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Great Bolo [1st]
![Great Bolo [1st]](image/bank/great_bolo_1st.jpg)
Weight: 215 lbs.
From: Parts Unknown
Pro Debut: 1940
Aliases: Al Lovelock, Allen Lovelock
Feds Worked For: NWA-West, TSW, NWA, Al Haft Sports (IL/OH), All Star Wrestling (NE), Central States Wrestling (IA/KS/MO), Championship Wrestling from Florida (FL), Eastern Sports Enterprises (CT/NJ/NY), Georgia Championship Wrestling (GA), Gulas Wrestling Enterprises (TN), Gulf Athletic Club (TX), Gulf Coast Wrestling (AL/FL/LA/MS), Hollywood Booking Office (CA), International Wrestling (Canada), M & M Promotions (NM/TX), Maple Leaf Wrestling (Canada), Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling (NC/SC), Mid-Pacific Promotions (HI), Mike London Sports (AZ/CO/NM), Mississippi Valley Sports Club (MO), NWA Hollywood (CA), NWA Los Angeles (CA), NWA Mid-America (AL/TN), P. L. Pinkie George Promotions (IA), San Francisco (CA), Southwest Sports (TX), St. Louis Wrestling Club (MO), Upstate Athletic Club (NY), World Wrestling Alliance (CA), Wrestling Promotions, Inc (AZ)
Career Highlights: -NWA (Amarillo) North American Champion
-NWA (Amarillo) Southwest Junior Heavyweight Champion
-NWA (Gulf Coast) Southern Tag Team Champion (w/ Joe McCarthy)
-NWA Hawaii Champion
-NWA International Television Tag Team Champion (2x; both w/ Tom Rice)
-NWA (Mid-Atlantic) Southern Tag Team Champion (3x; 2 w/ Larry Hamilton, 1 w/ Joe McCarthy)
-NWA Southwest Tag Team Champion (3x; 1 each w/ Dizzy Davis, Art Nelson, and Tokyo Joe)
-NWA Southwestern Tag Team Champion (2x' 1 each w/ Karol Krauser and Mighty Bolo)
-NWA (Texas) Junior Heavyweight Champion
-TSW Arkansas Junior Heavyweight Champion
-TSW Louisiana Champion
-TSW United States Tag Team Champion (w/ Mike Clancy)
-WWA Tag Team Champion (w/ Tom Rice)
Affiliates: Mighty Bolo, Joe McCarthy, Tom Rice, Larry Hamilton, Dizzy Davis, Art Nelson, Tokyo Joe, Karol Krauser, Mighty Bolo, Mike Clancy
Notable Feuds: Mike Clancy, Sonny Myers, Danny Hodge, Bobo Brazil, Jerry Kozak, Sandor Szabo, Wilbur Snyder, Sterling Davis/Dizzy Davis, Ray Eckert, Bill Watts, Dory Funk, Leo Garibaldi, Eddie Gossett/Rip Rogers, Rito Romero, Ellis Bashara, Juan Humberto, Angelo Cistoldi, Karol Krauser
Other Facts: -Real name was Alex Newman
-Brother of Bernard Newman, a member of the Ontario Parliament in Canada who began legislation in 1966 to lift the ban on women wrestlers competing in the province.
-Often believed to be from Texas, and was billed at times from Dallas. He was actually born in Windsor, Ontario, Canada
-While competing as The Great Bolo, he lost his mask to Mike DiBiase (October 23, 1957), Dick Hutton (February 25, 1958), Paul Anderson (February 6, 1959), Billy Watson (June 4, 1959), Michiaki Yoshimura (December 16, 1959), Lou Klein (March 28, 1962), and Ed Sharpe (April 22, 1963)
-Feuded with Tim Renesto in North Carolina over who was the rightful Great Bolo.
-Not to be confused with The Great Bolo who competed in Oklahoma starting in the 1990s. Oklafan refers to him as The Great Bolo [2nd].
-Listed in several online sources as deceased, but date and cause are unknown.
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- 1969 Johnny Valentine def. Fritz Von Erich for the WCCW American Heavyweight Champion
- 1977 Stan Hansen def. Dick Murdoch for the TSW North American Champion
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- 1984 The Rock-N-Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson) def. The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey) for the MSW Mid-South Tag Team Champion
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- 05-02 1977 Stan Hansen def. Dick Murdoch for the TSW North American Champion
- 05-02 1984 Krusher Khrushchev became the MSW Television Champion
- 05-02 1984 The Rock-N-Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson) def. The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey) for the MSW Mid-South Tag Team Champion
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- 05-02 2015 Kareem Sadat became the BCW Independent Hardcore Champion
- 05-02 2021 Drake Gallows def. Blade [2nd] for the AIWF National Champion
- 05-03 1973 Rip Tyler & Eddie Sullivan def. The Hollywood Blondes (Jerry Brown & Dale Valentine) for the TSW United States Tag Team Champion
- 05-03 1985 Ted DiBiase & Steve Williams def. The Rock-N-Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson) for the MSW Mid-South Tag Team Champion
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- 05-04 1969 Jerry Miller & Jim Osborne def. Danny Little Bear & Frank Dalton for the TSW Louisiana Tag Team Champion
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