Gene Kiniski was a professional wrestler. He is the father of wrestlers Nick Kiniski and Kelly Kiniski. ...

Profile

• Height: 6'4"
• Weight: 270 lbs
• Birthday: 1925
• Hometown: Edmonton
• Trained by: Dory Funk Sr., Tony Morelli
• Professional debut: 1950s
• Previous identities: Mighty Canadian, Gene Kelly, "Big Thunder", "Canada's Greatest Athlete"
• Finishing/Signature Move(s): Backbreaker

1925 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... More than one place has the name Edmonton. ... Dory Funk Dory Funk was a professional wrestler. ... // Events and trends The 1950s in Western society was marked with a sharp rise in the economy for the first time in almost 30 years and return to the 1920s-type consumer society built on credit and boom-times, as well as the height of the baby-boom from returning... A backbreaker refers to professional wrestling moves which see a wrestler dropping an opponent so that the opponents back impacts or is bent backwards against a part of the wrestlers body. ...

Championships/Accomplishments

National Wrestling Alliance The National Wrestling Alliance is a group of independent professional wrestling promotions, in operation since 1948. ...

• 1-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion
• 10-time NWA Canadian Tag Team Champion
• 7-time NWA Vancouver Pacific Coast Heavyweight Champion
• 2-time NWA Toronto British Empire Heavyweight Champion
• 2-time NWA Vancouver British Empire Heavyweight Champion
• 3-time NWA Hawaii North American Heavyweight Champion
• 3-time NWA Vancouver Pacific Coast Tag Team Champion
• 1-time NWA Amarillo International Heavyweight Champion
• 3-time NWA World Tag Team Champion (San Francisco version) (with Lord James Blears)
• 1-time NWA World Tag Team Champion (Chicago version) (with Dick Afflis)
• 2-time NWA Hawaii Heavyweight Champion
• 1-time NWA United States Heavyweight Champion (Hawaii version)
• 2-time NWA Canadian Open Tag Team Champion
• 1-time NWA Los Angeles International Television Tag Team Champion (with John Tolos)
• 1-time NWA Missouri Heavyweight Champion
• 1-time NWA Texas Heavyweight Champion
• 1-time NWA North American Tag Team Champion
• 1-time NWA Texas Tag Team Champion
• 1-time NWA Hawaii Tag Team Champion
• 1-time NWA International Heavyweight Champion
• 1-time NWA Indiana Tag Team Champion

American Wrestling Association The National Wrestling Alliance World Heavyweight Championship is a title in the simulated sporting events of professional wrestling. ... The NWA San Francisco Tag Team Championship was the San Francisco, California version of the NWA World Tag Team Titles. ... The NWA Chicago Tag Team Championship was the version of the National Wrestling Alliances World Tag Team Titles in the Chicago, Illinois area. ... Dick Afflis was a professional wrestler better known as Dick The Bruiser. ... The NWA Hawaii United States Championship was the version of the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship that was defended in Hawaii. ... The NWA Missouri Heavyweight Championship was a major title in the Central States area in the National Wrestling Alliance in the 1970s and 1980s. ... The NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship is a title that has existed since the 1930s and has had several different names. ... AWA logo until 1991 American Wrestling Association was a professional wrestling organization, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. ...

• 1-time AWA World Heavyweight Champion
• 2-time AWA United States Heavyweight Champion
• 1-time AWA World Tag Team Champion (with Hard Boiled Haggerty)

World Wide Wrestling Federation AWA World Title Belt The AWA World Heavyweight Championship was established in May 1960. ... The AWA United States Championship was a short-lived title in the early days of the American Wrestling Association. ... The AWA World Tag Team Championship was the tag team title for the American Wrestling Association from 1960 until the promotion folded in 1991. ... // World Wrestling Entertainment, or WWE, is a professional wrestling promotion, currently the largest in North America. ...

• 1-time WWWF United States Tag Team Champion (with Waldo Von Erich)

Other Titles The WWWF United States Tag Team Championship was a major tag team title in the World Wide Wrestling Federation from 1963 until 1967. ... Waldo Von Erich Walter Sieber worked as a professional wrestler under the name Waldo Von Erich, and was billed as the brother of Fritz Von Erich. ...

• 1-time AJPW All Asia Tag Team Champion
• 1-time MAC International Heavyweight Champion