Len Rossi

Title History

 

  • NWA (Mid America) World Tag Team titles w/Tex Riley defeating Don & Jackie Fargo (June ??, 1958);
  • NWA (Mid America) Southern Tag Team titles w/Tex Riley defeating Don & Jackie Fargo (????, 1959);
  • NWA (Mid America) World Tag Team titles w/Tex Riley defeating Don & Jackie Fargo (January 19, 1960);
  • NWA Southern Junior Heavyweight title defeating Bill Monroe (December 27, 1960);
  • NWA (Mid America) Southern Tag Team titles w/Tex Riley defeating Mephisto & Dante (June ??, 1961);
  • NWA (Mid America) Southern Tag Team titles w/Tex Riley defeating Mephisto & Dante (August 22, 1961);
  • NWA (Mid America) Southern Tag Team titles w/Tex Riley defeating Mephisto & Dante (September 16, 1961);
  • NWA Southern Junior Heavyweight title defeating Don Greene (January 8, 1962);
  • NWA Southern Junior Heavyweight title defeating ???????? (May ??, 1963);
  • NWA (Mid America) Southern Tag Team titles w/Mario Milano defeating Alex Perez & Tojo Yamamoto (June 23, 1964);
  • NWA (Mid America) Southern Tag Team titles w/Jackie Fargo defeating Alex Perez & Tojo Yamamoto (September 10, 1965);
  • NWA (Mid America) Southern Tag Team titles w/Jackie Fargo defeating Tor Kamata & Tojo Yamamoto (October 19, 1965);
  • NWA (Mid America) Southern Tag Team titles w/Mario Milano won a Tournament (January 11, 1966);
  • NWA (Mid America) Southern Tag Team titles w/Mario Milano defeating Alex Perez & Tojo Yamamoto (February 15, 1966);
  • NWA (Mid America) Southern Tag Team titles w/Mario Milano defeating Great Higami & Tojo Yamamoto (July ??, 1966);
  • NWA (Mid America) Southern Tag Team titles w/Mario Milano defeating Blue Infernos (November ??, 1966);
  • NWA (Mid America) World Tag Team titles w/Jackie Fargo defeating Professor Ito & Tojo Yamamoto (March 8, 1967);
  • NWA Southern Junior Heavyweight title defeating ???????? (April ??, 1967);
  • NWA Southern Junior Heavyweight title defeating Great Yamaha (August 31, 1967);
  • NWA (Mid America) Southern Tag Team titles w/Tamayo Soto defeating Ron & Don Carson (October ??, 1967);
  • NWA (Mid America) World Tag Team titles w/Tamayo Soto defeating Shinya Kojika & Motoshi Okuma (December ??, 1967);
  • NWA (Mid America) World Tag Team titles w/Tamayo Soto defeating Mighty Yankees (June ??, 1968);
  • NWA (Mid America) World Tag Team titles w/Johnny Walker defeating Mighty Yankees (September ??, 1968);
  • NWA (Mid America) World Tag Team titles w/Johnny Walker defeating Great Mephisto & Dante (????, 1969);
  • NWA (Mid America) World Tag Team titles w/Don Carson defeating Johnny Long & Tojo Yamamoto (March 13, 1969);
  • NWA (Mid America) World Tag Team titles w/Bearcat Brown defeating Spoilers (October 2, 1969);
  • NWA Southern Junior Heavyweight title defeating ??????? (March ??, 1970);
  • NWA (Mid America) Southern Tag Team titles w/Bearcat Brown defeating Frank Martinez & Al Greene (May 4, 1970);
  • NWA (Mid America) World Tag Team titles w/Dennis Hall defeating Pepe Lopez & Big Bad John (September 12, 1970);
  • NWA (Mid America) Southern Tag Team titles w/Bearcat Brown defeating ?????? (????, 1971);
  • NWA (Mid America) Southern Tag Team titles w/Kevin Sullivan defeating Interns (????, 1972);
  • NWA Mid America Tag Team titles w/Tony Charles defeating ??????? (April ??, 1972);
  • NWA Mid America Tag Team titles w/Tony Charles defeating Kurt & Karl Von Brauner (April 29, 1972);
  • NWA (Mid America) World Tag Team titles w/Bearcat Brown defeating Pepe Lopez & Big Bad John (????, 1971);
  • NWA (Mid America) World Tag Team titles w/Bearcat Brown defeating Interns (????, 1971);
  • NWA Mid America Heavyweight title defeating ????? (July ??, 1971);
  • NWA Mid America Tag Team titles w/Bearcat Brown defeating Al & Don Greene (July 1, 1972);
  • NWA Southern Junior Heavyweight title defeating Sputnik Monroe (August ??, 1971);
  • NWA (Mid America) World Tag Team titles w/Bearcat Brown defeating Kurt & Karl Von Brauner (August 2, 1971);
  • NWA (Mid America) World Tag Team titles w/Bearcat Brown defeating Al & Don Greene (March 25, 1972);

 

Career Highlights

 

  • Len Rossi was regularly found around the Tennessee Wrestling circuit..
  • August 22, 1961: Tex Riley & Len Rossi beat Great Mephisto (Lou Papneau) & Dante (Hans Steiner) for the Southern Tag Team titles..
  • Len Rossi formed a masked babyface tag team with Jesse James known as “the Crusaders” in Florida..
  • 1974: Len Rossi helped manage and train Percy and Woodrow Bass in Paduka Kentucky.
  • September 2003: Sad news of Joey Rossi (son of Len Rossi) has fallen very ill from cancer and related problems..
  • November 29, 2003: Joe Rositano aka Joey Rossi, who did a father & son team with Len Rossi during the 70s passes away..
  • Len Rossi now operates a health food facility in Brentwood, Tennessee..

 

Updated:

Trained By

Debut

1958

Birthday

Hometown

Nolensville, Tennessee

Gender

Height

Weight

Finishing Move(s)

The Boston Crab
The Sleeper

Favorite Move(s)

Drop Kick
Chairshot

Notable Feuds

Don Kent
The Von Brauners
Steve Kyle
Bill Monroe
Taru Sakuro
Gypsy Joe
The Masked Marvels
Lanny Poffo
Angelo Poffo
The Infernos
The Mighty Yankees
Eddie Sullivan
Ron Garfield
Chuck Grant
Gorgeous George Grant
Sputnik Monroe

Status