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Vito LoGrasso

American professional wrestler

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 10, 2026
Entity authorityQ1260473
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Vito Joseph LoGrasso (born June 18, 1964) better known by the ring name Big Vito, is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his work in World Championship Wrestling (WCW), Extreme Championship Wrestling, and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) as simply Vito. and has been working on the independent circuit, primarily with Juggalo Championship Wrestling (JCW).

Professional wrestling career

Early Career (1990–1998)

LoGrasso started wrestling in 1990 on the independent circuit until being approached by NOW Wrestling Federation, based in Japan. Vito then went on to work in the USWA and WWC using the name Skull Von Krush. LoGrasso also travelled to Japan on other occasions after his NOW run. Firstly to All Japan Pro-Wrestling, where he holds a rare pinfall elimination over Mitsuharu Misawa in the New Year Giant Series battle royal of 1998, after hitting a Stunner on the Triple Crown Champion which led to his elimination.

World Wrestling Federation (1991–1993)

He returned to the states in 1991 and became enhancement talent in the WWF. He wrestled on early editions of WWF Monday Night Raw as Von Krus, a German wrestler with an "evil foreigner" gimmick.

United States Wrestling Association (1994)

1994 Vito debuted in USWA as Skull Von Krush managed by Lee Womack. He feuded with Brian Christopher, Spell Binder, and Jeff Gaylord.

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Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1964, 1990, 1998, 1991—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1964-06-18. For this dossier, Vito, LoGrasso and American is the immediate research focus.
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This entry incorporates text from Vito LoGrasso” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.