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He was also called, "Leaping Larry Chene." In 1960, Chene returned to his hometown Detroit where he became a fan favorite feuding with The Sheik Farhat and Dick the Bruiser . One night in September 1960 against Dick the Bruiser 15,00 fans showed up at the Olympia and lots of bloods between both wrestlers.
[10] [11] As a promoter, Ruby introduced wrestlers including Abdullah the Butcher, George Steele, Killer Kowalski, Leaping Larry Chene, and The Sheik. [1] [10] ...
Championship Created Abandoned Notes NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Detroit version): 1953 1980 This version of the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship was created in 1953 when Verne Gagne was awarded the championship in the Chicago-based Fred Kohler Enterprises.
Kent's father thought that Kent was too young to play professional baseball and insisted that he go to St. Benedict's College in Kansas. After graduating, Kent worked at a Veterans Administration Medical Center in his hometown of Battle Creek while being trained by Leapin’ Larry Chene for a professional wrestling career. [1]
Brainstorm was an American funk and R&B band active in the late 1970s, based in Detroit, Michigan.Their debut album, Stormin', was their best-selling album, and was released in 1977 on Tabu Records, executive-produced by Clarence Avant and produced by Jerry Peters.
Lanny Mark Poffo (December 28, 1954 – February 2, 2023) better known by his ring names "Leaping" Lanny Poffo and the Genius, was a Canadian-American professional wrestler, motivational speaker, poet, and actor. Poffo was a second generation professional wrestler, his father being Angelo Poffo.
Albano was originally seen as a "pretty boy," and wrestled as the babyface "Leaping Lou Albano". After a non-wrestling injury caused a gash on his forehead, he purposefully did not allow the scar to heal, and the minor disfigurement allowed him to turn heel. Now billed as the "Mount Vernon Mauler," and occasionally a pirate, he began ...
Wladek Kowalski (born Edward Władysław Spulnik; October 13, 1926 – August 30, 2008) was a Canadian professional wrestler, known by his ring name Killer Kowalski. [1] ...