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WRESTLER PROFILES
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| Wrestler: |
Len Rossi |
| Real Name: |
Len Rositano |
| Birthday: |
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| Hometown: |
Nolensville, Tennessee |
| Marital Status: |
Married to Jeannie |
| Height & Weight: |
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| Debut: |
1958 |
| Previous Gimmicks: |
"The Drop Kick Specialist" |
| Finishing Move: |
The Boston Crab The Sleeper |
| Favorite Moves: |
Drop Kick Chairshot |
| Notable Feuds: |
Don Kent The Von Brauners Steve Kyle Bill Monroe Taru Sakuro Gypsy Joe The Masked Marvels Lanny Poffo Angelo Poffo The Infernos The Mighty Yankees Eddie Sullivan Ron Garfield Chuck Grant Gorgeous George Grant Sputnik Monroe
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NWA Southern Junior Heavyweight Title (9);
NWA (Mid America) Heavyweight Title;
NWA (Tennessee/Alabama) Tag Team Titles (13);
NWA (Mid Atlantic) Tag Team Titles (3);
NWA (Mid Atlantic) Southern Tag Team Titles (14);
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Len Rossi was regularly found around the Tennessee Wrestling circuit..
August 22, 1961: Tex Riley & Len Rossi beat Great Mephisto (Lou Papneau) & Dante (Hans Steiner) for the Southern Tag Team titles..
Len Rossi formed a masked babyface tag team with Jesse James known as "the Crusaders" in Florida..
1974: Len Rossi helped manage and train Percy and Woodrow Bass in Paduka Kentucky.
September 2003: Sad news of Joey Rossi (son of Len Rossi) has fallen very ill from cancer and related problems..
November 29, 2003: Joe Rositano aka Joey Rossi, who did a father & son team with Len Rossi during the 70s passes away..
Len Rossi now operates a health food facility in Brentwood, Tennessee..
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