Eddie Sharkey (born February 4, 1936) is an American former professional wrestler, promoter, and trainer, widely recognized as "the Trainer of Champions"...
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Football League player Eddie Sharkey (born 1936), American professional wrestling trainer and former wrestler Emma Augusta Sharkey (1858–1902), American...
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Berzerker and under his birth name. Nord was trained to wrestle by Eddie Sharkey. He debuted in late 1984 under the ring name "The Barbarian" for Mid-South...
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the late 1980s after being trained by Eddie Sharkey. His signing with the AWA was due to trainer Eddie Sharkey’s connections in the federation. Early on...
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he held the Cruiserweight Championship once. Carlson was trained by Eddie Sharkey and debuted in 1995. He worked in independent Minnesota promotions....
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bodybuilding contest. He was trained to wrestle by Brad Rheingans and Eddie Sharkey. He debuted in early 1984 with Mid-South Wrestling in Louisiana. In...
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the circuit, he met the then unknown Eddie Sharkey in 1960. They struck up a friendship. After seeing what Sharkey could do, Montana recommended that he...
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in 1989 in the American Wrestling Association after being trained by Eddie Sharkey and managed by Johnny Valiant. Sporting matching ring attire and carrying...
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and Don Kernodle, a turncoat American. Koloff was briefly trained by Eddie Sharkey. He debuted on June 5, 1984, and won his first match in 13 seconds,...
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she also worked as a part-time nurse. In 1984, Miceli trained with Eddie Sharkey in Minneapolis and began working on the independent circuit for $5 a...
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American Wrestling Association (AWA) in 1988 after being trained by Eddie Sharkey. In the AWA, he competed as Wayne "The Train" Bloom. His initial run...
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professional wrestling at that time. Rude trained as a wrestler under Eddie Sharkey, the same trainer responsible for training other wrestling stars like...
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B's in the Twin Cities where he caught the eye of Eddie Sharkey, a well-known wrestling trainer. Sharkey thought that Laurinaitis and Mike Hegstrand, Richard...
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football. Ruud began his professional wrestling career after training with Eddie Sharkey in 2003. He debuted under the ring name "Thoruf Marius", competing for...
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Association (AWA) owner and promoter Verne Gagne and wrestler/trainer Eddie Sharkey in the mid-1970s. According to Ellering's RF Video shoot interview,...
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B's in the Twin Cities that he caught the eye of Eddie Sharkey, a well-known wrestling trainer. Sharkey thought that Hegstrand, along with Joe Laurinaitis...
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early 1970s. He began training as a professional wrestler in 1973 under Eddie Sharkey and competed for the American Wrestling Association. He then wrestled...
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spot. In 1966, Boyette began his wrestling career and was trained by Eddie Sharkey and Verne Gagne. He became second in all three United States Tag Team...
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1984.[citation needed] Norris began training with Eddie Sharkey in 1988 and signed with Sharkey's professional wrestling promotion Pro Wrestling America...
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Pro-Wrestling's Top of the Super Juniors in 1993, facing the likes of Chris Benoit, Eddie Guerrero and Jushin Liger. As The Lightning Kid, Waltman had his WWF tryout...
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wrestler Road Warrior Animal. After coming up with possible ring names with Sharkey and Animal, Szopinski adopted the "Warlord" as his ring name and sent some...
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2 in (188 cm) Billed weight 245 lb (111 kg) Billed from San Diego, California Brooklyn Park, Minnesota Trained by Eddie Sharkey Debut 1974 Retired 1986...
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Horowitz X-Pac Bobby Blaze Bob Orton Jr. Buddy Landel Chris Champion Eddie Sharkey Horace Hogan Marc Mero Perry Saturn Van Hammer Carl Malenko (not related)...
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other independent wrestling companies. Solwold began training under Eddie Sharkey and Terry Fox in 2000 and debuted on November 11, 2000, facing "Sheriff"...
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their debut in the ECW Arena at Wrestlepalooza, where they teamed with Eddie Guerrero in a loss to Scorpio, Dean Malenko, and Cactus Jack. On August...
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the 1980s and early 1990s. Founded and promoted by retired wrestler Eddie Sharkey, a longtime veteran of the American Wrestling Association and owner...
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Anderson Lucious Lars Billed height 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) Billed weight 235 lb (107 kg) Trained by Verne Gagne Eddie Sharkey Debut August 1965 Retired 1986...
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Antonio Inoki Danny Hodge 2005 Jack Brisco Les Thatcher 2006 Verne Gagne Eddie Sharkey 2007 Danny Hodge Bob Geigel 2008 Steve Williams Pat Patterson / 2009...
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Savoldi Antonio Inoki/Danny Hodge Jack Brisco/Les Thatcher Verne Gagne/Eddie Sharkey Hodge/Geigel "Dr. Death" Steve Williams/Pat Patterson Bob Roop/Reggie...
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weight 290 lb (132 kg) Billed from Parts Unknown (as Smash) The Motor City (as Repo Man) Trained by Eddie Sharkey Karl Gotch Debut 1983 Retired 2017...
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