Hans Schmidt (wrestler)

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Hans Schmidt
Munich, Germany[2]
Debut1949
Retired1976

Guy Larose (February 7, 1925 – May 26, 2012), better known by his ring name Hans Schmidt. He was a Canadian professional wrestler famous in the 1950s and 1960s. His gimmick that of a German pseudo-Nazi heel, gained him considerable notoriety and popularized the proliferation of similar gimmicks through Canadian and American wrestling.[3] [4]

Early life

Larose was born in

amateur wrestler in his youth. He initially pursued a career in law enforcement but dropped out of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s training academy after being disillusioned by its treatment of Indigenous
people.

Wrestling career

Larose used a background in

The Unreal Story of Professional Wrestling, Hans Schmidt was labeled "the classic foreign villain" - tapping into lingering anti-German sentiment in America following World War II, Schmidt was a forerunner of many other wrestling characters that successfully used the "anti-American foreigner" gimmick to enrage the crowd, such as Nikolai Volkoff and The Iron Sheik
.

Nicknamed The Teuton Terror, Schmidt wrestled a rough, aggressive, scientific style, often with rule-breaking.

stiff on them, particularly with his boots, a practice for which he earned the nickname "Footsie".[6]

Schmidt wrestled in territories all over North America but was particularly a big name in

"Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers into a face simply by wrestling a match against him. He later said that at the peak of his career, between live events and TV tapings, he was wrestling as many as eight matches a week.[7]

Schmidt wrestled

Nazi
iconography. Schmidt never took it to this level himself, though he was known to wear a helmet to the ring later in his career.

Near the end of his career in the 1970s, Schmidt worked around the

Laurentians north of Montreal until his death on May 26, 2012. He is survived by two children, as well as his wife and stepchildren.[5]

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. ^ a b "Hans Schmidt décède à l'âge de 87 ans". rds.ca. May 28, 2012. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
  2. ^
    ISBN 978-0-7566-4190-0
    .
  3. ^ "Hans Schmidt, the "Nazi" Wrestler Who Incited Riots". 12 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Legendary Hans Schmidt dies at 87". 28 May 2012.
  5. ^ a b Greg Oliver (May 28, 2012). "Legendary Hans Schmidt dies at 87". SLAM! Wrestling. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
  6. ^ Greg Oliver (May 28, 2012). "The imprint of Hans Schmidt". SLAM! Wrestling. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
  7. ^ "SLAM! Wrestling Canadian Hall of Fame: Hans Schmidt". SLAM! Wrestling. 23 December 1998. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
  8. Solie's Title Histories. Archived
    from the original on 2020-11-17.
  9. ^ "United States Heavyweight Title (Massachusetts)". Wrestling-Titles.com. Puroresu Dojo. 2003. Archived from the original on 2020-11-17.
  10. ^ "PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING HALL OF FAME MOVING FROM UPSTATE NEW YORK TO TEXAS". PWInsider. November 20, 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-20.
  11. ISSN 1083-9593
    .

External links
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hans_Schmidt_(wrestler)&oldid=1211798840"