Joe Malenko
| Joe Malenko | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Jody Simon |
| Born |
June 4, 1956 Irvington, New Jersey, United States |
| Residence | Tampa, Florida |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) |
Joe Malenko Joe Solkoff |
| Billed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Billed weight | 225 lb (102 kg) |
| Trained by |
Boris Malenko Yasuhiro Kojima Karl Gotch |
| Debut | 1977 |
| Retired | 2010 |
Jody Simon (born June 4, 1956) is an American former professional wrestler best known under the ring name Joe Malenko. Malenko was born into a wrestling family, and his father Boris Malenko was a prominent wrestling figure in his own right. Dean Malenko is his younger brother. He trained under Karl Gotch for 7 years, and is known by many, along with Yoshiaki Fujiwara to be Gotch's best student.
Malenko is most known for his stints wrestling in Japan. Malenko began in the Universal Wrestling Federation (Japan) in May 1985 for 13 days. One of his most well known matches in the UWF was his tag match with Super Tiger where they faced the team of Yoshiaki Fujiwara and Osamu Kido.
Malenko would then team up with his brother, Dean, in All Japan Pro Wrestling to form "The Malenko Brothers". Malenko would tour regularly with All Japan from February 1988 until May 1992. Malenko had two reigns as World Junior Heavyweight Champion. From late 1989 to early 1990, he teamed with Kenta Kobashi against the Can-Am Express (Dan Kroffat and Doug Furnas) for the All Asia Tag Team Championship. Joe's most memorable matches came in his match versus his brother, Dean and when they (the Malenko Brothers) faced The British Bruisers (Johnny Smith and Dynamite Kid) during Giant Baba's 30th Wrestling Anniversary on September 30, 1990. Joe and Dean's only chance for the All Asia Tag Team Championship was against the Can-Am Express on March 4, 1992 in Tokyo, Japan.
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