I'm not here to argue I just want to point out that when Merlino hit scarfo he wasn't made yet, he was not made while his dad was underboss he got made by Stanfa in 93 I think.
I understand that. But it only bolsters my argument. Because if Chuckie Merlino wasn't his father, I doubt that Joey would have survived that whole mess. And like I said, he did go on to prove himself. But that all came later.
I stand by my position: If the unmade son of a wiseguy hit the son of an imprisoned boss in New York back then (1989), he wouldn't have lived to see the new decade.