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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Tony Garea
Name: - Tony Garea
Height: - 6'1” (185cm)
Weight: - 245lb (111kg)
Born: - September 20, 1946
From: - Auckland, New Zealand
Trained by: - Wild Don Scott
Debut: - 1971
Retired: - 1986
Finisher: - Flying Cross body
Also known as: - Tony Garcia
Toured Australia; 1971, 1978
Debuted in New Zealand early in 1971, wrestled in Australia later in the year (as Tony Garcia) before being scouted by WWWF. Started in WWWF in 1972, primarily as a tag wrestler. Toured California in 1975-6 before returning to New York, where he had a run as a singles wrestler, even wrestling Superstar Billy Graham for the WWWF title. Concentrated on tag wrestling once again, until Vince Jr took over and turned Garea into 'talent enhancement'. Retired in 1986, but still works as a road agent, with occasional on-screen appearances.
Titles held: - WWWF World Tag (5, w/ Rick Martel [2], w/ Haystacks Calhoun, w/ Dean Ho, w/ Larry Zbyszko), NWA World Tag [San Francisco] (w/ Pat Patterson)
Credit: Mark Dalgleish, Wikipedia, Libnan Ayoub's 100 Years of Australian Professional Wrestling
Photo credit: Notinhalloffame.com
