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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.
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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...
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 ...
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...
Jan 23, 2020 · He is also a member of the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum (2002), the St. Louis Wrestling Hall of Fame (2008), the NWA (2010) and WCW (1994) versions of the Hall of Fame. Following a series of strokes, Herman “Buddy Rogers” Rohde, 71, died on June 26, 1992, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. wrestler.
Mar 19, 2021 · At the end of 2020, Tim Hornbaker released his latest book detailing the life and career of former NWA and WWWF Champion Buddy Rogers entitled Master of the Ring – The Biography of Nature Boy Buddy Rogers.
Health problems slowed Rogers down, and by January 1963, he needed off the road. At that time, Vince McMahon ‘Senior’ opted to withdraw from the NWA and form the World Wide Wrestling Federation. Rogers was named the initial champion, but once again, he was hampered by illness.
Statistics and information about the 3520 matches fought by Buddy Rogers in our events database
Apr 22, 1999 · Charles “Buddy” Rogers, the affable actor in the first best picture Oscar winner “Wings,” along with many musical comedies, died Wednesday at age 94. Rogers, married to actress Mary Pickford...
