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Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Rogowski was on the Etowah High School wrestling team and had a successful amateur career, winning a Georgia state championship in his senior year at 171 pounds. [2] Before graduating, he accepted a wrestling scholarship from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and finished third in the Southern Conference ...
Brad Armstrong began his career three weeks after graduating from Wheeler High School, wrestling his first match on July 4, 1980, at the age of 18. [1] [6] In 1984, he moved to the Georgia territory of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), Georgia Championship Wrestling. [2] During this time, Armstrong began teaming with "White Lightning" Tim ...
Steve Gower (January 24, 1965 – September 2, 2021), better known by his ring name Steve "The Brawler" Lawler, was an American professional wrestler and trainer.He was a mainstay of regional and independent promotions in the Southern United States since the early 1980s, especially in Georgia and the Carolinas, having wrestled for Deep South Wrestling, Southern Championship Wrestling, Georgia ...
Junior Boys Freestyle Tournament Tournament. When: 8 a.m. Monday; 8 a.m., 2:30 p.m. Tuesday; 9 a.m., 2 p.m., 4:30 p.m. Wednesday Greater Akron/Canton wrestlers:113 ...
Sam Cartella of Western Reserve Academy, right, wrestles Mac Church of Waynesburg Central during their 144-pound championship match in the Ironman wrestling tournament at Walsh Jesuit High School ...
Paulson was the first high school wrestler to earn a spot on the U.S. National Senior team when he qualified for the 1991–1992 team. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In 1993 he was a Junior World Silver Medalist. Overall, he earned 16 national titles in Greco-Roman and Freestyle wrestling, and was a 1996 Olympic silver medalist in the 114.5 lbs weight class ...
Atlanta, Georgia Mr. Wrestling I and Mr. Wrestling II: 3 August 2, 1974 Atlanta, Georgia The Minnesota Wrecking Crew (Gene and Ole Anderson) 2 August 16, 1974 Atlanta, Georgia Defeated Harley Race and Mr. Wrestling I after Mr. Wrestling II paid $10,000 to defend his half of the title for him. Mr. Wrestling I and Mr. Wrestling II: 2 September 6 ...
By the mid-1980s, Anderson was a part-owner of, and the booker for, Georgia Championship Wrestling. After Georgia Championship Wrestling was acquired by Vince McMahon in 1984 in what was known as "Black Saturday", Anderson broke away to form his own promotion, Championship Wrestling from Georgia, which was itself acquired by Jim Crockett ...