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Ed Francis

Title History

 

  • MWA (Ohio) World Junior Heavyweight title defeating Joe Scarpello (November 24, 1952);
  • MWA (Ohio) World Junior Heavyweight title defeating Lou Klein (March 27, 1953);
  • NWA Texas Heavyweight title defeating Enrique Guzman (June 11, 1954);
  • NWA World Junior Heavyweight title defeating Baron Michele Leone (April 11, 1955);
  • NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles w/Henry Lenz defeating Roy Heffernan & Red Bastien (February 2, 1957);
  • Pacific Coast Junior Heavyweight title defeating Luigi Macera (May 15, 1957);
  • NWA (Vancouver) Pacific Coast Heavyweight title defeating ????? (June ??, 1957);
  • MWA Ohio Tag Team titles w/Ray Stevens defeating Leon Graham & Frankie Talaber (August 30, 1957);
  • MWA Ohio Heavyweight title defeating ??????? (February ??, 1958);
  • MWA Ohio Tag Team titles w/Leon Graham defeating Charley Hoover & Shag Thomas (March 27, 1958);
  • NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight title defeating Bill Savage (August 29, 1958);
  • NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles w/Tony Borne defeating Henry Lenz & Eric Pederson (September 5, 1958);
  • NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight title defeating Eric Pederson (November 21, 1958);
  • NWA Hawaii Heavyweight title defeating Al Lolotai (May 13, 1959);
  • NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight title defeating Bill Savage (September 11, 1959);
  • NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles w/Herb Freeman defeating Fritz von Brauner & Kurt von Poppenheim (November 3, 1959);
  • NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight title defeating Shag Thomas (March 18, 1960);
  • NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles w/Bill Savage defeating Shag Thomas & Tony Borne (May 6, 1960);
  • NWA (Calgary) Canadian Heavyweight title defeating ??????? (January ??, 1961);
  • NWA Hawaii Tag Team titles w/Pedro Morales defeating Buddy Austin & Ripper Collins (August 13, 1969);
  • NWA Hawaii Tag Team titles w/Pedro Morales defeating Karl & Kurt von Steiger (October 1, 1969);
  • NWA Hawaii Heavyweight title defeating Mad Dog Mayne (October 27, 1971);
  • AWA World Tag Team titles w/Billy Robinson defeating Ray Stevens & Nick Bockwinkel (November 15, 1972);
  • NWA Hawaii Heavyweight title defeating The Sheik (January 17, 1973);
  • NWA Hawaii Tag Team titles w/Ripper Collins defeating Sam Steamboat & Peter Maivia (July 25, 1973);

 

Career History

 

  • Ed Francis was a wrestling promoter in Hawaii during the Late 1960s..
  • Ed Francis is the father of NFL player Russ Francis, who made an appearance in the Wrestlemania II WWF/NFL Battle Royal!

 

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Finishing Move(s)

The Sleeper Hold

Favorite Move(s)

The Dropkick

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