- Sam Mokuahi, Jr.
Infobox Wrestler
name=Sam Mokuahi, Jr.
names=Sammy Steamboat
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birth_place=Hawaii
death_date=Death date|2006|05|02
death_place=Honolulu, Hawaii
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trainer=Lou Thesz
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website=Sam "Steamboat" Mokuahi, Jr., or simply Sammy Steamboat, (born 1935? in
Hawaii - diedMay 2 ,2006 inHonolulu, Hawaii ) was an Americanprofessional wrestler whose career spanned from the 1950s through to the 1970s.cite news | first = Hicks | last = Brady | title = 2006: The year in wrestling | work = PWI Presents: 2007 Wrestling Almanak and book of facts | publisher = Kappa Publications | id = 2007 Edition | page = 20 | accessdate = 2007-07-11 | language = English ]Mokuahi started in the late 1950s in Hawaii before being discovered and trained by multi-time world heavyweight champion
Lou Thesz . Thesz stated that Mokuahi was the only one he ever saw as a student or protege of his, and worked in the midcard inToronto in the early 1960s before moving toFlorida territories, winning titles withEddie Graham .cite book | author=Royal Duncan & Gary Will | title=Wrestling Title Histories | publisher=Archeus Communications | year=4th Edition 2006 | id=ISBN 0-9698161-5-4 ]Mokuahi died in Hawaii from complications from
Alzheimer's disease on May 2, 2006.Championships and accomplishments
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Championship Wrestling from Florida :*NWA Florida Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Ciclon Negro:*NWA World Tag Team Championship "(Florida version)" (5 times) - withEddie Graham (3), Ron Etchison (1), andJose Lothario (1):*NWA World Tag Team Championship "(Mid-America version)" (1 time) - with Eddie Graham1*
Georgia Championship Wrestling :*NWA Georgia Southern Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Eddie Graham*Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling:*NWA Mid-Atlantic Southern Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Eddie Graham
*NWA Mid-Pacific Promotions:*
NWA Hawaii Heavyweight Championship (2 times):*NWA Hawaii Tag Team Championship (5 times) - with Bill Varga (1), Bearcat Wright (1),Peter Maivia (2), andBilly White Wolf (1):*NWA North American Heavyweight Championship "(Hawaii version)" (4 times)1Steamboat and Graham won this championship by winning a tournament held on a card promoted in the
Championship Wrestling from Florida promotion.Favorite Moves: Rolling Leglock CannonballDropkickReferences
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