George Barnes (wrestler) explained
George Cloughessy is an Australian actor and professional wrestler he wrestled for All Japan Pro Wrestling[4] and World Championship Wrestling and various other promotions in Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, South Africa, Mexico and North America.[5] [6]
Professional wrestling career
He toured the United States with success several times in the 1970s and 1980s and teamed with fellow Aussies Bill Dundee and Johnny Gray,[7] [8] and when he returned to Australia he changed his gimmick to anti-Aussie and pro-American and claimed that he had become a Yank and hated everything Australian.[9]
Personal life
He was a lifelong fan of the Balmain Tigers, which became one of his wrestling gimmicks.[10]
Championships and accomplishments
Notes and References
- Web site: Wrestlingdata.com - The World's Largest Wrestling Database.
- Web site: George Barnes . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230226091212/https://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=13683 . February 26, 2023 . CAGEMATCH – The Internet Wrestling Database . Kreikenbohm . Philip . February 26, 2023.
- Web site: Obsessed With Wrestling. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070811204642/http://www.obsessedwithwrestling.com/profiles/g/george-barnes.php. 11 August 2007.
- Web site: George Barnes Matches In All Japan Pro Wrestling . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230226091704/https://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=13683&page=4&promotion=6 . February 26, 2023 . CAGEMATCH – The Internet Wrestling Database . Kreikenbohm . Philip . February 26, 2023.
- Web site: Trove.
- Web site: ArchiveGrid : Interview with George Barnes, wrestler / interviewer, Barry York.
- Web site: George Barnes - Online World of Wrestling. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121116164422/http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/bios/g/george-barnes/. 2012-11-16.
- Web site: Bill Dundee Talks Brawl With Randy Savage, Memphis Wrestling, Lawler, WWE & More - WrestlingInc.com. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111001010603/http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2011/0930/545094/bill-dundee/. 2011-10-01.
- Web site: Obsessed With Wrestling. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070811204642/http://www.obsessedwithwrestling.com/profiles/g/george-barnes.php. 2007-08-11.
- Web site: Obsessed With Wrestling. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070811204642/http://www.obsessedwithwrestling.com/profiles/g/george-barnes.php. 2007-08-11.
- Web site: CWA International Heavyweight Title (Memphis).
- Book: Royal . Duncan . Gary . Will . Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present . Waterloo, Ontario . 2000.. (Memphis, Nashville) Tennessee: Southern Tag Team Title [Roy Welsch & Nick Gulas, Jerry Jarrett from 1977] . 185–189. Archeus Communications . 2006 . 0-9698161-5-4.
- Web site: Southern Tag Team Title . Wrestling-Titles . January 19, 2020.
- Web site: NWA Austra-Asian Tag Team Title (Australia).
- Web site: World Brass Knuckles Title (Australia).
- Web site: Solie's Title Histories: WCW (Australia).
- Web site: Solie's Title Histories: WCW (Australia).