Danny Inferno

Real name: Dan Giamondo
Height: 6’4″
Weight: 245 lbs.
Date of birth: January 8, 1977
From: Jersey Shore
Pro debut: 1994
Trained by: Gino Carus, Hack Myers,
Hugh Morrus & Mike Sharpe Jr.
Finishing move:

Biography

– Giamondo began his career on the Pennsylvania indy scene as ‘Inferno Kid’
– On February 10, 1996, Inferno Kid & Boogie Woogie Brown defeated Steve Corino & Lance Diamond to win the ECWA Tag Team Titles, lost them back on April 19, only to regain them in a Tornado Match on May 10
– Inferno Kid reached the final of the 1998 ECWA Super 8 Tournament, losing to Lance Diamond
– On May 15, Fire & Lightning (Inferno Kid & Mike Quackenbush) defeated JR Ryder & Blue Thunder and Don Montoya & Peligro to win the PCW Tag Team Titles
– The next day, Fire & Lightning defeated Don Montoya & Peligro to retain the PCW Tag Team Titles
– On September 26, Inferno Kid defeated Lance Diamond & Reckless Youth in a Ladder Match to win the ECWA Mid-Atlantic Title
– On October 17, Inferno Kid defeated JR Ryder & Chris Krueger to retain the ECWA Mid-Atlantic Title
– On March 6, 1999, Inferno Kid defeated Kevin Knight to win the NWA New Jersey Junior Heavyweight Title, but would lose it to Twiggy Ramirez in his first defense
– On November 12, Inferno Kid defeated Kevin Knight & John Kronus in a Ladder Match to win the vacant NWA New Jersey Junior Heavyweight Title, but would lose it to Rik Ratcher the next night
– On December 18, Inferno Kid & Ace Darling defeated LA Smooth & Samu. Darling scored the fall to win the ISPW Heavyweight Title
– On June 17, 2000, Inferno Kid defeated Kevin Knight to win the JCW Television Title
– On July 16, Inferno Kid defeated Tommy Suede to retain the JCW Television Title
– Soon after this match, Inferno Kid became simply ‘Inferno’
– On September 23, Inferno defeated JJ The Ring Crew Guy to win the ECWA Heavyweight Title
– In February 2001, Inferno made a pair of appearances for the WWF, losing to K-Kwik on Jakked, before defeating Mike Bell in a dark match on Heat
– Inferno would return to WWF for several more appearances on the B-Shows between May and July of 2001 and would be a semi-regular face on such programming through 2003
– On November 3, 2001, Inferno defeated Vince Goodnight to win the vacant JCW Heavyweight Title
– On March 9, 2002, Inferno defeated Inferno defeated Dave Greco to retain the JCW Heavyweight Title
– On June 15, Inferno defeated Jay Briscoe to retain the JCW Heavyweight Title
– On June 29, Inferno defeated Reckless Youth to retain the JCW Heavyweight Title
– On November 23, 2003, Hybrid (Inferno & Wenzel) defeated The Solution (Havok & Papadon) in the final of a tournament to win the JCW Tag Team Titles
– In April 2004, Inferno began working primarily for OVW, where he would become ‘Danny Inferno’
– Giamondo made an appearance under his real name on Smackdown in February 2005, competing in the Kurt Angle Invitational
– Around this time, Inferno officially signed a WWE developmental contract
– In early 2006, Inferno was moved to Deep South Wrestling, where he would work as ‘Danny Gimondo’
– Gimondo was released by WWE in September 2006 and would return to the indies as ‘Danny Inferno’
– On September 12, 2008, Inferno defeated Judas Young to win the NWA Pro East Television Title
– On October 9, Inferno defeated Rick Daniels to retain the NWA Pro East Television Title
– On November 7, Inferno defeated Jeff Hasty to retain the NWA Pro East Television Title
– The next day, Inferno defeated Big John to retain the NWA Pro East Television Title
– On November 14, Inferno defeated Dan De Man to win the ECPW Heavyweight Title
– On January 30, 2009, Inferno defeated Andrew Anderson to retain the ECPW Heavyweight Title
– On March 13, Inferno defeated Red Hot Russ to retain the ECPW Heavyweight Title
– On March 28, Inferno defeated CK Kross to retain the ECPW Heavyweight Title
– On May 30, Inferno defeated Judas Young & Josh Daniels to win the ISPW World Title
– On June 5, Inferno defeated Gunner Trash to retain the ECPW Heavyweight Title
– On September 26, Fire Power (Inferno & Jim Powers) defeated The Spirit Squad (Mikey & Kenny) to win the vacant NWA New Jersey Television Tag Team Titles
– Inferno largely walked away from wrestling in 2014, and would formally retire in December 2020 to focus on his career as a physiologist