Angelo Mosca Jr. is a Canadian-American retired

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, who wrestled for the

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, and the

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in the early to mid-1980s. He is a second generation wrestler, being the son of his trainer and manager

Angelo Mosca Angelo Valentino Mosca (February 13, 1937 – November 6, 2021) was an American professional football player and professional wrestler. He was a defensive lineman in the Canadian Football League (CFL). As a wrestler, Mosca was known by the nick ...

Career

Mosca made his professional wrestling debut in 1982 in North Carolina for

after being trained by his father, Angelo. He worked in St. Louis and Kansas City in 1983. Later that year, he made his debut for

where he worked for a year. In 1984, he became a three-time NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Champion when he defeated

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in January and April 1984 dropping the title once to Koloff. Then in May, Mosca dropped the title to Dory Funk Jr. Mosca then defeated Funk for his third reign, He dropped the title to Ron Bass that August. Mosca also won the

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defeating Ivan Koloff in Toronto for

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in June 1984. A month later the title was vacated when Maple Leaf Wrestling was bought by the

. This made him the last champion until the title was reincarnated in 1998. Mosca would then work for the World Wrestling Federation making his debut in December 1984 with his father, Angelo as his manager at Toronto's

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. Only worked for the WWF whenever they were in Toronto, Hamilton or Southern Ontario for TV tapings or house shows. He left the WWF in 1985. In 1986, he returned to Jim Crockett Promotions where he worked in Canadian-based shows. He defeated

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at MACW MoscaMania II in Hamilton on February 15, 1987. Then retired from wrestling in 1988.

Personal life

Mosca's father Angelo died on November 6, 2021, at 84 years old.

Championships and accomplishments

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( 3 times) *

NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship (Toronto version) The ECCW Canadian Championship was the top singles title in Maple Leaf Wrestling from 1978 until 1984, when it was abandoned after the Toronto promotion partnered with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). Its national scope was in name only, sim ...

( 1 time)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mosca Jr, Angelo Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American male professional wrestlers 20th-century male professional wrestlers 20th-century American professional wrestlers Professional wrestlers from Massachusetts Professional wrestlers from Ontario Canadian male professional wrestlers 20th-century Canadian sportsmen NWA Canadian Heavyweight Champions Sportspeople from Hamilton, Ontario