Tony’s Bio

Tony “Mr. USA” Atlas

Height: 6′ – 2″
From: Roanoke, Virginia
Titles: Mr. USA; World Tag Team Champion; NWA, WCCW, WWC Titles
WWE Hall of Fame 2006; WBBG Hall of Fame 2007
Signature Move: Gorilla Press Slam

Born Anthony White, April 23rd, 1954 in Roanoke, Virginia USA, Tony began wrestling professionally in 1974. Tony was a former Mr. USA. He wrestled in the NWA and captured the NWA Georgia Tag Team Title with Tommy Rich. He later teamed with Mr. Wrestling II, Thunderbolt Patterson, Kevin Sullivan, and Rocky Johnson. In the WWF, Tony teamed with Rocky Johnson to defeat The Wild Samoans to win the Tag Team Title. In 1987, Tony teamed up with Skip Young to win the World Class Texas Tag Team Title. In 1990, Tony again wrestled in the WWF as Saba Simba. Tony currently manages Mark Henry in the ECW Division of WWE.

2007 – WBBG Hall of Fame

2006 WWE Hall of Fame

1999 – MTV TRUELIFE “I’M A PRO WRESTLER” Tony says his interests are: “Training people mostly. Working with kids here in Maine, keeping them off drugs, out of trouble, that sort of thing. They need somebody to keep them going in the right direction. It’s a great program and we’ve been doing it for about ten years.”

1998 – W.P.W.A.P.A. C.P.A. Bench Press Championship.

1997 – W.W.W.A. Africa Champion

1992 – Northern State Champion 1991 – White Mountain Champion, Northern State Champion

1989 – ICW Champion, Pinning & Jumping Joe Savordi

1988 – 3rd In World A.P.F. 659 Lbs, 300k.

1987 – Texas Powerlifting Champion, National Powerlifting Champion, Brass Knuckles Championship, Defeats Abdullah The Butcher, Caribbean Wrestling Champ.

1986 – Texas TV Champion, Texas Tag Team Champion With Skip Young

1985 – A.A.U. Mr. Universe, A.W.A. Tag Team Champion With Jumping Jim Brunzell

1984 – New England Powerlifting Champion.

1983 – WWF Tag Team Championship with Rocky Johnson. Tony & Rocky made history by defeating The Wild Samoans, becoming the very first African-American duo to capture the World Tag Team Championship.

1982 – New York Powerlifting Champion

1981 – Pins Hulk Hogan In Madison Square Garden, NY; Japenese Benchpress Champion

1980 – Mr. U.S.A.; Mr. Hercules; Georgia Tag Team Champion With Tommy Rich

1979 – Georgia Wrestling Champion; Mr. U.S.A.; Georgia Power Lifting Champion, Georgia Tag Team Champion With Kevin Sullivan

1978 – Mid Atlantic Champion; Mr. Eastern Champion; Mr. South Hemisphere

1977 – Georia Tagteam Champ With Mr. Wrestling II

1975 – Turns Pro

1974 – Teenage Mr. Virginia; Virginia Powerlifting Champion