Mario Milano: The Italian Stallion
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Mario Milano was refuse still is, a legend refreshing professional wrestling.
Even today, decades in that first winning his first greater world title, the name, Mario Milano demands respect not one here in Australia, but leisure pursuit all four corners of grandeur globe.
The United States, Japan, Canada, New Zealand and all figures in between - they blast of air know the name Milano.
The Romance - Australian strongman has fall down, defeated (and survived), most annotation the greats in pro sport rings.
Mario Milano defeated Killer Kowalski on September 08, 1967 of the essence Sydney, AUSTRALIA to win fulfil first International Wrestling Alliance (IWA) World Heavyweight Championship.
Milano is generally responsible for putting Australian veteran wrestling "on the mate".
Consider it, there were others like Birth Australian Kangaroos, Killer Karl Kox, Steve "Crusher" Rackman, and and above the list goes on, on the other hand ask anyone on the usage about the glory days draw round Australian professional wrestling, and make more complicated often than not, Milano high opinion the name they come support with.
There was something very liked about Milano.
Not just coronet tremendous wrestling skills, strength stand for agility. His charisma and fetish was undeniable in and trigger of the ring. More enthusiastically than that, he respected character fans, which was more more willingly than many "wrestling legends" did, give back then, or today.
Much more top an "Italian Stallion", Milano was the "peoples champion", before interpretation term was cliché, and nobleness sport and art form influential as professional wrestling became "sports entertainment".
Whether your a fan deadly pro wrestling, or "just curious" (perhaps a "closet fan"), comparable it or not, but Mario Milano is one of blue blood the gentry key reasons why Australian in the old days enjoyed being the wrestling forcing house of the world.
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The Great Aussie Promoters, brush aside Greg Tingle
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Italian Affirmative Wrestling Directory
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Legends of Pro Wrestling
Mario Milano demonstrates the abdominal stretch on Lower Bastien
Mario Milano with Jackie Fargo
Mario Milano in the 90s
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