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Tony Garea, the Glossary

Anthony Gareljich (born 20 September 1946) is a New Zealand retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Tony Garea.^[1]

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New Zealand male professional wrestlers

Afa Anoaʻi

Afa Amituana'i "Arthur" Anoa'i (born November 21, 1942) is a Samoan-American retired professional wrestler and professional wrestling manager.

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Auckland (Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. It has an urban population of about It is located in the greater Auckland Region, the area governed by Auckland Council, which includes outlying rural areas and the islands of the Hauraki Gulf, and which has a total population of as of It is the most populous city of New Zealand and the fifth largest city in Oceania.

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B. Brian Blair

Brian Leslie Blair (born January 12, 1957) is an American retired professional wrestler and politician.

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Big Time Wrestling (San Francisco)

Big Time Wrestling – also known as the American Wrestling Alliance (AWA) or National All-Star Wrestling, and sometimes referred to as NWA San Francisco – was a professional wrestling promotion headquartered in San Francisco, California, in the United States.

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Bob Orton Jr.

Robert Keith Orton Jr. (born November 10, 1950), known by the ring name "Cowboy" Bob Orton, is an American semi-retired professional wrestler.

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Capitol Wrestling Corporation

Capitol Wrestling Corporation (CWC) was an American sports promotion company.

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Christian Cage

William Jason Reso (born November 30, 1973) is a Canadian professional wrestler and actor.

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Dean Ho (wrestler)

Dean Kiyoshi Higuchi (July 18, 1940 – February 20, 2021) was an American bodybuilder and professional wrestler, known by his ring name, Dean Ho.

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Deuce 'n Domino

Deuce 'n Domino is an American professional wrestling tag team consisting of Deuce Shade and Dice Domino, who were managed for the majority of their run by Cherry and briefly by Maryse.

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Don Muraco

Don Muraco (born September 10, 1949) is an American retired professional wrestler.

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Eddie Gilbert (wrestler)

Thomas Edward Gilbert Jr. (August 14, 1961 – February 18, 1995) better known by his ring name "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert, was an American professional wrestler and booker. Tony Garea and Eddie Gilbert (wrestler) are professional wrestling executives.

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Face (professional wrestling)

In professional wrestling, a face (babyface) is a heroic, "good guy", "do-gooder", or "fan favorite" wrestler, booked (scripted) by the promotion with the aim of being cheered by fans.

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Feud (professional wrestling)

In professional wrestling, a feud is a staged rivalry between multiple wrestlers or groups of wrestlers.

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George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame

The George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame (TNTHOF) is a professional wrestling hall of fame and museum located within the National Wrestling Hall of Fame's Dan Gable Museum.

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Haystacks Calhoun

William Dee Calhoun (August 3, 1934 – December 7, 1989) was an American professional wrestler, who used the professional name "Haystack" or "Haystacks" Calhoun.

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Jim Duggan

James Edward Duggan Jr. (born January 14, 1954), better known by his ring name "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan, is an American retired professional wrestler.

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Jimmy Snuka

James Reiher Snuka (born James Wiley Smith; May 18, 1943 – January 15, 2017) was a Fijian and American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka.

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Jimmy Valiant

James Harold Fanning (born August 6, 1942) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name "Handsome" Jimmy Valiant.

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Job (professional wrestling)

In professional wrestling slang, a job is a losing performance in a wrestling match.

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John Hill (wrestler)

John Steele Hill (July 8, 1941 – March 10, 2010) was a Canadian professional wrestler best known under the ring names Guy Mitchell, The Stomper and "Gentleman" Jerry Valiant.

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Johnny Valiant

John L. Sullivan (born Thomas Sullivan; November 25, 1946 – April 4, 2018) was an American professional wrestler and manager, better known by his ring name, Johnny Valiant.

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José González (wrestler)

José Huertas González (born March 17, 1947) better known as Invader 1, is a Puerto Rican retired professional wrestler, who wrestled in the United States and around the world, especially in Puerto Rico. Tony Garea and José González (wrestler) are professional wrestling executives.

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King Kong Bundy

Christopher Alan Pallies (November 7, 1957 – March 4, 2019) was an American professional wrestler, stand-up comedian and actor better known by his wrestling gimmick and ring name, King Kong Bundy.

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Larry Zbyszko

Lawrence Whistler (born December 5, 1951), better known by the ring name Larry Zbyszko, is an American retired professional wrestler.

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List of Pro Wrestling Illustrated awards

This is a list of both active and inactive Pro Wrestling Illustrated awards which are voted on by Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) readers every year from 1972 onwards, expanding to more categories in later years.

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List of World Tag Team Champions (WWE, 1971–2010)

The World Tag Team Championship, originally known as the WWWF World Tag Team Championship, was a professional wrestling world tag team championship in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).

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Lumberjack Pierre

Rejean Gagnon (born February 13, 1939) is a former French Canadian professional wrestler who is best known for his appearances with the World Wide Wrestling Federation under the ring name Lumberjack Pierre where he was the half of The Yukon Lumberjacks.

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Madison Square Garden

Madison Square Garden, colloquially known as the Garden or by its initials MSG, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in New York City.

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Masa Saito

was a Japanese professional wrestler better known as Mr.

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Montel Vontavious Porter

Alvin Burke Jr. (born October 28, 1973) is an American professional wrestler and submission grappler.

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Moondog King

Edward John White (May 18, 1949 – August 26, 2005) was a Canadian professional wrestler, best known as Sailor White and as Moondog King of The Moondogs when he joined the World Wrestling Federation (now WWE) in the early 1980s.

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Moondog Rex

Randy Colley (May 2, 1950 – December 14, 2019) was an American professional wrestler better known as Moondog Rex.

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Moondogs (professional wrestling)

The Moondogs were a professional wrestling stable in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and in the Memphis promotions: the Continental Wrestling Association (CWA), which became the United States Wrestling Association (USWA).

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Mr. Fuji

Harry Masayoshi Fujiwara (May 4, 1934 – August 28, 2016) was an American professional wrestler, actor and manager, known professionally by his ring name Mr.

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NWA San Francisco

NWA San Francisco was a professional wrestling promotion headquartered in San Francisco, California in the United States.

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NWA World Tag Team Championship (San Francisco version)

The National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) member NWA San Francisco promoted a professional wrestling tag team championship under the name NWA World Tag Team Championship from 1950 until 1961 in and around their local territory until it closed.

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Pat Patterson

Pat Patterson (born Pierre Clermont; January 19, 1941 – December 2, 2020) was a Canadian-American professional wrestler and producer, widely known for his long tenure in the professional wrestling promotion WWE, first as a wrestler, then as a creative consultant and producer ("booker").

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Philadelphia Arena

The Philadelphia Arena was an auditorium used mainly for sporting events located at 46th and Market Streets in West Philadelphia.

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Pocket Books

Pocket Books is a division of Simon & Schuster that primarily publishes paperback books.

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Pro Wrestling Illustrated

Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) is an American professional wrestling magazine that was founded in 1979 by publisher Stanley Weston.

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Professional wrestling

Professional wrestling (often referred to as pro wrestling, or simply, wrestling) is a form of athletic theater that combines mock combat with drama, under the premise (known colloquially as kayfabe), that the performers are competitive wrestlers.

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Professional wrestling match types

Many types of wrestling matches, sometimes called "concept" or "gimmick matches" in the jargon of the business, are performed in professional wrestling.

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Professor Tanaka

Charles J. Kalani Jr. (January 6, 1930 – August 22, 2000) was an American professional wrestler, professional boxer, martial artist and actor.

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Rene Goulet

Robert Bédard (July 12, 1932 – May 25, 2019) was a Canadian professional wrestler. Tony Garea and Rene Goulet are professional wrestling executives.

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Rick Martel

Richard Vigneault (born March 18, 1956) is a Canadian retired professional wrestler, trainer, and television presenter, better known by his ring name, Rick "The Model" Martel.

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Ring name

A ring name is a type of stage name used by an athlete such as a professional wrestler, mixed martial artist, or boxer whose real name is considered unattractive, dull, difficult to pronounce or spell, amusing for the wrong reasons, or projecting the wrong image.

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Scott Irwin

Scott Keegan Irwin (May 14, 1952 – September 5, 1987) was an American professional wrestler.

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Sgt. Slaughter

Robert Rudolph Remus (born August 27, 1948), better known by his ring name Sgt.

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Sika Anoaʻi

Leati Sika Amituana'i Anoa'i (April 5, 1945 – June 25, 2024), better known by the ring name Sika, was an American-Samoan professional wrestler best known as one-half of the tag team the Wild Samoans with his brother Afa.

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Tag team

Tag team wrestling is a type of professional wrestling in which matches are contested between teams of multiple wrestlers.

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Ted DiBiase Jr.

Theodore Marvin DiBiase Jr. (born November 8, 1982) is an American retired professional wrestler.

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Universal Wrestling Association

The Universal Wrestling Association (UWA) was a Mexican Lucha Libre or professional wrestling promotion based in Naucalpan, Mexico State that operated from 1975 until 1995.

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Valiant Brothers

The Valiant Brothers were a professional wrestling tag team of storyline brothers "Handsome" Jimmy Valiant, "Luscious" Johnny Valiant, and "Gentleman" Jerry Valiant.

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Vengeance: Night of Champions

Vengeance: Night of Champions was the seventh annual Vengeance as well as the inaugural Night of Champions professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).

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Vincent J. McMahon

Vincent James McMahon (July 6, 1914 – May 24, 1984), also referred to as Vince McMahon Sr., was an American professional wrestling promoter.

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Wild Samoans

The Wild Samoans were the professional wrestling tag team of Afa Anoaʻi and Sika Anoaʻi in the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF).

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World Tag Team Championship (WWE, 1971–2010)

The 1971 to 2010 version of the World Tag Team Championship was the original professional wrestling world tag team championship in the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) promotion, and the company's third tag team championship overall. Originally established by the then-World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) on June 3, 1971 (renamed World Wrestling Federation/WWF in 1979), it served as the only title for tag teams in the promotion until the then-WWF bought World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in March 2001, which added the WCW Tag Team Championship.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Garea

, Ted DiBiase Jr., Universal Wrestling Association, Valiant Brothers, Vengeance: Night of Champions, Vincent J. McMahon, Wild Samoans, World Tag Team Championship (WWE, 1971–2010), WWE, WWE Raw, WWF Championship Wrestling, Yugoslavs, Yukon Lumberjacks.

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New Zealand male professional wrestlers

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