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ﾃ］gel Acevedo
ﾃ］gel Acevedo (born January 27, 1941) is a Puerto Rican retired professional wrestler known by his ring name The Cuban Assassin and for his appearances with Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling, World Wrestling Council and Stampede Wrestling. ﾃ］gel Acevedo is a permanent resident of Canada and resides in Calgary, Alberta. Acevedo's son, Richie Acevedo, was also a wrestler for many years but retired in 2009. Acevedo allowed Fidel Sierra to use the Cuban Assassin name as well, as long as he did not use it in Japan, which has led to some mistakenly crediting Acevedo and Sierra with championships they did not win. Early life ﾃ］gel Acevedo was born on January 27, 1941, in Puerto Rico, son of a Puerto Rican mother and a Cuban father. The family moved to Cuba when Acevedo was seven months old. In school Acevedo competed in Amateur wrestling and later on took up boxing, even turning pro after graduating high school. He would later move to Florida and began training for a professional wrestli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Championship Wrestling
World Championship Wrestling (WCW) was an American professional wrestling promotion founded by Ted Turner in 1988, after Turner Broadcasting System, through a subsidiary named Universal Wrestling Corporation, purchased the assets of National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) List of National Wrestling Alliance territories, territory Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP) (which had aired its programming on TBS (American TV channel), TBS). For all of its existence, WCW was one of the two top professional wrestling promotions in the United States alongside the WWE, World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE), at one point surpassing the latter in terms of popularity. After initial success through utilization of established wrestling stars of the 1980s, the company appointed Eric Bischoff to executive producer of television in 1993. Under Bischoff's leadership, the company enjoyed a period of mainstream success characterized by a shift to reality-based angle (professional wrestling), storylines, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fidel Castro
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (13 August 1926 窶 25 November 2016) was a Cuban politician and revolutionary who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008, serving as the prime minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and President of Cuba, president from 1976 to 2008. Ideologically a Marxist窶鏑eninist and Cuban nationalist, he also served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from 1965 until 2011. Under his administration, Cuba became a One-party state, one-party communist state; industry and business were nationalized, and socialist reforms were implemented throughout society. Born in Birﾃ｡n, the son of a wealthy Spanish farmer, Castro adopted leftist and anti-imperialist ideas while studying law at the University of Havana. After participating in rebellions against right-wing governments in the Dominican Republic#Trujillo Era (1930窶61), Dominican Republic and La Violencia, Colombia, he planned the overthrow of Cuban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NWA North American Tag Team Championship (Puerto Rico/WWC Version)
The WWC North American Tag Team Championship, also known as the Puerto Rican version of the NWA North American Tag Team Championship, was a major tag team championship that was used and defended in Capitol Sports Promotions (CSP, later the World Wrestling Council (WWC)). The promotion, still in operation today, is based out of Puerto Rico and was a National Wrestling Alliance The National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) is an American professional wrestling professional wrestling promotion, promotion and governing body owned by Billy Corgan and operated by its parent company Lightning One, Inc. Founded in 1948, the NWA be ... (NWA) affiliate until 1988. This title was the third NWA sanctioned championship to use the "NWA North American Tag Team Championship" name and, while its name suggests it was a title defended across the continent, it was actually only used within the Puerto Rico territory. Title history References External linksWrestling-Titles.com [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby Bass (wrestler)
Dennis Baldock (born February 23, 1947) is a Canadian retired professional wrestler and manager. He wrestled under the ring name, "No Class" Bobby Bass where he spent most of his career in the Maritimes for Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling and Stampede Wrestling in Calgary. Professional wrestling career Bass started his career in 1969 in Kentucky where he made $25 a night. In 1970, he made his debut for Stampede Wrestling in Calgary, Alberta as Bob Pringle. He would become a three-time Stampede Wrestling International Tag Team Champion in 1974, 1976 and 1980. Then in 1973, he made his debut in the Central States and American Wrestling Association in Minnesota as Percy Pringle. This was before Willam Moody who became Percy Pringle in 1978 and later became Paul Bearer who managed The Undertaker in the WWF. Bass used this name until 1977. Worked for Maple Leaf Wrestling in Toronto from 1975 to 1978 and 1982 to 1984 when the promotion was bought by the WWF. In 1976 and 1979 he worked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Wells (wrestler)
George Wells (born October 30, 1947) is a retired American professional wrestler and Canadian Football League player who competed in North American regional promotions during the early 1970s and 1980s including the Continental Wrestling Association (CWA), Pacific Northwest Wrestling (PNW), Stampede Wrestling, and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE), most notably as the opponent of Jake "The Snake" Roberts at WrestleMania 2. It was during this live PPV match that Roberts, after having defeated Wells, had placed his pet snake "Damien" on Wells causing him to foam at the mouth. A popular star in the San Francisco-area during the late 1970s, he is also credited as being the only African-American to hold the now defunct San Francisco version of the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship. Early life Born in Oakland, California, Wells graduated in 1966 from Oakland Technical High School and later attended Laney College and New Mexico State University playing college foo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Frederick Charles III
Norman Frederick Charles III (25 July 1941 22 August 2019) was an English professional wrestler who was known worldwide under the name Murphy the Surfie. Initially Charles competed both in North American and international promotions as part of The Royal Kangaroos with his cousin Jonathan Boyd. Professional wrestling career Charles made his professional wrestling debut in 1960, wrestling initially in Australia before he and his cousin travelled to North America to compete as The Royal Kangaroos, a name inspired by the legendary tag team the Fabulous Kangaroos. Boyle and Charles worked mainly for Pacific Northwest Wrestling in Oregon, capturing their first NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship from Kurt and Karl Von Steiger on 11 July 1971, their first reign lasted only 6 weeks but the cousins would win the tag team title a further four times between June 1971 and December 1975. After working for Pacific Northwest, the Royal Kangaroos headed further north to join Stu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AGPW North American Tag Team Championship
Grand Prix Wrestling (GPW) was a professional wrestling promotion run and owned by Emile Duprﾃｩe. It toured parts of New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia. It has no connection with Paul Vachon's Grand Prix Wrestling promotion of Montreal in the 1970s. History Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling Originally known as Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling (AGPW), the regional circuit has been around since the early 1960s. During the 60s and the 70s AGPW was so popular it became a hit in the Maritimes. AGPW cards were held in Moncton, New Brunswick on Monday nights, Montague, Prince Edward Island on Tuesday nights, Halifax, Nova Scotia on Thursdays, Berwick, Nova Scotia on Saturday evenings and along other small towns in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. Every summer, there were two big championships up for grabs: The United States Heavyweight Championship and the North American Tag Team Championship. Others included the European Heavyweight Championship and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angelo Poffo
Angelo John Poffo (April 10, 1925 – March 4, 2010) was an American professional wrestler and wrestling promoter. He ran International Championship Wrestling for a number of years, holding cards in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Arkansas. He is the father of "Macho Man" Randy Savage and "The Genius" Lanny Poffo and the father-in-law of Miss Elizabeth. Early life, family and education Poffo was born in Downers Grove, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago), to Italian immigrants. At the time of beginning first grade, he spoke no English. Poffo enlisted in the United States Navy during World War II. He served as a pharmacist's mate at Naval Base San Diego. While in the Navy, Poffo began weight training. On July 4, 1945, he set a world record for sit-ups. He completed 6,033 sit-ups in four hours and ten minutes. According to his son Lanny, after 6,000 sit-ups he did 33 more, one for each year of Jesus's life. After leaving the Navy, Poffo attended DePaul University and was a catcher for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emile Dupree
Emile or ﾃ盈ile may refer to: * ﾃ盈ile (novel) (1827), autobiographical novel based on ﾃ盈ile de Girardin's early life * Emile, Canadian film made in 2003 by Carl Bessai * '' Emile: or, On Education'' (1762) by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, a treatise on education; full title ''ﾃ盈ile ou de l'education'' People * Emile (producer), American hip hop producer Emile Haynie * Emil (given name), includes people and characters with given name Emile or ﾃ盈ile * Barbara Emile, British television producer * Chris Emile, American dancer * Jonathan Emile, stage name of Jamaican-Canadian singer, rapper and record producer Jonathan Whyte Potter-Mﾃ､l (born 1986) * Yonan Emile, Iraqi Olympic basketball player * Emile Witbooi. South African soccer player See also * Emil (other) Emil may refer to: Literature *''Emil and the Detectives'' (1929), a children's novel *"Emil", nickname of the Kurt Maschler Award for integrated text and illustration (1982窶1999) *''Emil i Lﾃｶnneberga'', a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bret Hart
Bret Sergeant Hart (born July 2, 1957) is a Canadian retired professional wrestler. A member of the Hart wrestling family and a second-generation wrestler, he has an amateur wrestling background at Ernest Manning High School and Mount Royal University, Mount Royal College. A major international Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Draw, draw within professional wrestling, he is credited with changing the perception of mainstream North American professional wrestling in the early 1990s by bringing technical wrestling to the fore. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time; Sky Sports noted that #Legacy, his legacy is that of "one of, if not the greatest, to have ever graced the squared circle". For the majority of his career, he used the nickname "the Hitman". Hart joined his father Stu Hart's Professional wrestling promotion, promotion Stampede Wrestling in 1976 as a referee and made his in-ring debut in 1978. He gained championship suc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Hart (wrestler)
Keith William Hart (born August 21, 1951) is an American born-Canadian retired professional wrestling, professional wrestler and firefighter. He is a member of the Hart wrestling family and the third child of Helen and Stu Hart. He is best known for his work for Stampede Wrestling and several appearances for WWE, often with his siblings Bret Hart, Bret, Owen Hart, Owen, Bruce Hart (wrestler), Bruce and Diana Hart, Diana. In Stampede he won several championships and for WWE he participated in the Survivor Series (1993), seventh edition of Survivor Series. Early life Hart is the third child of wrestling promoter Stu Hart and his wife Helen, thus he is the younger brother of Smith Hart, Smith and Bruce Hart (wrestler), Bruce and the older brother of Wayne, Dean Hart, Dean, Ellie, Georgia, Bret Hart, Bret, Alison, Ross Hart, Ross, Diana Hart, Diana and Owen Hart. He is of Greeks, Greek descent through his maternal grandmother and Irish through his maternal grandfather. His father wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leo Burke
Lﾃｩonce Cormier (June 29, 1948 窶 July 24, 2024) was a Canadian professional wrestler. He was born in Dorchester, New Brunswick. He competed across Canada, in several American promotions, and wrestled internationally for Puerto Rico's World Wrestling Council (WWC) and the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) in New Zealand. In Canada, where he spent the majority of his career, he used the ring name Leo Burke. In the United States, he competed as Tommy Martin. Over the course of his career, Cormier held 46 wrestling championships. Several of his title victories came as part of a tag team with his brothers, three of whom were also professional wrestlers. He had long-term storyline feuds with such wrestlers as Cuban Assassin and Bret Hart, both of whom he later reconciled with and joined forces with to hold tag team championships. After his retirement in 1992, Cormier trained many wrestlers for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW). He als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
