Pro Wrestlers as College Teams

[Olyduck]

Kofi Kingston good at his level will get some minor titles but never the big one. Fresno or Boise

 

[FSUmanager]

Hulk Hogan BITCHES!!!

 

[GoldRusher]

West Virginia.... easy one, Hillbilly Jim

nailed it

 

[Lance Armstrong]

The Undertaker, undefeated at the biggest event, strikes fear in everybody else, has an annoying little brother. I'll take it.

 

[cane_man]

Fuck yeah I'll take HHH. One of the best ever. Plus he is 12 time world champion.

Pro wrestling championships arent real, much like many of bamas

 

[occupant]

Jack Swagger?

No...there's only one it could be.

 

[night]

Which school has produced the most pro wrestlers?

 

[WhiteMamba]

Which school has produced the most pro wrestlers?

gotta be a school down south.

 

[7Samurai13]

Kentucky- the Brooklyn Brawler

 

[WhiteMamba]

Jack Swagger?

No...there's only one it could be.

I buy that. If Oky is Goldburg then Oky JR must be Gillberg?

 

[7NationalChampionships]

I buy that. If Oky is Goldburg then Oky JR must be Gillberg?

 

[BigAppleBadger]

This is a list that I'm glad doesn't include Wisconsin.

 

[Olyduck]

Jack Swagger?

No...there's only one it could be.

a 1 trick pony that got his huge win streak beating up a bunch of nobodys?

 

[charlie42s]

Jack Swagger?

No...there's only one it could be.

While Goldberg was born in Tulsa, he played football for Georgia. He really is a Bulldog!

 

[charlie42s]

Steve "Mongo" McMichael was a Longhorn football Alumni who actually wrestled. While The Undertaker was born in Texas, he only played college basketball and not football.
Stone Cold Steve Austin was born in Texas, but played football for North Texas.

 

[night]

gotta be a school down south.

That would be a pretty good guess. I can't seem to get Google to bring much info on it other than West Texas A&M University is.

Examining the Connection Between College Football and Pro Wrestling | Bleacher Report

Tully Blanchard: Son of wrestler and promoter Joe Blanchard, he's best-known as a member of the original lineup of the Four Horsemen in Jim Crockett Promotions. One of the best heels of his generation, he was a great natural worker and a strong promo.

As noted by Charlotte Magazine, his career was derailed while he was still in his prime in 1989 when he gave notice to the WWF, failed a drug test for cocaine and WCW refused to hire him.

Ted DiBiase (Sr.): Best-known as the Million Dollar Man, he's the rare second-generation wrestler who had both of his parents ("Iron" Mike DiBiase and Helen Hilde) wrestle.

An incredibly gifted wrestler and interview, he was already an international star when hired by the WWF in 1987 for the Million Dollar Man gimmick. In addition to being an immediate main eventer, the role included five-star accommodations to help sell the gimmick. First-class airfare, limousines, a stash of $100 bills to pay cashiers with, etc.

Bobby Duncum: Incorrectly listed on the alumni page as Bobby Duncum Jr. (his son, who wrestled in the '90s before dying of a drug overdose), he was a major star all over the country in the 1970s.

Probably fairly underrated in terms of star power, as he's best-known as a main event star in the AWA and WWF, the two biggest territories of the era.

Manny Fernandez: Not to be confused with the other, older Manny Fernandez who played foorball, the "Raging Bull" was a fairly big star in the '80s best-known for his time in Jim Crockett Promotions, where he was a World Tag Team champion with both Dusty Rhodes and Rick Rude (as "Ragin' and Ravishin").

A gifted performer who was held back by personality problems.

Dory Funk Jr. and Terry Funk: The sons of West Texas legend Dory Funk Sr., they're the only brothers to both hold the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. Both are among the very best in-ring wrestlers of all time, though Terry was the standout, being more versatile, colorful and one of the 10 best talkers of all time.

They were huge stars in Japan as the first American wrestlers to be babyfaces on the "Japanese" side when most Americans were heels or occasionally attractions like Bruno Sammartino.

Frank Goodish: Got his big break in 1976 when, at the suggestion of Killer Kowalski, Vince McMahon Sr. brought him to the WWWF as Bruiser Brody, a challenger for Sammartino.

After a clash with management, he became something of a nomad who moved from territory to territory as an attraction, often having semi-public disagreements with promoters over money. Became a gigantic star in Japan, where he made most of his money, but was tragically killed in a Puerto Rican locker room right as he was starting a feud with...

Stan Hansen: One of the most popular Americans in the history of Japanese wrestling, his team with Brody was legendary, but was split up when Brody jumped from All Japan Pro Wrestling to New Japan Pro Wrestling.

Hansen's own jump to AJPW is one of the most famous moments in Japanese wrestling, having walked out of NJPW's tag team tournament to manage Brody and Jimmy Snuka in the finals of AJPW's. Was an elite performer well into his 40s.

Kelly Kiniski: Son of former NWA World Heavyweight champion Gene Kiniski, he was a natural in-ring wrestler who just never clicked personality-wise.

Virgil Runnels Jr.: Best-known as "The American Dream," Dusty Rhodes was likely the greatest talker in the history of pro wrestling. While he was never in the best cosmetic shape, he was actually a hell of an athlete with deceptive agility until he gained too much weight in the '80s.

Merced Solis: After a short time under his real name, he was dubbed Tito Santana of Tocula, Mexico, a misspelling of "Toluca" that stuck for years. An incredibly underrated performer best-known for his WWF run in the '80s, when he held both the Intercontinental and Tag Team Championships.

One of wrestling's true personal success stories, he saved his money, stopped wrestling full-time in 1993 and reinvented himself as a Spanish teacher and proprietor of a hair salon.

Robert Windham: A huge man who got his break as Blackjack Mulligan, a knockoff of AWA star Blackjack Lanza, who eventually became his tag team partner. He is best-known for his feuds with other giants like Andre the Giant as well as helping make Ric Flair a star in the Carolinas.

 

[The Crimson King]

So Kane has a degree in English Literature. Some school in Missouri

 

[KnightAndDay]

I thought for sure Hulk Hogan was gonna be USC

 

[starbigd]

FSU should be Ron Simmons........DAAAAAAM!!!!!!

OU as Goldberg? Why? OU loses a LOT of bowl games.......I'm thinking more DDP - wins the big one every once in awhile, but is usually the loser in the big matches.

I'm trying to figure out who would be Lex Luger, or the Steiner Bros, or how about Georgia as Buff Bagwell???

 

[charlie42s]

Luger played for Miami.