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Wrestling Career

Japan

Joe Malenko is most known for his stints wrestling in Japan. Joe began in the Universal Wrestling Federation (Japan) in May of 1985 for 13 days. One of his most well known matches in the UWF was his tag match with Super Tiger where they faced the team of Yoshiaki Fujiwara and Osamu Kido. The original Japanese-based Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF) was a Japanese professional wrestling promotion from 1984 to 1986, formed by wrestlers who had left New Japan Pro Wrestling. ... Look up May in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Satoru Sayama is a Japanese professional wrestler, best known as the original Tiger Mask. ... Yoshiaki Fujiwara applying the Fujiwara armbar Yoshiaki Fujiwara (藤原喜明 Fujiwara Yoshiaki) is a Japanese professional wrestler who has worked for New Japan Pro Wrestling, Pro Wrestling ZERO-ONE, and UWF. // Career Fujiwara was the first graduate of the New Japan Pro Wrestling dojo (Mr. ...

Joe would then team up with his brother, Dean, in All Japan Pro Wrestling to form "The Malenko Brothers". Joe would tour regularly with All Japan between February 1988 to May 1992. Joe quickly became noticed among smart fans for his smooth technical wrestling. Joe had two reigns as AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Championship. He teamed with late in 1989 and early 1990 Kenta Kobashi to face The Can-Am Connection (Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas) for the AJPW All Asia Tag Team Championship. Joe's most memorable matches came in his match versus his brother, Dean and when they (Malenko Brothers) faced The British Bulldogs (Davey Boy Smith and Dynamite Kid) during Giant Baba's 30th Wrestling Anniversary on September 30, 1990. Joe and Dean's only chance for the AJPW All Asia Tag Team Championships was against The Can-Am Connection on March 4, 1992 in Tokyo, Japan. All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) (全日本プロレス, zen nihon puroresu) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion established in 1972. ... February is the second month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Look up May in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... The AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Championship is the top singles title in All Japan Pro Wrestlings Junior Heavyweight division. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... Kenta Kobashi is a professional wrestler who currently works for Pro Wrestling NOAH as its current GHC Tag Team Champion. ... Phil Lafleur, {born September 16, 1961) was a Canadian professional wrestler better known as Phil LaFon. ... Doug Furnas was a former WWF professional wrestler who hailed from Commerce, Oklahoma. ... The AJPW All Asia Tag Team Championship is a tag team championship contested for in All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW). ... David Davey Boy Smith (November 27, 1962 – May 18, 2002) was a British professional wrestler. ... Tom Billington, better known by his ring name The Dynamite Kid, is a retired English professional wrestler. ... Shohei Baba (1938–1999) was a professional wrestler and co-founder of All Japan Pro Wrestling. ... Professional wrestling is generally any form of wrestling in which the wrestlers receive payment for participating. ... September 30 is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... March 4 is the 63rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (64th in leap years). ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Tokyo , literally Eastern capital)   is the capital and one of the forty-seven prefectures of Japan. ...

America and other places

Joe Malenko made his only appearence in World Championship Wrestling in the year of 1992 during the Clash of the Champions XIX. He teamed with his brother to take on the team of Nikita Koloff and Ricky Steamboat in the first of round of a tournament held for the NWA World Tag Team Titles. "The Malenko Brothers" came up short, Dean was later brought back to WCW. Next Joe and Dean travelled to Puerto Rico to take part in the World Wrestling Council's 19th Anniversery show. They were defeated Steve Doll & Rex King, who at the time were the WWC Tag Team Champions. World Championship Wrestling or WCW, was a professional wrestling promotion based in Atlanta, Georgia that existed from 1986 to 2001. ... The Clash of the Champions was the name of a series of professional wrestling broadcasts, produced by World Championship Wrestling, which aired on a periodic basis over SuperStation TBS between 1988-1997. ... This article or section seems not to be written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia entry. ... Richard Blood (born February 28, 1953 in West Point, New York), better known by his stage name Ricky The Dragon Steamboat, is a former American professional wrestler. ... The NWA World Tag Team Championships The NWA World Tag Team Championship is the premier tag team title in the National Wrestling Alliance. ... The World Wrestling Council is one of Puerto Ricos two main professional Wrestling organizations, the other one being the International Wrestling Association. ...

Joe Malenko made his first appearence in Extreme Championship Wrestling on November 18, 1994. He once again teamed up with his brother, Dean, to take on the team of Sabu and the Tazmanic. They lost, but made a good impression on the knowledgeable Philadelphia fans. Dean Malenko continued to work ECW, but Joe mainly stayed worked on Florida ECW shows. He worked ECW's first run of Florida shows in 1995 in the cities of Davie and Orlando. He had two draws each time he wrestled. He faced Stevie Richards in Davie and Osamu Nishimura in Orlando, respectfully. Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) was a ground-breaking and influential professional wrestling promotion that was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1992 by Tod Gordon, and closed when his successor, Paul Heyman, declared bankruptcy in April 2001. ... Look up November in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Events By place Roman Empire Tiberius and Germanicus are Roman Consuls. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... Terry Michael Brunk (born December 12, 1964 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Sabu. ... Peter Senerchia (born on October 11, 1967 in Red Hook, Brooklyn, New York), is an Italian-American former professional wrestler best known by his ring name Tazz (originally spelled Taz). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Davie is a form of the name David. ... Orlando most often refers to: Orlando, Florida, a city in the United States Orlando-Kissimmee, Florida, Metropolitan Statistical Area, the 28th-largest metropolitan area in the United States // Orlando may also refer to: Places Orlando (Amtrak station) Orlando, Oklahoma, a town in the United States Orlando, Soweto, South Africa Literature...

When ECW returned to Florida in May, Joe was once again featured on the opening matches of the card. ECW made its first appearence at the War Memorial Auditorium in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida on May 5, 1995. Joe defeated local Florida indy wrestler, and acquaintance from his Father's school in Tampa, Soulman Alex G. The next night in Tampa, Joe deafted Miguel San Juan. Fort Lauderdale, known as the Venice of America, is a city located in Broward County, Florida. ... May 5 is the 125th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (126th in leap years). ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Tampas skyline For alternate meanings, see Tampa (disambiguation) Tampa is a city located in Hillsborough County on the west coast of Florida. ... Alex Gibson is a professional wrestler better known as Soulman Alex G. // Amateur Career Alex Gibson first started out as an amateur wrestler in Middle School. ...

Profile

• Hometown: Tampa, Florida
• Height & Weight: 5'11 - 225 lbs
• Trained by: Boris Malenko, and Hiro Matsuda
• Born: 1956
• Debut: 1977
• Previous Gimmicks: Joe Solkoff (UWF Japan)

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Championships/Accomplishments

• All Japan Pro Wrestling

• 2-time AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Championship

Personal life

Joe Malenko is retired from wrestling and is a registered pharmacist in Florida.