John Tolos/The Tolos Brothers

The Tolos Brothers were a top tagteam wherever they went, in the
1950's and 1960's. The recent death, at the end of May 2009, of John Tolos, conjures up memories.

The Tolos Brothers were usually heels (bad guys), usually won, and were talented
wrestlers. John Tolos went on to be a top singles' star in the 1970's, dominating California action.

The Tolos Brothers won the WWWF U.S. Tagteam Championship in the Teaneck Armory (NJ),
in December 1963, from another heel team, Gorilla Monsoon and Killer Kowalski.
Prior to the match, the brothers did an interview on Washington, DC TV with announcer
Ray Morgan, basically in a rare babyface (good guy) role, noting that they had " a lot of fans in Teaneck".

On the night of the match, the Tolos Brothers were cheered through the roof.
For the first fall, all 4 men piled on Gorilla Monsoon, and the ref counted a pin anyway. Monsoon protested the loss, and left the arena. It was now 2 on 1, and the Tolos Brothers pinned Kowalski to take the second fall and the belts.

There was a rematch held in the Paterson, NJ Armory in early 1963, but it was a 3 fall curfew draw, and the Tolos Brothers retained the belts.

The title reign was short lived, as the Tolos Brothers took an opportunity down South. They dropped the belts in February 1964 in 2 straight falls, to the team of Argentine Apollo and Don McClarity.

They were known by many names, including "The Greek Canadian Wrecking Crew".