Profile Info
- Gender Male
- Real Name Luke Joseph Scarpa
- Ring Names
- Chief Jay Strongbow
- Joe Scarpa
- Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
- Weight
- 247 lbs (112 kg)
- Born October 4, 1928
- Died April 3, 2012 (aged 83)
- Birth Place Nutley, New Jersey
- Billed From
- Pawhuska, Oklahoma
Career History
- Roles
- Producer ( October 21, 1986 - December 31, 1994 )
- Wrestler ( January 15, 1947 - November 16, 1987 )
- Companies / Promotions
Promotion from to Promotion 
WWE June 5, 1982 December 31, 1994 Promotion NWA April 4, 1958 November 6, 1981 Promotion WWE July 9, 1970 November 19, 1979 Promotion NJPW April 21, 1978 May 31, 1978 - Face / Heel Turns
Alignment from to Face - Images
Jul 1970
WWE
NWA
WWE
NJPW
- Finishers
- Tomahawk Chop - Overhead Chop
- Indian Deathlock
- Sleeper Hold
Titles & Accomplishments
- Hall of Fame
- WWE Hall of Fame - Year 1994 , Individual
- Titles Won
World Wide Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Federation
- 4 WWWF/WWF Tag Team Championship (1 with Sonny King, 1 with Billy White Wolf, 2 with Jules Strongbow)
Championship Wrestling from Florida
- 2 NWA Brass Knuckles Championship (Florida version)
- 1 NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship
- 3 NWA Southern Tag Team Championship (Florida version) (with Jose Lothario)
- 1 NWA World Tag Team Championship (Florida version) (with Don Curtis)
Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling
- 1 NWA Gulf Coast Heavyweight Championship
- 2 NWA Southern Tag Team Championship (Gulf Coast version) (with Lee Fields)
NWA Mid-America
- 3 NWA Mid-America World Tag Team Championship (2 with Lester Welch, 1 with Alex Perez)
- 1 NWA Tri-State Heavyweight Championship (Alabama version)
Mid-South Sports
- 1 NWA Georgia Heavyweight Championship
- 1 NWA Mawith Tag Team Championship (with El Mongol)
- 1 NWA World Tag Team Championship (Georgia version) (with Don Curtis)
World Wrestling Council
- 1 WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Championship
- Other Accomplishments
- WWF Hall of Fame induction (class of 1994)
- New England Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame induction (class of 2011)
- Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum induction (class of 2009)
- PWI Most Popular Wrestler of the Year (1973)
- PWI Most Inspirational Wrestler of the Year (1979)