Fuji and Professor Toru Tanaka on June 27. Strongbow won his first Strongbow and King held the title for a month before losing it to the team of Mr. Arion, a popular and seemingly unbeatable babyface, returned to the Arion was now a heel, and pinned Strongbow in eastern arenas as he went on to challenge champion Bruno Sammartino. In 1975, he began feuding with Spiros Arion. Strongbow picked up a win at Madison Square Garden in the summer of 1970, shortly after he entered the WWWF, pinning top contender Crusher Verdu, who was managed by Lou Albano. Strongbow settled the score in front of a sold-out crowd at Madison Square Garden, beating Captain Lou Albano convincingly. McCord was disqualified, but Strongbow was cut wide open by Albano's blows. It was alleged that Strongbow had previously jumped Albano in the locker room, breaking his arm. He feuded with the likes of "The Golden Greek" Spiros Arion, "Handsome Jimmy" Valiant, and Superstar Billy Graham, nearly winning the But Lou Albano, McCord's manager, interfered by smashing a cast on the Chief's forehead. McMahon's World Wide Wrestling Federation as Chief Jay Strongbow, a Native American gimmick complete with a traditional headdress and Native themed wrestling moves. In 1970, Scarpa began working for Vincent J. World Wide Wrestling Federation (1970–1979) Strongbow in 1973 Strongbow's wrestling attire. By the time he went over to WWWF, he was already a 12 Tag-Team and 6 Time singles champion. During his time in Georgia he was also the Inaugural NWA National Television Championship when he won an 8-man tournament by beating Assassin #2 in the finals. He won the NWA (Georgia) Southern Tag Team titles with Chief Little Eagle in Georgia Championship wrestling in 1965.
He was a standout in the Georgia and Florida territories of the National Wrestling Alliance throughout the 1950s and 1960s, winning several championships and becoming a fan favorite. He was trained by legendary second generation Native American wrestler Chief Don Eagle. Scarpa's wrestling career began in 1947, under his real name.
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Professional wrestling career National Wrestling Alliance (1947–1970) His best accomplishments are in WWWF where he was a 4-time World Tag-Team Champion. In reality (and unlike McDaniel, who was an actual Choctaw- Chickasaw Native-American), Jay was an Italian-American who much like actor Iron Eyes Cody portrayed an Indian to stand-out more. Much like his contemporary Wahoo McDaniel, he portrayed a Native American wrestler, who wore a war bonnet to the ring and would "go on the warpath" when the fans started cheering him against an opponent. Luke Joseph Scarpa (Octo– April 3, 2012) was an American professional wrestler and WWE Hall of Famer who was best known by the ring name Chief Jay Strongbow.
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