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The first version of Executioners was founded by Executioner #1, who was a masked wrestler, wrestling for World Wide Wrestling Federation. In 1976 he trained Executioner #2, and the two became a tag team in WWWF. Together, the Executioners captured the WWWF Tag Team Championship on May 11, 1976 by defeating Louis Cerdan and Tony Parisi.
Terry Ray Gordy Sr. [3] (April 23, 1961 – July 16, 2001) was an American professional wrestler from Soddy-Daisy, TN. Gordy appeared in the United States with promotions such as Mid-South Wrestling, Georgia Championship Wrestling, World Class Championship Wrestling, Jim Crockett Promotions/World Championship Wrestling and the Universal Wrestling Federation as a member of The Fabulous Freebirds.
The Masked Canadian: National Wrestling Alliance: 1975 United States [2] [14] The Masked Crusader: Maple Leaf Wrestling: 1973 Canada: The Masked Crusader was unmasked by The Sheik in 1973. He continued wrestling under a mask as one-half of The Crusaders with Crusader#2 until again being unmasked by The Sheik a year later. [5] The Masked Destroyer
Rose returned to the WWF on February 5, 1990, at a house show in Brandon, Manitoba, and was defeated by Hillbilly Jim. He made his televised return on the March 12 edition of Prime Time Wrestling, teaming up with Iron Mike Sharpe against The Hart Foundation. Rose was primarily used as an enhancement talent during this run, losing his televised ...
Josip Hrvoje Peruzović (October 14, 1947 – July 29, 2018), [4] [5] better known by his ring name Nikolai Volkoff, was a Croatian-American professional wrestler from Yugoslavia, best known for his time in the World Wrestling Federation where he usually played a Soviet heel.
In 1976, Studd returned to the World Wide Wrestling Federation, where he donned a mask and performed as "Executioner #2", teaming with Executioner #1 as The Executioners. On May 11, 1976, The Executioners defeated Louis Cerdan and Tony Parisi to win the WWF World Tag Team Championship.
Class of 2014 – as The Masked Superstar [35] Pro Wrestling Illustrated. PWI ranked him #112 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003 [36] Southern States Wrestling. East Tennessee Wrestling Hall of Fame (Class of 1999) Ultimate Championship Wrestling. UCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) [23] United States Wrestling League
Since he already had an athletic build, he decided to give wrestling a try and began attending a wrestling school. [ 6 ] [ 8 ] When he first wrestled professionally, he was known as "Tarzan Kowalski", [ 9 ] but was also called Hercules Kowalski, Killer Kowalski (this nickname is used as early as 1950) and even The Polish Apollo, according to ...