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2021/08/16

Welcome to AustralianWrestling.org!
The website devoted to preserving the history of Australian wrestling.

We're in the process of renovating and moving some things around so some things may look a little strange but the aim is to minimise disruption.

This website was designed in 2012 with a scope of covering present and past wrestling in Australia.
The scope will change to prioritise the older stuff and make that a bit more accessible.

Thank you for your patience.

I also have another website (with my good buddy Greg) The Wrestling Roadshow which has more of a global scope. We have a podcast by the same name too and discuss all sorts of wrestling.

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Professor Tanaka

Name: - Professor Toru Tanaka
Height: - 5'11” (180cm)
Weight: - 275lb (125kg)
Born: - January 6, 1930
Debut: 1958
From: - Honolulu, HAWAII
Retired: - 1982
Died: - August 22, 2000 (heart failure)
Finisher: - Japanese sleeper hold

Toured Australia: - 1966, 1968, 1978

Was a professional boxer from 1952-55. In wrestling, was billed as from Osaka, Japan. Wrestled mainly in WWWF and Texas, finishing his career in Los Angeles. Appeared in many movies and TV shows, such as “PeeWee's Big Adventure”, “The Running Man”, “Shanghai Surprise” and “Dead Heat”.

Titles held: - IWA World Hwt (Australia) (2), American Hwt (2), Americas Hwt, Georgia Hwt, North American Hwt (Hawaii), Caribbean Hwt, Southeastern Hwt (2), British Empire Hwt (NZ) (2), NCW Hwt, CPW Hwt, NWA Brass Knuckles (Texas) (2), CPW Brass Knuckles, IWA World Tag (w/ Skull Murphy), WWWF World Tag (3, w/ Mr. Fuji), WWWF International Tag (w/ Mitsu Arakawa), Americas Tag (w/ Hiro Ota), American Tag (w/ Thunderbolt Patterson), Southern Tag (w/ Mr. Fuji), Florida Tag (w/ Dick Slater), Georgia Tag (2, w/ Assassin II, w/ Mr. Fuji), Southeastern Tag (w/ Mr. Fuji), ACCW Tag (2, w/ Peter Maivia Jr.)

Credit: Mark Dalgleish, Wikipedia, Libnan Ayoub's 100 Years of Australian Professional Wrestling, WrestlingX
Photo Credit: WrestlingX

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