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In the two years since The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame:The Tag Teams came out, it feels like there have been a thousand autobiographies published about pro wrestlers. Moto_373 Toru Tanaka_375 Nikolai Volkoff_378 Fritz Von Erich_380 Waldo von Erich_384 Karl Von Hess_386 Kurt Von Poppenheim_389 Baron Von Raschke_391 Tojo Yamamoto_394 Notes on Sources_397Ī bloody Mighty Igor tries to escape from The Sheik - and the cage. The Foreigners The Iron Sheik_363 Ivan Koloff_366 The Great Mephisto_369 Mr.

D” David Shults_352 Dick Slater_355 Stan Stasiak_357 Ron Wright_360 The Tough Guys Bad News Allen_319 Mario Galento_321 Stan Hansen_324 JBL_327 The Missouri Mauler_330 Sputnik Monroe_332 Blackjack Mulligan_337 Death in the Ring_341 Magnificent Muraco_343 Dick Murdoch_347 Dutch Savage_350 “Dr. Jerry Graham_297 Rip Hawk_301 Triple H_303 Jeff Jarrett_305 Man on the Moon_308 Jake “The Snake” Roberts_311 Larry Zbyszko_315 The Connivers Tully Blanchard_283 Ripper Collins_286 Chris Colt_290 “Hot Stuff” Eddie Gilbert_294 Dr. Perfect” Curt Hennig_255 The Masked Superstar_258 Big Bill Miller_261 The Rogers-Miller-Gotch Backstage Mystery_264 “Mister Wonderful” Paul Orndorff_267 Bob Orton Sr._270 Pat Patterson_272 Angelo Poffo_275 Professor Roy Shire_278 The Technicians Don Fargo_249 The Legacy of “Iron” Mike_252 “Mr. The Monsters Crusher Blackwell_217 “Black Angus” Campbel_219 “Moose” Cholak_222 Eric the Red_224 Kane_227 Jos Leduc_229 “The Mongolian Stomper”_231 Gorilla Monsoon_235 “Apache” Bull Ramos_239 Vader_241 The Zebra Kid_244 The Egotists Beauregarde_189 Edge_192 “Superstar” Billy Graham_194 Roger Kirby_198 “Nature Boy” Buddy Landel_201 Randy Orton_204 “Ravishing” Rick Rude_206 Bobby Shane_209 “Exotic” Adrian Street_212 The Madmen “Killer” Tim Brooks_ 163 Bulldog Brower_166 Pampero Firpo_170 “Crazy” Luke Graham_172 King Curtis Iaukea_175 Moondog Mayne_178 George “The Animal” Steele_182 “The Golden Greek” John Tolos_184 Koverly_137 Heel With a Heart_140 Lord Lansdowne_142 Buddy O’Brien_146 Lou Plummer_149 Dick Raines_151 Ivan Rasputin_154 Frederich Von Schacht_156 George Zaharias_159 The Pioneers Chief Chewacki_125 Ted “King Kong” Cox_127 Dick Daviscourt_130 Billy Edwards_132 Abe “King Kong” Kashey_135 K.O. The Next Five Terry Funk_103 Killer Karl Kox_107 Ernie Ladd_111 Randy “Macho Man” Savage_114 The Spoiler (Don Jardine)_119 “Nature Boy” Buddy Rogers_17 Gorgeous George_22 The Sheik_28 Mad Dog Vachon_33 “Wild” Bill Longson_36 Fred Blassie_40 Johnny Valentine_45 The Destroyer (Dick Beyer)_50 Killer Kowalski_53 Harley Race_57 Danny McShain_61 Abdullah the Butcher_65 Nick Bockwinkel_68 Gene Kiniski_71 Boris Malenko_76 Hans Schmidt_80 Ray Stevens_82 “Nature Boy” Ric Flair_86 Bull Curry_92 “Rowdy” Roddy Piper_96 Table of Contents Acknowledgements_xi Foreword by Rick Martel_xiv Introduction_1 The one and only “Nature Boy” Buddy Rogers. The Destroyer gets the better of Cindy Johnson. Meredith Renwick does her best Missing Link (Dewey Robertson) impression. To Cindy Johnson and Meredith Renwick, our wives, who have been constant sources of support and inspiration, as well as message takers, proofreaders, and all-around sounding boards. GV1196.A1O545 2007Įditor for the press: Michael Holmes Cover photo: Bulldog Brower mauls Carlos Belafonte (Brian Bukantis) Spine Photo: Buddy Rogers (Tony Lanza) Back Cover: Gorgeous George (The SPORT Collection, Randy Orton and John Cena (Mike Mastrandrea) Authors Photo: Cindy Johnson Typesetting: Mary Bowness Printing: Printcrafters This book is set in Joanna and Officina DISTRIBUTION Canada: Jaguar Book Group, 100 Armstrong Ave., Georgetown, ON L7G 5S4 United States: Independent Publishers Group, 814 North Franklin Street, Chicago, Illinois 60610 PRINTED AND BOUND IN CANADA

LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA CATALOGUING IN PUBLICATION Oliver, Greg The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame : the heels / Greg Oliver and Steven Johnson. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form by any process - electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise - without the prior written permission of the copyright owners and ECW Press.
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Also in this series The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: The Canadians The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: The Tag TeamsĬopyright © Greg Oliver and Steven Johnson, 2007 Published by ECW Press 2120 Queen Street East, Suite 200, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4E 1E2 All rights reserved.
