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Early in his career he worked in Kansas City and Georgia. In 1966, Brown made his debut in for NWA Mid-America in Alabama working for Nick Gulas. In 1969, he became one of the most popular wrestlers to ever appear in Birmingham when he formed a tag-team with Len Rossi and broke the color barrier on Boutwell Auditorium wrestling cards. They won ...
Rinaldo Leonard Rositani (September 24, 1929 – October 9, 2020 [4]), known professionally as Len Rossi, was an American professional wrestler who competed throughout the National Wrestling Alliance from 1958–1972. [5]
The first reign of Heavenly Bodies was short-lived as it lasted only two weeks. They won the titles for the second time on November 3, by beating Fargo and Hall for the titles. A week later, on November 10, they lost the titles to Bearcat Brown and Les Thatcher before regaining the titles a week later, on November 17.
Len Rossi and Bearcat Brown: 7: 228¤ 6 The Masked Superstars (Masked Superstar #1[Note 77] and Masked Superstar #2) 1: 213¤ 7 The Heavenly Bodies (Don and Al Greene) 6: 211¤ 8 The Fabulous Kangaroos (Al Costello and Don Kent) 3: 174¤ 9 Tex Riley and Len Rossi: 2: 161 10 Tor Yamata and Mr. Moto: 3: 147 11 Big Bad John and Pepe Lopez: 2: 124 ...
Defeated Len Rossi and Bearcat Brown in one-night 8-team tournament final. [14] [15] 197 Robert Fuller and Bearcat Brown (6) November 8, 1971: Mid-South Coliseum: Memphis, Tennessee 1 21 [16] 198 Uncle Elmer and Dennis Hall (9) November 29, 1971: Live event [Note 2] 1 [Note 52] 199 The Interns (Billy Garrett and Jim Starr) 1971: Live event ...
Len Rossi and Bearcat Brown: June 4, 1971: Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 1 56 22 Ron Wright (7) and Don Wright July 30, 1971: Mid-Am Show Knoxville, Tennessee 5 35 Ron defeated Rossi on July 16 for one half of the titles and Don defeated Brown on July 30 for the other half of the titles 23 The Alaskans: September 3, 1971: Mid-Am Show ...
NWA Southern Tag Team Championship (Mid-America version) – with Len Rossi [41] [42] NWA World Tag Team Championship (Mid-America version) – with Robert Fuller (1), and Mike Graham (1) [43] Pro Wrestling Illustrated. PWI Most Improved Wrestler of the Year (1981) PWI ranked him #58 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 1994 [44]
NWA World Tag Team Championship (Mid-America version) – with Len Rossi (2) and Bearcat Brown (2) North American Wrestling Alliance. NAWA Television Championship (1 time) [8] Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame. Class of 2014 [18] Pro Wrestling Illustrated. PWI Wrestler of the Year (1975) PWI Most Popular Wrestler of the Year (1980)