Hijo de Solar
Showing posts with label wrestler. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wrestler. Show all posts
9/7/12
8/6/12
Ed Farhat
aka
The Original Sheik
(1924-2003)
"The Sheik's wrestling was centered around his character of a rich wild man from Syria. He locked on normally mundane holds and refuse to break them, leading to submission. He used hidden pencils to cut open his opponent's faces. Often, the tactic backfired and the opponent got The Sheik's pencil, leading to the extensive scarring on Farhat's forehead. The other illegal move was his fireball that he threw into his opponents' faces, sometimes burning their face severely." -Wiki
6/5/12
Maurice Tillet, The French Angel (1903-1954)
-Diagnosed at the age of 17 with acromegaly - a syndrome that results when the anterior pituitary gland produces excess growth hormone (GH) after epiphyseal plate closure at puberty.
-Tillet had a successful career as a professional wrestler from 1937 - 1953.
-He competed against Tor Johnson, who was billed as The Swedish Angel, on several occasions.
-Known as "The French Angel" and “Freak Ogre of the Ring”,
-The computer-animated cartoon character Shrek was modeled after him.
-Diagnosed at the age of 17 with acromegaly - a syndrome that results when the anterior pituitary gland produces excess growth hormone (GH) after epiphyseal plate closure at puberty.
-Tillet had a successful career as a professional wrestler from 1937 - 1953.
-He competed against Tor Johnson, who was billed as The Swedish Angel, on several occasions.
-Known as "The French Angel" and “Freak Ogre of the Ring”,
-The computer-animated cartoon character Shrek was modeled after him.
7/31/10
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