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Broke in with the AWA.....
Broke in with the AWA.....
Where The Iron Sheikh fit into all this?Isn't that how Mohammad got his start as well?
Where The Iron Sheikh fit into all this?
Derp! He was The Iron Sheik.
Mean Gene Okerlund.I did not expect Gordon Solie when I came to this thread!
He was also Billy WhiteWolf who tag-teamed with Jay Strong Bow and won the tag team championship.Different wrestlers entirely. The Iron Sheik was under the tutelage of the Ayatollah from Iran, Adnan was an Iraqi. Neither is the same as the Sheik of Araby, sometime called the Original Sheik who was from the Syrian desert. All these guys were nuts, but all were very different.
Oops, my bad.Mean Gene Okerlund.
its called their wrestling persona polock....its not real......Different wrestlers entirely. The Iron Sheik was under the tutelage of the Ayatollah from Iran, Adnan was an Iraqi. Neither is the same as the Sheik of Araby, sometime called the Original Sheik who was from the Syrian desert. All these guys were nuts, but all were very different.
Wrestling acts is where Don King got his inspiration for Cassius Clay's media persona. The bookies loved it when Cassius pissed off all the white racists and kept them betting against Clay. It was like printing money. The outrage was hilarious when he changed Clay's name to 'Muhammed Ali'.
Wrestling acts is where Don King got his inspiration for Cassius Clay's media persona. The bookies loved it when Cassius pissed off all the white racists and kept them betting against Clay. It was like printing money. The outrage was hilarious when he changed Clay's name to 'Muhammed Ali'.
it was before blassie.....he saw Gorgeous George.....You are right that Clay was exaggerating his personality to stir up the fans, but it wasn't Don King who invented the Ali persona.
Clay got his idea to become "Ali" from Classy Freddie Blassie, an old school wrestler who knew how to stir up the fans.
People paid for years to see Clay get his comeuppance, although they were usually disappointed.
it was before blassie.....he saw Gorgeous George.....
The Hollywood Fashion Plate and Gorgeous George were contemporaries, and Clay could have seen either. Did George compete in Kentucky when Clay was a kid?it was before blassie.....he saw Gorgeous George.....
