Val advances.
George Hackenschmidt
Hometown: Dorpat, Estonia
Height & Weight: 6' 0" - 230 lbs
Debut: September 1896
Previous Gimmicks: The Russian Lion
Finishing Move: Modifed Bearhug
# George Hackenschmidt, The Russian Lion," was a bodybuilder and championship wrestler around the turn of the century..
# George Hackenschmidt started his career in the late 1890s and quickly became a major wrestling celebrity in Europe..
# November 1901: George won the European version of the World Heavyweight championship in Vienna defeating Ahmed Madrali..
# Early 1902: George Hackenschmidt won the European Greco Roman Heavyweight title..
# George Hackenschmidt held both European titles for 3 years..
# May 4, 1905: George Hackenschmidt defeated Tom Jenkins in New York City to win the American Heavyweight title..
# This solidified George Hackenschmidt as the true owner of the unified, undisputed World Championship..
# All three titles were declared vacant, and Hackenschmidt was recognized as the original World Heavyweight Wrestling champion..
# George's first encounter with Frank Gotch occured at the Dexter Park Pavilion on Chicago's south side..
# ~~~It was an epic struggle that lasted over 2 1/2 hours which saw George submit to Gotch's anklelock..
# ~~~After the match, George Hackenschmidt accused Gotch of using "unscrupulous methods" and challenged him to a rematch..
# Labor Day 1908: The rematch happened at the brand-new Commisky Park in Chicago and drew well over 30,000 fans for a record..
# ~~~George lost again, primarily because Gotch had paid off the legendary hooker Ad Santel to make sure George was not at 100%..
# ~~~Santel did just that, by seriously injuring Hackenschmidt's knee during what was intended to be a simple training session.
# Grorge Hackenschmidt was eventually defeated in 1908 by Frank Gotch, whom some consider to be a "dirty wrestler."
# George Hackenschmidt was also an author, who wrote a combination training manual and biography called "The Way to Live."
# ~~~It was first published in 1908 and by 1940 there were 21 editions..
# ~~~It was was considered to be one of the largest selling books on physical culture ever..
# George Hackenschmidt's marathon battles with Frank Gotch over the World Heavyweight title were legendary..
# George Hackenschmidt was known to perform elaborate exhibitions of strength before his matches..
# February 19, 1968: George Hackenschmidt passed away in England at the age of 90 of natural causes.
Round 1: Beat Al Tomko
Round 2: Beat Steve Corino
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TNT
Hometown: Sydney, NSW, Australia
Height & Weight: 6'0" - 100 Kgs
Trained by: Shane Fenton, Rey Misterio Sr
Debut: April 5, 1994
Previous Gimmicks: Tommy The Cat, TNT Kid
Finishing Move: Detonator (Reverse Pedigree Driver), Dragon Clutch
# Australian Rookie of the Year (1994);
# WWW Australasian Tag Team titles w/Kiss (1996 in Ingleburne);
# ACW Australian Heavyweight title defeating Mark Mercedes (1998-99);
# AWF Australasian Heavyweight title winning a Tournament (August 2001);
# AWF Australasian Heavyweight title defeating Il Cognito (October 2002);
# Greg Bownds wrestled as "TNT Kid" for World Wide Wrestling and Australian Championship Wrestling..
# TNT Kid won the Australasian Tag Team titles with Kiss before leaving the promotion after a dispute and vacated the title..
# 1998: The TNT Kid defeated Mark Mercedes for the ACW Heavyweight title in Fairfield, NSW..
# 1998 - 1999: TNT had a successful run in International Wrestling Australia as top babyface.
# 1999: TNT formed the AWF and toured Australia with the likes of Sabu, Marty Jannetty, Super Dragon and Chris Candido..
# 2000: TNT wrestled Too Cold Scorpio and Dos Blitzkrieg in exciting matches..
# August 2001: TNT won an 8 man Tournament to become AWF Australasian Champion, defeating Lobo in the finals..
# November 2002: Il Cognito defeated TNT to capture the AWF Championship..
# October 2002: TNT defeated Il Cognito to regain the AWF Championship..
# TNT defeated Lobo to retain the AWF Title at the first Australian Wrestling Supershow..
# 2002/03: TNT trained in Lucha Libre with Rey Misterio Sr and Phobia in Mexico..
# March 2003: Il Cognito defeated TNTin a 30 Minute Iron Man Match to again win the AWF title!
# 1994: TNT formed the Detonation Crew with protege Kid Dynamite and extras such as Nuclear and Seven..
# April 2004: Mark Hilton defeated TNT and Dean Draven and Tony Kebab in a 4-WAY to win the Australasian title!
# 2004: Mark Hilton defeated TNT in a series of rematches to retain the Australasian title....
# 2005: TNT has feuded with Scotty Club and Dean Draven..
# TNT is the head trainer of the AWF School of Pro-Wrestling and has trained over 30 active professional wrestlers..
# July 16, 2005--Australian Wrestling Federation: TNT & Kid Dynamite defeated Teen Wolf & Sam White..
# September 17, 2005--Australian Wrestling Federation: TNT & Kid Dynamite defeated Future Shock & PC Virus..
# October 5, 2005--World Series Wrestling: Frankie Kazarian defeated TNT in Australia..
# October 7, 2005--World Series Wrestling: TNT beat Super Dragon and Frankie Kazarian in a 3-WAY in Australia..
# October 8, 2005--World Series Wrestling: Frankie Kazarian defeated TNT and Super Dragon in a 3-WAY in Australia..
# July 1, 2006--Australian Wrestling Federation: TNT defeated Chris X in Minto, New South Wales at the AWF Dojo..
# September 2, 2006--Australian Wrestling Federation: TNT & Super Crimson Mask defeated Massive Q & Rick O'Shae
# September 2, 2006--AWF: Super Crimson Mask defeated TNT and Mark Hilton and Future Shock in a 4-WAY...
# January 6, 2007--AWF: CIMA defeated TNT and Steve Ravenous in a 3-WAY to win the AWF Heavyweight title..
# January 7, 2007--Australian Wrestling Federation: TNT defeated CIMA to win AWF Heavyweight title.
# February 3, 2007--Australian Wrestling Federation: TNT beat Jay Law to retain the AWF Heavyweight title..
# February 10, 2007--Australian Wrestling Federation: TNT beat JT Robinson to retain the AWF Heavyweight title..
# March 23, 2007--Australian Wrestling Federation: TNT b Steve Corino to win the AWA World Heavyweight title
# ~~~TNT's AWA World Heavyweight title win over Steve Corino was overturned and never recognized by the AWA..
# April 13, 2007--AWF: TNT defeated Steve Frost w/Benny English to retain the AWF Australasian title
# May 19, 2007--AWF: TNT & Mark Hilton & Massive Q defeated Steve Ravenous & J.T. Robinson & Kid Dynamite
# May 25, 2007--Australian Wrestling Federation: TNT defeated Il Cognito to retain the AWF Australasian title
# May 27, 2007--AWF: TNT defeated "American Dragon" Bryan Danielson to retain the AWF Australasian title..
# June 1, 2007--AWF/WSW International Assault II: TNT defeated Billy Kidman to retain the AWF Australasian title
# June 2, 2007--AWF/WSW International Assault II: TNT defeated Austin Aries to retain the AWF Australasian title
# June 3, 2007--AWF/WSW International Assault II: TNT defeated Kid Kash to retain the AWF Australasian title
# July 6, 2007--Australasian Wrestling Federation: TNT defeated Masaaki to retain the AWF Australasian title....
# July 7, 2007--Australasian Wrestling Federation: Masaaki Mochizuki & Ryo Saito defeated TNT & Billy Flyswat..
# July 8, 2007--Australasian Wrestling Federation: TNT defeated Ryo Saito to retain the AWF Heavyweight title..
# August 3, 2007--AWF: TNT & Chris X & Billy Flyswat defeated Steve Ravenous & JT Robinson & Kid Dynamite..
# August 11, 2007--AWF: TNT defeated Lee Starr to retain the AWF Australasian Heavyweight Title
# August 12, 2007--AWF: AWF Australasian Champion TNT vs. Masato Tanaka ended in a No Contest
# August 24, 2007--AWF: TNT defeated Mana The Polynesian Warriorn to retain the AWF Heavyweight title..
# August 25, 2007--AWF: TNT defeated Lebo Ceda to retain the AWF Australasian Heavyweight title..
# October 5, 2007--AWF: TNT defeated Dragon Gate's Super Shenron to retain the AWF Heavyweight Title
# October 6, 2007--AWF: TNT defeated Gamma w/Super Shenron to retain the AWF Heavyweight Title..
# October 7, 2007--Australasian Wrestling Federation: AWF AustralasianChampion TNT vs. Sabu ended in a No Contest...
# ~~~After the match: Sabu grabbed the AWF Title, but then gave it to TNT. TNT thanked Sabu and the fans for attending..
# October 14, 2007--AWF: TNT defeated Steve Ravenous in a Lumberjack match to retain the AWF Heavyweight title
# October 20, 2007--Australasian Wrestling Federation: Raven & TNT defeated The Platinum Players in New South Wales, Australia..
# October 21, 2007--AWF: AWF Champion TNT vs. Billy Flyswat ended in a No Contest after the Platinum Players attacked both men..
# October 26, 2007--Australasian Wrestling Federation: TNT & Raven defeated The Bastard Brothers (Krackerjack & Logan)..
# December 1, 2007--AWF: TNT defeated Jay Law with help from Powerhouse Theo to retain the AWF Australasian Title..
# December 2, 2007--Australasian Wrestling Federation: TNT defeated Sean "X-Pac" Waltman to retain the AWF Australasian Title..
# April 19, 2009--Australasian Wrestling Federation: TNT defeated Al Snow to retain the AWF Australasian title.
Round 1: Beat Midnight
Round 2: Beat Adam Knight
LET'S GET IT ON ;D
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