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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.
Nov 10, 2020 · “Buddy Rogers was an icon on so many levels, and not only influenced a generation of wrestling fans, but a number of future wrestlers as well. And he did it as a heel. His arrogance, snarl, and, of course, his strut, infuriated fans from coast-to-coast, and his legacy will live forever.”
Jan 23, 2020 · Buddy Rogers, wrestling's original "Nature Boy," was one of the most influential wrestlers ever & 1st to win World Heavyweight titles in both the NWA & WWE.
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. Rogers is one of the seminal figures of the era that drew in so many parts of the United States not to mention his work in Montreal, Quebec.
- 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...
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...
Buddy Rogers’ official WWE Hall of Fame profile, featuring bio, exclusive videos, photos, career highlights, classic moments and more!
"Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers, inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 1994, summoned his showmanship and savvy to rise up as one of the greatest WWE Superstars of all time.
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