What kind of lack of professionalism did it take to refuse to wrestle someone just because he didn’t fit the narrow societal mold of what a man should be? William Regal even threatened to sue for sexual harassment after being forced to wrestle Vito. Booker T refused to wrestle the gown-wearing paisano. Some heel wrestlers weren’t happy about Vito’s creative expression, though. But he did like wearing a dress, and that affinity for unrestrictive lower-body attire had haunted Vito for years.īut now he could be himself - a guy who likes to wear a particular article of clothing - and that new openness and honesty brought out a new focus in his in-ring work, not to mention a newfound popularity with the fans. Nor was he all that interested in dressing up like a woman except for the dress, what with his lack of hair, makeup, earrings, bra, and heels.
No, he didn’t exactly want to be a woman, nor did he like to act like a woman, really, judging by the completely butch way he marched to the ring. It turned out that all his life, Vito had kept a secret. Nunzio couldn’t believe it (“What? You’re wearing flats? What kind of cross-dresser are you?”).
Nunzio certainly didn’t want to believe the transvestite rumors swirling around his buddy, chalking up Vito’s nervous disposition to psychological scarring from See No Evil.Įventually, though, the cross-dressing allegations became impossible to deny, as Vito arrived to bail out Nunzio while wearing a full-length dress and sandals.
But, like it or not, we all found out firsthand that not only did Vito raid the fairer sex’s wardrobe, but that it wasn’t just the former Baldie’s scalp that was totally hairless. So when word got around the Smackdown locker room in 2006 that the Full-Blooded Italian was a cross-dresser, there were those who just couldn’t face the truth. Vito LoGrasso has always been a tough customer, whether in ECW, WCW, or WWE.