Don Kent Deceased Also known as Doug Kent, Ray Kent, Joe Smith, Super Medico #3 The Kangaroos remained in WWC throughout 1977 and into 1978, never regaining the WWC World Tag Team Championship. Fred Curry

Nick de Darlo This article is written well enough, but still needs more sources to reach GA level. Kent defeated Lanny Poffo to win his fourth Mid-America Heavyweight title in December 1977 and lost it to Poffo’s brother Randy Savage on January 3, 1978. TWWA (Japan) World Tag Team titles w/Al Costello Awarded (???

Costello and Kent teamed together on a regular basis from 1968 until 1974, approximately the same amount of time that Costello spent teaming with his original partner Roy Heffernan. Don Kent - wrestler - died on 1993-06-07.

I'm confused by the sentence: "Kent worked as a Veterans Administration Medical Center..." Should that be "at a Veterans..."? [3], After a match in the Cincinnati Gardens, Costello's hip was damaged when an enraged fan threw a fire extinguisher from the balcony.

Kent lost his first Mid-America title to Jackie Fargo and won it twice more in 1975, first from Fargo and then later from "Crazy" Luke Graham.

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The good news is that so far it passes the quick fail criteria, so a full review is forthcoming.

In Arizona, Kent worked a storyline that drew full houses at the Phoenix Madison Square Garden against local face (good guy) Tito Montez. If you can improve it further, please do so. [3] After this tour of the Caribbean, Bruno Bekkar returned to Australia and New Zealand to work for the local promotions there.

[3] After their tour in Puerto Rico ended, Don Kent returned to singles wrestling and Costello focused more on managing due to his bad hip. Oh by the way I'm hoping you don't think that the two books are "Primary sources" (as opposed to secondary sources) on Don Kent but that they're the primary sources, as in the main sources.

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One week after the storyline ended, attendance dropped by half and Don Kent soon left the area.

Amazing Zuma [1], In 1977, having recovered from hip surgery, Al Costello teamed up with Kent as The Fabulous Kangaroos for a tour of Puerto Rico with the World Wrestling Council (WWC).

Haystacks Calhoun Jack Brisco If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it. Tom Collins Luis Martinez ?, 1967); (Arizona) Western States Tag Team titles w/Luis Hernandez defeating The Duprees (June 2, 1967); NWA Central States Heavyweight title defeating Dusty Rhodes (January 10, 1969); WWA (Indianapolis) World Tag Team titles w/Al Costello defeating Dick the Bruiser & Bill Miller (July 17, 1970); WWA (Indianapolis) World Tag Team titles w/Al Costello defeating.

[1], Kent made his professional wrestling debut in 1956 working under such names as "Don Kent", "Joe Smith" and "The Black Dragon", generally working as a heel (bad guy) in the Michigan area.

[3] After ending their tour in Puerto Rico, Kent and Heffernan returned to mainland USA to work for Championship Wrestling from Florida, a promotion the Kangaroos had worked in 1962.

[1], Bekkar was replaced with "Johnny Heffernan" (Canadian Bob Della Serra), a storyline cousin of Roy Heffernan for what was the final Kangaroo version to compete. FamicomJL (talk) 23:59, 20 December 2007 (UTC), Thank you for putting in the time and effort, I will definitly try to get more sources and have another crack at a "fair use" image. ?, 1985); WWC (World Wrestling Council) World Junior Heavyweight title defeating Invader III (October 25, 1986); WWA (Indianapolis) World Tag Team titles w/Chris Carter defeating Jerry Graham Jr. & Scott Rechsteiner (December 6, 1987); Don Kent began his career in Detroit, wrestling under his real name “Joe Smith”.. 1960s: Don Kent feuded with Tito Montez and filled the Phoenix Madison Square Garden for nine weeks straight – standing room only! [3] In 1979, Kent wrestled in Puerto Rico as a singles wrestler, winning the WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Championship from Chief War Cloud on January 6, 1979 and holding it for over 6 months until he lost it to Hurricane Castillo on July 21, 1979.

Jay Strongbow Mighty Igor This version of the Kangaroos first lost to, then regained the titles from, Invader I and Super Gladiador before losing them for good on January 26, 1982 to Invader and Gladiador. Regards, FamicomJL (talk) 07:05, 16 December 2007 (UTC), This is a well written article, but I simply must fail it for the lack of sources. [1] In the first half of the 1960s Don Kent went to Arizona and worked in the local wrestling promotion, where he was booked as a sadistic heel. ?, 1974); NWA Mid America Heavyweight title defeating Tony Charles (October ? "Managers" and "Championships and accomplishments" conform to the, This page was last edited on 26 March 2020, at 15:16. In Puerto Rico, Don Kent donned a mask and worked under the name "Super Médico III" alongside Super Médico I. Kent was brought in as a storyline replacement for the real Super Médico III, who was played by Jose Estrada, Jr. Médicos I & III won the WWC World Tag Team Championship on August 4, 1984 from King Tonga and Gran Apollo.

Despite being born in America, Kent was billed as Australian when he competed as a Kangaroo using the Kangaroos' "Ultra Australian" gimmick, complete with boomerangs, bush hats and "Waltzing Matilda" as their entrance music. Nelson Royal Leo Joseph "Joe" Smith Jr. (June 24, 1933 – June 7, 1993) was an American professional wrestler who wrestled as Don Kent and also as The Black Dragon, Doug Kent, Joe Smith and Super Medico III during his 20 years in professional wrestling. In Puerto Rico, the Kangaroos were billed on arrival as the WWC World Tag Team Champions.

1980s: Don Kent wrestled for George Cannon and the Canadian Wildman Dave McKigney in Ontario.. June 7, 1993: Don Kent passed away as a result of Leukemia at the age of 59 (buried in Battlecreek, Michigan).. [4] After the Kangaroos went their separate ways Don Kent returned to NWA Mid-America as a singles wrestler. Randy Savage

Lewin regained the title in December. This is a mistake, everything in the article is sourced, sometimes the source appears at the end of a number of statements because it covers it all and there'd be no point in listing the same source after 5 consecutive sentences. Indio Bravo GaryColemanFan 03:39, 19 October 2007 (UTC), Hello, I will be reviewing this article for GA candidacy.

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(December ? Jackie Fargo Pictures - yes that's a sore spot, I had 2 pictures at one point - one of Kent and one of the KAngaroos but they were both "fair use" since they're of deceased people with no hope of any other kind of picture, but they were deleted, I've yet to crack the code to get a "fair use" image to stay on an article.

Don Kent was featured along with The Sheik, “Bulldog” Don Kent also wrestled for Dick the Bruiser’s. In Mid-America, they held the local version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship, the Mid-America version, on three occasions. Check back in a day or two. A few months after St. Clair retired, Costello found Don Kent to don the bush hat. It's stable - not subject to editwarring or constant revisions, yes it'll be edited a bit but that's normal. [1] The Kangaroos won their first tag team championship a few months after teaming up, during a tour of Japan for “International Wrestling Enterprise". Jose Lothario He would continue to wrestle sporadically over the years to follow, stepping into the ring as late as 1992 at the age of 59.

Don Kent had success as a singles wrestler in Tennessee before heading back to Detroit to take up the “Bulldog” gimmick.. 1976: “Bulldog” Don Kent was the top heel (besides The Sheik) in the.

[1] The team ended Terry and Dory Funk, Jr.’s year and a half long run with the WWC World Tag Team championship when they defeated them on May 1, 1982. Any advice?? Don Kent began his career in Detroit, wrestling under his real name “Joe Smith”.. 1960s: Don Kent feuded with Tito Montez and filled the Phoenix Madison Square Garden for nine weeks straight – standing room only! Also, the picture in the infobox really doesn't belong in the article, considering the said person is not even in there.

[1], Kent attended St. Philip Catholic Central High School in Battle Creek, Michigan.

By 1988, Kent was back wrestling tours of Puerto Rico's WWC as a single. [3] The final storyline involving the Fabulous Kangaroos saw Al Costello bring in J.J. Dillon to act as his short term replacement as he "took care of business". Tony Marino, Charlotte Flair could be out of action until 2021. There are more than one Don Robinson, there's a Don Robinson who is a former baseball player and another who is an executive.

?, 1973); NWA Mid America Tag Team titles w/Chris Gallagher defeating Nick DeCarlo & Frank Monte (August ?

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After graduating, Kent worked at a Veterans Administration Medical Center in his hometown of Battle Creek while being trained by Leapin’ Larry Chene for a professional wrestling career.

[3], In late 1975, Kent moved closer to home and work for The Sheik’s "NWA Detroit" (also known as "Big Time Wrestling") using his "Bulldog" Don Kent persona. With Costello unable to compete, the Fabulous Kangaroos split up.

Danny Hodge ?, 1975); NWA Mid America Heavyweight title defeating Luke Graham (April ? The "In wrestling" section conforms to the pro wrestling project's "Manual of Style" for that section so I'm reluctant to change that but I can see a case for the "Death" section to either be expanded or merged with the previous one. Captain Ed George Costello had hip replacement surgery later that year. Over the years, they defended their title in promotions around the globe.

[3] In addition to winning titles all over North America, they also made appearances for the World Wide Wrestling Federation (now known as World Wrestling Entertainment. Picture will be removed, I agree it's not of Kent it doesn't belong there. Graham defeated Kent on May 7, 1975 to end his third and final reign with the title.

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