Mikel Scicluna

Mikel Scicluna was a Maltese professional wrestler who gained his fame during the 1960s and 1970s. He reached the peak of his success in WWE where he was 2-time tag-team champion, having held the United States Tag Team championship once and the WWE World Tag Team Championship once.

Scicluna started wrestling during the 1950s, and used the name Mike Valentino early in his career. Scicluna worked primarily in Canada until 1965, when he ventured to WWE, using his most famous moniker "Baron" Mikel Scicluna. Scicluna was famous for entering the ring with a royal blue cape over his shoulders, indicating that he was of Maltese royal descent. Scicluna was also known for being a master of the "foreign object", mainly utilizing a roll of coins to bash opponents out of sight of the referee. He enjoyed success as a tag team wrestler, winning the WWE United States Tag Team Championship with Smasher Sloan on September 22, 1966, in Washington, D.C. (though they eventually lost the belts in the same ...