March 20, 2010[3] (aged 80) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Cause of death
Pancreatic cancer[4]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
Mike Valentino[1] Baron Mikel Scicluna[1]
Billed height
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[5]
Billed weight
256 lb (116 kg)[5]
Billed from
Isle of Malta[1]
Debut
1953[1]
Retired
1983[1]
Mikel Scicluna (July 29, 1929 – March 20, 2010) was a Maltese professional wrestler who gained his fame during the 1960s and 1970s.[6] He reached the peak of his success in WWWF where he was 2-time tag-team champion, having held the United States Tag Team championship once and the WWE World Tag Team Championship once.
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^"One of WWWF's longest lasting stars passes away after long battle with cancer", Wrestling Observer/Figure Four Online, March 21, 2010
^"Baron Mikel Scicluna, Pro Wrestling Villain, Dies at 80". The New York Times. 24 March 2010.
^ abShields, Brian; Sullivan, Kevin (2009). WWE Encyclopedia. Dorling Kindersley. p. 21. ISBN 978-0-7566-4190-0.
^Obituary New York Times, March 25, 2010; page A29.
MikelScicluna (July 29, 1929 – March 20, 2010) was a Maltese professional wrestler who gained his fame during the 1960s and 1970s. He reached the peak...
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Koloff. On June 25, 1976, at Showdown at Shea, Putski defeated Baron MikelScicluna. Four years later on August 9, Putski was again victorious at the next...
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against "Baron" MikelScicluna, Smasher Sloan and Rugged Russian #2, while consistently teaming with Rivera against Curtis Iaukea and Scicluna, both of whom...
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being a 1-time WWWF United States Tag Team champion along with Baron MikelScicluna. Whittler was born on July 7, 1935, in Alton, Illinois. He was the oldest...
Square Garden. They lost the championship on February 1, 1972, to Baron MikelScicluna and King Curtis. During the 1960s, Gotch continued to travel. He wrestled...
4, 1978 episode of Championship Wrestling with a victory over Baron MikelScicluna & former WWWF World Champion Stan Stasiak. On the March 18th episode...
wrestler on their TV shows) was concluding a short match against Baron MikelScicluna. Ali removed his shirt and started dancing around Monsoon while gesturing...
future professional wrestlers including Dave McKigney, Geeto Mongol, and MikelScicluna. At the age of 16, he began training as a professional wrestler under...
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Team Champions Tony Parisi and Louis Cerdan with Baron MikelScicluna, although he and Scicluna lost to them in Florence, New Jersey on May 5. He would...
second match in the U.S., he teamed with Tony Parisi to defeat Baron MikelScicluna and Smasher Sloan on Washington, DC television for the WWWF United States...
defeated Kowalski and Miller for the title. Then they dropped the title to MikelScicluna and Ciclón Negro. In 1970 he made another return this time feuding with...
22, 1972, with partner Sonny King. They defeated the team of Baron MikelScicluna and King Curtis Iaukea. Strongbow and King held the title for a month...
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between George Steele and Victor Rivera, Antonio Pugliese and Baron MikelScicluna, Dominic DeNucci and Lou Albano, and Ricky Sexton and Duke Savage. Fenway...
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for the WWWF Tag Team Championship, with his partners including Baron MikelScicluna, Baron von Raschke, and Tor Kamata. Throughout spring 1977, Stasiak...
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Kowalski and Toru Tanaka, but repeatedly holding the notorious Baron MikelScicluna to a draw, and regularly defeating low-carders like Angelo Savoldi and...
No. Results Stipulations Times 1 Ivan Putski defeated Baron MikelScicluna Singles match 07:58 2 José Gonzáles vs. Kevin Sullivan ended in a time-limit...
Graham and Tarzan Tyler. Gotch and Goulet dropped the belts to Baron MikelScicluna and King Curtis Iaukea at the next television taping on February 1,...
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