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Tony Borne

Nickname: Tough

Height: 5' 9"

Weight: 265 lbs.

From: Columbus, OH

Birthday: Jul 13th

Pro Debut: 1952

Aliases: Tony Boin, Tony Borrin, Ivan Bornov

Feds Worked For: TSW, AWA, NWA, Al Haft Sports (IL), All Star Wrestling (Canada), All Star Wrestling (NE/SD), Arizona Athletic Commission (AZ), AWA Indiana (IN), Big Time Wrestling (MI), Clark Sports (IL), Empresa Mexicana de la Lucha (Mexico), Fred Kohler Enterprises (IL), Gulas Wrestling Enterprises (AL/TN), Gulf Athletic Club (TX), Houston Wrestling (TX), M & M Promotions (TX), Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling (NC/SC/VA), Mid-Pacific Promotions (HI), Midwest Wrestling Association (OH), Mike London Sports, Inc. (CO/NM/WY), National Wrestling Federation (NY/OH), Northland Wrestling Enterprises (Canada), Northwest Wrestling Promotions (Canada), NWA Big Time Wrestling (TX), NWA Detroit (MI), NWA Vancouver (Canada), NWA Western States Sports (TX), Pacific Northwest Wrestling (OR/WA), Salt Lake Wrestling Club (ID/UT), Southwest Sports (TX), Terminal Athletic Club (OH), Tri-State Sports (ID/UT/WA), Western Athletic Club (WA), Wrestling Promotions, Inc. (AZ)

Finisher: Bombs Away

Signature Moves: Rubbing his beard into opponent's faces, Punches to the stomach, Solar Plexus Punch, Reverse Chinlock

Career Highlights: -NWA (Idaho/Utah) World Tag Team Champion (3x; 1 each w/ Paul DeGalles, Rey Urbano, and The Bat)
-NWA (Mid-Atlantiic) Southern Tag Team Champion (w/ Karol Fozoff)
-NWA Ohio Tag Team Champion (w/ Fozo Malenko)
-NWA Pacific Northwest Champion (9x)
-NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Champion (22x; 11 w/ Lonnie Mayne; 3 w/ Shag Thomas; 1 each w/ Ed Francis, Bill Savage, Pat Patterson, Jay York, Prof. Hiro, Mr. Fuji, Stan Stasiak, and The Skull)
-NWA Texas Brass Knuckles Champion (4x)
-NWA Texas Tag Team Champion (3x; 1 each w/ Danny McShain, Dan Manoukian, and Argentina Apollo)
-NWA (Texas) World Tag Team Champion (w/ Ivan the Terrible)
-NWA (Vancouver) Canadian Tag Team Champion (2x; both w/ John Tolos)
-NWA (Vancouver) World Tag Team Champion (w/ John Tolos)

Affiliates: Leo Newman, John Tolos, Lonnie Mayne, Shag Thomas, Paul DeGalles, Rey Urbano, The Bat, The Great Malenko/Karol Fozoff/Fozo Malenko, Ed Francis, Bill Savage, Pat Patterson, Jay York, Prof. Hiro, Mr. Fuji, Stan Stasiak, The Skull, Danny McShain, Dan Manoukian, Argentina Apollo, Ivan the Terrible, Haru Sasaki

Notable Feuds: Danny McShain, Ed Francis, Shag Thomas, Stan Stasiak, Haru Sasaki, Adnan Al-Kaissey, Lonnie Mayne, Luther Lindsay, Paul Jones, Nick Kozak, Jerry Kozak, Kurt Von Steiger, Karl Von Steiger, Nelson Royal, Luigi Macera, Dutch Savage, Bull Curry, Herb Freeman, Johnny Kostas, Kurt Von Poppenheim, Pepper Gómez, Eric Rommel/Eric Froelich, Dick Steinborn, Pepper Martin, Beauregard, Eric Pedersen, Omar Atlas, Alex Pérez, Dory Dixon, Dory Funk, John Smith/Soldat Gorky, Tito Montez, Bill Savage, Ricky Romero, Bill Melby, Ciclón Negro, Duke Keomuka, Ricky Hunter, Jonathan Boyd, Sandy Barr, Bearcat Wright, Don Leo Jonathan, Bruce Kirk/Cowboy Kirk, Pat Barrett, Pat Patterson, Torbellino Blanco, Karl Von Brauner, Bobby Nichols, Norman Charles III, Rene Goulet, Bill Fletcher, George Becker, Billy Two Rivers, Ramon Torres, Jack Kiser, Dean Ho, Nick Bockwinkel, Paul Diamond, The Destroyer, Al Kashey

Other Facts: -Real name was Anthony Wayne Osborne
-Father of pro wrestler Matt Borne, who he trained for pro wrestling
-Former father-in-law of pro wrestler Buddy Rose
-Sometimes billed from Anchorage, AK
-Wrestled in high school and in the U. S. Navy.
-Passed away August 27, 2010 at the age of 84