March 10, 1993(1993-03-10) (aged 44)[1] Laval, Quebec, Canada
Cause of death
Gunshot wounds
Relatives
Vincenzo Cotroni (uncle-in-law)
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
Dino Bravo
Billed height
6 ft 0 in (183 cm)[2]
Billed weight
248 lb (112 kg)[2]
Billed from
Montreal, Quebec, Canada[2]
Trained by
Gino Brito[2]
Debut
1970[2]
Retired
1992[2]
Adolfo Bresciano (Italian:[aˈdolfobreʃˈʃaːno]; August 6, 1948 – March 10, 1993) was an Italian-Canadian professional wrestler and promoter, better known by the ring name Dino Bravo (Italian:[ˈdiːnobraːvo]).[1]
After training under Gino Brito, he started his career in Montreal in the 1970s, working for Lutte Internationale. He became one of the top professional 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, where as a partner to Dominic DeNucci he won the WWWF World Tag Team Championship. He 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.[3] He was killed in his home by multiple gunshots in March 1993, and the crime remains unsolved.
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Royal Rumble match, but got eliminated by André the Giant. He lost to DinoBravo at WrestleMania V on April 2, 1989. Garvin went on to feud with Greg Valentine...
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