Tex McKenzie

[4][5] McKenzie also held the NWA Canadian Open Tag Team Championship in June with Whipper Billy Watson.

On October 10, 1970, McKenzie defeated Tarzan Tyler for the AWA Midwest Heavyweight Championship in Omaha, Nebraska, before dropping the title a month later to Ole Anderson and leaving the company.

On June 6, 1967, McKenzie defeated Kowalski for the IWA World Heavyweight Championship.

He teamed with various partners against the Love Brothers and the Fabulous Kangaroos (Al Costello and Don Kent).

[5][1] On May 31, 2001, McKenzie died at a hospital in Victoria, British Columbia, at the age of 70, from complications of an abdominal aortic aneurysm he suffered while on a boat.

McKenzie (left) with Haystacks Calhoun and Mario Milano , c. 1971