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Glenn Gilberti
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Glenn Gilbertti  |
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| Ring name(s) | Disco Inferno Disqo Glenn Gilberti |
| Billed height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) |
| Billed weight | 230 lb (104 kg) |
| Born | November 12, 1968 Brooklyn, New York  |
| Resides | Marietta, Georgia  [1] |
| Billed from | Brooklyn, New York |
| Trained by | Steve Lawler[1] |
| Debut | November 20, 1991[1] |
Glenn Gilbertti (born November 12, 1968) is an American professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling as Disco Inferno.[2] He is currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.
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Gilbertti started wrestling in 1991 on the Georgia independent circuit.
Gilbertti made his name in World Championship Wrestling as Disco Inferno. He annoyed the audience with his disco dancer character, which included dancing on the way to the ring and during his matches, the punchline being that fans would chant "Disco sucks!". He gradually rose to mid-card status as a tweener, with his gimmick being that he would forget how to apply his finishing hold, a standing figure-four leglock. Often, he would bring a cheat sheet with a diagram on how to apply the hold to the ring. After taking some time off in 1997 for an injury, he returned in September and became the WCW World Television Champion, defeating Alex Wright. His stay in WCW included a feud with Jacqueline, which caused him to briefly leave WCW in a dispute over being pinned by a woman.
He was in a tag team with Alex Wright called the Dancing Fools and the "Boogie Knights" at various times. They won the WCW World Tag Team Championship but lost it shortly after due to an legitimate injury sustained by Gilberti. He was also a member of nWo Wolfpac and a member of the Filthy Animals near WCW's last days as a hip-hop wannabe, calling himself Disqo.
In the late 1990s into the early 2000s, he also appeared on WCW Announcer Mark Madden's sports radio talk show on ESPN Radio 1250 in Pittsburgh as "Mr. Friday Afternoon". Around this time he was also a commentator (still using the Disco Inferno name) for World Wrestling Allstars.
In 2005, he went back to working the independent circuit in Georgia and Minnesota. He also wrestled for the Southern Wrestling Alliance and Vince Russo's Ring Of Glory.
Gilbertti then went on to join Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, changing his alias to his real name. He was a member of S.E.X. and even became their leader near the end of that angle. He was also a member of the New York Connection (also known as the "N-Y-C") with Big Vito, Johnny Swinger and Trinity.
On the October 18, 2007 TNA iMPACT show, Glenn Gilberti appeared in a taped interview segment with Mike Tenay talking about Gilberti's WCW career, his runs as WCW Television Champion and a TNA wrestler, and a comeback to TNA as Disco Inferno. He returned later in the show, losing in a squash match to Abyss.
- Finishing and signature moves
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- Chart Buster / Last Dance (Stunner)
- Spike piledriver
- Standing figure four leglock
- Village People's Elbow (Village People YMCA theatrics followed by an elbow drop)
- Swinging neckbreaker
- Russian legsweep
- Second rope axe handle elbow drop
- Inverted atomic drop
- Nicknames
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- The Boogie Man - in WCW while as a part of the Dancing Fools
- Hip-Hop Inferno - in WCW while wrestling as Disqo
- The Brooklyn Stud - in TNA while as a part of the New York Connection
- Great Championship Wrestling
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- GCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[3]
- GCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Johnny Swinger[4]
- GCW Television Championship (3 times)[5]
- GCW United States Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[6]
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- MEWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- North Georgia Wrestling Association
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- NGWA Tag Team Championship (1 time)
- Palmetto Pride Championship Wrestling
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- PPCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Swiss Wrestling Federation
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- SWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Other Titles
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- HPW Tag Team Championship (1 time)
In 2007 he was arrested in connection with a poker game run in the basement of a house on Nesbit Ridge Drive in Roswell, Georgia.[2]
- ^ a b c Glen Gilberti Profile. Online World of Wrestling.com. Retrieved on 2007-10-19.
- ^ a b Reyes, Elaine. "Second Gambling Bust Nets Judge", WXIA-TV Atlanta, 2007-4-12. Retrieved on 2007-10-19.
- ^ GCW Heavyweight Championship History. Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved on 2007-10-19.
- ^ GCW Tag Team Championship History. Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved on 2007-10-19.
- ^ GCW Television Championship History. Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved on 2007-10-19.
- ^ GCW United States Junior Heavyweight Championship History. Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved on 2007-10-19.