Tom Zenk

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Tom Zenk was a professional wrestler, also known by his nickname Z-Man.

Zenk started wrestling in 1984 in the Pacific Northwest territory where he feuded with Bobby Jaggers and occasionally appeared in the AWA during the mid 1980s.

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Tom Zenk was a professional wrestler, also known by his nickname Z-Man.

Zenk started wrestling in 1984 in the Pacific Northwest territory where he feuded with Bobby Jaggers and occasionally appeared in the AWA during the mid 1980s.

Zenk later made his way to the World Wrestling Federation alongside Rick Martel and the pair formed a tag team known as the "Can-Am Connection" in late 1986. The team faced, and defeated, the tag team of Don Muraco and Bob Orton, Jr. in the opening bout of WrestleMania III in March 1987. The tandem was so popular that they were being built up as the successors to the Hart Foundation as the next World Tag Team Champions, but Zenk would abruptly leave the promotion, allegedly over the result of a contract dispute. Zenk elaborated on the incident in a radio interview saying that he felt betrayed by Martel as he went behind Zenk's back and used his influence as a former AWA World Heavyweight Champion to get a better deal for himself while not doing anything to heighten Zenk's deal. Zenk also said that Martel even tried to get him to marry his sister as a way to keep him loyal to the wrestling partnership.

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