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Samuel Muchnick (born Jeshua Muchnick, August 22, 1905 – December 30, 1998) was an American professional wrestling promoter from St. Louis, Missouri. He is often regarded as wrestling's equivalent of Pete Rozelle (the forward-thinking commissioner who revolutionized the NFL ), and he was instrumental in establishing the National Wrestling ...
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The legendary Sam Muchnick passed away on Wednesday, December 30, 1998 at St. John's Mercy Medical Center in St. Louis. He was 93 years of age. His obituary ran in the St. Louis Post Dispatch on December 31, 1998. Muchnick was unlike many of his fellow wrestling promoters. Whereas many of his peers
Year Inducted: 1992. Sports: Wrestling. Teams: U.S. Olympic team. August 22, 1908—December 30, 1998. Muchnick was born in Ukraine to a Jewish family, but moved to the United States in 1911. He grew up in St. Louis, and his name was changed to Samuel when his father decided that Jeshua (Jesus or Joshua) was an inappropriate name for a Jewish child.
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Dec 31, 1998 · Sam Muchnick was a legendary wrestling promoter and NWA president for 40 years. He died in 1998 at 93 of internal bleeding.
Sam Muchnick (August 22, 1905 - December 30, 1998) was an American professional wrestling promoter from St. Louis, Missouri. He was instrumental in formation of the National Wrestling Alliance, and its president from 1950 to 1960 and from 1963 to 1975. He operated the St. Louis Wrestling Club...
Jan 26, 2020 · Learn about Sam Muchnick, the influential and respected leader of the National Wrestling Alliance for 25 years. He started as a journalist, became a wrestler and a promoter, and helped the NWA grow and thrive across the world.
The Sam Muchnick Memorial Tournament was a World Wrestling Federation (WWF) supercard held at the sold-out Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis, Missouri on August 29, 1986, attended by nearly 11,000 fans and making $87,000. The tournament was arranged by Larry Matysik, a protege of Muchnick.
