• Dave McKigney (June 9, 1932 – July 4, 1988) was a Canadian professional wrestler, also known by his ring name, The Bearman. He is best known for wrestling...
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    twins William "Mike Kelly" Arko, Victor "Pat Kelly" Arko, and Dave McKigney. Franke, McKigney, and Victor Arko were killed when Victor Arko, allegedly blinded...
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  • (45 kg). Ted then took a long hiatus from wrestling. During this time, Dave McKigney (also known as Gene/Jean DeBois/DuBois, The Beast and The Canadian Wildman)...
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    business in Toronto failed, he began working for independent promoter Dave McKigney elsewhere in Ontario. In 1972, The Sheik ventured to Japan for the first...
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  • a male American black bear from Canada trained by Canadian wrestler Dave McKigney, wrestled regularly for various North American promotions from the 1950s...
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  • 1962 where he began training with Mikel Scicluna (who also trained Dave McKigney and Waldo Von Erich who were in the same class). After training Farkas...
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  • notable attempts by other promoters to run big-venue shows in Toronto. Dave McKigney, a successful promoter outside Toronto and at smaller sites within the...
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    are believed to be rare. On one of his visits to Ontario working for Dave McKigney, Sullivan met Jimmy Valiant. Jimmy took a shine to the young, enthusiastic...
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  • Gardens on June 5, 1983, and began wrestling for promoter "Bearman" Dave McKigney soon after his debut. He would also wrestle for the WWF around Southern...
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  • where he quickly became a star. Later in his career, he worked for Dave McKigney's Big Bear Promotions in Ontario, Alabama, and Oregon. He changed his...
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  • painter (d. 1981) June 6 – David Scott, American astronaut June 9 – Dave McKigney, Canadian professional wrestler (d. 1988) June 10 – Branko Lustig, Croatian...
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  • YMCA in Weston along other future professional wrestlers including Dave McKigney, Geeto Mongol, and Mikel Scicluna. At the age of 16, he began training...
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  • thought was a boxing dojo. It was there that he met wrestler Dave "The Wildman" McKigney who offered to cross train with him. Another wrestler that he...
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  • Westbury, Long Island Live Report". PWInsider.com. January 9, 2011. "Michael McGillicutty". Online World of Wrestling. Archived from the original on August...
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    4 Donald MacLaren, World War I flying ace, businessman (born 1893) Dave McKigney, professional wrestler (born 1932) July 9 – Richard Spink Bowles, lawyer...
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    Corporation. Archived from the original on July 1, 2021. Retrieved July 1, 2021. McKay, Pat (August 24, 2020). "Fatal Sask. bear attack victim was on phone with...
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    Christopher W.; Conlon, Anna S. C.; Rubenfire, Melvyn; Burghardt, Andrew R.; McGregor, Stephen J. (5 November 2014). "The Very High Premature Mortality Rate...
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  • Tom Manley, 75, English footballer (Manchester United, Brentford). Dave McKigney, 56, Canadian professional wrestler, traffic accident. William Thetford...
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  • Adrian Adonis, 33 July 4 - Dave McKigney, 56 July 17 - Bruiser Brody, 42 September 6 - Leroy Brown, 37 September 9 - Leroy McGuirk, 77 November 26 - Baron...
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  • Archived from the original on August 24, 2018. Retrieved August 24, 2018. McFarlane, Andrew (August 17, 2010). "How the UK's first fatal car accident unfolded"...
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    Coates † Carly Colón (through his mother) Steve Corino Crazzy Steve Dave McKigney † Scott D'Amore Paul Diamond Shawn Spears John Quinn † René Duprée Edge...
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    Hart: Lord of the ring. ECW Press. p. 165. ISBN 1-55022-508-1. Hart, Diana; McLellan, Kirstie (2001). Under the Mat: Inside Wrestling's Greatest Family....
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  • Frenchman" Lataste (fl. 2020s), a participant on the Go-Big Show talent show Dave McKigney (1932–1988; fl. 1950s), Canadian pro-wrestler with the ringname 'Flying...
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  • events in areas under their control such as Toronto. When "The Bearman" Dave McKigney tried running a show at Varsity Arena in September 1971, Tunney immediately...
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  • Canadian Online Explorer. SLAM! Sports. "SLAM! Wrestling Canadian Hall of Fame: Dave Ruhl". Canadian Online Explorer. SLAM! Sports. June 21, 2011. May, Vern (30...
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    found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. Christiano, Dave (October 2, 2018), Power of the Air (Drama), Nicholas X. Parsons, Patty Duke...
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  • 1970s. He fought in Stampede Wrestling for years, travelled with Bearman McKigney's circuit and was a mainstay of the eastern scene. Siki is best known for...
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    lost to Tom Allen Massachusetts's 3rd district: Peter I. Blute lost to Jim McGovern Massachusetts's 6th district: Peter G. Torkildsen lost to John F. Tierney...
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