Tony Atlas
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Mr. USA, Tony Atlas (born Anthony White) is a former World Wrestling Federation tag team champion, along with Rocky Johnson, the father of The Rock. They were the first WWF tag team champions of African descent (Johnson is African-Canadian). They won the championship from Afa and Sika, the Wild Samoans.
Career
Tony Atlas (1944-), born Anthony White, started wrestling in 1974 as "Mr. USA" Tony Atlas. Atlas was a "Mr. USA" bodybuilder prior to entering professional wrestling. He started in the NWA and immediately feuded with the anti-American Ivan Koloff and the Iron Sheik.
During his career, Atlas worked for WCW, the NWA's Jim Crockett Promotions, the WWC, WCCW, the AWA and the WWF.
Among his regular partners were Tommy Rich (as "TNT"), Dick Murdoch and Rocky Johnson.
While his year of birth is often reported as either 1954 or 1956, the correct year of his birth is in fact 1944.
Profile
- Height: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
- Weight: 261 lbs.
- Birthday: April 23, 1944 (NOT 1954 as usually reported)
- Hometown: Roanoke, Virginia
- Trainer: Larry Sharpe
- Managers: Tony Rumble, The Duke, Cactus Jack
- Other Gimmicks: Saba Simba, Black Superman
Championships and accomplishments
- 1-Time WWF World Tag Team Champion (with Rocky Johnson)
- 1-Time NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Champion
- 1-Time NWA Georgia Heavyweight Champion
- 4-Time NWA Georgia Tag Team Champion (with Kevin Sullivan, Tim Woods, Thunderbolt Patterson and Tommy Rich)
- 1-Time NWA Georgia Television Champion
- 1-Time NWA West Virginia/Ohio Heavyweight Champion
World Class Championship Wrestling
- 1-Time WCCW Television Champion
- 1-Time WCCW Texas Tag Team Champion (with Skip Young)
- 1-Time WWC Caribbean Champion
- 1-Time WWC North American Tag Team Champion (with Miguel Perez Jr.)
Other Titles
- 1-Time CWA Heavyweight Champion
- 1-Time ICW Heavyweight Champion
- 1-Time ICCW Heavyweight Champion
- 1-Time EWA Heavyweight Champion
- 1-Time UWS Heavyweight Champion
- 1-Time UWS Tag Team Champion (with S.D. Jones)
- 2-Time WWWA Intercontinental Champion
- 1-Time Tri-State Heavyweight Champion
- 1-Time AWF North American Champion
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) ranked him # 171 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003. Atlas also won the PWI Most Improved Wrestler Award in 1980.
