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Breaking news!
  
Gino Martino will be featured in A new book to be published in 2009!
CALLED
"BELIEVE THE UNBELIEVIBLE"
 
heres the write up!
John Ferraro aka “The Extreme Strongman” Gino Martino
 Boston Massachusetts. Two daughters. Giavanna and Jenna
Pro Strongman, Pro Wrestler, Vice president of Sales and Marketing
Myspace URL: http:www.myspace.com/ginomartino
Personal Philosophy: “It’s mind over matter, if your out of your mind ..It just don’t matter!”
5 World Records:
Concrete Block: Head: Broken with Bowling Ball: Inches: Most: 6
Concrete Block: Head: Thickest: Inches: 8
Bed of Nails: Iron Maiden: Most Weight: 1,888 lbs.
Concrete Block: Head: Most Broken: 4
Concrete Block: Back: Most Broken: 10
 
I am the powerhouse performer known as the “Extreme Strongman”: The man with the hardest skull in the world. I do demonstrations of death defying feats of mental and physical toughness, not to mention explosive power. I perform a wide array of incredible strength feats which include the use of sledge hammers, jack hammers, bowling balls, beds of barbed wire, and beds of nails. I am a certified master of Iron Chi Kung, an elite level cement breaking champion, and power lifter who has benched pressed in the excess 550 pounds and curled with dumbbells over 140 pounds. I’ve performed insane exhibitions in front of crowds throughout the US and Canada. I’ve appeared on CMT’S Country Fried Home Videos having a cement block jack hammered of my Iron Skull. I’m not only a world record setter and breaker but a professional wrestler with 12 years of experience. I was internationally ranked as a professional wrestler in 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2005. I prefer wrestling my opponents in hardcore events that involve barbed wire, fire, thumb tacks and broken glass.  My favorite pro wrestling favorite move is a skull shattering head butt. Would you expect anything different?
 
 

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7 World Records

 held by

The "Extreme Strongman" GINO MARTINO 

Name of Record Description 

 

1  Concrete Block Concrete Block: Head: Broken with Bowling Ball: Inches: Most: 6.

. John Ferraro (aka Gino Martino) placed SIX 2 inch x 8 inch x 16 inch thick cement blocks on top of his head with 1/2 inch x 4 inch spacers between. The cement block was smashed by a 14 lb. bowling ball dropped from a height of 9 feet. Date record set December 5, 2006 in Woburn, Massachussetts, USA.

 

2. NOTE: this beats his previous record of 3 set 10/28/06.

 

3  Concrete Block Concrete Block: Head: Thickest: Inches: Most: 8.

 

 Concrete Block: Head: Thickest: Inches: 8. John Ferraro (aka Gino Martino) placed an 8 x 12 x 18 inch thick cement block on his head, without the use of a towel, and had it smashed in half by a 10 lb. sledge hammer, on May 20, 2007, in Worcester, MA. This breaks his previous record of a 4 inch x 8 inch x 16 inch thick cement block weighing approx. 40 lbs. on top of his head. The cement block was smashed by a 9 lb. sledgehammer. Date record set October 28, 2006 in Somerset, Massachussetts, USA. (Note: Record previously held by Walter Cornelius at 3" block)

 

4. Note: this beat previous record of 4 Inch Block!

 

5.  Concrete Block Concrete Block: Head: Most Broken: 4.

 

John Ferraro (aka Gino Martino) placed 4 2 inch x 8 inch x 16 inch thick cement blocks on top of his head. The cement blocks were smashed by a 9 lb. sledgehammer. Date record set November 18, 2006 in Worcester, Massachussetts, USA. 

 

 

6. Bed of Nails: Iron Maiden: Most Weight: 1,888 lbs.

On May 5, 1998 John Ferraro (Gino Martino) sandwiched himself between two 24" x 48" beds of nails (162 4" nails 2" apart) upon which stood 4 humans weighing 1,888 lbs (858 kg) for 10 seconds. (Note: this exceeds the Guinness (tm) record of 1,600 lbs by 288 lbs).

 

7. Concrete Block: Back: Most Broken: 10

John Ferraro (aka Gino Martino) had 10 cinder blocks, combined weight 463 lbs., placed in two stacks of 5 each on his back. Each stack of 5 were broken with 5 hits by a 9 lb. sledgehammer, a total of 10 hits. Record set December 5, 2006 in Woburn, Masachussetts, USA.

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** Currently tied with the United States Breaking Association Record 

W/ 8 Cement Blocks (2" x 8" x 16"(pencil spacers)) Broken by fist(Hammer Fist) 

NOTE: PRACTICING THESE EXERCISES WITHOUT FIRST SPENDING THE YEARS AND TRAINING TO DO THEM SAFELY CAN BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO YOUR HEALTH. DO NOT ATTEMPT THEM WITHOUT PROPER INSTRUCTION AND PREPARATION OF BODY AND MIND . . . FIRST.

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GBR WOULD NOT ACCEPT MY RECORD
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TOO DANGEROUS???

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SOME RECENT COMMENTS ON MY DEMOS!!!!!
 
"The convention offered a bit of everything to fans. Aside from stellar matches which had the crowd on its feet several times, a strong man performance by Boston madman Gino Martino brought the convention back to the early carney days of pro wrestling, when he proved the toughness of his skull and his back by having cinder blocks repeatedly smashed on top of both with a 60-pound sledgehammer"
 
LIAM  PHILIPS -CANADIAN SLAM WRESTLING ARTICLE

That guy GINO MARTINO IS F$$@@^$CKING  CRAZY!!! 
-Terry Taylor TNA Talent scout
 
"It's mind over matter! When your outta your mind, It Just don't MATTER!
Qoute of the year!
COUNTRY FRIED HOME VIDEOS

We had two fantastic shows with top notch talent & watching Gino Martino break cinder blocks over his head via a sledgehammer at the Fan Convention, was amazing!!

ERNIE TODD - PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL WRESTLING ALLIANCE!!

Quentin Michaels lead his Michaels Incorporated contingent from NWA New England to ringside. Michaels said they came to Wildside to make a great impression. They did this crazy ass carny stunt where Gino Martino, billed as having the hardest head in wrestling, put a cinder block on top of his head and Michaels busted it with a sledgehammer.

 

Larry Goodman NWA Wildside tv report

I've been following the progress of Gino Martino here in NWA On Fire. The "Coney Island Strongman" is billed as the man with the world's hardest head. I don't think anyone would dispute that. The accomplished strongman holds records for having driven nails through two by fours with his forehead an has had bowling balls dropped on his skull from nearly 10 feet.  And, not only lives to tell about it, but goes on to destroy the opponents NWA match-makers put in his path.  They say, "only the tough survive".  Well, Mr. Martino is not only surviving, he's thriving here in NWA On Fire.
 
LONG TIME NEW ENGLAND WRESTLING COMMENTATOR BRIAN WEBSTER FOR NWA ON FIRE!
 
 
 

I wanted to send out my personal congratulations to the Man With The Hardest Head In The World, the Coney Island Strongman, Gino Martino.  The New England wrestling staple is a 2009 inductee into the New England Professional Wrestling Hall Of Fame.  With all his accomplishments, I cannot think of a more fitting honor for the tumultuous  guy.

Brian Webster 'Websters Weekly" NWA on Fire!

THE EXTREME TEAM(Jay Sledge and Gino Martino)
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The feats I perform ARE VERY DANGEROUS!
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NOTICE THE BLOCK BOUNCING OFF MY IRON SKULL
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BENDING A 1/2 INCH X 2 INCH X 18 INCH COLD ROLLED
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STEEL BAR FOR NWA ON FIRE NATIONALLY SHOWN TV SHOW

Warming up with having bricks broken over my head
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SLAM OFF THE SIDE OF THE HEAD
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SOME OF HIS EXCITING DEMOSTRATIONS  INCLUDE:

*HE HOLDS THE WORLD RECORD FOR THE IRON MAIDEN TORTURE( LAYS BETWEEN 2 WIDELY SPACED BED OF NAILS AND HAS HAD OVER 1880 LBS OF PROFESSIONAL WRESTLERS STAND ON IT.) This record was considered by GUINNESS PRIME TIME to be shown on Fox TV as potential feature.Unfortunately, LMPNO Productions and Guinness Prime Time went off the air.
 
Holds the world record for Heaviest Weight Broken with Head-4 125 POUND Cement blocks WITH 1 INCH SPACERs WAS PLACED ON HIS HEAD WHILEA FORKLIFT LOWERED THE HUGE BLOCKS ON HIS HEAD. In a exhibition on tremedous upper body strength, cranium toughness  and power, he held the massive weight unassited as a sledge hammer broke the slabs one by one!

* PULLING A 2 TRACTOR TRAILERS WITH HIS NECK

*HAS CEMENT BLOCKS JACKHAMMERED Off HIM WHILE LAYING ON A BED NAILS.

*ACCOMPLISHED POWER BREAKING CHAMPION -BREAKING STACKED FLAMING CEMENT BLOCKS AND ICE BLOCKS WITH HIS SKULL, FISTS AND ELBOWS.
 
*BENDING SPIKES!
 
SQUEEZING SODA CANS TILL THEY POP!
 
BENDING AND SNAPPING BASEBALL BATS OVER HIS HEAD!
 
BENDING STEEL BARS OVER HIS SKULL WITH NO PAD..THEN BENDS THEM BACK STRAIGHT! 
 
BREAKING  A SLAB OF CEMENT OVER HIS HEAD!
 
DRIVING SPIKE THROUGH SHEET METAL AND WOOD WITH A HEAD BUTT!
 
HE HAS HAD BRICKS BROKEN OVER HIS ARMS  AND BACK!
 
BREAKING IRON BARS OVER HIS SKULL!
 
A FORMER POWERLIFTING /OLYMPIC STYLE WEIGHT LIFTING CHAMPION
 

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JACK HAMMERED!!!!!!!!

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YEAH! PAIN PAIN PAIN PAIN IS ADDICTIVE

Guinness would not except my record of having 4 -125Lb (500lbs) cement slabs broken over my head at once. Stating it was too dangerous.
 
Guinness also has"rested"(which means they are not taking any other attempts)  the Iron Maiden record which was currently  1600lbs , which actually is 200lbs less then my record!  I have sent in a protest (I'll be scanning in the email i got in return).  World records republic is going to accept my record of 1888lbs!   
 
Ralf Laue of lEIPZING ,GERMANY , THE OFFICIAL publisher Saxonia Records (World reknown brick breaking and board breaking journal)  declined to put this record(10 cinderblocks in 12 seconds) on the books,due to explicit danger it posed to unskilled martial artists. 
 

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ACHEIVED A BLACK SASH  FROM THE "IRON RING"TRAINING HALL,and is certified SIFU(MASTER) in  CHI KUNG , Specializing in "IRON HEAD KUNG" AFTER  BEING TAUGHT  THE ANCIENT TRAINING SKILLS OF THE SHAOLIN MONKS , Martino has ACHIEVED Hardest SKULL in prowrestling!!!  AND Possibly The World!!!!
 
THIS Explosive ATHLETE HAS PERFORMED AMAZING FEATS OF INCREDIBLE  MENTAL STRENGTH AND PHYSICAL TOUGHNESS!
 

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NWA GAVE WITNESS TO ME DRIVING A SPIKE THRU SHEET
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METAL AND A 2 X4!