paul wanted to kill nino he blamed him for all his troubles. getting him indicted in 1982 83 for the stolen car ring with roy demeo. and it looked real bad nino shot a cop. gravano says on the ravenite tapes he told nino as soon as big paul beat the stolen car ring trials he was gonna have nino whacked but wouldnt as long as he was hes co defendant. gravano told him gotti was his savoir or something like that. if it wasnt for gotti youd be dead. i think nino new it to but he had a few cases going on and never played any role in gottis reighn. he was locked up and died in like 88 89