Gargiulo trained with Jim Kettner and a variety of East Coast Wrestling Association wrestlers in 1994. He made about a dozen appearances wrestling for the ECWA and on independent shows.
Gargiulo joined Combat Zone Wrestling as a commentator and announcer in 2000. He first entered CZW as a backstage interviewer and then made his announcing debut on the Caged to the End home video. Gargiulo was immediately paired with John House on the broadcasts. Gargiulo announced and hosted shows for CZW through 2007. His work included pay-per-views, television and home videos. Gargiulo also traveled to Italy for CZW’s first Italian tour. He also worked behind-the-scenes helping write, book, and script for CZW.
Other promotions
Gargiulo has worked for most of the major independent pro wrestling companies as an announcer. Gargiulo announced for Dangerous Women of Wrestling’s television and home videos. In addition, he announced pay-per-views for Women's Extreme Wrestling from 2001–2008. During this time, he also called the action with Buck Woodward for several Japanese Pro Wrestling pay-per-views from 2002–2005. He announced the final two shows for Court Bauer’s Major League Wrestling. Gargiulo and Steve Corino announced the first two Ring of Honor home videos together. Gargiulo, however, left the company shortly before the third show due to conflicts between CZW and ROH. Gargiulo reunited with ex-CZW partner John House in 2007 for several Pro Wrestling Unplugged shows. He has also worked for Chikara. He later semi-retired as an announcer.
Gargiulo began the Camel Clutch Blog in 2007. The blog was published online by phillyburbs.com. His blog topics included professional wrestling, mixed martial arts, the NFL, and politics. The blog was highly ranked and often featured on Yahoo BUZZ. In 2009, Gargiulo took ownership of the blog. The Camel Clutch Blog was a popular sports blog on the Internet. The Camel Clutch Blog stopped regularly publishing content in 2017. - http://CamelClutchBlog.com
Other websites
Gargiulo developed and sold the website NFLLockout.com to the NFLPA for a reported $25,000.
Shoot interviews
Along with Rob Feinstein and Doug Gentry, Gargiulo helped innovate the professional wrestling shoot interview concept. Gargiulo began hosting shoot interviews for RF Video in 1996. He continues to host and write interviews for RF Video, Inc.
Author
Eric wrote and edited the questions for the WWE Pop Trivia Quiz Deck. The trivia game was published by Insights Publishing in 2019.