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John Tolos
Nickname: The Golden Greek; The Maniac
Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 240 lbs.
From: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Birthday: Sep 18th
Pro Debut: 1951
Aliases: Coach
Feds Worked For: AWA, MSW, NWA, NWA-West, TSW, WCCW, WWF, WWWF, Al Haft Sports (IL/OH), All Star Wrestling (Canada), Atlantic Athletic Commission (MA), Big Time Wrestling (CA), Big Time Wrestling (Canada), Big Time Wrestling (MI), Capitol Wrestling Corporation, Central States Wrestling (IA/KS/MO), Championship Wrestling from Florida (FL), Championship Wrestling USA (OR), Eastern Sports Enterprises (NJ/NY), Florida Championship Wrestling (FL), Fred Kohler Enterprises (IL), Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (Japan), Georgia Championship Wrestling (GA), Gulf Athletic Club (TX), Hawaii Championship Wrestling (HI), International Wrestling (Canada), Japan Wrestling Association (Japan), Kola Kwariani Booking Office (NY), M & M Promotions (NM/TX), Manhattan Wrestling Enterprises (MD/NJ/NY/DC), Maple Leaf Wrestling (Canada), Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling (NC/SC), Mid-Pacific Promotions (HI), Midwest Wrestling Alliance (OH), Mike London Sports (AZ/CO/NM), Minnesota Boxing & Wrestling Club (MN), National Wrestling Federation (OH/NJ/NY/PA), New Japan Pro Wrestling (Japan), Northwest Wrestling Promotions (Canada), NWA Big Time Wrestling (CA), NWA Big Time Wrestling (TX), NWA Detroit (MI), NWA Hollywood (CA), NWA Los Angeles (CA), NWA Upstate (NY), NWA Vancounver (Canada), Pacific Coast Athletic Club (CA), Pacific Coast Wrestling (OR), Pacific Northwest Wrestling (OR/WA), San Francisco (CA), St. Louis Wrestling Club (MO), Stampede Wrestling (Canada), Super Pro Wrestling (PA), Universal Wrestling Federation (CA/FL/ND/NV/NY/SC), Upstate Athletic Club (NY), Vancouver All-Star Wrestling (Canada), World Championship Wrestling (Australia), World Wrestling Alliance (IN), Wrestling Promotions, Inc. (AZ)
Finisher: Knuckle Corkscrew To The Temple
Career Highlights: -AWA (Indiana) World Tag Team Champion (w/ Chris Tolos)
-NWA (Central States) North American Tag Team Champion (w/ Baron Von Heisinger)
-NWA (Detroit) World Tag Team Champion (w/ Chris Tolos)
-NWA (Florida) World Tag Team Champion (w/ Chris Tolos)
-NWA Hawaii Champion
-NWA (Hawaii) North American Champion
-NWA Hawaii Tag Team Champion (2x; 1 each w/ Bill Francis and Steve Strong)
-NWA (Los Angeles) Americas Champion (10x)
-NWA (Los Angeles) Americas Tag Team Champion (5x; 1 each w/ The Great Kojika, Louie Tillet, Rock Riddle, Chavo Guerrero, and The Assassin)
-NWA (Los Angeles) Beat the Champ Television Champion (4x)
-NWA (Los Angeles) Pacific Coast Brass Knuckles Champion (4x)
-NWA (Los Angeles) Pacific Coast Champion (2x)
-NWA (Ohio) United States Tag Team Champion (w/ Chris Tolos)
-NWA (San Francisco) Pacific Coast Tag Team Champion (w/ Chris Tolos)
-NWA Texas Champion (2x)
-NWA (Toronto) International Tag Team Champion (3x; all w/ Chris Tolos)
-NWA United National Champion (2x)
-NWA (Vancouver) Canadian Tag Team Champion (7x; 2 each w/ Tony Borne and Chris Tolos, 1 each w/ Black Terror, Dutch Savage, and Don Leo Jonathan)
-NWA (Vancouver) Pacific Coast Champion
-NWA (Vancouver) World Tag Team Champion (2x; both w/ Chris Tolos)
-NWA Western States Tag Team Champion (w/ Mr. Sato)
-NWA World Tag Team Champion (w/ Chris Tolos)
-Stampede International Tag Team Champion (w/ Chris Tolos)
-WWA International Television Tag Team Champion (w/ Gene Kiniski)
-WWWF United States Tag Team Champion (w/ Chris Tolos)
Affiliates: Chris Tolos, Louie Tillet, Rock Riddle, Chavo Guerrero, The Assassin, Bill Francis, Steve Strong, The Great Kojika, Duke Keomuka, The Black Terror, Don Leo Jonathan, Dutch Savage, Mr. Sato, Gene Kiniski, Mr. Perfect, Beau Beverly, Blake Beverly, Bob Orton, Jr.
Notable Feuds: The Sheik,.Greg Valentine, Don Carson, Ernie Ladd, Mil Mascaras, Victor Rivera, Don Leo Jonathan, Bobo Brazil, Ilio DiPaolo, Dutch Savage, Haystacks Calhoun, Al Madril, Rocky Johnson, Gene Kiniski, Pat Barrett, José Lothario, Enrique Torres, Argentina Rocca, Freddie Blassie, Don Curtis, George Scott, Luis Hernández, Roy McClarity, Bob Brown, Athol Layton, Billy Red Lyons, Victor Rivera, Tony Rocco, Johnny Weaver, Pantera Negra, José Miguel Pérez, Abe Jacobs, Bearcat Wright, Tony González, George Becker, Eric Froelich, Red Bastien, Dory Funk, Sandy Scott, Édouard Carpentier, Frank Shields, Black Gordman, Great Goliath, Mark Lewin, Doc Gallagher, Mike Gallagher, Don McClarity, Fritz Von Erich, Steve Bolus
Other Facts: -Brother of pro wrestler Chris Tolos. Together they were known as The Tolos Brothers, The Canadian Wrecking Crew, The Golden Greeks, and The Hamilton Wrecking Crew.
-Sometimes billed from Huntington Beach, CA
-Appeared in the movie "Grunt! The Wrestling Movie" in 1985
-After retiring from pro wrestling, he worked as a security guard at Universal Studios in Florida
-Passed away from kidney failure on May 28, 2009 at the age of 78. He had suffered a series of heart attacks and strokes prior to that and shied away from personal appearances.
-Inducted into the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum in 2007 (w/ Chris Tolos as The Canadian Wrecking Crew)
-Posthumously inducted into the NWA Hall of Fame in 2012
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- 05-19 1989 Super Zodiac & Cactus Jack def. Jeff Jarrett & Kerry Von Erich for the WCCW World Tag Team Champion
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- 05-19 2007 Texas, Inc. (Tim Rockwell & Bernard Funk) def. Mass Destruction (Spoiler 2000 & The Bounty Hunter) for the NWA-U Universal Tag Team Champion
- 05-19 2012 Ignition def. Steven Sterling for the ComPro Showtime Champion
- 05-19 2012 Super Skunk Ape, Jr. def. Se7en for the ComPro Oklahoma X Division Champion
- 05-19 2018 Jerry Dean/Jerry Storm became the BPW Lion Heart Champion
- 05-19 2018 Aaron Anders def. Michael Wolf for the ComPro Heavyweight Champion
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- 05-21 2004 Michael Faith def. Butch Dalton for the TPW Heavyweight Champion
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- 05-22 1985 The Nightmare [1st]/The Masked Champion/The Champion def. Terry Taylor for the MSW North American Heavyweight Champion
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- 05-23 2004 Li'l Joe def. Bernie Donderwitz for the ACW Hardcore Champion
- 05-23 2009 Maniac Mike def. Kareem Sadat for the SWCW Hardcore Champion
- 05-23 2009 Sage def. Rage Logan for the SWCW Cruiserweight Champion
- 05-23 2010 Damien Morte def. Crisstopher Crow for the SWCW Cruiserweight Champion
- 05-23 2015 Brad Michaels def. Jermaine Johnson for the IZW Heavyweight Champion
- 05-23 2020 Cody Burns def. Drake Gallows for the BCW Heavyweight Champion
- 05-23 2021 Luke Savage def. Garcia for the ASP Mid-American Champion
- 05-23 2021 Malik Mayfield became the ASP Livestream Champion
- 05-24 1954 Rocco Perez def. Frenchy Roy for the TSW Oklahoma Junior Heavyweight Champion
- 05-24 2020 Shawn Sanders became the ASP Mid-American Champion
- 05-25 1986 Terry Taylor def. Buzz Sawyer for the UWF Television Champion
- 05-25 2013 Brock Landers became the SWCW All-American Champion
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Which of the following is NOT a wrestling name of Dirty Harry Sanchez
