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The Monsters Crusher Blackwell_217 вЂњBlack AngusвЂќ Campbel_219 вЂњMooseвЂќ Cholak_222 Eric the Red_224 Kane_227 Jos Leduc_229 вЂњThe Mongolian StomperвЂќ_231 Gorilla Monsoon_235 вЂњApacheвЂќ Bull Ramos_239 Vader_241 The Zebra Kid_244 The Egotists Beauregarde_189 Edge_192 вЂњSuperstarвЂќ Billy Graham_194 Roger Kirby_198 вЂњNature BoyвЂќ Buddy Landel_201 Randy Orton_204 вЂњRavishingвЂќ Rick Rude_206 Bobby Shane_209 вЂњExoticвЂќ Adrian Street_212 The Madmen вЂњKillerвЂќ Tim Brooks_ 163 Bulldog Brower_166 Pampero Firpo_170 вЂњCrazyвЂќ Luke Graham_172 King Curtis Iaukea_175 Moondog Mayne_178 George вЂњThe AnimalвЂќ Steele_182 вЂњThe Golden GreekвЂќ John Tolos_184

Koverly_137 Heel With a Heart_140 Lord Lansdowne_142 Buddy OвЂ™Brien_146 Lou Plummer_149 Dick Raines_151 Ivan Rasputin_154 Frederich Von Schacht_156 George Zaharias_159 The Pioneers Chief Chewacki_125 Ted вЂњKing KongвЂќ Cox_127 Dick Daviscourt_130 Billy Edwards_132 Abe вЂњKing KongвЂќ Kashey_135 K.O. The Next Five Terry Funk_103 Killer Karl Kox_107 Ernie Ladd_111 Randy вЂњMacho ManвЂќ Savage_114 The Spoiler (Don Jardine)_119 вЂњNature BoyвЂќ Buddy Rogers_17 Gorgeous George_22 The Sheik_28 Mad Dog Vachon_33 вЂњWildвЂќ 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 вЂњNature BoyвЂќ Ric Flair_86 Bull Curry_92 вЂњRowdyвЂќ Roddy Piper_96 Table of Contents Acknowledgements_xi Foreword by Rick Martel_xiv Introduction_1 The one and only вЂњNature BoyвЂќ 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 2007Д®ditor 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

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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 TeamsД¬opyright В© Greg Oliver and Steven Johnson, 2007 Published by ECW Press 2120 Queen Street East, Suite 200, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4E 1E2 All rights reserved.

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