The Royal Kangaroos

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The Royal Kangaroos
Sydney, Australia
Debut1969
Disbanded1978

The Royal Kangaroos was a professional wrestling tag team consisting of cousins "Lord" Jonathan Boyd and Norman Frederick Charles III. The duo played off their Australian heritage which included using a boomerang as their weapon of choice. Boyd and Charles were known for their brutal, brawling style.[1]

The Royal Kangaroos

History

Cousins Jonathan Boyd and Norman Frederick Charles III both came into the pro wrestling world with a solid amateur background behind them.

Beauregarde defeated them on 26 November 1971.[3]

The Royal Kangaroos regained the titles only a few short weeks later and would hold them until 17 April where they fell to the PNW Tag Team powerhouse of

Tony Borne and Moondog Mayne (it was their 11th reign together as PNW Tag Team champions). Like before the Kangaroos were not without the title for long as they cheated their way to a victory on 9 May.[3] After losing the title to Dutch Savage and Moondog Mayne on 17 June the Royal Kangaroos ventured outside of the Portland Territory.[1] The team would win the South Pacific World Tag Team Championship in 1974, a championship that represented Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, French Numea, Western Samoa and parts of Africa.[4]

After travelling around the world the Kangaroos returned to the territory that brought them the most fame and won their 5th PNW Tag Team Championship on 27 February 1975 when they defeated Dutch Savage and Jimmy Snuka. The Australians would go on to dominate the Portland tag team division as they held on to the titles for 10 months before finally being unseated by Savage and Snuka on 25 December.[1] Their sixth and last run with the PNW tag team title only lasted 3 days as they won the gold from and then lost it back to the combination of Jesse Ventura and Apache Bull Ramos between 5 June and 8 June.

After working for Pacific Northwest for a number of years, the Royal Kangaroos headed south a bit to work for the

Luke Williams
while Norman Frederick Charles III remained a singles competitor.

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 978-1-55022-683-6
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  2. ^ "The Turnbuckle: Home of the Royal Kangaroos in Cyberspace". Retrieved 6 June 2007. We both wrestled very successfully as amateurs
  3. ^
    ISBN 0-9698161-5-4
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  4. ^ "The Turnbuckle: Home of the Royal Kangaroos in Cyberspace". Retrieved 6 June 2007.
  5. ^ "ASWA Georgia Tag Team Title".
  6. ^ "World Tag Team Title (San Francisco 1960s - 1970s)".
  7. ^ "Brass Knuckles Tag Team Title (Mid-Atlantic)".
  8. ^ "NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Title".
  9. ^ Rodgers, Mike (2004). "Regional Territories: PNW #16". KayfabeMemories.com.
  10. ^ "Stampede International Tag Team Title (Alberta & Saskatchewan)".
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