Tom Burton
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Thomas "Tom" Burton was an American
professional wrestler, also known by his ring name Tom Davis, who competed in North American regional and independent promotions during the 1980s and early 1990s including the United States Wrestling Association
, Global Wrestling Federation
, the Universal Wrestling Federation
and the American Wrestling Association
. He also had successful stints in international promotions such as the Japanese shoot-fighting promotion UWF International
.
appearing on WWF Superstars of Wrestling
teaming with Chris Curtis against The British Bulldogs and, in single matches, faced Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake during August 1988.
Several weeks later, while in the American Wrestling Association
, he teamed with Mike Enos
and Krusher Krugnoff in a 6-man tag team match against Los Guerreros
(Hector
, Mando
and Chavo Guerrero, Jr.
) in September 1988 and, the following month, defeated Jerry Lynn
in one of his earliest matches while touring various independent promotions in the Midwest.
During the next year, he made occasional appearances on WWF Superstars facing Hercules
in Huntsville, Alabama
on January 21 and, teaming with Dusty Wolfe, against The Rockers
in Madison, Wisconsin
on July 8, 1989. Appearing on WWF Wrestling Challenge
later that year, he would also face Ronnie Garvin, Tito Santana
, Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart
and Jake "The Snake" Roberts
. He would also face The Rockers several times, with partners Barry Hardy
and Larry Lawson
.
Facing Brutus Beefcake, Koko B. Ware and "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka
during early 1990, Burton returned to the independent circuit for a time before settling in Memphis.
as the Dirty White Boys and, while losing to Jeff Jarrett
and Billy Joe Travis on May 21, they later came back to defeat Rex King and Steve Doll
for the USWA Tag Team Championship in Memphis, Tennessee on June 2, 1990 before losing to Rex King & Joey Maggs weeks later. Feuding with Billy Joe Travis, Burton had a less than successful singles career losing singles matches to Rex King and Joey Maggs before leaving the promotion later that year.
He would also appear in Jim Crockett Promotions
's NWA Power Hour
, teaming with Tim Hughes against Arn Anderson
and Barry Windham
on July 22, 1990. He also faced Lex Luger
several times on WCW Worldwide
before teaming with Barry Horowitz
against the Renegade Warriors (Mark
and Chris Youngblood) on October 13, 1990.
on October 14 and, in WCW, faced Terry Taylor
on November 3, 1990. The following year, he would appear in the UWF International
's television debut losing to Nobuhiko Takada
at Tokyo's Korakuen Hall
on May 10, 1991. During the next two months, he would face Kiyoshi Tamura
and Yuko Miyato before returning to the United States in early July.
Resurfacing in the Global Wrestling Federation
, he lost to Terry Daniels at the Dallas Sportatorium
in Dallas, Texas
on July 19, 1991. He later started teaming with Mike Davis
, briefly as an incarnation of the Rock 'n' Roll RPMs
, and later as Tom Davis of the Dirty Davis Brothers. In July, the two would enter the 2-day GWF Tag Team Championship Tournament defeating Firecat & El Grande Coloso, the Renegade Warriors and Bill Irwin
and Johnny Ace
before losing to Cactus Jack
and Makhan Singh
in the tournament finals on July 27.
Losing to The Patriot
and The Handsome Stranger during early August, he and Mike Davis would face Chris Walker and Steve Simpson, the Renegade Warriors, American Breed and Terry Garvin
& Ed Robinson
during the next several months.
In late September, he and Davis began facing Chaz & Terry Garvin defeating them on September 27. Although defeating them in a rematch on October 11, they soon began feuding with them after he and Mike Davis were hired by The Lightning Kid to sideline Chaz who had been challenging The Lightning Kid for his GWF Light Heavyweight Championship
. During one of their matches, while Terry Garvin had been tied up in the ring ropes, they had been trying to injure Chaz's knee when Tug Taylor arrived. Although presumably hired by The Lightning Kid as well, Tug Taylor instead turned on the Dirty Davis Brothers and running them off. During an interview with Taylor afterwards revealed that Chaz was his son and would be watching out for his during his stay in the promotion.
Facing Brian Lee
and Terry Garvin in single matches, he and Davis defeated Rick Garren & Larry Green
on October 8 and Garren & Ben Jordan on October 15 before facing Tug Taylor & Terry Garvin in several indecisive matches. Losing to them in a steel cage match on November 29, they would also lose several matches to Chaz & Tug Taylor defeating them in an elimination match on December 13, 1991. Shortly thereafter, Davis would be defeated by a masked wrestler who revealed himself to be Chaz making his return to the promotion. He would also take part in the first television taping for the American Wrestling Federation
in Lowell, Massachusetts
on December 16, 1991. During the event, he would face TNT
and teamed with "Iron" Mike Sharpe
and Sampson against Bill Wilcox, Freight Train Fulton and Chris Candido
.
Losing to John Tatum
and Rod Price on January 3, they would continue losing matches to Chaz & Tug Taylor including a "strap on a pole" match and, in a 6-man tag team match with Billy Travis, lost to Chaz, Tug Taylor and Jerry Lynn on January 10. Fighting to a draw against Scott Putski
and Gary Young, they would split up after fighting to a time limit draw against Chaz & Tug Taylor on January 24, 1992.
He and Davis would finally settle their feud with Mike Davis facing Chaz in which the winner would choose someone to leave the GWF. When Davis lost to Chaz, Burton was named by Chaz to leave the promotion.
and Yuko Miyato at Korakuen Hall on October 6 and losing to Yuko Miyato at the Ryogoku Kokugikan
on December 22, 1991 after submitting to a cross armbreaker, Burton returned to Japan in late 1992 competing full time for UWF International.
On October 23, in one of his earliest matches, he faced Hiromitsu Kanehara
at the Budokan Hall
in Tokyo submitting to an ankle lock. The following month, he and Yoji Anjo
defeated Kiyoshi Tamura & Yuko Miyato at the Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium on November 7 although he would lose a singles match to Yuko Miyato on December 22, 1991.
Defeating Masahito Kakihara on January 9, he and Gary Albright
would also defeat Nobuhiko Takada and Kazuo Yamazaki
at the Korakuen Hall on February 15. Losing to Kazuo Yamazaki, Tatsuo Nakano and Gary Albright during the next few months and, with Tatsuo Nakano, lost to Yoji Anjo and Mark Fleming on July 12. A month later, he and Nakano lost to Yuko Miyato and Masahito Kakihara at the Sapporo Nakajima Sports Center on August 14. Knocked out by Yoshihiro Takayama
on September 21, Burton also lost to Hiromitsu Kanehara before defeating Mark Silver by t.k.o. at the Ryogoku Kokugikan on December 20.
On January 10, he and Yoki Anjo lost to Tatsuo Nakano and Gene Lydick and, the following month, fought to a 20 min. time limit draw with Yoshihiro Takayama at Budokan Hall on February 14. Several months later, he teamed with Gene Lydick losing to Yoji Anjo and Masahito Kakihara on May 6 and also lost matches to Hiromitsu Kanehara, Greg Bobchick and Yoshihiro Takayama before defeating Gene Lydick at the Meiji Jingu Stadium
in Tokyo on December 5, 1993.
teaming with Bill Payne
against Marcus Alexander Bagwell & 2 Cold Scorpio
in Atlanta, Georgia
on January 10, 1994. The following night he would face Rick "the Dragon" Steamboat.
Defeating Kazushi Sakuraba by knockout
in a non-tournament match at the 1994 Best of the World Tournament at Bukokan Hall on May 6, he lost matches to Hiromitsu Kanehara at Shootfighting III on June 10 and, returning to WCW, faced Rick Steamboat in a match for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship on August 27 and "Flyin'" Brian Pillman
on September 10.
Kennichi Yamamoto at Sedai Heavykyu Senshuken Jiki Chosen Ketteisen on November 30. In early 1995, he lost to Yoshihiro Takayama at Sekai Heavykyu Senshuken Jiai on January 16 and Hiromitsu Kanehara at SAKIGAKE on February 18 before defeating Kenichi Yamamoto at Rainbow Hall
in Nagoya, Japan on April 20. The next month, teaming with Hiromitsu Kanehara, he lost to Yoshihiro Takayama and Kazushi Sakuraba on May 17 and, during the next several months, was defeated by Yuko Miyato and Kenichi Yamamoto.
In mid to late 1995, he began wrestling in World Championship Wrestling
appearing on WCW Saturday Night
against "Macho Man" Randy Savage
, Cobra
and "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan
. He left the business sometime afterwards living with his longtime girlfriend Candi Devine
until his death on March 29, 2010.
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professional wrestler, also known by his ring name Tom Davis, who competed in North American regional and independent promotions during the 1980s and early 1990s including the United States Wrestling Association
United States Wrestling Association
The United States Wrestling Association or USWA was a professional wrestling promotion based in Memphis, Tennessee. It was founded by former CWA owner Jerry Jarrett.-Foundation:...
, Global Wrestling Federation
Global Wrestling Federation
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, the Universal Wrestling Federation
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and the American Wrestling Association
American Wrestling Association
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. He also had successful stints in international promotions such as the Japanese shoot-fighting promotion UWF International
UWF International
Union of Wrestling Forces International, better known as UWF International, U-Inter, or simply UWFi, was a shoot style professional wrestling promotion in Japan from 1991 to 1996. Although the matches were worked , the UWF-i was very convincing for its time, promoting a more hard-hitting, realistic...
.
Early career
Making his debut in the mid-1980s, Burton first appeared in the World Wrestling FederationWorld Wrestling Entertainment
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appearing on WWF Superstars of Wrestling
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teaming with Chris Curtis against The British Bulldogs and, in single matches, faced Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake during August 1988.
Several weeks later, while in the American Wrestling Association
American Wrestling Association
The American Wrestling Association was an American professional wrestling promotion based in Minneapolis, Minnesota that ran from 1960 to 1991. It was owned and founded by Verne Gagne and Wally Karbo...
, he teamed with Mike Enos
Mike Enos
Mike Enos is a retired professional wrestler who wrestled mainly as a tag-team wrestler in World Championship Wrestling, the American Wrestling Association and the World Wrestling Federation between 1989 and 2000....
and Krusher Krugnoff in a 6-man tag team match against Los Guerreros
Los Guerreros
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(Hector
Hector Guerrero
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, Mando
Mando Guerrero
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and Chavo Guerrero, Jr.
Chavo Guerrero, Jr.
Salvador "Chavo" Guerrero IV also known as Chavo Guerrero and Chavo Guerrero, Jr., is a third generation Mexican-American professional wrestler and member of the famed Guerrero wrestling family who was well known for working with World Wrestling Entertainment and World Championship Wrestling...
) in September 1988 and, the following month, defeated Jerry Lynn
Jerry Lynn
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in one of his earliest matches while touring various independent promotions in the Midwest.
During the next year, he made occasional appearances on WWF Superstars facing Hercules
Hercules
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in Huntsville, Alabama
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on January 21 and, teaming with Dusty Wolfe, against The Rockers
The Rockers
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in Madison, Wisconsin
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on July 8, 1989. Appearing on WWF Wrestling Challenge
WWF Wrestling Challenge
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later that year, he would also face Ronnie Garvin, Tito Santana
Tito Santana
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, Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart
Jim Neidhart
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and Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Jake Roberts
Aurelian Jake Smith, Jr. is a second-generation American professional wrestler, the son of former wrestler Aurelian "Grizzly" Smith...
. He would also face The Rockers several times, with partners Barry Hardy
Barry Hardy
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and Larry Lawson
Larry Lawson
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.
Facing Brutus Beefcake, Koko B. Ware and "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka
Jimmy Snuka
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during early 1990, Burton returned to the independent circuit for a time before settling in Memphis.
United States Wrestling Association
While in the USWA, Burton began teaming with Tony AnthonyTony Anthony
Darrell W. "Tony" Anthony is a semi-retired American professional wrestler best known as Dirty White Boy, who wrestled primarily for independent promotions in the Southeastern United States...
as the Dirty White Boys and, while losing to Jeff Jarrett
Jeff Jarrett
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and Billy Joe Travis on May 21, they later came back to defeat Rex King and Steve Doll
Steve Doll
Steve Doll was an American professional wrestler, best known for his tenure in the World Wrestling Federation as Steven Dunn in the tag team Well Dunn.-Professional wrestling career:...
for the USWA Tag Team Championship in Memphis, Tennessee on June 2, 1990 before losing to Rex King & Joey Maggs weeks later. Feuding with Billy Joe Travis, Burton had a less than successful singles career losing singles matches to Rex King and Joey Maggs before leaving the promotion later that year.
He would also appear in Jim Crockett Promotions
Jim Crockett Promotions
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's NWA Power Hour
WCW Power Hour
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, teaming with Tim Hughes against Arn Anderson
Arn Anderson
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and Barry Windham
Barry Windham
Barry Clinton Windham is an American semi-retired professional wrestler and the son of wrestler Blackjack Mulligan. He is best known for his appearances with the National Wrestling Alliance and World Championship Wrestling ....
on July 22, 1990. He also faced Lex Luger
Lex Luger
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several times on WCW Worldwide
WCW WorldWide
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before teaming with Barry Horowitz
Barry Horowitz
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against the Renegade Warriors (Mark
Mark Youngblood
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and Chris Youngblood) on October 13, 1990.
Global Wrestling Federation
Returning to the WWF for a short time teaming with Mike Shelton against the Legion of DoomRoad Warriors
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on October 14 and, in WCW, faced Terry Taylor
Terry Taylor
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on November 3, 1990. The following year, he would appear in the UWF International
UWF International
Union of Wrestling Forces International, better known as UWF International, U-Inter, or simply UWFi, was a shoot style professional wrestling promotion in Japan from 1991 to 1996. Although the matches were worked , the UWF-i was very convincing for its time, promoting a more hard-hitting, realistic...
's television debut losing to Nobuhiko Takada
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at Tokyo's Korakuen Hall
Korakuen Hall
is an arena in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan, which has hosted many boxing, professional wrestling and mixed martial arts matches. Part of Tokyo Dome City, it is one of Tokyo's biggest attractions. It opened on April 16, 1962 and has a capacity of approximately 1,800 people. The venue hosted the boxing...
on May 10, 1991. During the next two months, he would face Kiyoshi Tamura
Kiyoshi Tamura
is a Japanese middleweight professional wrestler and mixed martial artist.Once a student of legendary Pro Wrestler Akira Maeda, Tamura is known for his skill in catch wrestling as well as his ability to deliver exciting and realistic professional wrestling bouts....
and Yuko Miyato before returning to the United States in early July.
Resurfacing in the Global Wrestling Federation
Global Wrestling Federation
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, he lost to Terry Daniels at the Dallas Sportatorium
Dallas Sportatorium
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in Dallas, Texas
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on July 19, 1991. He later started teaming with Mike Davis
Mike Davis (wrestler)
Michael Davis was an American professional wrestler best known as one half of the tag team Rock 'n' Roll RPMs with Tommy Lane which lasted several years. The RPM's were one of the most well-known heel tag teams throughout the southern United States in promotions such as World Class Championship...
, briefly as an incarnation of the Rock 'n' Roll RPMs
Rock 'n' Roll RPMs
The Rock 'n' Roll RPMs were a professional wrestling tag team, consisting of Tommy Lane and Mike Davis, that competed in several professional wrestling promotions throughout the Southern United States. They were known for their bright colored tights and hanging bandanas. Allen Martin was later...
, and later as Tom Davis of the Dirty Davis Brothers. In July, the two would enter the 2-day GWF Tag Team Championship Tournament defeating Firecat & El Grande Coloso, the Renegade Warriors and Bill Irwin
Bill Irwin
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and Johnny Ace
John Laurinaitis
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before losing to Cactus Jack
Mick Foley
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and Makhan Singh
Mike Shaw
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in the tournament finals on July 27.
Losing to The Patriot
Del Wilkes
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and The Handsome Stranger during early August, he and Mike Davis would face Chris Walker and Steve Simpson, the Renegade Warriors, American Breed and Terry Garvin
Terry Garvin
Terry Joyal, better known by his ring name Terry Garvin, was a Canadian professional wrestler. He is best known for his work with kayfabe brother Ron Garvin, with whom he won several tag team championships in the Southern United States...
& Ed Robinson
Ed Robinson
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during the next several months.
In late September, he and Davis began facing Chaz & Terry Garvin defeating them on September 27. Although defeating them in a rematch on October 11, they soon began feuding with them after he and Mike Davis were hired by The Lightning Kid to sideline Chaz who had been challenging The Lightning Kid for his GWF Light Heavyweight Championship
GWF Light Heavyweight Championship
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. During one of their matches, while Terry Garvin had been tied up in the ring ropes, they had been trying to injure Chaz's knee when Tug Taylor arrived. Although presumably hired by The Lightning Kid as well, Tug Taylor instead turned on the Dirty Davis Brothers and running them off. During an interview with Taylor afterwards revealed that Chaz was his son and would be watching out for his during his stay in the promotion.
Facing Brian Lee
Brian Lee
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and Terry Garvin in single matches, he and Davis defeated Rick Garren & Larry Green
Larry Green
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on October 8 and Garren & Ben Jordan on October 15 before facing Tug Taylor & Terry Garvin in several indecisive matches. Losing to them in a steel cage match on November 29, they would also lose several matches to Chaz & Tug Taylor defeating them in an elimination match on December 13, 1991. Shortly thereafter, Davis would be defeated by a masked wrestler who revealed himself to be Chaz making his return to the promotion. He would also take part in the first television taping for the American Wrestling Federation
American Wrestling Federation
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in Lowell, Massachusetts
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on December 16, 1991. During the event, he would face TNT
Savio Vega
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and teamed with "Iron" Mike Sharpe
Mike Sharpe
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and Sampson against Bill Wilcox, Freight Train Fulton and Chris Candido
Chris Candido
Christopher Raul Candito was an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name Chris Candido...
.
Losing to John Tatum
John Tatum (wrestler)
John Frankel III , known by his ringname "Hollywood" John Tatum, is a retired American professional wrestler who competed in North American regional promotions including World Class Championship Wrestling, Universal Wrestling Federation and the National Wrestling Alliance as well as independent...
and Rod Price on January 3, they would continue losing matches to Chaz & Tug Taylor including a "strap on a pole" match and, in a 6-man tag team match with Billy Travis, lost to Chaz, Tug Taylor and Jerry Lynn on January 10. Fighting to a draw against Scott Putski
Scott Putski
James Scott Bednarski is an American former professional wrestler, best known under the ring name Scott Putski. Putski is a second generation wrestler, being the son of Ivan Putski, with whom he has wrestled alongside on several occasions.-Global Wrestling Federation :After attending college at...
and Gary Young, they would split up after fighting to a time limit draw against Chaz & Tug Taylor on January 24, 1992.
He and Davis would finally settle their feud with Mike Davis facing Chaz in which the winner would choose someone to leave the GWF. When Davis lost to Chaz, Burton was named by Chaz to leave the promotion.
UWFi
Having previously appeared in the promotion in late 1991 teaming with Tatsuo Nakano against Kiyoshi TamuraKiyoshi Tamura
is a Japanese middleweight professional wrestler and mixed martial artist.Once a student of legendary Pro Wrestler Akira Maeda, Tamura is known for his skill in catch wrestling as well as his ability to deliver exciting and realistic professional wrestling bouts....
and Yuko Miyato at Korakuen Hall on October 6 and losing to Yuko Miyato at the Ryogoku Kokugikan
Ryogoku Kokugikan
, also known as Sumo Hall, is an indoor sporting arena located in the Ryōgoku neighborhood of Sumida, one of the 23 wards of Tokyo in Japan, next to the Edo-Tokyo Museum. It is the third building built in Tokyo associated with the name kokugikan. The current building was opened in 1985 and has a...
on December 22, 1991 after submitting to a cross armbreaker, Burton returned to Japan in late 1992 competing full time for UWF International.
On October 23, in one of his earliest matches, he faced Hiromitsu Kanehara
Hiromitsu Kanehara
is a Japanese mixed martial artist who competes in the light heavyweight division.Although starting as a professional wrestler in 1991, Kanehara did not have much success as such, and eventually abandoned professional wrestling when his then-home circuit, Fighting Network RINGS, abandoned the...
at the Budokan Hall
Nippon Budokan
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in Tokyo submitting to an ankle lock. The following month, he and Yoji Anjo
Yoji Anjo
, is a Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. He was born in Suginami, Japan on December 31, 1969.-Professional wrestling career:...
defeated Kiyoshi Tamura & Yuko Miyato at the Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium on November 7 although he would lose a singles match to Yuko Miyato on December 22, 1991.
Defeating Masahito Kakihara on January 9, he and Gary Albright
Gary Albright
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would also defeat Nobuhiko Takada and Kazuo Yamazaki
Kazuo Yamazaki
Kazuo Yamazaki is a former Japanese professional wrestler, who is known for his work in New Japan Pro Wrestling and UWF International.-New Japan Pro Wrestling :...
at the Korakuen Hall on February 15. Losing to Kazuo Yamazaki, Tatsuo Nakano and Gary Albright during the next few months and, with Tatsuo Nakano, lost to Yoji Anjo and Mark Fleming on July 12. A month later, he and Nakano lost to Yuko Miyato and Masahito Kakihara at the Sapporo Nakajima Sports Center on August 14. Knocked out by Yoshihiro Takayama
Yoshihiro Takayama
is a Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. Takayama is well known for his ability to endure massive amounts of punishment, especially after his fight at PRIDE 21 against Don Frye...
on September 21, Burton also lost to Hiromitsu Kanehara before defeating Mark Silver by t.k.o. at the Ryogoku Kokugikan on December 20.
On January 10, he and Yoki Anjo lost to Tatsuo Nakano and Gene Lydick and, the following month, fought to a 20 min. time limit draw with Yoshihiro Takayama at Budokan Hall on February 14. Several months later, he teamed with Gene Lydick losing to Yoji Anjo and Masahito Kakihara on May 6 and also lost matches to Hiromitsu Kanehara, Greg Bobchick and Yoshihiro Takayama before defeating Gene Lydick at the Meiji Jingu Stadium
Meiji Jingu Stadium
is a baseball stadium in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. It opened in 1926 and holds 37,933 spectators. Property of the Meiji Shrine, it is the home field of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows professional baseball team...
in Tokyo on December 5, 1993.
World Championship Wrestling and later career
During 1994, he would split his time between UWFi and World Championship WrestlingWorld Championship Wrestling
World Championship Wrestling, Inc. was an American professional wrestling promotion which existed from 1988 to 2001. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, it began as a regional promotion affiliated with the National Wrestling Alliance , named Jim Crockett Promotions until November 1988, when Ted Turner and...
teaming with Bill Payne
Bill Payne
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against Marcus Alexander Bagwell & 2 Cold Scorpio
2 Cold Scorpio
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in Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia
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on January 10, 1994. The following night he would face Rick "the Dragon" Steamboat.
Defeating Kazushi Sakuraba by knockout
Knockout
A knockout is a fight-ending, winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, mixed martial arts, Karate and others sports involving striking...
in a non-tournament match at the 1994 Best of the World Tournament at Bukokan Hall on May 6, he lost matches to Hiromitsu Kanehara at Shootfighting III on June 10 and, returning to WCW, faced Rick Steamboat in a match for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship on August 27 and "Flyin'" Brian Pillman
Brian Pillman
Brian William Pillman was an American football player and professional wrestler best known for his appearances in the World Wrestling Federation, Extreme Championship Wrestling, and World Championship Wrestling....
on September 10.
Kennichi Yamamoto at Sedai Heavykyu Senshuken Jiki Chosen Ketteisen on November 30. In early 1995, he lost to Yoshihiro Takayama at Sekai Heavykyu Senshuken Jiai on January 16 and Hiromitsu Kanehara at SAKIGAKE on February 18 before defeating Kenichi Yamamoto at Rainbow Hall
Nagoya Rainbow Hall
is an indoor sports arena, located in Nagoya, Japan. From April 1, 2007, its name was changed to Nippon Gaishi Hall, to reflect the sponsorship of the NGK Insulators. The capacity of the arena is 10,000 people....
in Nagoya, Japan on April 20. The next month, teaming with Hiromitsu Kanehara, he lost to Yoshihiro Takayama and Kazushi Sakuraba on May 17 and, during the next several months, was defeated by Yuko Miyato and Kenichi Yamamoto.
In mid to late 1995, he began wrestling in World Championship Wrestling
World Championship Wrestling
World Championship Wrestling, Inc. was an American professional wrestling promotion which existed from 1988 to 2001. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, it began as a regional promotion affiliated with the National Wrestling Alliance , named Jim Crockett Promotions until November 1988, when Ted Turner and...
appearing on WCW Saturday Night
WCW Saturday Night
WCW Saturday Night was a weekly Saturday night TV show on TBS produced by World Championship Wrestling. The program existed through various incarnations under different names before becoming WCW Saturday Night in 1992...
against "Macho Man" Randy Savage
Randy Savage
Randall Mario Poffo , better known by his ring name "Macho Man" Randy Savage, was an American professional wrestler, best known for his time with the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling .Savage held twenty championships during his professional wrestling career and was a...
, Cobra
Jeff Farmer (wrestler)
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and "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan
Jim Duggan
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. He left the business sometime afterwards living with his longtime girlfriend Candi Devine
Candi Devine
Candace Maria Rummel is a semi-retired American professional wrestler better known by her ring name Candi Devine...
until his death on March 29, 2010.
Championships and accomplishments
- United States Wrestling AssociationUnited States Wrestling AssociationThe United States Wrestling Association or USWA was a professional wrestling promotion based in Memphis, Tennessee. It was founded by former CWA owner Jerry Jarrett.-Foundation:...
- USWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Tony AnthonyTony AnthonyDarrell W. "Tony" Anthony is a semi-retired American professional wrestler best known as Dirty White Boy, who wrestled primarily for independent promotions in the Southeastern United States...
- USWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Tony Anthony
- Pro Wrestling IllustratedPro Wrestling IllustratedPro Wrestling Illustrated is a professional wrestling magazine. PWI is currently based in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania and published by Kappa Publishing Group.-History:The first issue of Pro Wrestling Illustrated was released in 1979...
- PWI ranked him # 356 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 1991.