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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Johnny Kostas
Name: - John Kostas
Height: - 6'0” (183cm)
Weight: - 245lb (111kg)
Born: - November 22, 1922
From: - Korone, Greece
Debut: - 1940
Died: - August 27, 2004
Finishers: - Airplane spin
Also known as: - Johnny Kostolias
Toured Australia: - 1956, 1965, 1970
Began wrestling in Argentina. Renowned for wrestling in bare feet. Trained as a shootfighter in Greece. Travelled all over the world, but was particularly big in Pacific Northwest and Arizona wrestling. Once wrestled Lou Thesz to a 2 hour draw.
Wrestled in Australia as mid-to-upper-midcard. Retired in the early 70s.
Titles held: - Pacific Northwest Hwt, Arizona Hwt, NWA Southern Tag (w/ Golden Hawk), NWA Canadian Tag (/ Don Leo Jonathan), Pacific Northwest Tag (2, w/ Jim Osborne, w/ Dean Ho)
Credit: Mark Dalgleish, Libnan Ayoub's 100 Years of Australian Professional Wrestling, ObsessedWithWrestling.com
Photo credit: CauliflowerAlleyClub.org
