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Spotlight - Tony Parisi
Tony Parisi would debut at the Gardens in 1963 and appear throughout the area against some formidable challengers. Legendary names such as Killer Kowalski, Johnny Valentine, Fred Atkins and Sweet Daddy Siki would test the fan favorite later know as "The Cannonball".
One of Tony's first tag partners would be Lorenzo Parente, beginning a career that was spent mostly as a tag specialist. In the 70's Parisi would form longtime teams with Tony Marino, Domenic Denucci and Gino Brito and take on the bad guys of the day.
Used to put on quite a show, very acrobatic and agile and a great all-round wrestler. Some of the pictures here were taken at his place in Niagara Falls, Ontario where the walls are adorned with some great pictures and posters from his career.
For more on Parisi see
Canadian Pro Wrestling Page of Fame
Pic Of The Month - Big Anthony's
Notable Canadian Matches
65/05/10 - Fenton; Vancouver
Tony Parisi beats Nikita Kalmikoff
65/11/17 - London
Tony Parisi beats longtime wrestler and referee Fred Atkins
71/11/14 - Toronto
Parisi teaming with longtime partner Dom Denucci get the draw against The Fabulous Kangaroos
72/08/13 - Toronto
Parisi is dq'd in his U.S Title shot vs The Sheik
74/07/21- Toronto
Parisi fails to wrest the NWA World Title from Jack Brisco
75/08/08 - Niagara Falls, ON
N.A. Champ Parisi beats former WWWF champ Stan Stasiak
77/03/28 - Montreal
Parisi beats Billy Red Lyons
77/04/03 - Toronto
Parisi and former WWWF champ Ivan Koloff fight to a double count-out
77/04/25 - Montreal
Parisi in a rare moment as a heel beats the legendary Ed Carpentier
77/05/10 - Verdun
Parisi, as a heel teaming with Tarzan Tyler loses to usual partners Dom Denucci & Gino Brito
80/10/19 - Toronto
Parisi and The Destroyer go to a draw
84/02/6 - Montreal
Parisi teams with Dino Bravo to defeat Rocky & Bob DeLaSerra in a tag tournament
84/04/2 - Montreal
Parisi wins by dq over Abdullah the Butcher after the Butcher throws fire
84/04/23 - Montreal
Parisi teams with Bravo & Rick Martel in a losing cause to Abdullah, Ken Patera and Crusher Jerry Blackwell
* Results from
Gary Will's Toronto Wrestling History
Canadian Results Archive
side pic at MLG - G. Henderson Coll.
   
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