Posted on 01/22/2014 10:19:43 AM PST by EveningStar
George Scott, who died Monday night of lung cancer at age 84, was a key figure in the history of professional wrestling, a key booker in both the resurgence of the Mid-Atlantic territory in the 1970s and the expansionist WWF of the early 1980s. His own in-ring career was great too, particularly as a tag with with his brother, Sandy.
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He was great in Patton.
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RIP.
Wrestling ring a ding ding
Was he married to Mrs Scott?
Yep, he was old school all the way and a great booker who determined the feuds, interviews and match scenarios. He once wrestled as a character called The Great Scott.
Gorgeous George?
Oh. Thanks. Don’t really follow wrestling.
Gorgeous George(George Wagner) was a completely different character....a blonde haired “sissy” who sprayed the ring with perfume and gave away gold plated hair pins called “Georgie Pins”. He was a tv sensation in the mid 1940’s through the early 1960’s. Known as “the toast of the coast” and “the human orchid” he was truly one of a kind.
I was thinking George The Animal...he ate ring post covers.
George “the animal” Steele was also a high school history teacher when he wasn’t eating ring post covers!
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