Mile Zrno

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Mile Zrno
Born (1955-09-29) 29 September 1955 (age 68)[1][2]
Sucia, Bosnia and Herzegovina[1]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Mile Zrno
Silver Hurricane
Billed height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Billed weight106 kg (234 lb)[1]
Trained byRene Lasartesse[1]
Charly Verhulst
Debut1973[1]
Retired7 May 2005[1]

Mile Zrno (born September 29, 1955)

professional wrestler, who was well known for his stint in Catch Wrestling Association
, various German and Japanese promotions.

Life and career

Zrno began his professional wrestling career in 1973. He worked in many Germany promotions throughout his career. In 1979, he made his debut in Japan for International Wrestling Enterprise.[4]

In 1981, Zrno made his debut for Catch Wrestling Association in Germany where he worked there until 1993.

From 1982 to 1983, he did another tour for Japan this time for

New Japan Pro Wrestling
as the Silver Hurricane.

In February 1985, he did his final his tour in Japan for Universal Wrestling Federation (Japan).

On July 17, 1987, Zrno won the CWA World Middleweight Championship defeating Steve Wright in Vienna, Austria. He dropped the title back to Wright on December 2, 1987.[5]

On November 23, 1988, Zrno and

Dave Finlay and Marty Jones on June 23, 1990. Zrno teamed up with Franz Schurmann to win back the titles from Finlay and Jones. They held them until December 21, 1991, losing to Chris Benoit and David Taylor. On July 18, 1993 Zrno teamed with David Taylor to defeat Mad Bull Buster and Larry Cameron
for the titles. They dropped them back to Buster and Cameron on October 24, 1993.

By the end of 1993, Zrno took a hiatus from wrestling.

In 1997, Zrno returned to the wrestling and Catch Wrestling Association. He made his debut that year for Verband der Berufsringer in Germany. Catch folded in 1999 and Zrno retired from wrestling in 2000.

Zrno, returned for one night wrestling Karsten Kretschmer at Verband der Berufsringer in a no-contest.[6]

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Cagematch Profile".
  2. ^ "WrestlingData Profile".
  3. ^ "Wrestlers debuted in 1955: 1 - 32 of 32". Wrestling Data. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
  4. ^ "IWE: 1979: Big Challenge Series".
  5. ^ "CWA". Cagematch. July 17, 1987. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
  6. ^ "Events Database - Verband der Berufsringer". Cage Match. Retrieved January 28, 2024. 7.5.2005
  7. ^ "C.W.A. World Tag Team Title". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved 2007-11-26.
  8. ^ "WWU World Junior Heavyweight Title at Wrestling-Titles.com". Retrieved 7 October 2007.

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