About Dino Bravo
Adolfo Bresciano (Italian: [aˈdɔlfo breʃˈʃaːno]; August 6, 1948 – March 10, 1993), better known by the ring name Dino Bravo (Italian: [ˈdiːno ˈbraːvo]), was an Italian Canadian professional wrestler and promoter and alleged organized crime figure. After training under Gino Brito, Bravo started his career in Montreal in the 1970s, working for Lutte Internationale. He became one of the top wrestling stars of Canada; winning several major titles including the Canadian International Heavyweight Championship six times, the NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship (Toronto version) and the NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship. He later signed with the World Wide Wrestling Federation (now World Wrestling Entertainment), where as a partner to Dominic DeNucci he won the WWWF World Tag Team Championship. Bravo was also the sole holder of the WWF Canadian Championship before the title was abandoned in 1986. After leaving professional wrestling, Bravo became involved in organized crime, allegedly working for the Cotroni crime family of Montreal. He was killed in an apparent gangland slaying at his Laval, Quebec home by multiple gunshots in March 1993. His murder remains unsolved. In November 1972 he began teaming with Brito, and on November 20 the duo captured what would be Bravo's first title when they defeated Gilles Poisson and Killer Kowalski to capture the Grand Prix Tag Team Championship. Bravo ventured into singles competition extensively for the first time in his career and challenged Bulldog Brower for the IWA North American Championship in Roanoke, Virginia, on July 7, 1975. On May 31, 1977, Bravo earned his first shot at the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, facing champion Harley Race in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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