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The Kangaroos (professional wrestling)

The Fabulous Kangaroos
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Heffernan (right), Berry (center) and Costello (left)
Tag team
Members Al Costello
Roy Heffernan
Ray St. Clair
Don Kent
Tony Charles
Bruno Bekkar
Johnny Heffernan
Name(s) The Fabulous Kangaroos
The Kangaroos
The Kangaroo Men
Billed from Australia
Debut 1957
Disbanded 1983
Years active 1957-1983
Promotions CWC
FCW
JWA
All-Star
NWA Western States
NWA New Mexico
NWA Mid-America
WWA
WWA (LA)
EAS
IWE
WWC
Independent circuit
The New Fabulous Kangaroos
Tag team
Members Al Snow
Denny Kass
Micky Doyle
Name(s) The New Fabulous Kangaroos
Billed from From Australia
Debut 1993
Disbanded 1994
Promotions BCW
MCW
WWWA
Independent circuit

The Fabulous Kangaroos was a professional wrestling tag team that existed in various forms from 1957 until 1983. The first incarnation of The Fabulous Kangaroos was formed when Italian Australian Al Costello teamed with Australia native Roy Heffernan and adopted an "Ultra Australian" gimmick complete with boomerangs, bush hats, and the song "Waltzing Matilda" as their entrance music. Costello and Heffernan are arguably the most famous version of The Kangaroos, regarded as one of the top tag teams to ever compete in professional wrestling, and are often credited with popularizing tag team wrestling in the late 1950s and 1960s.

Later versions of The Kangaroos saw Al Costello team with Ray St. Clair in 1967, and then with Don Kent from 1968 until 1974. Don Kent went on to team with Bruno Bekkar, and later Johnny Heffernan (a storyline cousin of Roy Heffernan) to keep The Fabulous Kangaroos name alive until 1983.

The Fabulous Kangaroos made their last appearance in 1983, but almost a decade later, the then 72-year-old Al Costello managed a team known as "The New Fabulous Kangaroos" in the American Independent circuit. The New Fabulous Kangaroos consisted of little known wrestlers Mickey Doyle, Denny Kass and Al Snow; of the three, only Snow went on to national and international recognition.

Both Costello and Heffernan died before The Kangaroos were honored as the first tag team to ever be inducted into the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2003, which started a tradition of inducting a new team every year.

"The Fabulous Kangaroos" were the brainchild of Al Costello, who had spent the first 18 years of his wrestling career as a fairly unsuccessful singles competitor. In 1956, Costello mentioned his idea of an "Ultra Australian" tag team to fellow wrestler, and future promoter, Joe Blanchard. Blanchard happened to be a good friend of Roy Heffernan, who had previously trained with Costello and became his choice for a partner. Costello and Heffernan made their debut as The Fabulous Kangaroos on 3 May 1957, for Stu Hart’s Stampede Wrestling promotion of Canada, in a match against Maurice LaPointe and Tony Baillargeon. Only weeks after making their debut, The Kangaroos were working with the top tag teams of the promotion.


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