09-14-1984: WWC: 11th Anniversary Show: in San Juan, PR: Roberto Clemente Stadium drawing 28,000: Buzz Sawyer pinned Joe Savoldi… Hercules Ayala pinned Tom Lintz… Wahoo McDaniel & Mark & Jay Youngblood beat The Super Medics (Jose Estrada Jr. & Johnny Rodz & Don Kent)… Invader III (Johnny Rivera) pinned Anibal to win the UWA Junior Light Heavyweight title… Invader I (Jose Gonzalez) pinned Konga the Barbarian to win the WWC Puerto Rican title… Randy Savage pinned Pedro Morales to win the WWC North American title… All-Japan PWF tag team champions Stan Hansen & Bruiser Brody battled Abdullah the Butcher & Carlos Colon to a double DQ.
John Stanley Hansen II[1] (born August 29, 1949)[1] is an American retired professional wrestler.
Stan Hansen
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Hansen in 2015
Birth name
John Stanley Hansen II[1]
Born
August 29, 1949 (age 73)[1]
Knox City, Texas,
United States[2]
Alma mater
West Texas State University
Spouse(s)
Yumi Hansen
Children
4
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
Stan Hansen[3][2]
Billed height
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)[3][2][4]
Billed weight
321 lb (146 kg; 22.9 st)[3][4][5]
Billed from
Borger, Texas[3]
Trained by
Dory Funk[2]
Dory Funk Jr.[2]
Terry Funk[2]
Debut
January 1, 1973[2]
Retired
January 28, 2001[6][7][8]Hansen is known for his stiff wrestling style, which he attributes to his poor eyesight.[4][9] He is also known for his gimmick as a loud, violent cowboy who wanted to fight everybody,[6][7] which he further emphasized by appearing in interviews with a cowboy hat, leather vest and bullrope while often chewing on tobacco.[8][10] Considered the most successful and popular gaijin in Japanese professional wrestling history, he became more well-known and revered in Japan than in his native United States.[6][7] In Japan's AJPW promotion, he held seven different championships.[6][7] Overall he is a ten-time world champion.
In 1989, he played a small role in the movie No Holds Barred and in 2011, released his co-written biography, The Last Outlaw.
Football career
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Hansen played college football for the West Texas State Buffaloes.[3][10]
After Sammartino recovered, Hansen faced him for the WWWF Heavyweight Championship once again, at Showdown at Shea, but was unsuccessful. He left the promotion soon after.[3] He returned in 1980, rekindling his feud with Sammartino and facing Pedro Morales and Andre the Giant on several occasions. He also developed a heated feud with the then-WWF Champion Bob Backlund which culminated in a steel cage match at Madison Square Garden.[14]
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (1977–1981, 1990)
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Hansen first came to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) in January 1977 through the booking of Vince McMahon Sr. With his "reputation" as the man who broke Bruno Sammartino's neck, Hansen quickly became a top heel, facing Antonio Inoki and other top New Japan stars like Seiji Sakaguchi and Tatsumi Fujinami. In addition, while touring Japan regularly, he faced top American wrestlers including Andre the Giant, Dusty Rhodes, Bob Backlund, and Hulk Hogan. Hansen established himself as a dominant force in Japan by competing in New Japan's MSG (Madison Square Garden) tournament between 1978 and 1981. Hansen would win the NWF World Title from Antonio Inoki on February 8, 1980, one of the only two wrestlers to dethrone Inoki during his seven-year reign. From November 21 to December 13, 1980, Hansen did a tour for NJPW, where he competed in the first MSG Tag League tournament (later renamed the G1 Tag League). He teamed with Hulk Hogan, but they failed to win. He returned that April to wrestle Antonio Inoki in an unsuccessful match. However, he defeated Inoki via countout in a MSG League match on May 20, 1981, after hitting a lariat on Inoki, knocking him off the apron. ]
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