Leo Burke
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Léonce Cormier (born June 29, 1948) is a Canadian retired professional wrestler. He was born in Dorchester, New Brunswick. He competed across Canada, in several American promotions, and wrestled internationally for both Puerto Rico's World Wrestling Council (WWC) and the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) in New Zealand. In Canada, where he spent the majority of his career, Cormier used the ring name Leo Burke. In the United States, however, he competed as Tommy Martin.
Leo Burke | |
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Birth name | Léonce Cormier |
Born | (1948-06-29) June 29, 1948 (age 75)[1] Dorchester, New Brunswick, Canada[1] |
Family | Cormier |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Leo Burke Tommy Martin |
Billed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[2] |
Billed weight | 230 lb (100 kg)[2] |
Trained by | Yvon Cormier Rudy Kay[1] |
Debut | 1966[1] |
Retired | 1992[1] |
Over the course of his career, Cormier held 46 wrestling championships. Several of his title victories came as part of a tag team with his brothers, three of whom were also professional wrestlers. He had long-term storyline feuds with such wrestlers as Cuban Assassin and Bret Hart, both of whom he later reconciled with and joined forces with to hold tag team championships. Since his retirement in 1992, he has also trained many wrestlers for both World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW). Cormier also competes in occasional wrestling matches and has been honored by both the Cauliflower Alley Club, a fraternal organization of professional wrestlers, and Stampede Wrestling, who inducted him into their hall of fame.