John Tolos

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John Tolos, nicknamed "The Golden Greek", is a retired Canadian professional wrestler, and professional wrestling manager.

Career

During the 1950s and 60s, Tolos was part of the Canadian Wrecking Crew with Chris Tolos. He also had a brief managerial career in Herb Abrams' Universal Wrestling Federation, managing Bob Orton, Jr. and the Power Twins.

Tolos joined the World Wrestling Federation for a brief stint in 1991 as Coach (a classic coach, whistle and all), managing The Beverly Brothers and Mr. Perfect, replacing Perfect's former manager Bobby "The Brain" Heenan, who was then moving into a broadcaster's role. The run proved unsuccessful as Mr. Perfect lost his Intercontinental Title to Bret Hart at SummerSlam. Prior to this match, Hennig suffered a serious back injury, but he still showed up to drop the title to Hart. The injury would sideline Hennig from competition for more than a year afterwards, as he did not return to active competition until the Survivor Series in 1992. With Perfect indefinitely out of action, along with The Beverly Brothers changing their manager to The Genius, "Coach" John Tolos disappeared quietly from the WWF.

Championships and accomplishments

*Championship Wrestling from Florida
**NWA World Tag Team Championship "(Florida version)" (1 time) - with Chris Tolos

*Maple Leaf Wrestling
**NWA International Tag Team Championship "(Toronto version)" (3 times) - with Chris Tolos

*National Wrestling Alliance
**NWA United National Championship (1 time)¹

*NWA All-Star Wrestling
**NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship ("Vancouver version") (7 times) - with Tony Borne (2), Chris Tolos (2), Black Terror (1), Dutch Savage (1), and Don Leo Jonathan (1)cite web|url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/canada/bc/nwa/bc-can-t.html|title=NWA Canadian Tag Team Title (Vancouver)|work=Wrestling Titles|accessdate=2008-02-25]
**NWA Pacific Coast Heavyweight Championship "(Vancouver version)" (1 time)cite web|title=NWA Pacific Coast Heavyweight Title|work=Wrestling Titles|accessdate=2008-02-25|url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/canada/bc/nwa/bc-pc-h.html]
**NWA World Tag Team Championship "(Vancouver version)" (3 times) - with Tony Borne (1) and Chris Tolos (2)cite web|title=World Tag Team Title (Vancouver)|work=Wrestling Titles|url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/canada/bc/nwa/bc-nwa-t.html|accessdate=2008-02-25]

*NWA Detroit
**NWA World Tag Team Championship "(Detroit version)" (1 time) - with Chris Tolos

*NWA Hollywood Wrestling
**NWA Americas Heavyweight Championship (9 times)
**NWA Americas Tag Team Championship (5 times) - with Great Kojika (1), Louie Tillet (1), Rock Riddle (1), Chavo Guerrero (1), and The Assassin (1)cite web|title=NWA Americas Tag Team Title|work=Wrestling Titles|url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ca/la/hw/ams-t.html|accessdate=2008-02-25]
**NWA Beat the Champ Television Championship (3 times)
**NWA Brass Knuckles Championship "(Los Angeles version)" (2 times)
**NWA United National Championship (1 time)

*NWA Los Angeles
**NWA International Television Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Gene Kiniski

*NWA Mid-Pacific Promotions
**NWA Hawaii Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
**NWA North American Heavyweight Championship "(Hawaii version)" (1 time)
**NWA Hawaii Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Steve DiSalvo

*NWA San Francisco
**NWA Pacific Coast Tag Team Championship "(San Francisco version)" (1 time) - with Chris Tolos

*NWA Western States Sports
**NWA Western States Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Mr. Saito

*Southwest Sports, Inc.
**NWA Texas Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Duke Keomuka

*Stampede Wrestling
**NWA International Tag Team Championship "(Calgary version)" (1 time) - with Chris Tolos (First)

*World Wide Wrestling Federation
**WWWF United States Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Chris Tolos

*"'Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame
**(Class of 2007)

¹NWA records aren't clear as to which promotion Tolos was wrestling for when his second reign as NWA United National Champion began.Finishing Move: Knuckle Corkscrew to Temple

References

External links

* [http://www.garywill.com/wrestling/canada/tolos.htm Canadian Wrestling Page of Fame biography]
* [http://slam.canoe.ca/SlamWrestling/tolos.html SLAM! Wrestling canadian Hall of Fame: Chris & John Tolos]
* [http://cwfarchives.com/Wrestler.php?id=523 Championship Wrestling from Florida - Wrestler: John Tolos]
* [http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/j/john-tolos.html Profile at OWW]