Gino Brito

Active wrestler Brito was the son of wrestler Jack Britton. Born Gabriel Acocella, he and his brother Luigi were renamed Jack Britton and Lou Kelly, respectively, by promoter Paul Bowser, who wanted to attract Boston's Irish population to his events by featuring "Irish" wrestlers. He began working with Detroit promoters Bert Ruby and Harry Light over a year later., After International Wrestling closed, Pat Patterson convinced Brito to be the WWWF promoter in Montreal, a job Brito held for four years. He joined with promoter Paul Leduc and his Montreal-based promotion. In January 2005, the first of six events began airing on Canadian pay-per-view, which featured wrestlers from Brito's CPW, as well as footage from his International Wrestling promotion. ==Personal life==

Brito's father, Jack Britton, and uncle were both professional wrestlers. After finishing his career in the wrestling business, Brito began working at Subaru car business—buying and auctioning—with his brother-in-law. == Championships and accomplishments ==

• Eastern Sports Association • IW North American Heavyweight Championship (1 time) • Grand Prix Wrestling • Grand Prix Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Dino Bravo • Lutte Internationale • Canadian International Tag Team Championship (4 times) - with Rick McGraw (1) and Tony Parisi (3) • World Wide Wrestling Federation / World Wrestling Federation • WWWF World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Tony Parisi • WWF International Heavyweight Championship (1 time) ==References==