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George Raymond Wagner (March 24, 1915 – December 26, 1963) was an American professional wrestler best known by his ring name Gorgeous George. [1]

82 relations: Alias the Champ, Amateur wrestling, Angelo Poffo, AWA World Heavyweight Championship (Boston version), Beaumont, California, Bob Dylan, Bob Hope, Bruno Sammartino, Bugs Bunny, Bunny Hugged, Butte, Nebraska, California, Cartoon, Chanel No. 5, Chicago, Chief Don Eagle, Cirrhosis, Continental Championship Wrestling, Dick Beyer, Domestic turkey, Elton John, Enrique Torres, Entertainment Weekly, Eugene, Oregon, Freddie Blassie, Georgia Championship Wrestling, Glossary of professional wrestling terms, Gorgeous Grampa, Grand Olympic Auditorium, Heat (professional wrestling), Heel (professional wrestling), Henry Winkler, Houston, Huntz Hall, James Brown, Lanny Poffo, Liberace, List of premature professional wrestling deaths, Little Richard, Los Angeles, Lou Thesz, Lucille Ball, Madison Square Garden, Maple Leaf Gardens, Meme, Merrie Melodies, Milby High School, Milton Berle, Morris Day, Muhammad Ali, ..., Myocardial infarction, National Wrestling Alliance, New York City, No Holds Barred (1952 film), NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Championship (Southern Division), NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (Georgia version), Pacific Coast Light Heavyweight Championship, Pomp and Circumstance Marches, Portland, Oregon, Prince (musician), Professional wrestling, Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum, Ring name, Roddy Piper, Sioux City, Iowa, Sonny Liston, Sports Illustrated, Stampede Wrestling, Television, The Bowery Boys, The Maestro (wrestler), The One and Only (1978 film), Toronto, United States Wrestling Association, Van Nuys, Warner Bros., Waterloo, Iowa, Whipper Billy Watson, Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame, WWE, WWE Hall of Fame, YMCA. Expand index (32 more) »

Alias the Champ

Alias the Champ is a 1949 American crime film directed by George Blair and written by Albert DeMond.

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Amateur wrestling

Amateur wrestling is the most widespread form of sport wrestling.

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Angelo Poffo

Angelo John Poffo (April 10, 1925 – March 4, 2010) was an American professional wrestler and wrestling promoter.

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AWA World Heavyweight Championship (Boston version)

The AWA World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling championship owned and promoted by the American Wrestling Association in Boston.

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Beaumont, California

Beaumont is a city in Riverside County, California, United States located at a half mile elevation in the pass area south of Southern California's highest peak, San Gorgonio Mountain, and north of San Jacinto Peak.

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Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, author, and painter who has been an influential figure in popular music and culture for more than five decades.

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Bob Hope

Sir Leslie Townes Hope, KBE, KC*SG, KSS (May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003) known professionally as Bob Hope, was an English-American stand-up comedian, vaudevillian, actor, singer, dancer, athlete, and author.

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Bruno Sammartino

Bruno Leopoldo Francesco Sammartino (October 6, 1935 – April 18, 2018) was an Italian-born American professional wrestler, best known for his work with the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF, now WWE).

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Bugs Bunny

Bugs Bunny is an animated cartoon character, created in the late 1930s by Leon Schlesinger Productions (later Warner Bros. Cartoons) and voiced originally by Mel Blanc.

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Bunny Hugged

Bunny Hugged is a Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies (a Blue Ribbon re-issue) short, directed by Chuck Jones and written by Michael Maltese.

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Butte, Nebraska

Butte is a village in Boyd County, Nebraska, United States.

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California

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.

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Cartoon

A cartoon is a type of illustration, possibly animated, typically in a non-realistic or semi-realistic style.

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Chanel No. 5

Chanel No.

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Chicago

Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the third most populous city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles.

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Chief Don Eagle

Carl Donald Bell (August 25, 1925 - March 17, 1966), better known by his ring name Chief Don Eagle, was a Mohawk Native American professional wrestler during the 1950s and 1960s.

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Cirrhosis

Cirrhosis is a condition in which the liver does not function properly due to long-term damage.

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Continental Championship Wrestling

Continental Championship Wrestling was a professional wrestling promotion based in Knoxville, Tennessee, and Dothan, Alabama from 1985 until 1989, owned by Ron Fuller.

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Dick Beyer

Richard Beyer (born July 11, 1930) is an American retired professional wrestler who is best known by his ring names, The Destroyer or Doctor X. Beyer has worked extensively in Japan and in 2017 he was awarded one of the country's highest honors, the Order of the Rising Sun.

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Domestic turkey

The domestic turkey (Meleagris gallopavo domesticus) is a large fowl, one of the two species in the genus Meleagris and the same as the wild turkey.

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Elton John

Sir Elton Hercules John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947) is an English singer, pianist, and composer.

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Enrique Torres

Enrique Torres (July 25, 1922 – September 10, 2007) was a Mexican-American professional wrestler, the oldest three Torres brothers in wrestling, and a major star in the late 1940s and 1950s.

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Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly (sometimes abbreviated as EW) is an American magazine, published by Meredith Corporation, that covers film, television, music, Broadway theatre, books and popular culture.

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Eugene, Oregon

Eugene is a city of the Pacific Northwest in the U.S. state of Oregon.

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Freddie Blassie

Frederick Kenneth Blassie (February 8, 1918 – June 2, 2003), better known as "Classy" Freddie Blassie, was an American professional wrestling villain and manager born in St. Louis, Missouri.

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Georgia Championship Wrestling

Georgia Championship Wrestling was a professional wrestling promotion whose self-titled TV program aired in the 1970s and 1980s on Atlanta, U.S., superstation WTBS.

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Glossary of professional wrestling terms

Professional wrestling has accrued a considerable nomenclature throughout its existence.

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Gorgeous Grampa

"Gorgeous Grampa" is the fourteenth episode of the 24th season of The Simpsons and the 522nd episode overall.

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Grand Olympic Auditorium

The Grand Olympic Auditorium is the name of a former sports venue in southern Downtown Los Angeles, California.

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Heat (professional wrestling)

In professional wrestling, heat can refer to both crowd reactions and real-life animosity between those involved in a professional wrestling angle, or match.

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Heel (professional wrestling)

In professional wrestling, a heel (also known as a rudo in lucha libre) is a wrestler who portrays a villain or a "bad guy" and acts as an antagonist.

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Henry Winkler

Henry Franklin Winkler (born October 30, 1945) is an American actor, comedian, director, producer, and author.

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Houston

Houston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and the fourth most populous city in the United States, with a census-estimated 2017 population of 2.312 million within a land area of.

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Huntz Hall

Henry Richard "Huntz" Hall (August 15, 1920 – January 30, 1999) was an American radio, theatrical, and motion picture performer noted primarily for his roles in the "Dead End Kids" movies, such as Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), which gave way to the "Bowery Boys" movie franchise, a prolific and highly successful series of comedies in the 1940s and 1950s.

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James Brown

James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, musician, record producer and bandleader.

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Lanny Poffo

Lanny Mark Poffo (born December 28, 1954), better known by his ring names "Leaping" Lanny and The Genius is a Canadian-American professional wrestler, motivational speaker, poet and actor.

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Liberace

Władziu Valentino Liberace (May 16, 1919 – February 4, 1987), known mononymously as Liberace, was an American pianist, singer, and actor.

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List of premature professional wrestling deaths

According to a study by Eastern Michigan University, mortality rates for professional wrestlers are 2.9 times greater than the rate for men in the wider United States population.

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Little Richard

Richard Wayne Penniman (born December 5, 1932), known as Little Richard, is an American musician, songwriter, singer, and actor.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels";; officially: the City of Los Angeles; colloquially: by its initials L.A.) is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City.

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Lou Thesz

Aloysius Martin Thesz (April 24, 1916 – April 28, 2002) was an American professional wrestler.

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Lucille Ball

Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989) was an American actress, comedian, model, film-studio executive, and producer.

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Madison Square Garden

Madison Square Garden, often called "MSG" or simply "The Garden", is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the New York City borough of Manhattan.

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Maple Leaf Gardens

Maple Leaf Gardens is a historic building located at the northwest corner of Carlton Street and Church Street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Meme

A meme is an idea, behavior, or style that spreads from person to person within a culture—often with the aim of conveying a particular phenomenon, theme, or meaning represented by the meme.

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Merrie Melodies

Merrie Melodies is an American animated cartoon series of comedy short films produced by Warner Bros. in 1931 to 1969, during the golden age of American animation.

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Milby High School

Charles H. Milby High School is a public secondary school at 1601 Broadway in the East End, Houston, Texas.

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Milton Berle

Milton Berle (born Mendel Berlinger; July 12, 1908 – March 27, 2002) was an American comedian and actor.

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Morris Day

Morris E. Day (born December 13, 1957) is an American musician, composer, and actor.

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Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.; January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016) was an American professional boxer, activist, and philanthropist.

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Myocardial infarction

Myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when blood flow decreases or stops to a part of the heart, causing damage to the heart muscle.

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National Wrestling Alliance

The National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) is an American professional wrestling organization.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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No Holds Barred (1952 film)

For the 1989 film of the same name starring Hulk Hogan, see No Holds Barred (1989 film).

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NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Championship (Southern Division)

The NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Championship (Southern Division) was originally the primary singles championship for Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling and was originally named the NWA Gulf Coast Heavyweight Championship.

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NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (Georgia version)

The Georgia version of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) Southern Heavyweight Championship was a secondary singles championship used in Georgia Championship Wrestling off-and-on from 1948 to 1972.

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Pacific Coast Light Heavyweight Championship

The Pacific Coast Light Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling championship that was contended for in the Pacific Northwest from the 1920s to the mid-1950s.

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Pomp and Circumstance Marches

The Pomp and Circumstance Marches (full title Pomp and Circumstance Military Marches), Op. 39, are a series of marches for orchestra composed by Sir Edward Elgar.

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Portland, Oregon

Portland is the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon and the seat of Multnomah County.

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Prince (musician)

Prince Rogers Nelson (June 7, 1958 – April 21, 2016) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer and filmmaker.

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Professional wrestling

Professional wrestling (often shortened to pro wrestling or simply wrestling) is a form of sports entertainment which combines athletics with theatrical performance.

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Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum

The Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame (PWHF) and Museum is an American professional wrestling hall of fame and museum located in Wichita Falls, Texas.

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Ring name

A ring name is a name assumed for professional purposes by a professional wrestler, martial artist or boxer.

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Roddy Piper

Roderick George Toombs (April 17, 1954 – July 31, 2015), better known by his ring name "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, was a Canadian professional wrestler and actor.

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Sioux City, Iowa

Sioux City is a city in Woodbury and Plymouth counties in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Iowa.

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Sonny Liston

Charles L. "Sonny" Liston (unknown – December 30, 1970) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1953 to 1970.

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Sports Illustrated

Sports Illustrated is an American sports magazine owned by Meredith Corporation.

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Stampede Wrestling

Stampede Wrestling was a Canadian professional wrestling promotion based in Calgary, Alberta.

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Television

Television (TV) is a telecommunication medium used for transmitting moving images in monochrome (black and white), or in colour, and in two or three dimensions and sound.

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The Bowery Boys

The Bowery Boys were fictional New York City characters, portrayed by a company of New York actors, who were the subject of feature films released by Monogram Pictures from 1946 through 1958.

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The Maestro (wrestler)

Robert Kellum (born January 26, 1973) is an American professional wrestler and actor, best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling under the ring name The Maestro.

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The One and Only (1978 film)

The One and Only is a 1978 comedy film starring Henry Winkler, directed by Carl Reiner and written by Steve Gordon.

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Toronto

Toronto is the capital city of the province of Ontario and the largest city in Canada by population, with 2,731,571 residents in 2016.

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United States Wrestling Association

The United States Wrestling Association (USWA) was a professional wrestling promotion based in Memphis, Tennessee.

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Van Nuys

Van Nuys is a neighborhood in the central San Fernando Valley region of the city of Los Angeles in California.

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Warner Bros.

Warner Bros.

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Waterloo, Iowa

Waterloo is a city in and the county seat of Black Hawk County, Iowa, United States.

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Whipper Billy Watson

William John Potts, (June 25, 1915 – February 4, 1990) was a Canadian professional wrestler best known by his ring name "Whipper" Billy Watson, and was a two-time world heavyweight wrestling champion.

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Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame

The Wrestling Observer Newsletter (WON) Hall of Fame is a professional wrestling hall of fame that recognizes people who make significant contributions to the sport.

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WWE

World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., d/b/a WWE, is an American integrated media and entertainment company that primarily is known for professional wrestling.

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WWE Hall of Fame

The WWE Hall of Fame is a hall of fame for professional wrestlers and professional wrestling personalities maintained by WWE.

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YMCA

The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), often simply called the Y, is a worldwide organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, with more than 58 million beneficiaries from 125 national associations.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorgeous_George

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