(1949-09-10) September 10, 1949 (age 74) Sunset Beach, Hawaii, U.S.
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
Aka Oni Don Muraco[1][2] Don Morrow[1] Dr. X ”The Rock” Don Muraco The Magnificent Muraco[1]
Billed height
6 ft 3 in (191 cm)[3]
Billed weight
275 lb (125 kg)[3]
Billed from
Sunset Beach, Hawaii[3]
Trained by
Tom Andrews[4] Steve Bolus[4] Bulldog Bob Brown[4] Mr. Fuji[4] Dean Ho[4] Lonnie Mayne[4] Bud Ratelle[4]
Debut
1970[4]
Retired
1995
Don Muraco (born September 10, 1949) is an American retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation from 1981 to 1988, where he held the WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship on two occasions and was crowned the inaugural winner of the King of the Ring tournament in 1985. He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame class of 2004 and the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2014.[2][3][4]
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^ abSolomon, Brian (2006). WWE Legends. Pocket Books. pp. 214–218. ISBN 978-0-7434-9033-7.
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^ abcdefghiWard, Marshall (March 28, 2014). "Don Muraco surfs a wave into Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame". Canoe.ca. Quebecor Media. Archived from the original on February 2, 2016. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
DonMuraco (born September 10, 1949) is an American retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation...
feuded with "The Rock" DonMuraco, who had turned face a year earlier. The feud was triggered when Valentine viciously attacked Muraco's manager, former WWF...
King Kong Bundy, Butch Reed and Rick Rude defeated Hogan, Paul Orndorff, DonMuraco, Ken Patera and Bam Bam Bigelow in a traditional Survivor Series match...
promotion. Established in 1985, the winner of the inaugural tournament was DonMuraco. The prize for winning the tournament is being crowned the "King of the...
NWA Eastern Championship Wrestling (NWA-ECW) in 1993 with Jimmy Snuka, DonMuraco, The Dark Patriot and "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert. On the October 19th,...
on a consistent basis, sometimes alternating to include Peter Maivia, DonMuraco or a random wrestler. Their main opponents during this timeframe were...
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pink cowboy hat. A feud with Piper heated up when Adonis, Orton, and DonMuraco attacked him during a "duel" between the two talk segments, injuring his...
Square Garden. Snuka also feuded with DonMuraco in 1983, which began after Snuka entered the ring for a match against Don Kernodle on the June 18 episode of...
André the Giant. In February 1986, Heenan used a match between Hogan and DonMuraco as an opportunity to have King Kong Bundy attack Hogan, setting up their...
became a fan favorite after knocking out DonMuraco and Ole Anderson to save broadcast partner Gordon Solie from Muraco, who had grown angry at Solie questioning...
Archived from the original on October 26, 2020. Retrieved April 24, 2007. "DonMuraco". World Wrestling Entertainment. Archived from the original on November...
episode of The Body Shop (the last Body Shop interview segment conducted by DonMuraco), held on the final taping of All Star Wrestling. Taped several days later...
Anderson (1942-2024), American referee, promoter and retired wrestler DonMuraco (born 1949), American retired wrestler Warrior (wrestler) (1959-2014)...
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made it his duty to gain revenge on Backlund, sending charges such as DonMuraco, Ken Patera and Greg Valentine after him. The Wizard managed the first...
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