Don Muraco (born September 10, 1949) is an American retired

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and podcaster. He is best known for his appearances with the

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from 1981 to 1988, where he held the WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship on two occasions and was crowned the inaugural winner of the

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. He was inducted into the

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class of 2004 and the

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in 2014.

Professional wrestling career

Early career (1970–1981)

Muraco was born at Sunset Beach, Oahu, Hawaii in 1949 and is of

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heritage. A Hawaii state amateur wrestling champion for

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in 1967, Muraco chose professional wrestling over

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. He spent the first year of his career learning the ropes in

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, Portland,

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and

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before getting his first big break, for

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(AWA).Don's actual height was 6 feet tall and he weighed in around 255 pound
Kayfabe Memories.
Retrieved on September 29, 2008. Wrestling as a

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, he often

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ed with

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, against wrestlers such as

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Ivan Koloff Oreal Donald Perras (August 25, 1942 – February 18, 2017) was a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by the ring name "The Russian Bear" Ivan Koloff. He was the third wrestler to hold the WWWF Championship. Early life Perras was ...

and

Dusty Rhodes Virgil Riley Runnels Jr. (October 11, 1945 – June 11, 2015), better known as "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes, was an American professional wrestler, booker, and trainer who most notably worked for the National Wrestling Alliance, Jim Crocket ...

.SLAM! Wrestling - Don Muraco Results Archive.
Retrieved on September 29, 2008. In 1973, tired of life in

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, he left the AWA for Roy Shire's

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NWA territory. In 1974, Muraco moved to

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(CWF). He was frequently compared to the NWA World Champion

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, whom he physically resembled. In a match between the two on May 28, 1974, Muraco reversed Brisco's finishing move, the figure four leglock. Though Muraco lost the match by disqualification, this feat made him a star.WrestlingOnline.com - CWF Memories.
Retrieved on September 29, 2008. After brief stints in

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and

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, Muraco returned to California in 1975 and won his first singles title, the NWA Americas Heavyweight Championship. He then won the San Francisco version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship with Masked Invader #1. In San Francisco, Muraco learned to work as a

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.Wrestlibrary - Don Muraco.
Retrieved on September 29, 2008. From 1977 through 1981, Muraco shuttled several more times between Florida, San Francisco and his native Hawaii. In Florida, he was involved in two high-profile

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. In 1979, a masked villain called "The Magnificent M" appeared in the territory. Though it came as little surprise when he was eventually unmasked as Muraco, his bald head shocked the audience.KayFabe Memories p2.
Retrieved on September 29, 2008. Then, in 1980, he feuded with

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, in which the bigger and more experienced Muraco piledrove the rookie on the concrete floor. Windham eventually got his revenge, in the process becoming a credible wrestler in the eyes of the fans.CWF Archives - 25 Greatest Angles.
Retrieved on September 29, 2008.

World Wrestling Federation (1981–1984, 1985–1988)

Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion (1981–1984)

Muraco debuted in the

(WWF) in Allentown, Pennsylvania defeating Steve King on February 24, 1981. Managed by The Grand Wizard, he captured the WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship on June 20, 1981, from

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; he lost it to Morales on November 23 in a Texas Death match, capping a bloody feud. That year, Muraco wrestled then WWF Heavyweight Champion

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several times, including a 60-minute draw on October 24. He split 1982 between Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling (where he partnered with

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for a time), Georgia Championship Wrestling (where he also wrestled under a mask as Dr. X) and

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(where he wrestled in the annual MSG League tournament), before returning to the WWF that fall. Now managed by Captain Lou Albano, Muraco regained the Intercontinental title from Morales on January 22, 1983. That year, Muraco feuded with Albano's former protégé,

. The feud culminated on October 17, in a

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. Snuka lost the match, but afterward dragged Muraco back into the ring and hit his finisher, the

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, from the top of the 15-foot cage. In the crowd at the Garden for this match was future WWE Hall of Famer

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, the Sandman, Tommy Dreamer, and

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. During his two Intercontinental title reigns, Muraco had bloody feuds with

, Tony Atlas and Rocky Johnson. He portrayed an arrogant villain who angrily demanded respect, while engaging in disrespectful behavior himself; in one match, he brought a

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to the ring and ate it while dominating his outmatched opponent. Later, he would preface his matches by dedicating his impending finishing move, the piledriver, to either the heel commentator or whomever he was feuding with at the time. Audiences regularly mocked Muraco and his Hawaiian origins with derisive chants of "beach bum". On February 11, 1984, Muraco lost the Intercontinental title to Tito Santana. After a series of unsuccessful rematches, Muraco took a hiatus from WWF in August 1984. He went to NWA Polynesian for a short stint, and also wrestled in Japan.

Alliance with Mr. Fuji (1985–1987)

Muraco returned to the WWF in 1985, managed by

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. After not wrestling on the card of the first

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, Muraco headlined three consecutive

cards against WWF World Heavyweight Champion

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, climaxing in a bloody steel cage match on June 21, which Hogan won. On July 8, Muraco won the first

when he pinned

The Iron Sheik Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri ( fa, حسین خسرو علی وزیری, romanized: Hossein Xosrô 'Ali Vaziri; born March 15, 1942), better known by his ring name the Iron Sheik, is an Iranian retired professional wrestler, amateur wrestler and ...

in the Final. Before defeating the Sheik, Muraco had defeated the Junkyard Dog,

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and Pedro Morales to reach the Final. In addition to feuding with

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for much of the remainder of the year which included hanging Steamboat from the top rope with Steamboat's own karate belt on an episode of '' WWF Championship Wrestling'', Fuji and Muraco debuted ''Fuji Vice'', a series of skits parodying

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, on '' Tuesday Night Titans'' (''Fuji General'', a parody of the ABC soap ''

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'', followed soon after). In 1986, Muraco allied with Adrian Adonis and Bob Orton Jr. in their feud with Roddy Piper. This led to Orton and Muraco becoming a regular tag team. In March 1987 they lost to the Can-Am Connection ( Tom Zenk and

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) in the opening match of

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in front of a reported 93,173 fans at the

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. In July 1987, a falling out between Muraco and Orton led to a feud between them and a face turn for Muraco. Muraco won almost every match in the feud, on TV and at house shows, until Orton left the WWF that year.

"The Rock" (1987–1988)

In a TV taping aired in November 1987, Muraco solidified his face status by saving

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from a three-on-one beating by Butch Reed,

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and Slick, and taking Graham as his new manager. Muraco adopted Graham's tie-dye attire and changed his nickname from "Magnificent Muraco" to "The Rock" (although announcer Gorilla Monsoon continued to refer to Muraco by his previous nickname). Muraco replaced Graham on the team led by his former rival

at the first Survivor Series, and had a good showing at the first Royal Rumble, where he eliminated three wrestlers (tied for second most with "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan) and was one of the final four competitors. He later reached the quarterfinals of the WWF World Heavyweight Championship tournament at

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. In his final months with the WWF, he feuded with

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and lost to Dino Bravo at the inaugural SummerSlam. Muraco had his last match in the WWF against Barry Horowitz in October 1988 on a tour of Italy, but was then fired.

Various promotions (1988–1995)

After leaving the WWF, Muraco split his time between

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(where he defeated Makhan Singh to win the North American Heavyweight title), the AWA (where he wrestled AWA World Heavyweight Champion

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to a double disqualification),

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, and Herb Abrams' UWF (where he feuded with Cactus Jack). On May 23, 1993 he made an appearance at

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where he teamed with Dick Murdoch and Jimmy Snuka against

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and

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at Slamboree 1993: A Legends' Reunion.

Eastern Championship Wrestling (1992–1993)

Before the promotion was renamed Extreme Championship Wrestling, Muraco rekindled old feuds there with

and Tito Santana. He defeated Snuka on September 30, 1992, for the ECW Championship, dropping it to The Sandman on November 16. On April 3, 1993, he regained it in a rematch, finally losing it to Santana on August 8.

Wrestle Association R (1994)

Muraco, as Aka Oni, debuted for Wrestle Association R (WAR) on August 25, 1994, defeating

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. He had twelve more matches with the promotion, culminating in a tag loss (with Ai Oni) to Animal Hamaguchi and Ryuma Go on December 4, at WAR Mega Power in Sumo Hall.

Retirement (1995–present)

After retiring from the ring in 1995, Muraco returned to Hawaii. In 2003, he co-founded Hawai'i Championship Wrestling with local TV producer Linda Bade, which ran from 2003 to 2008. He was the storyline commissioner of Hawai'i Championship Wrestling until 2006. He also worked as a

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.SLAM! Wrestling - Muraco, Santana, Proud to be honoured
Retrieved on September 29, 2008. On May 22, 1998, he returned to wrestling for one night where he lost to

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at Northern Wrestling States Wrestler Alliance. He also returned to wrestling in Hawaii where he defeated the Kodiak Bear at Hawaiian Islands Wrestling Federation on January 9, 1999. In 2004, Muraco was inducted into the

class of 2004 by

, who, like Tommy Dreamer,

and

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, credits the 1983 steel cage match between Muraco and Snuka at

(which he attended) as his inspiration for becoming a wrestler. He managed his son, Joe, in WXW. On August 27, 2005, he teamed with Joe to defeat another father and son team, Bob and Brad Armstrong, at WrestleReunion 2. In 2007, Muraco inducted his former manager, Mr. Fuji, into the

class of 2007. Muraco currently resides in Hawaii with his wife Sharon. He has three children, one of whom would follow in his footsteps as a professional wrestler, that being his son, Joe.

Championships and accomplishments

* 50th State Big Time Wrestling **

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( 1 time) *All-California Championship Wrestling **ACCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *

** NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship ( 1 time) ** NWA Florida Television Championship ( 1 time) ** NWA United States Tag Team Championship ''(Florida version)'' ( 1 time) - with Jos LeDuc * Eastern Championship Wrestling **

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(

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) * Georgia Championship Wrestling **

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( 1 time) - with Robert Fuller *

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** NWA Americas Heavyweight Championship ( 1 time) * NWA New Zealand ** NWA British Empire/Commonwealth Heavyweight Championship (1 time) * NWA San Francisco ** NWA United States Heavyweight Championship ''(San Francisco version)'' ( 1 time) ** NWA World Tag Team Championship ''(San Francisco version)'' ( 1 time) - with Invader #1 *Pacific Coast Championship Wrestling **PCCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *

** Class of 2014 *''

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'' **PWI ranked him #50 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the " PWI Years" in 2003 *

** Stampede North American Heavyweight Championship ( 1 time) * World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment ** WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship (

) **

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(

) **

( Class of 2004) *''

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'' ** Best Heel (1981) ** Most Impressive Wrestler (1981)

References

External links

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WWE Hall of Fame profile
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