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"The Coach" John Tolos passes away

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Originally Posted by www.f4wonline.com

John Tolos passed away last night in California at the age of 78. His death is believed to be as a result of kidney failure.

"The Golden Greek" and his brother Chris worked a number of territories as a tag team including the WWWF, NWA Detroit, Maple Leaf Wrestling, NWA Los Angeles, Stampede Wrestling and Championship Wrestling from Florida. They held several tag team championships throughout North America as heels.

Following his split from his brother, Tolos went on to become a top singles heel in Los Angeles and was considered one of the top talkers of the seventies.

Tolos may be best known for feuding with Fred Blassie in one of pro wrestling's all-time greatest feuds. He was chosen by Blassie to be his opponent in a match in 1971 at the Los Angeles Coliseum, which was one of the biggest events in wrestling of the time.

Tolos had a brief run in the World Wrestling Federation in 1991 as the manager of Intercontinental Champion "Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig, replacing Bobby "The Brain" Heenan. Known as "The Coach," the character never really caught on, partially because Hennig took an extended leave of absence following SummerSlam after suffering a severe back injury. With Hennig indefinitely out of action, along with The Beverly Brothers changing their manager to "The Genius" Lanny Poffo, Tolos quietly disappeared from the World Wrestling Federation by the end of the year.

Tolos later worked for Herb
Abrams' Universal Wrestling Federation as an announcer and heel manager for "Cowboy" Bob Orton, Cactus Jack and The Power Twins.

Tolos' career in wrestling spanned three decades and he worked regularly into his 50s. He was known for his tremendous conditioning as he continued distance running well into his 60s. However, a near fatal stroke slowed him down in recent years.

The original Coach of course. Excuse the provocative thread title.

For a long time I always wondered who this random guy Coach was that accompanied Mr Perfect to the ring for probably his most famous match at SummerSlam '91. He wasn't around for very long (he also brought in the Beverly Brothers). Had no idea at the time that he was a legendary wrestler in his own right. R.I.P. "Golden Greek".

Wow....at least he led a full and compleat life.

May he find the light he couldn't find in this life

You know someone is gonna read this and think Coachman is dead right? :p

I thought my favourite white black guy died. How misleading.
crossrine

I thought Craig T Nelson was dead.

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Originally Posted by owenbrown (Post 2559308)

You know someone is gonna read this and think Coachman is dead right? :p

thought that for a sec :mad:

Edited because you are a retard.

I've been trying to learn more about Southern California and its wrestling history. There's not much compared to Texas, New York, Florida, etc, but you cannot talk about Southern California and wrestling history without talking about The Golden Greek John Tolos.

Rest in peace. :wavesad:

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Originally Posted by Triple A (Post 2559343)

Edited because you are a retard.

"Retard"?

I admittedly knew the guy only for his WWF managerial run. Now was his professional name during this time "The Coach" John Tolos, or was it Coach?

Yes, I believe it was Coach.

So when this guy, who I know as Coach, dies and I start a thread "Coach passes away", that doesn't make me a "retard".

If anyone here is stupid enough to read the title, not bother looking at the content and go about their day happily in the knowledge that Jonathan Coachman is no more, that's their own problem. Maybe they are the retard.

Did you just call Triple A retarded?

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Originally Posted by Xero (Post 2559497)

Did you just call Triple A retarded?

Seems so.

Carl, you knew what people would think when they read the thread title. Let's get real here.

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Originally Posted by Narcissus (Post 2559511)

Carl, you knew what people would think when they read the thread title. Let's get real here.

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Originally Posted by Class Act Carl (Post 2559281)

The original Coach of course. Excuse the provocative thread title.

Clearly. I guess my point is.... who gives a shit?

RIP Coach. I'm sure he's obnoxiously blowing a whistle by Curt Hennig's side in heaven.

RIP The Coach John Tolos

I support the original titling of this thread.

Well, Blassie has someone to main event with again.

RIP Golden Greek