• Old School WCW Veteran Celebrates His Birthday
Old School WCW Veteran ‘The Belfast Bruiser’ Fit Finlay (Real name: David Finlay) celebrates his birthday today.
Dave Finlay started wrestling in 1974 and became one of the most famous european wrestlers in the history of this business.
Finlay is well remembered for his 1995-2000 WCW career, but also wrestled on WWE TV & PPVs later on, from 2006 till 2010.
After retiring from professional wrestling, he became the official head coach for the WWE Divas.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY FINLAY!
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• Old School Wrestling Veteran Would Have Celebrated His Birthday
Today would have been the birthday of Old School WWF/WCW Veteran Giant González aka El Gigante (Real name: Jorge González).
When Ted Turner realized that the giant wasn’t gonna make it in the NBA for the Atlanta Hawks, he offered him the proper training to become Professional Wrestler.
El Gigante then went on to work for World Championship Wrestling from May 1990 until January 1992, before joining the World Wrestling Federation in January 1993.
His proudest moment was probably showing up uninvited during the 1993 Royal Rumble match and eliminating The Undertaker.
After the Taker rivalry ended at SummerSlam, they tried to turn him babyface (similar to what they did with André after the WrestleMania VI match), but for whatever reason didn’t renew his contract, when the old one expired in October 1993.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY & REST IN PEACE!
January 31, 1966 – September 22, 2010
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• ON THIS DAY IN PRO WRESTLING HISTORY (January 31, 1999) – A Legend Passed Away
On this day in 1999 we lost Old School Wrestling Legend Giant Baba (Real name: Shohei Baba) at the age of 61 due to cancer.
He is still considered one of the most famous & most influential japanese Wrestlers of all time.
Most will also remember Giant Baba as the promoter of All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), as well as a close personal friend of fellow Pro Wrestling Legend André The Giant.
REST IN PEACE GIANT BABA!
January 23, 1938 – January 31, 1999
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