Dino Bravo
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| Birth name | Adolfo Bresciano |
| Born |
August 6, 1948 Campobasso, Molise, Italy |
| Died | March 10, 1993 (aged 44) Laval, Quebec, Canada |
| Cause of death | Murder |
| Spouse(s) | Diane Rivest |
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| Ring name(s) | Dino Bravo |
| Billed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Billed weight | 265 lb (120 kg) |
| Billed from | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Trained by | Gino Brito |
| Debut | 1970 |
| Retired | 1992 |
Adolfo Bresciano (August 6, 1948 – March 10, 1993) was an Italian-born Canadian professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Dino Bravo.
Bresciano began wrestling in 1970, taking the "Dino Bravo" moniker from Pepe DiPasquali, a wrestler from the early 1960s who had teamed with Dominic DeNucci as the Bravo brothers, Dino and Dominic. He was trained by Gino Brito and often worked in a tag team with his mentor, billed as Brito's cousin. Bravo worked in a number of other tag teams, partnering with, among others, "Mr. Wrestling" Tim Woods and DeNucci.
Bravo held the Jim Crockett Promotions version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship with Woods, winning the title from Gene and Ole Anderson and eventually losing the title to the Andersons. Bravo also had a major program with Blackjack Mulligan, pinning Mulligan twice in a televised non-title match to set up a series of matches for Mulligan's United States title. Bravo did not win the U.S. title from Mulligan, but did receive several shots at NWA World Champion Harley Race during his tenure with Crockett.
By the late 1970s, Bravo had become a big enough draw to get a singles push in the Montreal territory. In December 1978, he defeated Gene Kiniski in Toronto to win the new Canadian heavyweight title as recognized in that area
Bravo returned to the World Wrestling Federation in 1985.
With Dominic DeNucci, Bravo captured the WWF World Tag Team Title in March 1978 from Professor Tanaka and Mr. Fuji. Three months later in June, The Yukon Lumberjacks defeated Bravo and DeNucci for the title.
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