He began wrestling on Independent Circuit and in the Universal
Wrestling Federation as Tom "Chippendale" Brandi. Signed with WCW in
1992 where he was known as Johnny Gunn and teamed up with "Z Man" Tom
Zenk. Eventually he went to the WWF and was known as Salvatore'
Sincere. Finally he reverted back to his name of Tom Brandi, before he
left the WWF.
November 13, 1993 - ECW November to Remember: Tommy Dreamer & Tom
Brandi captured the ECW Tag Team titles.
Purchased the rights to "The Patriot" gimmick from Del Wilkes and used
it regularly on the independent circuit.
He has often appeared on shows wrestling twice, once as himself, and
once under the Patriot mask.
He made an appearance at the WWF's 1998 Royal Rumble, where he was
quickly eliminated within 10 seconds.
He has been ranked in the "PWI 500" 12 times, every year from 1991 to
2002. When PWI released the "Top 500 wrestlers of the PWI Years"
(1979-1999), Brandi came in at number 478.