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    player, better known by his ring name, Dick the Bruiser. During his NFL days he played four seasons with the Green Bay Packers. He was also a very successful...
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  • Look up bruiser in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Bruiser may refer to: The Bruisers, musical pioneers of the Punk/Oi! genre Bruiser, an indie rock trio...
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    Louisiana. As Bruiser Brody and King Kong Brody (the latter, a name he used in Midwestern promotions out of respect for Dick the Bruiser), Goodish competed...
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  • World Wrestling Association (Indianapolis) (category Independent professional wrestling promotions based in the Midwestern United States)
    The World Wrestling Association was an Indianapolis-based professional wrestling promotion which was operated by Dick the Bruiser and his business partner...
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    success in the American Midwest, often teaming with Dick the Bruiser. Lisowski was born on July 11, 1926, and was raised by a Polish family in the Milwaukee...
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    Wilbur Snyder (category NWA "Beat the Champ" Television Champions)
    Omaha, Nebraska. After the departure of Jim Barnett, Snyder bought into the Indianapolis territory with Dick the Bruiser. The enterprise was known as...
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  • his father-in-law Dick the Bruiser to win the WWA World Tag Team Championship defeating Roger Kirby and Paul Christy. He would win the titles four more...
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  • Cowboy Bob Ellis (category American military personnel of the Korean War)
    defeated Dick the Bruiser for the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Detroit version). He dropped the belt back to Dick the Bruiser. In 1962...
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  • the Class of 1994. Ole Anderson, The Crusher, posthumous inductee Dick the Bruiser, Ernie Ladd, and Masked Assassin were also inducted that year. The...
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    Nick Bockwinkel (redirect from Dick Warren)
    when they were defeated by The Crusher and Dick the Bruiser. The team dissolved shortly thereafter when Stevens departed the AWA, with Bobby Duncum allying...
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  • an alternate on the 1984 and 1988 U.S. Olympic wrestling teams. During the U.S. Olympic boycott, he began training with Dick the Bruiser and soon started...
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    launched the Dick the Bruiser Fan Club, selling photographs of the wrestling star and other local professional wrestlers through mail order. Bruiser brought...
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  • from chairs that were thrown by fans. All of the wrestlers during the match were fined, and Dick the Bruiser was banned for life from wrestling in New York...
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    feuded with The Crusher and Dick the Bruiser, Bruiser famously called Heenan "Weasel"; this led to his rivals calling him "Weasel" throughout the rest of...
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    as the Valiant Brothers. A victory for the WWA tag team titles over Dick the Bruiser and Bruno Sammartino put the name of the Valiant Brothers on the marquee...
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  • SuperClash (1985) (category Professional wrestling shows in the Chicago metropolitan area)
    against Crusher, Dick the Bruiser and Baron von Raschke. Baron initially made Ivan submit to a clawhold but the referee did not see the submission as he...
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    Ole Anderson (category The Four Horsemen (professional wrestling) members)
    billed as being the nephew of Dick the Bruiser, and as a relative of The Crusher. He went on a short unbeaten streak which ended the following month when...
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    Richard John "Dick" Beyer (July 11, 1930 – March 7, 2019) was an American professional wrestler is best known by his ring names, The Destroyer and Doctor...
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    operations in 1974, and Dick the Bruiser would later work for Big Time Wrestling—even facing The Sheik in a series of brawls. During the 1970s, Big Time Wrestling...
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    the WWA World Heavyweight Championship in September 1967. His reign lasted until August 1969, when he was defeated by Dick the Bruiser. In 1971, The Blackjacks...
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    Harley Race (category King of the Ring tournament winners)
    breaking the rules to win matches. They quickly became top contenders, and in January 1965, they defeated Dick the Bruiser and the Crusher in the sold-out...
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    Delphi Community High School. The city has a free lending library, the Delphi Public Library. William "Dick the Bruiser" Afflis - professional wrestler...
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  • The AWA World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship and the highest ranked championship in the defunct...
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  • and the Black Scorpion for Starrcade. It was to be a cage match with professional wrestling legend Dick the Bruiser as the special guest referee. The rule...
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  • and in Detroit against Dick the Bruiser. He also appeared as a longtime color commentator for wrestling television shows in the Ontario, New York, Ohio...
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  • Starrcade '90: Collision Course (category December 1990 events in the United States)
    Scorpion and Sting and for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship with Dick the Bruiser as special guest referee. If The Black Scorpion lost, he would...
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  • Dick the Bruiser. Under the ring name "Princess Jasmine", she wrestled primarily in the midwest region of the United States, but also competed in the...
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    breaking the rules to win matches. They quickly became top contenders, and on January 30, 1965, they defeated the tandem of Dick the Bruiser and The Crusher...
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  • Camp joined the Indianapolis-based World Wrestling Association. On January 7, 1984, Van Camp and Dick the Bruiser defeated Abdullah the Great and Jerry...
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    Wrestling promotion. He adopted the character of "Boris Zurkov", a mercenary hired by Skandor Akbar to face Bruiser Brody. He left the promotion in December 1983...
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