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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Buddy_Rogers_(wrestler)Buddy Rogers (wrestler) - Wikipedia

    Buddy Rogers. Buddy Rogers (born Herman Gustav Rohde Jr.; February 20, 1921 – June 26, 1992), better known by the ring name " Nature Boy " Buddy Rogers, was an American professional wrestler who was one of the biggest professional wrestling stars in the beginning of the television era. His performances influenced future professional wrestlers ...

  2. prowrestlingstories.com › buddy-rogersBuddy Rogers – The Man Who Drove a Wedge in the NWA

    • How Buddy Rogers Got His Start in Wrestling
    • Bucking The System and Paying For It
    • The Death of Buddy Rogers

    Buddy Rogers, born Herman Gustav Rhode Jr., was generally a restless young man. He’d conquered the Camden, New Jersey, sporting world, winning the local YMCA’s amateur wrestling title. He excelled in several sports, including boxing, football, track, and swimming. At 17, he joined a traveling circus as a wrestler, wrestling on the mat for real agai...

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    Except that Rogers was enough of a maverick that he wouldn’t always do what the NWA wanted him to do. He preferred to wrestle in the northeast, much to the dismay of the midwestern and southern promoters. But for Rogers, it was an easy decision: the money was better. Why work for smaller promoters (and smaller payoffs) when the money was there for ...

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    On June 26, 1992, Buddy Rogers died at 71 years old, after a series of strokes. He leaves a complicated legacy, but a lasting one. He was the first man to hold both the NWA world title and the WWWF/WWF/WWE world championship, and he invented the figure-four grapevine, the hold we know today as the figure-four leglock. Without the ‘Nature Boy’ and h...

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  4. www.youtube.com › watchEXCLUSIVE: NATURE BOY BUDDY ROGERS ON LOSING THE ... - YouTube

    Jan 24, 2021 · It happened 58 years ago today (January 24, 1963). In a classic match in Toronto "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers lost the National Wrestling Alliance World title t...

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  5. www.chicagotribune.com › 1992/06/28 › former-proFORMER PRO WRESTLER ROGERS DIES – Chicago Tribune

    Jun 28, 1992 · UPDATED: August 10, 2021 at 4:35 a.m. Buddy ”Nature Boy” Rogers, a world champion wrestler who finished his 24-year career with a win in a 1983 exhibition tag-team match, died from ...

  6. www.postwrestling.com › 2021/03/19 › qa-tim-hornQ&A: Tim Hornbaker chats "Master of the Ring" bio on Buddy Rogers

    Mar 19, 2021 · Historian Tim Hornbaker chats with POST Wrestling about his latest release "Master of the Ring - The Biography of Nature Boy Buddy Rogers". March 19, 2021 POST Wrestling Staff NEWS, RECOMMENDED. Photo Courtesy: Crowbar Press. At the end of 2020, Tim Hornbaker released his latest book detailing the life and career of former NWA and WWWF Champion ...

  7. prowrestling.fandom.com › wiki › Buddy_RogersBuddy Rogers - Pro Wrestling | Fandom

    Herman Gustav Rohde Jr. (February 20, 1921 – June 26, 1992), better known by the ring name Buddy Rogers, was an American professional wrestler and one of the biggest wrestling stars in the beginning of the television era. His performances inspired generations of professional wrestlers, such as Butch Reed during his "Natural" phase, and the "Nature Boy" Ric Flair, who used Rogers' nickname ...

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  9. www.latimes.com › archives › la-xpm-1999-apr-22-mnBuddy Rogers, Star of Silent Era, Husband of Mary Pickford ...

    Apr 22, 1999 · April 22, 1999 12 AM PT. TIMES STAFF WRITER. Buddy Rogers, the silent screen matinee idol and bandleader who spent half his life tending the lady and legend known as America’s Sweetheart and the ...