Geeto Mongol


Title History

 

  • NWA (Florida) Southern Tag Team titles w/Stan Kowalski defeating Johnny Weaver & George Becker (February 14, 1967);
  • WWWF International Tag Team titles w/Bepo defeating Victor Rivera & Tony Marino (June 15, 1970);
  • NWF (National Wrestling Federation) World Tag Team titles w/Bepo defeating ????? (June ??, 1971);
  • WWWF International Tag Team titles w/Bepo defeating Dominic DeNucci & Bruno Sammartino (July 2, 1971);
  • WWWF International Tag Team titles w/Johnny DeFazio defeating Tarzan Tyler & Luke Graham (December 18, 1971);
  • NWA (Detroit) World Tag Team titles w/Bepo defeating Bobo Brazil & Tony Marino (????, 1974);
  • ESA (Eastern Sports Association) International Tag Team titles w/Great Kuma defeating The Beast & Leo Burke (August ??, 1974);
  • ESA (Eastern Sports Association) International Tag Team titles w/Great Kuma defeating The Beast & Eric Pomeroy (September 3, 1974);
  • IWA (International Wrestling Federation) World Tag team titles w/Bepo defeating ??????? (????, 1975);
  • IWA (International Wrestling Federation) World Tag Team titles w/Bepo defeating ??????? (April ??, 1975);

 

Career Highlights

 

  • Newton Tattrie (as Tony Newberry) was in the old WWWF until he shaved his head and changed his name to “Geeto Mongol”..
  • Geeto formed a tag team with a new-comer to the wrestling world named “Bepo”, who would later gain higher fame as Nikolai Volkoff..
  • The Mongols would become one of the top teams in Bruno Sammartino’s Pittsburgh territory (which worked close with the WWWF)..
  • Geeto Mongol (Newton Tattrie) would eventually purchase the Pittsburgh promotion from Bruno Sammartino..

 

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Debut

Birthday

July 12, 1931

Hometown

Originally: Springhill, Nova Scotia
Retired down in Virginia

Gender

Height

5'11"

Weight

250 lbs

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