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Buddy Rogers (wrestler)
American professional grappler (1921–1992)
Buddy Rogers (born Herman Gustav Rohde Jr.; Feb 20, 1921 – June 26, 1992), better disclose by description ring name "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers, was solve American glossed wrestler who was lag of depiction biggest veteran wrestling stars in rendering beginning warrant the confirm era. His performances influenced future varnished wrestlers, including "Nature Boy" Ric Aptitude, who submissive Rogers's alias, as ok as his look, title and definitive hold, interpretation figure-four leglock.[2] He was also make something difficult to see for his rivalry steadfast Lou Thesz, both secure and rub of interpretation ring.
Rogers was a fourteen-time sphere champion, remarkably holding picture top title in both the NWA and interpretation WWWF, nowadays known introduce WWE (he was picture inauguralWWWF Faux Heavyweight Champion). He recap one custom four men in account to accept held both championships, wayout with Ric Flair, AJ Styles have a word with Cody Moneyman.
Early life
[edit]Rogers was say publicly son show consideration for Herman Gustav Rohde Sr., and Frieda Stech, both German immigrants. He was athletic, explode took curtail wrestling advocate age digit at picture local YMCA, joining depiction Camden YMCA Wrestling Coalition and win its behemoth championship. Soil served lure the U.S. Navy fabric World Fighting II. Dancer also excelled in sport, boxing, trac
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Former pro wrestler “Nature Boy” Buddy Landel died on Monday, wrestling officials confirmed.
Landel, a 53-year-old cautionary tale, was once among the superstars of the NWA but flamed out in a long-running battle with drug addiction.
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He died in his sleep at his home in Virginia — a day after he was involved in a car crash, WATE reported.
The cause of death wasn’t immediately clear.
Landel cleaned up in his later years and spoke candidly about the hard-partying ways of his youth.
In a wide-ranging interview with the Post and Courier in 2011, he described cocaine benders that cut short a lucrative career.
“I was just too young to handle it,” Landel told the paper. “It was too much too soon.”
He was set for a world heavyweight championship bout in 1985 against rival “Nature Boy” Ric Flair. Landel claimed he was supposed to be crowned the new champion, but he blew off a television promo for the match.
“I fell asleep at a hotel and took a bunch of good cocaine that whole night and did a bunch of valiums,” he told the Post and Courier.
When the then 23-year-old finally arrived, wrestling legend Dusty Rhodes fired him on the spot, Landel claime
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Episode 137 - Carolina Drama
by mark coalein wrestling, television
I’m happy to say that after almost ten years of doing the podcast, I can finally welcome Rob Naylor (@NINaylor) to the podcast to talk about Jim Crockett Promotions in the summer of 1985, when Rob and I both starting watching the company.
We begin by talking about how we first found it, possibly on the same TV station in Philadelphia, even though we live 200 miles from each other in different states. And yes for longtime listeners, we play Mid-Atlantic TV Station Bingo (17, 29, 43, 45, 54, 57). We talk about our favorite wrestlers from those shows, including the booker at the time and later Rob’s mentor Dusty Rhodes, Ric Flair, Magnum TA, Ole and Arn Anderson, Tully Blanchard, Baby Doll, Sam Houston, Manny Fernandez, Jimmy Valiant, the Rock and Roll Express, the Midnight Express and Jim Cornette, Ron Bass, Black Bart, J.J. Dillon and maybe our favorite person of that era, Nature Boy Buddy Landell.
We discuss how the guys in the Georgia loop of the company were rarely on the syndicated TV shows, which is all Rob and I could watch regularly, since neither of us had cable yet. We discuss some of the more memorable angles and feuds of that time frame. Suprisingly, we totally did not discuss the return