Nick Bockwinkel
Warren Nicholas Bockwinkel 
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| Ring name | Nick Bockwinkel The Sensational White Phantom Dick Warren |
| height | 180 cm |
| Fighting weight | 112 kg |
| birth | December 6, 1934 St. Louis, Missouri |
| death | November 14, 2015 Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Announced from | Beverly Hills , California |
| Trained by |
Warren Bockwinkel Lou Thesz |
| debut | 1955 |
| retirement | 1987 |
Warren Nicholas Bockwinkel (born December 6, 1934 in St. Louis , Missouri , † November 14, 2015 in Las Vegas , Nevada ) was an American wrestler who is one of the most respected and famous in recent years. For years he was the top star and world champion of the American Wrestling Association and is now a member of the WWE Halls of Fame , the Wrestling Observer Newsletter and the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame . Bockwinkel had been married since the early 1970s and has children.
Career
Bockwinkel first tried his hand at Oklahoma State University as an American football player , but switched to wrestling after a knee injury. His father Warren Bockwinkel, who was also a wrestler, trained him. He made his debut in 1954. After having worked a lot in the Northwest of the USA in the first few years, he was allowed to win the Georgia Heavyweight Title in 1970, one of the most prestigious regional titles of the time.
Bockwinkel moved to the American Wrestling Association in the early 1970s . There he formed a successful heel tag team with Ray Stevens . Under their manager Bobby Heenan , they were able to secure the AWA World Tag Team Championships three times . They feuded with tag team legends such as Crusher Lisowski & Dick the Bruiser , the Vachon brothers or Verne Gagne & Billy Robinson .
On November 8, 1975, Bockwinkel was the first AWA World Heavyweight Champion after he had defeated Verne Gagne, who had previously held the title 2624 days continuously. Until the end of his career in 1987, Bockwinkel remained a figurehead of the AWA and feuded with Gagne, Jerry Lawler , Hulk Hogan and Otto Wanz , among others .
In 1993 he got back into the ring for legend fights and then acted as commissioner at World Championship Wrestling shows until he forgot the name of the show in a promo at the 1995 Great American Bash and was fired.
successes
| Predecessor: The Crusher & Red Bastien |
Partner: Ray Stevens |
First | Successor: Billy Robinson & Ed Francis |
| Predecessor: Billy Robinson & Verne Gagne |
Partner: Ray Stevens |
Second | Successor: Billy Robinson & The Crusher |
| Predecessor: Billy Robinson & The Crusher |
Partner: Ray Stevens |
third | Successor: Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher |
| Predecessor: Verne Gagne |
First | Successor: Verne Gagne |
| Predecessor: Verne Gagne |
Second | Successor: Otto Wanz |
| Predecessor: Otto Wanz |
third | Successor: Title was vacant after a match against Jerry Lawler |
| Predecessor: Title was vacant |
Fourth | Successor: Jumbo Tsuruta |
| Predecessor: Title was vacant after Stan Hansen took the title with him to Japan |
Fifth | Successor: Curt Hennig |
| Predecessor: Wilbur Snyder |
First | Successor: Rocky Valentine |
| Predecessor: Rocky Valentine |
Second | Successor: Rocky Brown |
| Predecessor: Hiro Matsuda & Tim Woods |
Partner: Ray Stevens |
First | Successors: Bob Orton senior & Hiro Matsuda |
| Predecessor: Joe Scarpa |
First | Successor: El Mongol |
| Predecessor: El Mongol |
Second | Successor: Assassin # 2 |
| Predecessor: Assassin # 2 |
third | Successor: Klondike Bill |
| Predecessor: Assassin # 1 |
First | Successor: Paul DeMarco |
| Predecessor: Paul DeMarco |
Second | Successor: Buddy Colt |
| Predecessor: Johnny Barend |
First | Successor: Curtis Iaukea |
| Predecessor: Luke Graham & Ripper Collins |
Partner: Bobby Shane |
First | Successor: Buddy Austin & Ripper Collins |
| Predecessor: The Preacher & Stan Holek |
Partner: Lord James Blears |
First | Successor: The Preacher & Stan Holek |
| Predecessor: The Preacher & Stan Holek |
Partner: Edouard Carpentier |
Second | Successor: Mike Sharpe & Zebra Kid |
| Predecessor: Tony Borne |
First | Successor: Mad Dog Vachon |
| Predecessor: The Destroyer (Dick Beyer) |
Second | Successor: Pampero Firpo |
| Predecessor: Arthur "Boom Boom" Michalik & The Destroyer (Dick Beyer) |
Partner: Nick Kozak |
First | Follower: Arthur "Boom Boom" Michalik & The Destroyer |
| Predecessor: Arthur "Boom Boom" Michalik & The Destroyer |
Partner: Nick Kozak , or after he was injured Buddy Moreno |
Second or third | Successor: Pat Patterson & Tony Borne |
| Predecessor: Title was newly introduced |
First | Successor: Curtis Iaukea |
| Predecessor: Karl von Brauner & Kurt von Brauner |
Partner: Rocky Romero |
First | Successor: Karl von Brauner & Kurt von Brauner |
| Predecessor: Art Neilson & Hans Hermann |
Partner: Ramon Torres |
First | Successor: Hombre Montana & Tiny Mills |
| Predecessor: Hombre Montana & Tiny Mills |
Partner: Ramon Torres |
Second | Successor: Gene DuBuque & Mike Valentino |
Awards
- 1996: Induction into the Hall of Fame for the Wrestling Observer Newsletter
- 2003: Induction into the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame
- 2007: Induction into the WWE Hall of Fame
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wrestling Legend Nick Bockwinkel Passes Away
- ↑ http://www.wrestlingmuseum.com/pages/wrestlers/nickbockwinkel2.html
- ↑ http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/Wrestlemania23/2007/04/01/3888464.html
- ↑ http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/Wrestlemania23/2007/03/12/3737063.html
- ↑ http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/Wrestlemania23/2007/04/01/3888464.html
- ↑ http://www.wrestlingmuseum.com/pages/wrestlers/nickbockwinkel2.html
- ↑ http://www.genickbruch.com/index.php?befehl=titles&titel=149
- ↑ http://www.cagematch.de/?id=2&nr=1263&worker=Nick+Bockwinkel
Web links
- Nick Bockwinkel's WWE Hall of Fame profile
- Profile at wrestlingmuseum.com
- Profile on Neckbruch.com
- Nick Bockwinkel in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Bockwinkel, Nick |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bockwinkel, Warren Nicholas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American wrestler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 6, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Louis , Missouri |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 14, 2015 |
| Place of death | Las Vegas , Nevada |