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Tony Atlas
Nickname: Mr. USA; The Black Superman
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 261 lbs
From: Roanoke, VA
Birthday: Apr 23rd
Pro Debut: July 10, 1975
Aliases: Saba Simba, Black Atlas
Feds Worked For: TSW, ECW, NWA, WCCW, WLW, WWF, 302 Wrestling (DE), Adirondack Pro Wrestling (VT), All-Out Mayhem (ME), American Wrestling Federation, American Wrestling Federation (IL), Battleground Championship Wrestling (PA), Big-Time Wrestling (MA/NC/SC), CCW, Century Wrestling Alliance (New England), Deaf Wrestlefest (PA), East Coast Championship Wrestling (MA), Georgia Championship Wrestling (GA), Great North Wrestling (Canada), Independent Superstars of Pro Wrestling (NJ), Independent World Wrestling Alliance (WV), Independent Wrestling Entertainment (ME), International Championship Wrestling (MA), International World Class Championship Wrestling (MA/TX), Iron Ring Wrestling, KLT Promotions (GA), Metro Pro Wrestling (MI), North End Wrestling (MA), NOVA Pro Wrestling (VA), Powerhouse Wrestling (MA), Pro Wrestling Experience (ME), Pro Wrestling King (MI), Pro Wrestling Maine (ME), Rice Pro Wrestling, Southern Illinois Championship Wrestling (IL), Southern Tier Wrestling (NY), Squared Circle Wrestling (NY), Top Rope Promotions (MA), United States Wrestling Federation (MA), World Class Big Time Wrestling (OH), World Wrestling Council (PR),
Finisher: Press Slam
Signature Moves: Full Nelson
Career Highlights: -AWF North American Champion
-Century Wrestling Alliance Champion
-EWA Champion
-ICW Champion
-IWCCW Champion
-NWA Georgia Champion
-NWA Georgia Tag Team Champion (4x; 1 each w/ Mr. Wrestling II, Tommy Rich, Thunderbolt Patterson, and Kevin Sullivan)
-NWA Georgia Television Champion
-NWA Mid-Atlantic Champion
-NWA West Virginia/Ohio Champion
-NWA Tri-States Champion
-SICW Tag Team Champion (w/ Bob Orton, Jr.)
-Southwest Brass Knucks Champion
-UWS Champion
-UWS Tag Team Champion (w/ S.D. Jones)
-WCCW Television Champion
-WCCW Texas Brass Knuckles Champion
-WCCW Texas Tag Team Champion (w/ Skip Young)
-WWC Caribbean Champion
-WWC North American Tag Team Champion (w/ Miguel Perez Jr.)
-WWF World Tag Team Champion (w/ Rocky Johnson)
-WWWA Intercontinental Champion (2x)
Affiliates: Rocky Johnson, Mr. Wrestling II, Tommy Rich, Skip Young, Thunderbolt Patterson, Kevin Sullivan, Dick Murdoch, The Duke, Cactus Jack, Tony Rumble, Junkyard Dog, Johnny Fabulous, Mike Dillon, Mark Henry, Abraham Washington, Dawn Marie
Notable Feuds: The Wild Samoans, Paul Orndorff, Nailz, Adrian Adonis, Dick Murdoch, Ivan Koloff, The Iron Sheik
Other Facts: -Brother of pro wrestlers Charles Atlas and James Atlas
-Won his debut match, a tag team competition with Bob Bruggers against Art Neilson & The Blue Scorpion.
-Competed under a mask as Black Atlas in Georgia until he was unmasked by Abdullah the Butcher
-As Saba Simba, he was announced as hailing from Uganda
-Was homeless for a year and a half before coming back to the WWF as Saba Simba
-Owns his own wrestling promotion called Atlas Pro Wrestling
-Works as a certified personal trainer in Lewiston, Maine
-Former member of the Brotherhood
-Holds the record for the longest WCCW Texas Tag Team Title reign (w/ Skip Young; 6 months, 7 days)
-Voted Most Improved Wrestler of the Year by Pro Wrestling Illustrated in 1980.
-Inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2006
-Inducted into the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2006
-Inducted into the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum in 2021
-Ranked # 64 in the 1991 PWI 500
-Ranked # 169 in the 1992 PWI 500
-Ranked # 129 in the 1993 PWI 500
-Ranked # 135 in the 1994 PWI 500
-Ranked # 230 in the 1995 PWI 500
-Ranked # 225 in the 1996 PWI 500
-Ranked # 237 in the 1997 PWI 500
-Among the interviewees for the "Dark Side of the Ring" episodes entitled "The Junkyard Dog" and "Abdullah the Butcher: Legacy of Blood"
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