Chief Jay Strongbow and Billy White Wolf:
These two “Native Americans” were a successful tag team in the mid 1970’s. On 12/7/76, they beat The Executioners and Tor Kamata & Nikolai Volkoff in a three team tournament to win the titles. While champions, Ken Patera broke Billy’s neck with the swinging neck breaker forcing the tag team titles to be vacated. This “ended” the career of Billy White Wolf and started a feud between Patera and Strongbow.
Chief Jay Strongbow:
Joe Scarpa was born in 1928 and was trained by Don Eagle. He debuted in 1948 and wrestled under his real name for many years. Chief Jay was really of Italian descent and used the Indian gimmick to gain ring success. His most famous move was his war dance, which was the precursor to Hulk’s Hulking Up. His finishing move was the tomahawk chop.
Chief Jay’s Career Highlights:
In the WWF, he was tag team champions with Sonny King, Billy White Wolf and his “nephew” Jules Strongbow. In 1973, he won the Pro Wrestling Illustrated most popular wrestler of the year award. He wrestled until the early 80’s. In the 90’s, he was a road agent for the WWF and could be seen occasionally breaking up fights between the wrestlers. In 1994, he was inducted into the WWF Hall of Fame.
Billy White Wolf:
Billy was Native American by way of Iraq. He was born Adna Al-Kaissie and was an accomplished amateur wrestler. He was also a childhood acquantice of Sadaam Hussein and would later have his family threatened by the dictator. He has recently written a book called The Sheik of Baghdad which details both his in ring career and interesting life outside it.
Career Highlights of Billy Whitewolf:
He started his pro career in the ‘50s and in 1977 his career was “ended” by Ken Patera. A few years later, he was in the AWA wrestling as Sheik Adnan El Kaissey. As a manager, his stable feuded with the Gagne family. Ironically, his AWA career was also “ended” by Ken Patera. In 1990, he entered the WWF as Sheik Adnan where he managed Iraqi sympathizer Sgt. Slaughter to the WWF Title. He is currently co-owner of World All-Star Wrestling Alliance with Ken Patera.
WWF Title History:
Jay Strongbow
WWF World Tag Team Championship
5/22/72 – with Sonny King beat King Curtis & Mikel Scicluna
12/7/76 – with Billy White Wolf beat The Exuctioners and Tor Kamata & Nikolai Volkoff
6/28/82 – with Jules Strongbow beat Mr. Fuji & Mr. Saito
10/26/82 - with Jules Strongbow beat Mr. Fuji & Mr. Saito
Sources: PWI Almanac, Onlineworldofwrestling.com, and WWE.com
