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11 Facts About Joe Lightfoot

1.

Joe Lightfoot spent the majority of the 1970s competing in Canada for Stampede Wrestling and NWA All-Star Wrestling and the majority of the 1980s competing in the United States, primarily throughout the National Wrestling Alliance, where he is a former NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion.

2.

Now portraying an Indian, Joe Lightfoot became a mainstay in PNW, competing against Igor Volkoff, Buddy Rose and The Destroyer.

3.

Joe Lightfoot became a regular tag team partner with Jay Youngblood, competing as "The Indians".

4.

In 1981, Joe Lightfoot travelled to Puerto Rico to work for the World Wrestling Council.

5.

On November 7,1981, Joe Lightfoot won the WWC World Junior Heavyweight Championship, defeating Les Thornton.

6.

Joe Lightfoot competed throughout the United States and Canada in the mid-1980s, wrestling primarily for Georgia Championship Wrestling, All-Star Wrestling in Vancouver, NWA Hollywood and PNW.

7.

Joe Lightfoot continued his successful tag-team with Jay Youngblood throughout the territories and were the most popular tag team in Pacific Northwest, where on February 27,1981, they teamed with Andre the Giant in the main event to defeat Buddy Rose, Rip Oliver and The Destroyer in Oregon.

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Joe Lightfoot had memorable rivalries with The Iron Sheik and The Moondogs in Georgia.

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Joe Lightfoot became a mainstay in Championship Wrestling From Florida from 1984 onwards.

10.

Joe Lightfoot began one of his most memorable rivalries with the One Man Gang, a feud which spanned both CWFF and Jim Crockett Promotions.

11.

Joe Lightfoot teamed with Billy Two Eagles win the NWA Central States Tag Team Championship in July 1986.