The Great Bolo

Alexander Charles Newman (August 16, 1916 – August 28, 1984) was a Canadian professional wrestler known by the ring names Al Lovelock and The Great Bolo. Lovelock was born in Windsor, Ontario and was active in the 1950s and 1960s and was primarily known for his work in the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida. Lovelock was the first to use the name "the Great Bolo" but would later allow Tom Renesto to use the name as well. He is the younger brother of politician Bernard Newman. Died August 28, 1984.

Professional wrestling career Al Lovelock began wrestling in the late 1940s under his real name. In 1950 he worked for Dory Funk's "NWA Western States" territory, teaming with Danny McShain. The duo reached the finals of a tournament to crown new NWA Texas Tag Team Champions but lost to Rito Romero and Miguel Guzmán. In 1953 Lovelock had travelled to Hawaii and worked for NWA Hawaii, winning the promotions main title, the NWA Hawaii Heavyweight Championship from Ben Sharpe on February 14, 1954. Three months later Lovelock vacated the title and left the promotion.

While working in Hawaii Lovelock had also begun working for the Los Angeles NWA territory as "The Great Bolo", a masked villain. Together with Tom Rice they held the International Television Tag Team Championship, which they won from Wilbur Snyder and Sandor Szabo. Bolo and Rice would hold the International Tag Team title one more time in 1955.

When Lovelock moved to another territory he gave Renesto permission to work as the Great Bolo in the area since he was booked to work in Texas. In those days it was not uncommon for several people to use the same gimmick in various territories, often leading to confusing records on who wrestled where, Renesto worked as the Great Bolo in the Carolinas, mainly for Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP) while Lovelock worked all over the country. Renesto was so popular as the Great Bolo that Al Lovelock sued promoter Jim Crockett to get a part of the profits that his creation had earned.

Lovelock would go on to recruit Pepper Martin to work alongside him as "the Mighty Bolo" forming another Bolos team, the team would work together until Lovelock retired in the late 1960s. After his retirement Lovelock discovered and trained Gary Fletcher aka Man Mountain Mike for a professional wrestling career.

Championships and accomplishments Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling NWA Gulf Coast Tag Team Championship (1 time) NWA Mid-America NWA Mid-America Southern Tag Team Championship (2 times) - Joe McCarthy NWA Mid-Pacific Promotions NWA Hawaii Heavyweight Championship (1 time) NWA Western States NWA North American Heavyweight Championship (Amarillo version) (1 time) NWA Southwest Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time) NWA. Southwest Tag Team Championship (Amarillo version) (3 times) - with Dizzy Davies (1), Art Nelson (1), Tokyo Joe (1) Worldwide Wrestling Associates WWA International Television Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Tom Rice