december january italian australian professional wrestler best known ring professional wrestler nicknamed man thousand holds innovative technical style creator original member tag team fabulous ultra australian gimmick complete bush hats song entrance music existed forms active wrestler manager versions fabulous arguably famous version regarded tag teams compete professional wrestling credited tag team wrestling late 1950s 1960s later formed versions fabulous managed team later johnny fabulous officially retired wrestling brief returns ring managed retiring completely wrestling business tag team partner died honored tag team inducted started tradition new team year growing born italy near sicily lived family immigrated australia years old family settled new south wales helped father fruit store excelled school sports interested early age age took amateur boxing despite father wishes opera singer approached australian wrestling champion convinced try wrestling debut assumed father hopes opera singer want parents find wrestling came thinking sounded tough like wrestling career professional wrestling debut man known man thousand holds years later found little success early career general belief australian professional wrestling time wrestler north_america learn pro consider pushing card travelled asia success won malaysian heavyweight title south_africa trophy 1950s finally started turn heads home winning title began wrestling america hoping finally break big years working idea new tag team knew wanted partner wrestler worked years ago named lost touch years idea remained dormant toured hawaii mentioned idea ultra australian tag team fellow wrestler future promoter happened good friend knew working wrestling time touch soon calgary alberta canada join finally tag team reality debuted fabulous wrestling promotion match weeks match working tag teams promotion working fabulous started travel united_states headlining shows went ability crowds heel bad guy tactics occasion august men billed nearly caused riot madison square garden match fans began throw fruit stones match ended decisive winner promoters stepped turned arena lights played stop potential riot common tactic time new_york promoters order prevent riots help heels leave arena unharmed later year started working funk nwa promotion based texas won title team defeated win texas version nwa world tag team championship november title reign short lived defeated regain titles weeks later wrestled united_states canada asia select tours australia new_zealand worked companies future world_wrestling_entertainment florida nwa ohio los_angeles california forgot roots continued work canada years addition team worked nwa star wrestling based vancouver british_columbia featured short subject stint nwa star wrestling time teamed june lost split left australia tour world wanted return homeland determined remain united_states longer returned australia began working world championship wrestling australian version north american wrestling federation booker singles wrestler originally supposed return australia work plans came instead remained united_states kept working tag team division seeking career singles wrestler began wrestling teamed form tag team known played australian french heritage defeated finals championship held titles week losing kurt february broke differences approach tag teaming moved nwa mid america territory near nashville tennessee mid american teamed win mid american version nwa world tag team championship held months working began team german nazi gimmick despite american management playboy billed team later managed worked mainly tennessee texas texas won texas version nwa world tag team championship title held team billed nwa american tag team champions titles recognized world class championship wrestling addition promotion lost american tag team title february kurt decided teaming storyline brother broke returned australia visit friends relatives years road way united_states stop detroit michigan met fell love married shortly remaining rest life reformed fabulous time teaming team touring non stop months forced retire knee problems months retired found new man don bush hat kent michigan adopted ultra australian gimmick retained american accent formed overall second known version fabulous kent teamed regular basis approximately time spent teaming original partner kent continued tradition reminiscent original federation needed new tag team title brought acknowledged champions arrival instead holding tournament determine champions japanese federation international wrestling enterprise brought held title january beat gold years title reigns came promotions globe canada indianapolis held twice addition winning titles north_america kent appearances known wwe frequented nwa detroit held detroit version nwa world tag team championship end began working nwa mid america held local version nwa world tag team championship mid america version occasions match cincinnati gardens enraged fan took fire wall threw kent balcony gardens hit hip damaging needed hip replacement surgery later year fan arrested served days jail fined dollars damaging fire hip injury left unable wrestle fabulous split hip replacement forced retire active competition managing surprised returning professional wrestling manager team known love brothers actually stepped ring occasion special man tag team matches recovering hip surgery returned active competition age fact able recover major injury credited style healthy living devout credited meat free diet recovery remarkable shape man age reformed fabulous time teaming wrestler team defeated win detroit version nwa world tag team title title kent previously held title run short lost gold crazy replaced reunited tour puerto_rico puerto_rico arrived billed world tag team champions newly created title legitimacy dropped titles march remained chasing regaining world tag team championship tour puerto_rico ended returned singles wrestling managing convinced kent don bush hat pick got kent team known working native new_zealand australia kent worked tour served manager team won north american tag team titles jack october lost titles quickly gained dropping titles good january kent team lasted tour caribbean returned australia new_zealand work local promotions replaced canadian wrestler storyline cousin final version fabulous team ended terry funk year half run world tag team championship kent held gold months losing world tag team titles tour puerto_rico kent returned work florida promotion worked florida won nwa florida global tag team championship times final storyline involving fabulous saw bring act short term replacement away business returned business trip refused contracts backed kent angle designed write storyline allow retire wrestling altogether long retired kent went separate ways retirement retiring wrestling head security college harbor florida age retired job florida began teaching wrestling started manage team consisting worked motor city wrestling fall replaced young wrestler help defeated irish bobby december win tag team championship snow defeated win border city wrestling tag team championship tag team championships week later lost sets titles irish bobby losing unified championships new split snow focused world_wrestling_federation career retired good making wrestling related appearance death january died combination pneumonia heart problems tag team inducted time hall_of_fame honored tag teams fabulous given honor tradition billed champions arrival time wrestling managers wild red george cannon sir wrestlers managed don kent johnny championships accomplishments international tag team championship times nwa united states tag team championship northeast version times florida nwa united states tag team championship florida version time florida version time international tag team championship time nwa world tag team championship georgia version time time don 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