Stan Stasiak

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George Stipich CanadaCanada
Data
Ring name Stan Stasiak
Additions to names The Crusher, The Man
height 196 cm
Fighting weight 123 kg
birth April 13, 1937
Arvida , Canada
death June 19, 1997
Announced from Buzzard Creek, Oregon
debut 1958
retirement 1984

George Stipich (born April 13, 1937 in Arvida , Canada , † June 19, 1997 ), better known by his ring name Stan Stasiak , was a Canadian wrestler .

Life

George Stipich grew up in Quebec, Canada and played ice hockey in the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada . His aggressive style of play led his trainer to encourage him to give wrestling a try. In 1958 he began his career at Stampede Wrestling under the name Stan Stasiak and was initially nicknamed "The Crusher", later "The Man". In 1968 he was allowed to win the NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship (Calgary version) . He took the name “Stan Stasiak” from a wrestler in the 1920s who died of blood poisoning that he contracted during a match.

On December 1, 1971, he competed in the WWWF against Pedro Morales and won the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) World Heavyweight Championship . He was active as an interim champion for nine days and lost the title on December 10, 1971 to Bruno Sammartino . The background was that the WWWF did not want another title match between the audience favorites Morales and Sammartino.

After winning the title, he was allowed to compete again in 1977 for the championship title against "Superstar" Billy Graham . He ended his wrestling career in 1984 and then worked as a security guard for the Toronto Simpsons and the Hudson's Bay Store in Toronto . In 1997 he moved back to Quebec and died of heart failure on June 19, 1997 at the age of 60 .

He is the father of WCW and WWF wrestler Shawn Stasiak .

Titles and awards

  • Cauliflower Alley Club
    • Other honoree (1996)
  • Maple Leaf Wrestling
    • NWA International Tag Team Championship (Toronto version) (1 ×) - with Man Mountain Campbell
  • NWA All-Star Wrestling
    • NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship ( Vancouver version ) (2 ×) - with Dutch Savage
  • NWA Big Time Wrestling
    • NWA Brass Knuckles Championship (Texas version) (2 ×)
    • NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship (1 ×)
    • NWA Texas Tag Team Championship (1 ×) - with killer Tim Brooks
  • NWA Western States Sports
    • NWA Brass Knuckles Championship (Amarillo version) (1 ×)
  • National Wrestling Federation
    • NWF North American Heavyweight Championship (1 ×)
  • Pacific Northwest Wrestling
    • NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship (6 ×)
    • NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship (8 ×) - with Mad Russian (1 ×), Mighty Ursus (1 ×), Haru Sasaki (1 ×), Tony Marino (1 ×), Dutch Savage (1 ×), Buddy Rose ( 1 ×) and Billy Jack Haynes (2 ×)
  • Stampede wrestling
    • NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship (Calgary version) (3 ×)
    • Stampede North American Heavyweight Championship (1 ×)
    • Stampede Wrestling Hall of Fame
  • World Championship Wrestling (Australia)
    • IWA World Heavyweight Championship (WCW Australia) (1 ×)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Christian Heintz: Stan Stasiak. NSWW.de, accessed June 2, 2011 .
  2. ↑ a b Stan Stasiak. (No longer available online.) Obsessedwithwrestling.com, archived from the original on September 1, 2011 ; Retrieved June 2, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.obsessedwithwrestling.com
  3. ↑ Brian Solomon: WWE Legends . Pocket Books, 2006, ISBN 978-0-7434-9033-7 , pp. 239-240 .
  4. ^ Stampede Wrestling Hall of Fame (1948-1990) . Puroresu Dojo. 2003. Retrieved July 31, 2011.
personal data
SURNAME Stasiak, Stan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stipich, George (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian wrestler
DATE OF BIRTH April 13, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Arvida (Quebec) , Canada
DATE OF DEATH June 19, 1997