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Tony Garea. Anthony Gareljich (born 20 September 1946) is a New Zealand retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Tony Garea. He is best known for his appearances in the United States with the World Wide Wrestling Federation / World Wrestling Federation in the 1970s and 1980s.
- 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
- 1971
- 245 lb (111 kg)
- Wild Don Scott
- Wrestling Lists Writer
- Not In The Hall of Fame. Despite Tony Garea enjoying a 42-year tenure with the company — both in the ring and backstage — fans may be surprised to find out that Garea has yet to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.
- Challenged For The WWE Championship. As the above should make very clear, Tony Garea spent most of his career as a tag team specialist, capturing WWE’s tag title five times during his career.
- Held the NWA World Tag Team Title. While most of Tony Garea’s career was spent in WWE, he did score a single title win outside of the company. It was during his mid-1970s venture outside of WWE that Garea was working for the San Francisco-based Big Time Wrestling — part of the National Wrestling Alliance — and captured their version of the NWA World Heavyweight Championship alongside future Intercontinental Champion and WWE booker Pat Patterson when they defeated Don Muraco and Invader 1, holding the belt for 126 days.
- Became A WWE Road Agent. While Tony Garea’s in-ring career came to an end in the late 1980s, he continued to work for WWE, taking a backstage position as a road agent.
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Rick Martel made one more WWE appearance, alongside former partner Garea at Vengeance: Night of Champions in 2007. "When we got there, they introduced us to the crowd, and then they showed images of us back in 1980, and Tony and I just laughed and kept saying to each other, ‘Who are those guys?'" Martel joked.
Martel, who received a standing ovation from his home fans, said he was honoured to be associated with WWE and thanked the fans. At WWE's Vengeance: Night of Champions pay-per-view in 2007, Martel, along with his former teammate Tony Garea, saved Jimmy Snuka and Sgt. Slaughter from a post-match attack at the hands of Deuce 'n Domino.
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