Bruiser Costa

Last updated: April 28, 2014


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Title History

 

  • NWA (Vancouver) International Tag Team titles w/Terry Adonis defeating Dean Ho & Sonny Myers (1982);
  • NWA (Vancouver) International Tag Team titles w/Butcher Hughes defeating Terry Adonis and Dean Ho (1983);
  • NWA Canadian Tag Team titles w/Spider Web (Drago Shivago) (1985);
  • UWA Canadian Heavyweight title defeating Johnathan Sayers (1987);
  • AWA American title ();
  • Northwest Heavyweight title defeating Sonny Myers (1987);
  • Alaskan Heavyweight title defeating Mack Truck (1987);
  • NEWA New England Heavyweight title defeating Man Mountain Mike (1993);
  • AWA New England Heavyweight title defeating Maverick Wild (1995);

 

Career Highlights

 

  • Mid-to-Late-80s: Bruiser Costa wrestled for Al Tomko’s Vancouver-based All Star Wrestling promotion..
  • Made National Attenion in 1998 running for President and was Featured on MTV and many other National outlets..
  • Failed to come to an agreement with WCW in 1999 and continued to run his own company in New Hampshire.

 

birthday: June 26, 1962
hometown: New Hampshire
trained by: Dean Ho
Killer Kowalski
debut: August 30, 1980
previous names: Jeff McHale (IWF)
Tony Bulldog Costa (NWA)
Tony DeCosta (WWWF/Montreal)
The Lobsterman
finishing move(s): The Claw
favorite move(s): Shoulder Breaker
notable feuds: Jerry Morrow
Dean Ho
Terry Adonis
Greg Valentine, Rip Morrison
Igor Volkoff
Moondog Moretti
website: www.lobstermancosta.com

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