas and The Pitbulls culminated on April 13, 1997, at the first ECW pay-per-view Barely Legal, where Pitbull #2 faced Douglas for the Television Championship in a losing effort.

After leaving ECW, The Pitbulls began competing on the independent circuit. Pitbull #2 began a brief singles run, which included one-time reigns as the MEWF Heavyweight Champion and the second-ever JAPW Heavyweight Champion, both of which ended via title vacation due to injuries. The team returned to the tag team division as they debuted in the National Wrestling Alliance's New Jersey territory, where they won the NWA United States Tag Team Championship on two occasions in 1998 and 1999 and remained the title's final champions upon the title's deactivation 2000. They lost to the Headbangers on WWF Shotgun Saturday Night on August 24, 1998. In 2000, the team went their separate ways as Pitbull #1 began competing under his real name along with the nickname "The Pitbull" for Pro-Pain Pro Wrestling, where he was the company's first-ever and only two-time Heavyweight Champion as well as a one-time Tag Team Champion with. They toured many promotions including Xtreme Pro Wrestling (XPW), Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW) and World Wrestling Council (WWC). In 2000 they disbanded for brief period of time.

Return to ECW

On March 4, 2000, they returned to ECW as they lost to Amish Roadkill and Danny Doring.

IWA Puerto Rico

They reunited for only one night on May 12, 2002, at International Wrestling Association event in Puerto Rico defeating Bryan Madness and Maniac. This would be the last time the Pitbulls would be together. Also it was the last match for Durante.

Championships and accomplishments

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Pitbull # 1 Gary Wolf has officially recruited independent pro wrestle, multi sport athlete, journalist, Ambassador to the Blues Hall of Famehttp://www.blueshalloffame.com... , Co-founder of the New England Music Hall of Fame www.nemhof.com , Christopher Annino Christopher Annino - IMDb

Christopher Annino at a young age was diagnosed with several neurological disorders including Asperger Syndrome. "Despite Chris's disabilities he demonstrates the ability to overcome all odds in and outside of the ring. His inner strength and physical strength is out of this world. His talent is uncanny both as an athlete and as an intellectual . It has been over 20 years since Anthonys death and it has taken me that long to find his replacement" said Gary Wolf.

Christopher Annino graduated with honors from Fitch Senior High School aka Robert E Fitch Senior High School in Groton, Connecticut https://fhs.grotonschools.org/ and Mitchell College https://mitchell.edu/ in New London, Connecticut. Prior to and during high school he was as multi sport AAU jr athlete competed in equestrian, fencing, judo, weightlifting, basketball, and track and field. At Fitch Senior High School he earned a several letters in sports and the arts. While at Fitch some of his closest Friends were fellow artists Samantha Urbani who later became a world renown musician and filmmaker. He attended St. Marks Episcopal Church in Mystic, Connecticut, and was a highly decorated Boy Scout earning the rank of life scout but was unable to attempt the earn the rank of Eagle Scout due to his conflicting schedule .In his senior year he was runner up for poet laureate, was inducted into the national honor society, and was the first to be inducted into the International Thespian Society https://schooltheatre.org/inte...

Annino is a graduate of Mitchell College there he was a NCAA scholar multi sport athlete, former editor of the then school newspaper The Beacon, sang for the choir, acted and later directed in the Mitchell College Drama Society productions. While there he was a on air personality at Westerly Rhode Island station WBLQ, and he sang with the Connecticut Lyric Opera.

While there he was inducted into Phi Theta Kappa International College Honor Society | Phi Theta Kappa (ptk.org) , National Society of Leadership and Success www.nsls.org , and Chi Alpha Sigma Collegiate Athlete Honor Society. After college he graduated from the Connecticut Fire Academy thanks to Old Mystic Fire Department for paying for his tuition. He competed in the American Powerlifting Association and at the time held the Connecticut State record in deadlift and bench press raw. He had a 600 lb deadlift and a 500 lb bench press and 200 lb strict curl. He trained at old School Iron under the guidance of Gabe Glaza, and Joseph Mugovero in 2014 he set a world record and pulled a 3,000 lb SUV for a mile

Annino always enjoyed professional wrestling and was trained by WWE Hall of Fame inductee Jimmy Valiant, New England Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame Inductee Chris Blackheart, NWA Hall of Fame Inductee Susan Tex Green, and ECW original Gary Wolf. Gary will be expanding the team into a faction by adding another full-time member, Rutgers graduate /ECW original Angel Orsini for the women’s division. This faction was heavily influenced by the Fabulous Freebirds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xA5ekSJuhs
Their goal is to dominate the tag team division and make it great again. Thus far they have been in negotiations with Veteran Pro Wrestling, United States Wrestling Federation, Wrestling N Wrecovery and a few other name companies. They wear a number two on their vests to symbolize Anthony Durante always being with them.

"Nobody can ever replace Anthony Durante who was my hero growing up, and I will be the first to admit that. I am not Anthony I am myself and I have tremendous amount of respect for Anthony. There would not be The Pitbulls without him. My favorite matches where when they went against the Eliminators, Public Enemy and The Dudleys. I am thankful for having great mentors like Olympian and former next door neighbor Johnny Kelley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... , Senator Heather Somers, Former Senator Andrew Maynard, WWE Legend B. Brian Blair , Award winning filmmaker Mike Messier , former NWA Broadway Joe Malcolm , former WWE Red Dogg Rodney Mack , former WWE women's champion Jazz, award winning international filmmaker Biju Viswanath, writer/ actor Geoff Blanchette, former Groton Fire Chief Danny Keogh, Deacon Doug Hoffman, former Mitchell College Dean of Students Gil Maffeo, former Mitchell College Professor Marc Goldsmith, Ox Baker, activist Caroline Cossey, Beehive Queen Christine Ohlman, Frank Facchini from SECT TV, Black Bear Karate Dojo in Westerly, Rhode Island, and my cousin NCAA star athlete Brenda Post Killebrew. All of these people helped shape and fine tune me."

Gary, Christopher, and Angel are also doing their part in preserving pro wrestling history and are also co-founders of the Tag Team Hall of Fame www.tagteamhalloffame.com , & Women’s Wrestling Hall of Fame www.womenswrestlinghalloffame.com
The following are considered special honorary Pitbull’s and will be considered for future events Women’s Wrestling Hall of Fame Inductees Missy Hyatt, Sweet Saraya, Jeanne Basone (GLOW), Sonny Kiss (TNA), Marsha Maraschino, Jazz, (ECW), Rodney Mack (ECW), & Jason Knight (ECW).
A documentary produced by ECUSA TV called The Pitbulls https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3... it will be released January of 2026 on ECUSA TV www.ecusatv.com however there are still some scenes that are being filmed.

"We want to help a lot of the Pitbull rescues and promote what they are doing. Myself Angel and Chris are very passionate about helping these causes as well as helping military veterans and first responders" Pitbull # 1 Gary Wolf.

Below is the official Pitbulls Facebook page for both the film series and the tag team https://www.facebook.com/thepi...

For all booking inquiries for Gary Wolf and the Pitbulls email him at pitbull67gw@gmail.com

They were just featued on the famed professional wrestling talk show Monte and the Pharaoh