Don Heaton (April 29, 1931 – October 13, 2018), also known as Don Leo Jonathan, was an American-Canadian professional wrestler. Jonathan, nicknamed "The...
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Vancouver, where he twice won the NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship with Don Leo Jonathan. He formed a tag team with the over 600-pound (270 kg) Man Mountain...
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Terry Funk, Ted DiBiase, Bob Roop, Dick Murdoch, Dory Funk Jr., Don Leo Jonathan, Don Kernodle, Gene Kiniski, Dennis Stamp, Ray Stevens and Uliuli Fifita...
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July 17, 1957, in front of 21,000 fans. In 1959, Kiniski teamed with Don Leo Jonathan, "The Mormon Giant" to win the Canadian Open Tag Team Championship...
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The Assassins also took him to Western Canada, where he teamed with Don Leo Jonathan to defeat The Assassins for the Vancouver version of the NWA Canadian...
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Wrestling. Retrieved September 27, 2020. Nation, Ryan (April 18, 2007). "Don Leo Jonathan earned CAC's top honour". Slam Wrestling. Retrieved September 27, 2020...
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wrestlers Lou Thesz, Buddy Rogers, and Don Leo Jonathan, from whom he adopted his first moniker: Kid Tarzan Jonathan. Street was trained as a professional...
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Canadian Tag Team Championship (Vancouver version) (1 time) – with Don Leo Jonathan NWA Big Time Wrestling NWA Brass Knuckles Championship (Texas version)...
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toughest and most highly skilled wrestlers of the last 50 years". Don Leo Jonathan called him "probably the greatest champion of the 20th century." In...
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Fabulous Kangaroos (section Al Costello and Don Kent)
Wrestling, The Kangaroos were involved in a heated storyline with Don Leo Jonathan and Roy McClarty that sold-out arenas all across the territory. On...
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title to Don Leo Jonathan & Duncan McTavish on September 7, Quinn would team with Dutch Savage to regain the title, defeating Don Leo Jonathan & Steven...
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version) (1 time) - with Don Leo Jonathan NWA World Tag Team Championship (Vancouver version) (1 time) - with Don Leo Jonathan NWA Detroit NWA World Tag...
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this day in pro wrestling history (May 11): Von Erichs vs. Verne & Don Leo Jonathan, Shane Douglas vs 2 Cold Scorpio". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved...
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this day in pro wrestling history (May 11): Von Erichs vs. Verne & Don Leo Jonathan, Shane Douglas vs 2 Cold Scorpio". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved...
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loss to Adnan Al-Kaissie in Baghdad, Iraq in 1971, pinfall losses to Don Leo Jonathan in Montreal in 1972, Killer Kowalski in Quebec City in 1972 two draws...
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Butcher, The Destroyer, Wilbur Snyder (twice - one win, one draw), Don Leo Jonathan, Pat O'Connor and Bobo Brazil. The title, which had originally been...
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with Don Jardine (1), Stan Stasiak (2), John Tolos (1) Bob Brown (2), John Quinn (1), Steven Little Bear (4), Gene Kiniski (1), and Don Leo Jonathan (1)...
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considered one of the top submission wrestlers of his day working with Don Leo Jonathan and Stu Hart. Lindsay was one of the few men who bested him in the...
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this day in pro wrestling history (May 11): Von Erichs vs. Verne & Don Leo Jonathan, Shane Douglas vs 2 Cold Scorpio". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Archived...
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time) – with Don Leo Jonathan (1) All-Star Wrestling NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship (Vancouver version) (2 times) – with Don Leo Jonathan (1) and Red...
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ounces at birth. Inspired by professional wrestlers Gene Kiniski and Don Leo Jonathan, Tenta decided to pursue wrestling at age 6. He learned freestyle wrestling...
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Television Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Mr. Moto (2) and Don Leo Jonathan (1) WWA World Heavyweight Championship (4 times) WWA World Tag Team Championship...
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Chosen James Judd, legislator, businessman, and LDS church leader Don Leo Jonathan, wrestler Bradley Last, politician in the Utah House of Representatives...
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and Geoghegan disbanded their team, Barrett created a tag team with Don Leo Jonathan. On 22 July 1968, they defeated Abdullah the Butcher and Armand Hussain...
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daughter Cheryl and grandchildren Joel & Alissa. Abdullah the Butcher Don Leo Jonathan George Cannon Gilles Poisson Tarzan Tyler The Sheik Sailor White Kamala...
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Canadian Tag Team Championship (Vancouver version) (1 time) – with Don Leo Jonathan NWA Big Time Wrestling NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship (1 time)...
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working until his death on December 9, 1990. His final film role, that of "Don Taglianeti", is in the low-budget comedy Mob Boss, which was released just...
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Vance; Tomol, Mark (November 21, 2007). "Wrestlers Results Archive: Don Leo Jonathan". Canadian Online Explorer. SLAM! Wrestling. Archived from the original...
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several occasions, before losing to Don Leo Jonathan on September 1 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Wanz brought Jonathan to Graz, Austria to win the championship...
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wrestled in British Columbia, where he had a series of matches against Don Leo Jonathan in 1970 and 1971. Mike wrestled for Championship Wrestling from Florida...
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