Early career (1999–2000) During his start out in 1999 in Pennsylvania Championship Wrestling, he would feud with the likes of Eddie Valentine.
Combat Zone Wrestling (2000–2003) Teaming and feuding with Ric Blade (2000–2001) His CZW debut was on May 6, 2000 against
Trent Acid, at A Living Hell. At Caged to the End on June 10, 2000, he was involved in a Three Way Dance against Mercury and Ty Street. He fought Justice Pain on June 25, 2000, in a field near the Champs Arena, titled They Said It Couldn't Be Done. A few months later he teamed up with Ric Blade and fought
The Backseat Boyz (Trent Acid and
Johnny Kashmere), which saw Blade end the match with a
Swanton bomb off the Champs Arena wall through two stacked tables with Acid on top and Kashmere on a bottom table. They won the
CZW World Tag Team Championships around this time; but eventually split and began a feud with one another after losing the titles to the original H8 Club of
Justice Pain and
Wifebeater. The feud would still go on as at Crushing The Competition on February 10, 2001 in
Sewell, New Jersey, Blade would team up with
Super Crazy to take on Mondo in a Handicap 3-way
ladder match. The feud would end in a "Barbed Wire Ladder Match" as well a huge
Swanton bomb an off the Champs Arena wall from Blade on to Mondo through a table. Blade won the match with a
moonsault from the top rope with a ladder he positioned under Mondo, breaking Mondo's nose in the process.
Iron Man Champion (2001–2002) Mondo's first title capture was the
CZW Iron Man Championship, against
Wifebeater and
Mad Man Pondo at Breakaway Brawl in June 2001. Mondo was involved the extremely violent 6 man tag team match teaming with
Zandig, Wifebeater against The Backseat Boyz and Justice Pain at H8 Club Dead? in July 2001, in this match his back was a mess of blood. Mondo was in a no rope barbed wire match in the pouring rain against
Nick Gage at And Justice And For All in August 2001, he was
splashed through a table by Gage, and lost the Iron Man Championship. He failed to recapture the Iron Man Championship a
Falls Count Anywhere three way against
Adam Flash and Nick Berk at CZW's biggest show ever
Cage of Death III in December 15, 2001, losing to Flash. He had numerous memorable bouts during this run to capture the
CZW World Heavyweight Championship; the first battle with
Messiah at This Time it's Personal in February 2002, taking Justice Pain to his limit and coming within an eyelash of winning the World title at A Higher Level of Pain in April 2002, and a 64-minute four way classic with Messiah, Flash and Pain at High Stakes, where he won the Iron Man Championship in a double pin.
Final years and Tournament of Death winner (2002–2003) and
Wifebeater, after winning the Tournament of Death in 2003 Mondo fought Messiah in the first round and came up short against Wifebeater at CZW's first
Tournament of Death in a memorable
spot where Mondo received a
weedwhacker to the stomach. However, Mondo and Wifebeater would team up to face
Necro Butcher and "Mr Insanity" Toby Klein at Ultraviolent Freedom of Expression on September 14, 2002. His partner Blade returned at Beyond The Barrier on October 12, 2002, with Mondo defeating Johnny Kashmere. At
Cage of Death IV on December 13, 2002, he competed in a
Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match against
The Backseat Boyz with Mondo as his partner but ended up losing. The Backseats won in the end with the
Acid Bomb whilst Blade's head was in the ladder. Mondo failed to capture the CZW Death Match Championship a three-way with Zandig and Nate Hatred at Live Again in January 2003. Mondo had his swan song with a bump that will never be forgotten against Zandig, and a victory over
Ian Rotten to win CZW's 2nd annual
Tournament of Death in July 2003.
Post-retirement appearances (2013–2017) Burns would make his return to CZW at their
Cage of Death XV Internet pay-per-view, as he would run down to the ring to help Lucky 13 during his match against the Forgotten Ones. Afterwards,
Rory "Little" Mondo came back out, having been eliminated earlier in the match, shocked to see his idol in the ring again. He then told Mondo that he returned to the promotion to prevent his successor from mutilating himself in his name, and that he had earned his respect. Upon hearing this, Mondo retired from professional wrestling. Burns would make his in-ring return on July 21, 2017 for
Brian Kendrick's Wrestling Pro Wrestling as Pepperoni Tony, where he would team with Chow Mein Charlie to defeat The Delivery Boys. He would wrestle again for Wrestling Pro Wrestling on August 25, teaming with General Tso Tso to wrestle Rubber Baby Leather Daddy to a no-contest. Burns directed another hype video, which came out in late July, promoting Moxley's match against
Josh Barnett at
Game Changer Wrestling's
Bloodsport 2; a match that ultimately did not happen due to Moxley having surgery to remove a
MRSA staph infection in his elbow. By the end of the year, Burns had begun working with AEW as a director. However, he was released during the
COVID-19 pandemic. ==Filmography==