WWE: 10 Hollywood Actors Who Actually Wrestled

7. Lenny Montana

Luca Brasi If you ever watched a mafia movie produced between 1980 and 1992, there are solid odds that you are familiar with Lenny Montana. If you ever watched Mid-South wrestling in the 50s and 60s, then you might be familiar with Lenny for another reason and also impressively outside of this website's target demographic. As an actor, he played mostly intimidating Italian-American roles, his biggest role coming as Luca Brasi in the Godfather. Considering he had actually done work for the legendary Colombo Family as an enforcer and even did time at Riker's Island, he was very believable in his roles. He didn't just use his size to make it in organized crime, he also used it to become a well decorated wrestler. Lenny Montana was one half of only the second team to hold the AWA World Tag Team titles, and even won the NWA Southern Tag Team Championship once with a young Gypsy Joe. Yes, you read that correctly; a YOUNG Gypsy Joe actually existed. Screen Shot 2014 03 08 At 15 10 24 While predominantly a tag team specialist, he found success as a singles wrestler twice by winning the NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship, a belt that Freddie Blassy held 13 times, and the NWA Central States Heavyweight Championship, which is notable for being one of the few NWA titles that have a lineage you don't need a separate reference guide to track.
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Gavin Bard was an American poet, novelist and short story writer. His writing was influenced by the social, cultural, and economic ambiance of his home city of Los Angeles. His work addresses the ordinary lives of poor Americans, the act of writing, alcohol, relationships with women, and the drudgery of work. In 1986 Time called Bard a "laureate of American lowlife". Wait, crap, hold on a second. That is Bukowski. Sorry. Gavin plays too many video games, thinks pro wrestling is the world's best performance art, and considers Hunter S. Thompson a better journalistic influence than Edward R. Murrow.