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Gene Kiniski
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Ring name(s) Gene Kiniski
Gene Kelly
Mighty Canadian
Big Thunder
Canada's Greatest Athlete
Billed height 193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Billed weight 122 kg (270 lb)
Born November 23, 1928 (1928-11-23) (age 79)
Edmonton, Alberta
Trained by Dory Funk Sr.
Tony Morelli
Debut February 13, 1952
Retired February 25, 1992

Eugene Nicholas Kiniski (born November 23, 1928), better known as Gene Kiniski, is a retired Canadian professional wrestler and the father of wrestlers Nick Kiniski and Kelly Kiniski. Events 800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Edmonton (ˈɛdmɨntɨn is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta. Dory Funk (May 4 1919 – June 3 1973 was a Professional wrestler. Events 1258 - Baghdad falls to the Mongols, and the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 138 - The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Events 800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Population of Canada: 31612895 (2006 Census Provinces and territories Metropolitan areas Cities Professional wrestling, or pro wrestling, is a non-competitive professional Sport, where all matches are scripted by the promotion's booking staff Nick Kiniski (born August 25, 1961) is a Canadian retired professional wrestler. Kelly Kiniski (born May 27, 1960) is a Canadian -born American retired professional wrestler. He was born outside of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Edmonton (ˈɛdmɨntɨn is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page [1]) Kiniski was one of the first World Champions after Bronko Nagurski in professional wrestling to have a previous background in football. Bronislau "Bronko" Nagurski ( November 3, 1908 &ndash January 7, 1990) was an Canadian American football player

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Early life

One of six children and over six feet tall by the age of seventeen, Gene wrestled and played football at St. Joseph’s High School. In March 1947, he entered the annual Edmonton School’s Boxing and Wrestling Tournament at Westglen gymnasium. Due to his size, he was the lone heavyweight competing. [2]

Gene captured the attention of Annis Stkus, a scout for the Edmonton Eskimos, of the then Western Interprovincial Football Union in 1949, (which later merged with the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union to form the Canadian Football League). The West Division is one of the two regional divisions of the Canadian Football League. The East Division is one of the two regional divisions of the Canadian Football League. The Canadian Football League (CFL ( Ligue canadienne de football (LCF in Along with Kiniski, wrestlers Al Oeming and Stu Hart were at the training camp as well. Stewart Edward "Stu" Hart CM ( May 3, 1915 – October 16, 2003) was a Canadian amateur wrestler Two of his Eskimos teammates were future wrestlers Wilbur Snyder and Joe Blanchard. Wilbur Snyder was born on September 15, 1929 in Santa Monica California, USA

Gene secured himself a spot on the defensive line and his play earned him a scholarship to the University of Arizona. The University of Arizona (also referred to as UA, U of A, or Arizona) is a Land-grant and space-grant public institution [2] He was enrolled there from September 18, 1950 to January 26, 1952 and played on the defensive line for Bob Winslow. Events 96 - Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1340 - King Edward III of England is declared King of France. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rod Fenton recruited Kiniski into professional wrestling in Arizona in 1952. [2]

He returned to Edmonton to play football for the Eskimos too, and he suffered a torn kneecap in the team’s first game against Saskatchewan in August 1952. Kiniski retired from football in 1953 to resume wrestling full-time.

Birth of a wrestling career

After retiring from football, Kiniski trained with Dory Funk Sr. and Tony Morelli for a wrestling career, eventually making his pro debut on February 13, 1952 in Tucson, Arizona, where he defeated Curly Hughes. Dory Funk (May 4 1919 – June 3 1973 was a Professional wrestler. Events 1258 - Baghdad falls to the Mongols, and the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed Tucson (ˈtuːsɒn is the seat of Pima County Arizona, United States, located 118 miles (188 km) southeast [3] Kiniski’s first exposure on television was in Southern California in 1954 alongside other wrestlers such as Wilbur Snyder and Bobo Brazil. Wilbur Snyder was born on September 15, 1929 in Santa Monica California, USA Houston Harris International Wrestling IW North American Heavyweight Championship ( 1 time) One year later, he teamed up with John Tolos to win his first major championship, the International TV Tag Team title, in Los Angeles, then challenged NWA World Champion Lou Thesz in November 1954. John Tolos, Nicknamed "The Golden Greek", is a retired Canadian Professional wrestler, and Professional wrestling manager Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Aloysius Martin Thesz ( April 24 1916 - April 28 2002) also known as The Great One, was a professional wrestler and [2] As an emerging talent, Kiniski got the opportunity to wrestle Lou Thesz at the Olympic Auditorium on November 3, 1954. Aloysius Martin Thesz ( April 24 1916 - April 28 2002) also known as The Great One, was a professional wrestler and The Grand Olympic Auditorium is the former name of a sports venue in Los Angeles California, United States. Events 644 - Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Muslim Caliph, is killed by a Persian slave in Medina. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Kiniski lost in two straight falls. [2]

From there, Kiniski ventured to San Francisco and teamed with Lord James Blears to win the territory's version of the NWA World Tag Team title three times in 1955; after that, he went to Texas and, wrestling as Gene Kelly, captured the NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship in 1956. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. The NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship is a title that has existed since the 1930s and has had several different names

Toronto and Montreal Runs

Kiniski began wrestling in his native Canada for the first time in November 1956, debuting for Toronto's Maple Leaf Wrestling. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario Maple Leaf Wrestling was the unofficial name in the 1970s and 1980s of the Professional wrestling promotion run by Frank Tunney in Toronto. His first main-event match in the territory took place at Maple Leaf Gardens in January 1957, when he teamed with Buddy Rogers against Whipper Billy Watson and Pat O'Connor and saw the beginning of a lengthy feud with Watson that spanned across Canada; the Kiniski-Watson feud gained national exposure due to their matches sometimes being seen on CBC Television. This article is about the arena For the company formerly known as Maple Leaf Gardens Ltd "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers, born Herman C Rohde Jr, ( February 20 1921 &ndash June 26 1992) was a Professional Whipper Billy Watson ( July 25 1915 – February 4 1990) born William Potts, was a Canadian professional wrestler Pat O'Connor is the name of Pat O'Connor (auto racer (1928-1958 American racecar driver Pat O'Connor (boxer (born 1950 American CBC Television is a Canadian English language Television network. He also challenged NWA World Heavyweight titleholders Watson, Thesz and Dick Hutton for the title on several occasions between 1955 and 1957. Dick Hutton was a professional wrestler who was trained by Ed 'Strangler' Lewis

In 1957, Kiniski competed in Montreal and Toronto. His feuds with Whipper Billy Watson, Yukon Eric, Edouard Carpentier, and Pat O’Connor pushed his career further. Whipper Billy Watson ( July 25 1915 – February 4 1990) born William Potts, was a Canadian professional wrestler Édouard Carpentier (born July 17 1926) is a retired French Professional wrestler who garnered several world championships in a career that spanned [2]

Gene captured the British Empire title from O’Connor on May 2, 1957, and the Montreal version of the world title from Carpentier on June 12, 1957. Events 1194 - King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Events 1381 - Peasants' Revolt: in England, rebels arrive at Blackheath. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Kiniski headlined a wrestling card at Delormier stadium in Montreal, where he dropped the Montreal world title to Killer Kowalski on July 17, 1957 in front of 21,000 fans. Events 180 - Twelve inhabitants of Scillium in North Africa are executed for being Christians Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) [2]

Championship runs

Kiniski joined the American Wrestling Association (AWA) in 1960 and defeated AWA World Champion Verne Gagne to win the title on July 11, 1961, also capturing the AWA World Tag Team title twice with Hard Boiled Haggerty. The American Wrestling Association (AWA was an American Professional wrestling promotion based in Minneapolis Minnesota that ran from 1960 Verne Gagne (born February 26 1926) is a former American Professional wrestler, football player Pro wrestling Trainer, and Events 911 - Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple and Rollo of Normandy. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Don Stansauk ( April 2 1925 - January 27 2004) He played Defensive tackle and after a season with the Lions he was traded to the [2] The title reign lasted less than a month. Kiniski won another title in West Texas a year later.

In 1962, Kiniski began what became the peak period of his career when he went to Vancouver to join NWA All Star Wrestling. Vancouver (vænˈkuːvɚ is a coastal NWA All Star Wrestling is a former Canadian Professional wrestling promotion based in Vancouver British Columbia. Early on, he won the NWA British Empire Heavyweight title twice and the Pacific Coast Tag Team title three times, and he challenged again for the NWA World title, taking on Rogers in a main event at Empire Stadium in Vancouver on July 30, 1962 (Rogers beat Kiniski to retain his title), and Thesz in 1963. He made Vancouver his home base while also making appearances in other promotions throughout North America and in Japan, particularly a lengthy stint in the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) in 1964; while there, he challenged WWWF Champion Bruno Sammartino several times. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. World Wrestling Entertainment Inc ( WWE) is a publicly traded privately controlled integrated media (focusing in Television, Internet, Bruno Leopoldo Francesco Sammartino (born October 6 1935 is an Italian former professional wrestler, best known for being the longest-running champion of the Kiniski wrestled Sammartino on November 16, 1964 at Madison Square Garden. Events 534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG, and known colloquially as The Garden, has been the name of four Arenas in New York City. [2] Thinking that he had pinned Sammartino in the second fall, Kiniski took the belt and left the ring. Despite being counted out, Kiniski kept the title until a rematch on December 14 settled the matter of who was the real champion. Events 1287 - St Lucia's flood: The Zuider Zee sea wall in the Netherlands collapses killing over 50000 people [2]

He also went to Dick the Bruiser's Indianapolis-based World Wrestling Association in December 1965 and captured its World Heavyweight title, holding it for four months. William Richard Afflis ( June 27 1929 – November 10 1991) was an American football player and Professional wrestler The World Wrestling Association ( WWA) is a Lucha libre promotion based in the Tijuana -area of Mexico. A few weeks later, Kiniski earned the opportunity to contend for the National Wrestling Alliance World Heavyweight title. The National Wrestling Alliance ( NWA) is the largest governing body for a group of independent Professional wrestling promotions and sanctions various NWA

The pinnacle of Kiniski's career finally came on January 7, 1966, when he defeated Thesz to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship in St. Louis, Missouri in front of 11,612 fans at the Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis. Events 1325 - Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal. 1558 - France takes Calais, the last continental Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. [2]

Heel champion

Compared to Thesz, Kiniski was a heel and was very comfortable in his role as a “bad guy” world champion. [2] As world champion, Kiniski wrestled many well-known luminaries. These included Bobo Brazil, Dick the Bruiser, Johnny Valentine, Bill Watts, Edouard Carpentier, Pat O’Connor, and the Funks, Terry and Dory, Jr. Houston Harris International Wrestling IW North American Heavyweight Championship ( 1 time) Johnny Valentine (born John Theodore Wisniski, September 22, 1928 &ndash April 24, 2001) was a Professional Bill Watts, (born May 5 1939 in Oklahoma City Oklahoma) is a former American Professional wrestler and promoter , respectively.

He travelled worldwide to defend his title during his three-year reign as champion, including making frequent stops back in Vancouver to defend his title in NWA All Star, taking on challengers such as Lou Thesz, Don Leo Jonathan, Dutch Savage, Bill Dromo, Bearcat Wright, John Tolos, Chris Tolos, Abdullah the Butcher, Haystacks Calhoun, Bobby Shane, Dean Higuchi, Tex McKenzie and Paddy Barrett in the promotion. Don Heaton (born April 29, 1931 in Hurricane Utah) (more commonly known as Don Leo Jonathan) is an American former Professional wrestler Dutch Savage (real name - Frank Stewart) is a former Professional wrestler and wrestling promoter best known for his time spent competing in Pacific Northwest Larry Shreve (born Lawrence Robert Shreve on January 11 1941) best known as Abdullah the Butcher, and also at times the Madman from William Dee Calhoun ( August 3, 1934 &ndash December 7, 1989) was a Professional wrestler, who used the professional name Dean Higuchi is a retired American professional wrestler known by his ring name Dean Ho, who competed in North American regional promotions including Pacific Northwest

After stops in Honolulu, Tokyo, and becoming the first World Champion to appear in Los Angeles in more than 11 years in November 1968, Kiniski was exhausted. At the 1968 NWA Convention, Kiniski announced that it was time to step down. Gene agreed to lose the championship to Dory Funk, Jr. Dorrance Funk Jr Dory Jr still claims that the accident and injuries were real but does not explain why he did not lose the title to Brisco as the NWA board had planned He went down to a spinning toehold on February 11, 1969 in Tampa. Events 660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. [2]

Into the 1970s

The NWA World title loss was not the end of the line, however, as Kiniski continued winning championships in NWA All Star and elsewhere. He won the NWA Missouri Heavyweight title from Terry Funk in St. Terrence "Terry" Funk (born June 30 1944) is an American professional wrestler and Actor known chiefly for the Louis on March 16, 1973, while back in Vancouver, he won the Pacific Coast Heavyweight title seven times from 1970 to 1979, and won the Canadian Tag Team title ten times between 1963 and 1976, and in Japan, he captured the NWA International Heavyweight title in 1970[2]. Events 597 BC - Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. He also got involved in the promotional side of the business when he joined forces with Sandor Kovacs and Portland promoter Don Owen to acquire the Vancouver territory in the late 1960s; that, combined with Kiniski's NWA World title reign at the time, helped make Vancouver a wrestling hotbed for several years, until Kovacs sold his share in the promotion to Al Tomko in 1977. Portland is a city located in the Northwestern United States, near the Confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers Don Owen (born September 19, 1935 in Toronto) is a Canadian film director writer and producer Al Tomko was a Canadian Professional wrestler and wrestling promoter Kiniski retained his ownership stake in NWA All Star until around 1983.

Late career

Kiniski remained involved in the sport for a few more years, teaming periodically with his sons, Kelly and Nick, refereeing the main event of the inaugural NWA Starrcade (Ric Flair vs. Starrcade '83 Flare for the Gold was the first annual Starrcade Professional wrestling event NWA World Champion Harley Race in a steel cage) in 1983, and later promoting events for Stampede Wrestling and the AWA in Vancouver while occasionally stepping into the ring. Harley Leland Race (born April 11 1943) is a retired American professional wrestler and current promoter Stampede Wrestling is a Canadian Professional wrestling promotion based in Calgary Alberta and was for nearly 50 years one of the main promotions His final matches as an active wrestler took place in Winnipeg's West Four Wrestling Alliance on February 25, 1992, defeating "Bulldog" Bob Brown and Randy Rudd in singles matches and teaming with Chris Jericho and Lance Storm to battle Brown, The Natural and Gerry Morrow to a no-contest in a six-man match at a WFWA TV taping in Winnipeg[4]. Winnipeg (ˈwɪnɨpɛg is the capital and largest city in the Canadian province of Manitoba, and 7th largest municipality in Canada with a population Events 138 - The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Robert Harold Brown ( October 16, 1938 - February 5, 1997) better known by his ring name "Bulldog" Bob Brown was Christopher Keith Irvine (born November 9 1970 better known by his Ring name Chris Jericho, is an American-born Canadian Television and stage Lance Timothy Evers (born April 3 1969 known professionally by his Ring name Lance Storm, is a retired Canadian professional wrestler. "The Jackyl" redirects here For, see Jackal (disambiguation}}}. He acted as the cornerman for Dory Funk Jr. in a match between Funk and Nick Bockwinkel (with Verne Gagne) at WCW Slamboree in 1993. Nicholas Warren Francis Bockwinkel (born December 6 1934) is a former American Professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Nick Slamboree was a Professional wrestling Pay-per-view event from World Championship Wrestling held from 1993 through 2000 that was held in the month of May He was inducted into the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame in 1996, and into the Tragos/Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame in Newton, Iowa in 2004. The Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame ("WON HOF" for short is a professional wrestling hall of fame that exists only on paper Newton is the County seat of Jasper County, Iowa, United States. In 2000, he was the interim president (commissioner) of All Japan Pro Wrestling's Pacific Wrestling Federation title governing body, but only while they searched for a permanent replacement for Lord James Blears and to present the vacant AJPW Triple Crown Championship to the winner of a tournament. ( AJPW) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion established in 1972 The AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship is the top Professional wrestling title in Japanese promotion All Japan Pro Wrestling. The winner turned out to be Genichiro Tenryu; Kiniski left thereafter, and in 2001 the permanent PWF president was announced as Stan Hansen, who had competed in the tournament and lost to Tenryu in the semifinals. Genichiro Tenryu (天龍源一郎 Tenryū Gen'ichirō) real name Genichiro Shimada (嶋田源一郎 Shimada Gen'ichirō, born February 2 John Stanley "Stan" Hansen (born October 12 1949 is a retired American professional wrestler.

Acting

In addition to his sports pursuits, Kiniski went into acting on occasion, appearing in the 1978 Sylvester Stallone movie Paradise Alley, as well as Double Happiness (which also starred Sandra Oh) and the made-in-Vancouver cult film Terminal City Ricochet (with former Big Valley regular Peter Breck), playing a bit role as a policeman. Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone (born July 6 1946 is an American Actor, director, producer and Screenwriter. Paradise Alley is a 1978 movie about three brothers (known as the Carboni Boys) in Hell's Kitchen, New York City in the 1940s who become involved in Sandra Oh (born July 20, 1971) is an award-winning Canadian Actress. Terminal City Ricochet is a 1990 film by Filipino director Zale Dalen. The Big Valley is a television Western which ran on ABC from 1965 to 1969. Peter Breck (born March 13, 1929, Haverhill Massachusetts) is an American Actor who has played roles on Television and On the TV side, he appeared as one of the wrestling legends interviewed on the Comedy Network series Wrestling with the Past, and he served as a commercial pitchman in several TV ads aired in the Vancouver area. The Comedy Network (TCN is a Canadian English language Cable television Specialty channel owned by CTV Television Inc He also made an appearance in an episode of the CBUT arts and entertainment magazine show Zero Avenue in 1993, discussing art with host/interviewer Christine Lippa in a Vancouver-area art gallery. CBUT is the CBC 's Television station in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and the flagship CBC-TV station for the Pacific

Finishing/Signature Move(s)

Championships and accomplishments

External links

References

  1. ^ National Wrestling Alliance, The Untold Story of the Monopoly that Strangled Pro Wrestling, p. Robert Harold Brown ( October 16, 1938 - February 5, 1997) better known by his ring name "Bulldog" Bob Brown was Bugsy McGraw is the ring name of former Professional wrestler Michael Davis. 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The NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship is a title that has existed since the 1930s and has had several different names The NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship is a title that has existed since the 1930s and has had several different names The WCWA Texas Tag Team Championship was the secondary tag team championship in World Class Championship Wrestling, originally known as the NWA Texas Tag-Team title until 1981 The WCWA Texas Tag Team Championship was the secondary tag team championship in World Class Championship Wrestling, originally known as the NWA Texas Tag-Team title until 1981 The St Louis Wrestling Club was a Professional wrestling promotion based in St The NWA Missouri Heavyweight Championship was the secondary singles championship in the National Wrestling Alliance 's St The NWA Missouri Heavyweight Championship was the secondary singles championship in the National Wrestling Alliance 's St The National Wrestling Alliance (NWA World Heavyweight Championship is the primary Professional wrestling title in the National Wrestling Alliance The NWA World Heavyweight Championship is a Professional wrestling title and is the highest ranked championship in the National Wrestling Alliance. 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  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n National Wrestling Alliance, The Untold Story of the Monopoly that Strangled Pro Wrestling, p. 212, Tim Hornbaker, ECW Press, 2007, ISBN 1-55022-741-6
  3. ^ Gene Kiniski career record at Vance Nevada's Wrestling Career Records Archive
  4. ^ Vance Nevada's Canadian Wrestling Results Archive (February 25, 1992)
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