World Championship Wrestling (Australia), the Glossary

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1. 100 relations: Abdullah the Butcher, Adnan Al-Kaissie, Allan Pinfold, André the Giant, Andreas Lambrakis, Angelo Savoldi, Antonino Rocca, Apache Bull Ramos, Austin Idol, Australia, Bob Roop, Bobby Shane, Bruiser Brody, Bruno Sammartino, Brute Bernard, Bugsy McGraw, Bulldog Brower, Bunkhouse Buck, Butcher Brannigan, Chief Big Heart, Ciclón Negro, Dale Lewis (wrestler), Dennis Stamp, Dick Murdoch, Dominic DeNucci, Don Carson (wrestler), Donna Christanello, Dr. Jerry Graham, Dusty Rhodes, Eddie Morrow, Evelyn Stevens (wrestler), Gary Hart (wrestler), George Barnes (wrestler), Georgia Championship Wrestling, Gerald Brisco, Harley Race, Haystacks Calhoun, Hong Kong, IMDb, IWA World Heavyweight Championship (Australia), IWA World Tag Team Championship (Australia), Jack Brisco, Jack Little (broadcaster), Jim Barnett (wrestling), John da Silva, John Quinn (wrestler), Kalmikoffs, Killer Karl Kox, Killer Kowalski, King Curtis Iaukea, ... Expand index (50 more) »

2. 1978 disestablishments in Australia
3. Australian professional wrestling promotions
4. Defunct companies of Australia
5. Entertainment companies disestablished in 1978
6. Entertainment companies established in 1964
7. Nine's Wide World of Sports
8. Professional wrestling in Australia
9. Sport in Melbourne

Abdullah the Butcher

Lawrence Robert Shreve (born January 11, 1941), better known by the ring name Abdullah the Butcher, is a Canadian retired professional wrestler.

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Adnan Al-Kaissie

Adnan bin Abdul Kareem Ahmed Alkaissy El Farthie (عدنان بن عبدالكريمأحمد القيسي ألفرث; March 1, 1939 – September 6, 2023), better known professionally as Adnan Al-Kaissie, was an Iraqi-American professional wrestler and manager best known as Sheik Adnan Al-Kaissey, Billy White Wolf, or General Adnan.

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Allan Pinfold

Johnny Gilday (born 1929) is a retired weightlifter and professional wrestler and later on referee, best known under the ring name Allan Pinfold, sometimes spelled Alan Pinfold.

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André the Giant

André René Roussimoff (19 May 1946 – 28 January 1993), better known by his ring name André the Giant, was a French professional wrestler and actor.

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Andreas Lambrakis

Andreas Lambrakis (Greek: Ανδρέας Λαμπράκης) was a professional wrestler from Greece.

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Angelo Savoldi

Mario Louis Fornini (April 21, 1914 – September 20, 2013) was an Italian/American professional wrestler and wrestling promoter, better known professionally as Angelo Savoldi.

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Antonino Rocca

Antonino Rocca (born Antonino Biasetton; 13 April 1921 – 15 March 1977) was an Italian naturalized Argentinian professional wrestler.

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Apache Bull Ramos

Manuel Ramos (August 3, 1937 – May 27, 2006) was an American professional wrestler, better known as Apache Bull Ramos.

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Austin Idol

Michael McCord (born October 26, 1949) is an American retired professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Austin Idol.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.

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Bob Roop

Robert Michael Roop (born July 22, 1942) is an American retired amateur wrestler and professional wrestler whose career spanned high school, college, the United States Army, amateur and professional wrestling.

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Bobby Shane

Robert Lee Schoenberger (August 25, 1945 – February 20, 1975), better known as Bobby Shane, who also wrestled as Bobby Schoen and as The Challenger, was an American professional wrestler known for his time in NWA Florida in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

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Bruiser Brody

Frank Donald Goodish (June 18, 1946 – July 17, 1988) was an American professional wrestler who earned his greatest fame under the ring name Bruiser Brody. He also worked as King Kong Brody, the Masked Marauder, and Red River Jack.

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Bruno Sammartino

Bruno Leopoldo Francesco Sammartino (October 6, 1935 – April 18, 2018) was an Italian-American professional wrestler.

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Brute Bernard

James Prudhomme (June 6, 1921 – July 14, 1984), was a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by the ring names Brute Bernard or Jim 'Brute' Bernhard.

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Bugsy McGraw

Michael Davis (born November 1, 1945), best known by the ring names Bugsy McGraw and The Skull, is an American retired professional wrestler.

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Bulldog Brower

Richard T. Gland (September 17, 1933 – September 15, 1997), better known by his ring name Dick "Bulldog" Brower, was an American professional wrestler.

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Bunkhouse Buck

James "Jimmy" Golden (born August 1, 1950) is an American retired professional wrestler.

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Butcher Brannigan

Joseph Novo (September 3, 1948 – September 6, 2009) was an American professional wrestler.

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Chief Big Heart

Richard Gilbert Vest Sr. (March 5, 1927 – April 22, 1993) was an American professional wrestler best known by the ring name Chief Big Heart.

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Ciclón Negro

Ramon Eduardo Rodriguez (April 7, 1932 – February 20, 2013), better known by the ring name Ciclón Negro (Black Cyclone), was a professional wrestler who was originally from Venezuela.

See World Championship Wrestling (Australia) and Ciclón Negro

Dale Lewis (wrestler)

Dale Folsom Lewis (August 29, 1933 – August 30, 1997) was an American wrestler who competed in the Greco-Roman heavyweight division at the 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics.

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Dennis Stamp

Dennis Stamp (December 6, 1946 – March 13, 2017) was an American professional wrestler and referee.

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Dick Murdoch

Hoyt Richard Murdoch (August 16, 1946 – June 15, 1996) was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring names "Dirty" Dick Murdoch and "Captain Redneck".

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Dominic DeNucci

Domenico A. Nucciarone (January 23, 1932 – August 12, 2021) was an Italian-American professional wrestler and trainer better known by the ring name Dominic DeNucci.

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Don Carson (wrestler)

Donald Edward Gaston, better known as Don Carson (November 20, 1934 – March 16, 2013) was a professional wrestler and wrestling manager.

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Donna Christanello

Mary Alfonsi (May 23, 1942 – August 25, 2011), better known by her ring name Donna Christanello, was an American professional wrestler active between 1963 and 1991.

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Dr. Jerry Graham

Jerry Martin Graham (born Jerry Martin Matthews, December 16, 1931 – January 24, 1997) better known as "Dr.

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Dusty Rhodes

Virgil Riley Runnels Jr. (October 12, 1945 – June 11, 2015), better known as "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes, was an American professional wrestler, booker, and trainer who worked for the National Wrestling Alliance and the World Wrestling Federation, later known as WWE.

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Eddie Morrow

Edouard Etifier (born 1936), better known as Eddie Morrow, is a retired Martinican professional wrestler.

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Evelyn Stevens (wrestler)

Evelyn Jardine Riegle is an American retired professional wrestler, better known by her ring name Evelyn Stevens.

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Gary Hart (wrestler)

Gary Richard Williams (January 24, 1942 – March 16, 2008) was an American professional wrestling manager, as well as a professional wrestler in his early career, best known by his ring name Gary Hart.

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George Barnes (wrestler)

George Cloughessy is an Australian actor and professional wrestler he wrestled for All Japan Pro Wrestling and World Championship Wrestling and various other promotions in Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, South Africa, Mexico and North America.

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Georgia Championship Wrestling

Georgia Championship Wrestling is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Atlanta, Georgia. World Championship Wrestling (Australia) and Georgia Championship Wrestling are National Wrestling Alliance members.

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Gerald Brisco

Floyd Gerald "Jerry" Brisco (born September 19, 1946) is an American retired professional wrestler.

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Harley Race

Harley Leland Race (April 11, 1943 – August 1, 2019) was an American professional wrestler, promoter, and trainer.

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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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Hong Kong

Hong Kong is a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China.

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IMDb

IMDb (an acronym for Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, podcasts, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan and critical reviews.

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IWA World Heavyweight Championship (Australia)

The IWA World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in the Australian World Championship Wrestling promotion from its founding in 1964 until 1971. World Championship Wrestling (Australia) and IWA World Heavyweight Championship (Australia) are professional wrestling in Australia.

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IWA World Tag Team Championship (Australia)

The IWA World Tag Team Championship was the top tag team professional wrestling title in the Australian World Championship Wrestling promotion from 1966 through 1971. World Championship Wrestling (Australia) and IWA World Tag Team Championship (Australia) are professional wrestling in Australia.

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Jack Brisco

Freddie Joe "Jack" Brisco (September 21, 1941 – February 1, 2010) was an American amateur wrestler and professional wrestler.

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Jack Little (broadcaster)

Jack Hiram Little (20 December 19084 January 1986) was an American-born Australian media personality, including as a television commentator for GTV-9's broadcasts of the World Championship Wrestling between 1964 through to 1978.

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Jim Barnett (wrestling)

James Edward Barnett (June 9, 1924 – September 18, 2004) was an American professional wrestling promoter and executive.

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John da Silva

John Walter da Silva (11 June 1934 – 8 April 2021) was a New Zealand wrestler and boxer.

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John Quinn (wrestler)

John Arthur Quinn (October 15, 1941 – April 22, 2019) was a Canadian professional wrestler.

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Kalmikoffs

The Kalmikoffs were a professional wrestling group of fictitious Soviet brothers.

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Killer Karl Kox

Herbert Alan Gerwig (April 26, 1931 – November 10, 2011) was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Killer Karl Kox.

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Killer Kowalski

Wladek Kowalski (born Edward Władysław Spulnik; October 13, 1926 – August 30, 2008), known by the ring name as Killer Kowalski, was a Polish-Canadian professional wrestler.

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King Curtis Iaukea

Curtis Piehau Iaukea III (September 15, 1937 – December 4, 2010) was an American professional wrestler better known as King Curtis Iaukea.

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Larry Hennig

Larry Hennig (June 18, 1936 – December 6, 2018) was an American professional wrestler.

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Larry O'Dea

Larry Davies (1944 – 30 June 1997) was an Australian professional wrestler best known as Larry O'Dea.

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Lars Anderson (wrestler)

Larry Heiniemi (born March 14, 1939) is an American retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Lars Anderson.

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List of professional wrestling organisations in Australia

This is a list of professional wrestling promotions in Australia and lists both notable active and defunct promotions. World Championship Wrestling (Australia) and list of professional wrestling organisations in Australia are Australian professional wrestling promotions and professional wrestling in Australia.

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Lorenzo Parente

Lorenzo Parente "Martino" was an Italian professional wrestler who competed throughout the United States from 1958 to 1976.

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Mario Milano

Mario Bulfone (15 May 1935 – 9 December 2016), better known by his ring name Mario Milano, was a professional wrestler.

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Mark Lewin

Mark Lewin (born March 16, 1937) is an American retired professional wrestler.

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Max Whitehead

Colin Maxwell Whitehead (2 August 1922 – 26 March 2010) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s.

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Melbourne

Melbourne (Boonwurrung/Narrm or Naarm) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in Australia, after Sydney.

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Michael Cleary (rugby)

Michael Arthur Cleary AO (born 30 April 1940) is an Australian former rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, and a politician.

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Moose Morowski

Stanley Mykietovitch (6 July 1935 – 10 September 2016) was a Canadian professional wrestler who spent his career in Western Canada, Winnipeg, Minnesota, Australia and Japan.

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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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National Wrestling Alliance

The National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) is an American professional wrestling promotion and governing body owned by Billy Corgan and operated by its parent company Lightning One, Inc.

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Nine Network

The Nine Network (stylised 9Network, commonly known as Channel Nine or simply Nine) is an Australian commercial free-to-air television network.

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Norman Frederick Charles III

Norman Frederick Charles III (25 July 1941 22 August 2019) was an English professional wrestler who was known worldwide under the name Murphy the Surfie.

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NWA Austra-Asian Heavyweight Championship

The NWA Austra-Asian Heavyweight Championship was the top singles professional wrestling title in the Australian World Championship Wrestling promotion from 1972 until the promotion's 1978 closure. World Championship Wrestling (Australia) and NWA Austra-Asian Heavyweight Championship are professional wrestling in Australia.

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NWA Austra-Asian Tag Team Championship

The NWA Austra-Asian Tag Team Championship was the top tag team professional wrestling title in the Australian World Championship Wrestling promotion from 1972 through the promotion's 1978 closure. World Championship Wrestling (Australia) and NWA Austra-Asian Tag Team Championship are professional wrestling in Australia.

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Ox Baker

Douglas Albert Baker Sr. (April 19, 1934 – October 20, 2014) was an American professional wrestler and actor, better known professionally as Ox Baker.

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Pat Barrett (wrestler)

Ivor Anthony Patrick Barrett (March 11, 1936 – November 28, 2021), known as Pat Barrett, was an Irish professional wrestler.

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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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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 in Australia

Professional wrestling in Australia makes up a small part of Australian culture.

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Ray Stevens (wrestler)

Carl Raymond Stevens (September 5, 1935 – May 3, 1996), better known as Ray "the Crippler" Stevens or Ray "Blond Bomber" Stevens, was an American professional wrestler.

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Red Bastien

Rolland "Red" Bastien (January 27, 1931 – August 11, 2012) was an American professional wrestler best known for his time in Capital Wrestling Corporation where he was a three-time WWWF United States Tag Team Champion with his kayfabe brother, Lou Bastien.

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Ripper Collins (wrestler)

Roy Lee Albern (October 10, 1933 – November 12, 1991), known by the ring name Ripper Collins, was an American professional wrestler, who primarily wrestled for 50th State Big Time Wrestling, also known as NWA Hawaii.

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Ron Fuller (wrestler)

Ronald Welch (born March 3, 1948) is a retired professional wrestler and manager better known by his ring names Ron Fuller and Tennessee Stud.

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Roy Heffernan

Laurence Roy Heffernan (12 July 1925 – 24 September 1992) was an Australian professional wrestler.

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Samson Kutsuwada

was a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by the ring name.

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Sheik Ali

Wadi Ayoub (20 April 1927 - 29 September 1976) was a champion Greco–Roman style wrestler in Lebanon and then a professional wrestler, best known as Sheik Ali, in Australia and touring internationally.

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Singapore

Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia.

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Siva Afi

Papali'itele Max Amata Taogaga (born 28 April 1949) is a Samoan retired professional wrestler.

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Skandor Akbar

Jimmy Saied Wehba (September 29, 1934 – August 19, 2010) was an American professional wrestler and professional wrestling manager better known by his ring name Skandor Akbar (which translates as "Alexander the Great").

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Skull Murphy

John Joseph Murphy (December 7, 1930 – March 23, 1970) was a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Skull Murphy.

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Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia is the geographical southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Australian mainland, which is part of Oceania.

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Spiros Arion

Spiros Arion (Σπύρος Αρίων) born Spyridon Manousakis (Σπυρίδων Μανουσάκης) (born September 1940) is an Egyptian-born Greek former professional wrestler who had an extensive and successful career, mainly in Australia and the United States.

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Steve Rackman

Steve Rackman is an English-born Australian actor and professional wrestler, best known for his role as Donk in the film Crocodile Dundee.

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Tex McKenzie

Frank Hugh McKenzie (July 21, 1930 – May 31, 2001) was an American professional wrestler.

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The Great Kabuki

, better known as, is a Japanese retired professional wrestler.

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The Medics

The Medics are an Australian rock band formed in Cairns, Queensland in 2007.

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The Missouri Mauler

Larry Edward "Rocky" Hamilton (April 1, 1931 – July 20, 1996), better known by his ring name the Missouri Mauler, was an American professional wrestler who competed in the National Wrestling Alliance as well as Florida Championship Wrestling and Jim Crockett Promotions, becoming a mainstay of the latter promotion throughout the 1960s.

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The Spoiler (wrestler)

Donald Delbert Jardine (24 March 1940 – 16 December 2006) was a Canadian professional wrestler best known for his masked gimmick as The Spoiler.

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Tiger Jeet Singh

Jagjeet Singh Hans (born April 3, 1944) is an Indo-Canadian retired professional wrestler, known better by his ring name Tiger Jeet Singh.

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Tony Kontellis

Antonios "Tony" Kontellis (Greek: Αντώνιος Κοντέλλης; born 1935), is a former Greek-Australian professional wrestler.

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Tony Marino

Tony Silipini (April 20, 1931 – May 28, 2021) was an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name Tony Marino.

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Tony Parisi (wrestler)

Antonio Pugliese (January 22, 1941 – August 19, 2000), better known by his ring name, Tony Parisi, was a Canadian professional wrestler.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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Victoria (state)

Victoria (commonly abbreviated as Vic) is a state in southeastern Australia.

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Von Steigers

Kurt and Karl Von Steiger were the ring names of Canadian professional wrestlers Lorne Corlett (died November 8, 2022) and Arnold Pastrick.

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Waldo Von Erich

Walter Paul Sieber (October 2, 1933 – July 5, 2009) was a Canadian professional wrestler.

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World Championship Wrestling

World Championship Wrestling (WCW) was an American professional wrestling promotion founded by Ted Turner in 1988, after Turner Broadcasting System, through a subsidiary named Universal Wrestling Corporation, purchased the assets of National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) territory Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP) (which had aired its programming on TBS). World Championship Wrestling (Australia) and World Championship Wrestling are National Wrestling Alliance members.

See World Championship Wrestling (Australia) and World Championship Wrestling

See also

1978 disestablishments in Australia

• Albany Progress
• Alexandra railway line
• Broadford Courier
• Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder
• Cheyne Beach Whaling Station
• Daylesford Spa Country Railway
• Democratic Labor Party (Australia, 1955)
• Department of the Northern Territory (1975–1978)
• Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders
• Fort Pearce
• Light Vision
• Mansfield railway line
• Melbourne Harbor Trust
• Nocoleche
• Old Tote Theatre Company
• Queensland Labor Party (1957–1978)
• Royal Commission into New South Wales Prisons
• South Australian Railways
• St. John's Orphanage
• Tasman Limited
• Warringah Shire Hall
• Western Suburbs SC (NSW)
• Wonthaggi railway line
• World Championship Wrestling (Australia)
• Wran ministry (1976–1978)
• Yarloop Workshops
• Zaara Street Power Station

Australian professional wrestling promotions

• Explosive Pro Wrestling
• I-Generation Superstars of Wrestling
• Impact Pro Wrestling
• List of professional wrestling organisations in Australia
• Melbourne City Wrestling
• Riot City Wrestling
• World Championship Wrestling (Australia)
• World Series Wrestling
• World Wrestling All-Stars

Defunct companies of Australia

• ABC Learning
• Airline Partners Australia
• Australian Film Syndicate
• Australian Holographics
• Birchalls
• Borders (Asia Pacific)
• Cawthorne and Co
• Clifford Corporation
• Coffs Harbour Timber Company
• Downs & Son
• English and Australian Copper Company
• Fifteen Melbourne
• Hocking and Company
• Ilfracombe Iron Company
• Marshall & Sons
• Pacific Dunlop
• Pangea Resources
• Saville Australia
• Seven Keys (company)
• Sinclair Knight Merz
• Sino Gold Mining
• Tenix Defence
• Timbercorp
• Westfield Corporation
• Westfield Group
• World Championship Wrestling (Australia)

Entertainment companies disestablished in 1978

• Amazingrace Coffeehouse
• Streckfus Steamers
• World Championship Wrestling (Australia)

Entertainment companies established in 1964

• Cafe Au Go Go
• Camera Effects
• Green Meadows Petting Farm
• In89 Cinemax
• Three Sisters Tavern
• Universal Destinations & Experiences
• World Championship Wrestling (Australia)

Nine's Wide World of Sports

• All Stars match
• Anzac Test
• Australian Tri-Series
• Ben Ikin
• City vs Country Origin
• Erin Molan
• Footy Classified
• Garry Lyon
• Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Ironman Series
• Ken Sutcliffe
• Major League Baseball on television
• Mark Nicholas
• Mike Gibson (sports journalist)
• National Rugby League
• Nine Network Olympic broadcasts
• Nine's Wide World of Sports
• Olympics on Australian television
• Paul Vautin
• Peter Sterling (rugby league)
• Ray Warren
• Richie Benaud
• Sports Sunday
• State of Origin series
• Tennis on television
• The Footy Show (AFL)
• The Footy Show (rugby league)
• The Sunday Footy Show (AFL)
• The Sunday Footy Show (rugby league)
• The Sunday Roast
• Wide World of Sports (Australian TV program)
• Women's State of Origin
• World Championship Wrestling (Australia)
• World Series Cricket
• Yvonne Sampson

Professional wrestling in Australia

• Aussie Open (professional wrestling)
• Australian Heavyweight Championship
• Australian Light Heavyweight Championship
• Australian Middleweight Championship
• Australian Tag Team Championship
• Fabulous Kangaroos
• I-Generation Superstars of Wrestling
• IWA World Heavyweight Championship (Australia)
• IWA World Tag Team Championship (Australia)
• List of WWA pay-per-view events
• List of professional wrestling organisations in Australia
• NWA Austra-Asian Heavyweight Championship
• NWA Austra-Asian Tag Team Championship
• NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship (Australian version)
• Professional wrestling in Australia
• Stadiums Limited
• The IIconics
• The Mighty Don't Kneel
• The Royal Kangaroos
• WSW World Heavyweight Championship
• WWA International Cruiserweight Championship
• WWA World Heavyweight Championship
• WWE in Australia
• World Brass Knuckles Championship
• World Championship Wrestling (Australia)
• World Light Heavyweight Championship (Australian version)
• World Series Wrestling
• World Wrestling All-Stars

Sport in Melbourne

• 2004 AFL draft
• 2005 AFL draft
• 2005 Summer Deaflympics
• 2006 AFL draft
• 2013 AFL women's draft
• 2014 AFL women's draft
• 2015 AFL women's draft
• 2016 AFL Women's draft
• 2017 AFL Women's draft
• 2018 AFL Women's draft
• 2018 AFL draft
• 2019 AFL Women's draft
• 2019 AFL draft
• 2019 Oceania Badminton Championships
• 2020 AFL draft
• 2021 AFL draft
• 2022 AFL draft
• 2022 Oceania Badminton Championships
• 2023 AFL draft
• 2024 AFL draft
• AFL Futures match
• Australian Grand Prix
• Australian International Motor Show
• Australian Sports Museum
• Carlton–Collingwood rivalry
• Carlton–Essendon AFL rivalry
• Dreamtime at the 'G
• First Ever
• History of Australian rules football in Victoria (1859–1900)
• History of football clubs in St Kilda, Melbourne, Australia
• Maurie Plant Meet
• Melbourne City Wrestling
• Melbourne vs Richmond (2009 AFL season)
• NRL Victoria
• Richmond vs Adelaide (2006 AFL season)
• Royal Yacht Club of Victoria
• Spring Racing Carnival
• Victorian Roller Derby League
• W. S. Cox Plate
• World Championship Wrestling (Australia)

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Championship_Wrestling_(Australia)

Also known as International Wrestling Alliance (Australia), WCW Australia.

, Larry Hennig, Larry O'Dea, Lars Anderson (wrestler), List of professional wrestling organisations in Australia, Lorenzo Parente, Mario Milano, Mark Lewin, Max Whitehead, Melbourne, Michael Cleary (rugby), Moose Morowski, Mr. Fuji, National Wrestling Alliance, Nine Network, Norman Frederick Charles III, NWA Austra-Asian Heavyweight Championship, NWA Austra-Asian Tag Team Championship, Ox Baker, Pat Barrett (wrestler), Pat Patterson, Professional wrestling, Professional wrestling in Australia, Ray Stevens (wrestler), Red Bastien, Ripper Collins (wrestler), Ron Fuller (wrestler), Roy Heffernan, Samson Kutsuwada, Sheik Ali, Singapore, Siva Afi, Skandor Akbar, Skull Murphy, Southeast Asia, Spiros Arion, Steve Rackman, Tex McKenzie, The Great Kabuki, The Medics, The Missouri Mauler, The Spoiler (wrestler), Tiger Jeet Singh, Tony Kontellis, Tony Marino, Tony Parisi (wrestler), United States, Victoria (state), Von Steigers, Waldo Von Erich, World Championship Wrestling.