Nicholas Kiniski was born on August 25,1961 and is a Canadian retired professional wrestler.
17 Facts About Nick Kiniski
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Nick Kiniski is best known for his work with WCCW, PNW and AWA and for being one half of the tag team American Force with Paul Diamond in Texas All-Star Wrestling.
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Nick Kiniski was trained by his father, the legendary "Canada's Greatest Athlete" Gene Kiniski.
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Nick Kiniski wrestled four years on the Canadian National Team and he was an alternate on the 1984 Canadian Olympic Team.
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Nick Kiniski first rose to fame in Fred Barend's Texas All-Star Wrestling.
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Nick Kiniski formed a tag team with Paul Diamond called American Breed.
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Nick Kiniski joined Portland, Oregon-based Don Owen's Pacific Northwest Wrestling in 1986.
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Nick Kiniski debuted at the PNW Superstars Extravaganza supershow, where he defeated Timothy Flowers by disqualification.
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Nick Kiniski started feuding with Rip Oliver for the NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship but the feud was unsuccessful for Kiniski.
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Nick Kiniski had a short-lived feud with Danny Collins before leaving PNW.
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Nick Kiniski was featured on WWF's television shows at least once - including a very competitive match against current WWF Intercontinental Champion Randy Savage which he only narrowly lost, on the December 27th 1986 edition of WWF Superstars of Wrestling.
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Nick Kiniski formed a heel tag team with Kevin Kelly called The Perfect Tag Team to contend for the AWA World Tag Team Championship.
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The last promotion where Nick Kiniski wrestled was World Class Championship Wrestling.
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Nick Kiniski started his WCCW stint in 1987 and feuded with the Von Erichs.
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Nick Kiniski used to wrestle Kevin and Kerry for most of his matches but he had few victories over Kevin and Kerry.
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Nick Kiniski retired from professional wrestling when the promotion closed in 1990 and merged with United States Wrestling Association.
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Nick Kiniski opened a bar, named Kiniski's reef, and later became a chief in the towns fire department.