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Tony Halme
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Ring name(s)	The Viking Tony Halme Ludvig Borga
Billed height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Billed weight	275 lb (125 kg)
Born	January 6, 1963 (1963-01-06) (age 44) Helsinki, Finland
Resides	Helsinki, Finland
Billed from	Helsinki, Finland
Trained by	Verne Gagne
Debut	October 29, 1990
Retired	March 2003

Tony Christian Halme (born January 6, 1963) is a former member of the Finnish Parliament, representing the True Finns party. He is also known by the pseudonym Viikinki he used while appearing in the Finnish version of the TV game show American Gladiators in the 1990s. He has also been a professional wrestler under the name Ludvig Borga, an MMA fighter and a professional boxer who held the Finnish Heavyweight Championship.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Athletic career 1.2 Political career 1.3 Other media 2 In wrestling 3 Championships and accomplishments 4 In boxing 4.1 Professional boxing record 5 In mixed martial arts 5.1 MMA Record 6 External links

His earlier career in show-fighting and boxing have given Halme a "tough guy" image, enhanced by well-publicized instances when he defended himself in bar brawls. Halme is also known as World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) wrestler Ludvig Borga (spelled Ludwig Borge in his first few weeks in the WWF). His gimmick was that of a man who disliked America because of pollution. His first major match was at SummerSlam against Marty Jannetty in a brutal squash match. As Ludvig Borga, he made quite an impact in the mid-nineties WWF, ascending straight to main event status against the "All-American" Lex Luger. He was also the first man to end Tatanka's 2 year long undefeated streak. He was said to have been considered for a WWF World Heavyweight Championship run, but unfortunately his wrestling career was cut short by an ankle injury. He also had success wrestling in Japan for New Japan Pro Wrestling, teaming with Scott Norton to win the IWGP World Tag Team Championship. He was featured on the WCW Japan Supershow III pay-per-view card, in a match against Ron Simmons. After professional wrestling, Halme went on to fight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), though without appreciable success, losing to future UFC champion Randy Couture.

Halme does not hide his nativist views and tends to speak in a rash, direct manner, which tends to catch the public ear. He has also suggested that Finland should send drug dealers to Russian prisons as this would result in considerable cost savings, and a prison term in Russia would be a more effective deterrent. The populist party of True Finns took him as an independent candidate in the parliamentary elections of 2003. His share of about 17,000 votes was the 7th highest in the Helsinki parliamentary district. Most of his voters were from the poorest suburbs where unemployment is high. Some political analysts believe the Halme phenomenon to be a form of protest, but some fear this marks the rise of a political racist right-wing movement.

During his parliamentary career, Halme raised controversies. The day after the elections, Halme referred to president Halonen as a lesbian in a radio interview. Halme stated that if a lesbian can be president of Finland and he can be a member of Parliament, anything seems possible. A huge uproar ensued as much of the Finnish media treated the statement as a personal attack on Halonen; Halonen herself made no comment. Halme later apologized, stating that he was sorry that the statement had been interpreted as an insult and that he had been under the genuine impression that Halonen was a lesbian. [1]

In July 2003, a handgun was fired inside his apartment, probably after a domestic quarrel. Nobody was hurt, but the gun was unlicensed. Halme had only days before been in a boxing match and was using prescription medication because he was in pain. The dangerous combination of drugs and alcohol was a decisive factor in the incident. His blood contained trace amounts of amphetamine. Illegal steroids were also found in his apartment. Halme said that somebody had put the illegal substance into his drink without his knowledge. He was unconscious for several days following the incident. The police searched Halme's office at the House of Parliament. In January 2004 his trial was shown live on television by the MTV3 digital television channel. Halme received a four-month suspended sentence and a fine [2], but continued to serve as Member of Parliament. In 2006 he was convicted on driving while impaired.

In early March 2006, Halme was involuntarily committed to a mental hospital, reportedly due to delirium caused by excessive alcohol use. Earlier in 2006 he had been diagnosed with alcohol-related cirrhosis and acute pancreatitis. After being on sick leave for almost the entire year of 2006, he went on disability pension at end of the Parliamentary term.

He has also written four books and recorded one album called "Mestarit salilla". He has also starred in the Finnish movies Ponterosa and Kohtalon kirja and in 1995 had a small role overseas in Die Hard: With a Vengeance.

• Books

• Jumala armahtaa, minä en (1998) (Title translation: God Has Mercy, I Don't)
• Tuomiopäivä (2001) (Title translation: The Judgement Day)
• Viikingin voimaopas (2003) (Title translation: The Viking's strength guide)
• Kovan päivän ilta (2003) (Title translation: A Hard Day's Night)

• Albums

• Mestarit salilla (2001)

• Finishing and signature moves

• Backbreaker rack
• Military press gutbuster
• Gutbuster drop
• Stiff punches

• Catch Wrestling Association

• CWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• New Japan Pro Wrestling

• IWGP World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Scott Norton

13 wins (10 KOs), 6 losses, 0 draws

28/11/2002	Win	Chris Sirengo	Helsinki	UD
13/10/2001	Loss	Garing Lane	Copenhagen	TKO
20/02/2001	Win	Almaz Gismeev	Helsinki	TKO
03/10/2000	Loss	Yacine Kingbo	Helsinki	KO
17/04/2000	Win	Mika Kihlström	Helsinki	KO
22/11/1999	Win	Ferenc Deák	Helsinki	KO
06/09/1999	Loss	Agustin Corpus	Helsinki	KO
19/04/1999	Win	Iran Barkley	Helsinki	SD
16/11/1998	Win	Ken Woods	Helsinki	KO
14/09/1998	Loss	Mika Kihlström	Helsinki	TKO
16/03/1998	Win	Terry Armstrong	Helsinki	KO
29/09/1997	Win	Jukka Järvinen	Helsinki	KO
09/06/1997	Win	Paul Genick	Atlantic City	KO
09/09/1996	Loss	Jukka Järvinen	Helsinki	DQ
27/05/1996	Loss	Robert Swenson	Helsinki	KO
27/04/1996	Loss	Patrick Freeman	Las Vegas	KO
04/03/1996	Win	Tony Messenger	Helsinki	TKO
26/06/1995	Win	Archie Perry	Inglewood	PTS
10/06/1995	Win	Bradford Powell	Las Vegas	KO

0 wins, 1 loss (1 submission), 0 draws

5/30/1997

Loss

Randy Couture

UFC 13

Submission (Rear naked choke)

Round 1, 0:56

• Tony Halme at the Internet Movie Database