Joe Scarpa

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Joseph Luke Scarpa United StatesUnited States
Chief Jay Strongbow 2011.jpg
Data
Ring name Chief Jay Strongbow
Joe Scarpa
Jay Strongbow
Additions to names "Chief"
"Joltin"
height 183 cm
Fighting weight 114 kg - 120 kg
birth Philadelphia , Pennsylvania October 4, 1928
death April 3, 2012
Announced from Pawhuska, Oklahoma
Trained by Don Eagle
debut 1947
retirement 1985

Joseph Luke Scarpa (born October 4, 1928 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , † April 3, 2012 ), better known by his ring name Chief Jay Strongbow , was an American wrestler . One of his greatest successes was receiving the WWF Tag Team Championship three times .

Career

Beginnings

Scarpa made his debut as Joe Scarpa in 1947 . From then on he appeared in various promotions , for example in different territories of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). His first title, the NWA Gulf Coast Heavyweight Championship , won it on May 3, 1960th

World Wide Wrestling Federation / World Wrestling Federation

Since 1970 Scarpa was active as Chief Jay Strongbow in the then World Wide Wrestling Federation (now WWE ). On May 22, 1972 , he won the WWWF Tag Team Championship with Sonny King . The title they gave to Mr. Fuji , several times against the Scarpa feuded , and Prof. Toru Tanaka from. With Billy White Wolf he won the WWWF Tag Team Championship one more time in 1976. In 1979 Scarpa feuded against Greg Valentine .

In 1982 Scarpa and his brother Jules Strongbow - according to the storyline - formed a tag team that won the WWF Tag Team Championship twice in the same year .

After initially ending his career in 1985, Scarpa played a few more matches in the WWF in 1986 and 1987. In 1989 he appeared in the American Wrestling Association . In 1994 he was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame .

successes

title

  • 2 × NWA Florida Brass Knuckles Champion
  • 1 × NWA Florida Heavyweight Champion
  • 3 × NWA Florida Southern Tag Team Champion with Jose Lothario
  • 1 × NWA Florida Tag Team Champion with Don Curtis
  • 1 × NWA Gulf Coast Heavyweight Champion
  • 2 × NWA Gulf Coast Southern Tag Team Champion with Lee Fields
  • 1 × NWA Mid-Atlantic World Tag Team Champion with Don Curtis
  • 1 × NWA Wildside Heavyweight Champion
  • 1 × WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Champion

Awards

  • WWF Hall of Fame 1994
  • PWI Most Popular Wrestler (1973)
  • PWI Most Inspirational Wrestler (1979)

Others

  • Scarpa played himself in the movie Bad Guys .

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personal data
SURNAME Scarpa, Joe
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Scarpa, Joseph Luke (full name); Strongbow, Jay; Strongbow, Chief Jay; Scarpa, Joltin 'Joe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American wrestler
DATE OF BIRTH October 4, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Philadelphia , Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH April 3, 2012