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Eric Tovey
Statistics
Ring name(s) Lord Littlebrook[1]
Roger Littlebrook[1]
Billed height 4 ft 4 in[2]
Billed weight 108 lb[2]
Born January 3, 1929 (1929-01-03) (age 79)[2]
England[2]
Resides St. Joseph, Missouri[2]
Trained by Edouard Carpentier
Debut 1959

Eric Tovey (born January 3, 1929)[2] is a British midget wrestler best known as Lord Littlebrook. Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Saint Joseph (informally St Joe) is the largest city in Northwest Missouri, serving as the County seat for Buchanan County. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located He enjoyed his greatest success during the 1970s, when he held the NWA World Midget's Championship. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. The NWA World Midget's Championship was the National Wrestling Alliance 's midget singles title

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Career

Tovey was born in England and grew up with six siblings. [3] He began performing in front of audiences in the circus at the age of 14 serving as an acrobatic midget clown. A circus is most commonly a traveling company of performers that may include acrobats, Clowns trained animals trapeze acts Hoopers, tightrope walkers Acrobatics (from Greek Akros, high and bat, walking is one of the Performing arts, and is also practiced as a Sport. Clowns are comic performers stereotypically characterized by their Grotesque appearance colored wigs stylistic makeup, outlandish Costumes unusually Tovey traveled to the United States with the circus in 1949 but lost his job when the circus went out of business. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the [3] He was then convinced by a friend that he would be an ideal midget wrestler. [4] After three months of training, Tovey made his debut as Lord Littlebrook against Major Tom Thumb. [4]

He is credited as being one of the first wrestlers to use aerial assaults on his opponents, paving the way for high wire acts such as Jimmy Snuka, The Rockers, and Koko B. Ware. James Reiher (born May 18 1943 is an American professional wrestler, and Actor, better known by his ring name of Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka The Rockers were a Professional wrestling Tag team consisting of Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty that teamed from 1985 to 1991 Koko B Ware (born James Ware on June 20, 1957) is a semi-retired American professional wrestler who made his professional [2] However, he has gone on record expressing his distaste for modern wrestling's thickened plotlines and lack of traditional ground moves.

As Littlebrook, Tovey enjoyed great success in places such as Australia, Japan and Thailand. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. The Kingdom of Thailand (ˈtaɪlænd ราชอาณาจักรไทย, râːtɕʰa-ʔaːnaːtɕɑ̀k-tʰɑj [2] From 1956 to 1958, he wrestled in New York state. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous He faced other midget wrestlers, including several who he would later wrestle in the World Wrestling Federation. World Wrestling Entertainment Inc ( WWE) is a publicly traded privately controlled integrated media (focusing in Television, Internet, He won most of his matches, although he was booked to lose several tag team matches. This article refers to the band For the wrestling term see Tag team. [5][6][7] In the late 1960s, he competed regularly for Georgia Championship Wrestling. Georgia Championship Wrestling was a Professional wrestling promotion whose self-titled TV program aired in the 1970s and 1980s on Atlanta Georgia superstation Again, he wrestled in matches against other midget wrestlers and was victorious in the majority of his matches. [8]

In 1979, Littlebrook began wrestling with the American Wrestling Association (AWA). The American Wrestling Association (AWA was an American Professional wrestling promotion based in Minneapolis Minnesota that ran from 1960 He was brought in to team with The Crusher in a feud with Lord Alfed Hayes and Super Destroyer Mark II. Reginald Lisowski ( July 11, 1926 - October 22, 2005) was an American professional wrestler, better known by his A Professional wrestling feud is a staged rivalry between multiple wrestlers or factions of wrestlers Alfred George James Hayes ( August 8, 1928 – July 21, 2005) was an English professional wrestler, manager and This article is about the wrestler Robert Remus For the GI Joe character (based on Remus see Sgt [9] In 1986, he competed in a tag team match at the AWA's WrestleRock event, teaming with Little Tokyo. Shigeri Akabane, known by his ringname Little Tokyo, is a retired Japanese professional midget wrestler who has competed in North American promotions during the 1970s and The pair lost to Little Mr. T and Cowboy Lang. [10] He also competed in WrestleMania III in a mixed tag-team match with Little Tokyo and King Kong Bundy against Hillbilly Jim, Little Beaver and Haiti Kid. WrestleMania III was the third annual WrestleMania Professional wrestling Pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation Chris Pallies (born November 7 1957) is an American professional wrestler, and Actor. Jim Morris (born July 5, 1952) is a professional wrestler and Disc jockey best known to fans as Hillbilly Jim. Lionel Giroux ( 1935 - December 4, 1995) was a Canadian midget wrestler who is best known by his Ring name Little Raymond Kessler was an American Professional wrestler, who had Dwarfism, and went by the nicknames Haiti Kid in the World Wrestling Federation Littlebrook's team was disqualified when Bundy powerslammed Little Beaver. Professional wrestling, or pro wrestling, is a non-competitive professional Sport, where all matches are scripted by the promotion's booking staff [11][12]

Tovey was involved in the wrestling business for 47 years as a wrestler, manger and a trainer. He trained Colonel DeBeers,[13] as well as Butch Reed and Mike George. Edward Wiskoski (born January 10, 1945) is a former American Professional wrestler best known as Colonel DeBeers in the AWA ( American Wrestling Butch Reed (born Bruce Reed on July 11 1954) is a professional wrestler best known for his stints in the World Wrestling Federation [2] In the late 1980s, Tovey, as Lord Littlebrook, was brought in to World Championship Wrestling to manage Jack Victory and Rip Morgan, who teamed as The Royal Family. In Professional wrestling, a manager is a secondary character paired with a wrestler (or wrestlers for a variety of reasons Kenneth "Ken" Rinehurst (born in Atlantic City New Jersey) is an American professional wrestler and manager, better known by Mike Morgan is a former Professional wrestler from New Zealand who competed in the National Wrestling Alliance, World Championship Wrestling [2] Tovey has also been enshrined into the Canadian Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame. The Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame is located in Amsterdam New York and was previously located in Schenectady New York. [2][14]

Personal life

Tovey currently lives in Saint Joseph, Missouri with his daughter, Lucky. Saint Joseph (informally St Joe) is the largest city in Northwest Missouri, serving as the County seat for Buchanan County. [15] He also has two sons, Chris and Bobby, both of whom have competed as professional wrestlers, and 28 grandchildren. [15] Since retiring from wrestling, Tovey has been diagnosed with dementia and has lost the use of both of his legs. Dementia (from Latin de- "apart away" + Mens ( genitive mentis) "mind" is the progressive decline [15]

Finishing and signature moves

Championships and accomplishments

References

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