Upon being released, Montana acted as a bodyguard for many senior members of the Colombo family. Eventually, Montana was jailed at Rikers Island.
He told the cast and crew of The Godfather how he would tie a tampon to the tail of a mouse, dip it in kerosene, light it, and let the mouse run through a building, or he would put a lit candle in front of a cuckoo clock so that when the clock's bird would pop out the candle would be knocked over and start a fire. Tall and very heavily built, his talents were mostly as an enforcer and an arsonist. Montana became involved with the Colombo crime family in the late 1960s. Montana began to wrestle less and less, and went into semi-retirement however he appeared in matches up until his acting career took off in the early 1970s. Montana had been interested in acting and was meeting with casting agents in Los Angeles at the same time he was due to team up with Bison. Montana was due to be Gorilla Monsoon's tag team partner in 1964, but at the last minute Monsoon took on The African Savage as his partner instead. Finally, the duo won the NWA World Tag Team Championship in Georgia, during October 1963, they defeated Karl Von Brauner and Kurt Von Brauner. First, the NWA International Tag Team Titles on Ap defeating Ted Evans and Chief Little Eagle, then again winning the NWA International Tag Team Titles later in June 1963, defeating billed champions Chief Little Eagle and Dick Steinborn. Montana then went on to form a powerful partnership with Tarzan Tyler, in which they would win three titles. On November 23, 1962, he won the NWA (Georgia) Southern Tag Team Titles with his partner Gypsy Joe, defeating 'Grizzly' Jake Smith and Luke Brown. Things came to a head when Montana defeated Eddie Graham in a NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (Georgia version) title match on May 1, 1962. The Zebra Kid had a notable feud with Eddie Graham their battles sold out Fort Homer Hesterly Armory many Tuesday nights in 1961. At his great size, he would often pin his opponents in under one minute. He came to the Tampa Bay area and began to wrestle under The Zebra Kid alias. After recovering from his injury, in 1961 Montana began to wrestle in Florida. In a match against Verne Gagne, Montana suffered a broken leg, forcing Haggerty to choose a new partner. Then with Hard Boiled Haggerty, he won the AWA World Tag Team Championship on October 4, 1960, defeating Stan Kowalski and Tiny Mills (wrestling as Murder Inc.) in Minneapolis. Later that year, Montana won the NWA Texas World Tag Team titles with Joe Christie, under the Len Crosby name.
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Montana also clued in Sharkey on the then-unacknowledged truth about professional wrestling-that all the outcomes are predetermined. After seeing what Sharkey could do, Montana recommended that he try his hand at professional wrestling. As a popular wrestler on the circuit, Montana met the then unknown Eddie Sharkey in 1960. Later wrestling career īy the late 1950s, Montana was on the road with the Carnival Circuit as a wrestler. He also worked as a bouncer during this time to earn extra money. Montana's final success of the 1950s came in 1956, winning the NWA Texas Tag Team Championship with Gene Kiniski, defeating Herb Freeman and Ray Gunkel on September 18 in Dallas under the alias Len Crosby. However he lost the title on December 11, 1953, to Sonny Myers, who had previously held the title three times before defeating the Zebra Kid. He soon won the NWA Central States Heavyweight Championship, defeating Dave Sims on October 1, 1953, in Kansas City. He began to travel, wrestling in the Midwest. Along with Golden Terror, he won the New Jersey Tag Team titles on April 4, 1953. It wasn't long before Montana found success. He wrestled under the Zebra Kid gimmick, and was billed at the height of 6'6". His wrestling career began in neighboring New Jersey in 1953. He was fluent in both English and Italian. Montana was born in Brooklyn, New York, on March 13, 1926. JSTOR ( May 2022) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Įarly life and early wrestling career.Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section.
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