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Eugene Nicholas Kiniski (November 23, 1928 – April 14, 2010) was a Canadian athlete who played football for the Edmonton Eskimos and then became a three-time professional wrestling world heavyweight champion.
Apr 14, 2010 · Gene Kiniski, a former professional wrestler and member of the Edmonton Eskimos, died Wednesday morning. Kiniski, 81, succumbed to cancer in a long-term care facility, his sister Dorothy Roberts...
At a height of six feet five inches and weight close to 280 pounds, Kiniski was one of the biggest stars in wrestling history. He won the NWA world heavyweight title from Lou Thesz on January 6, 1966 , and held it for nearly three years. He was also AWA world champion and Missouri State champ.
Gene Kiniski was a larger-than-life character whose personality and wider impact could never have been contained within the ring ropes of the squared circle. “I remember Gene always carrying himself as a champion,” said another Canadian wrestling legend, Bret ‘The Hitman’ Hart in 2007.
Jul 10, 2020 · Vancouver's Gene Kiniski billed himself as 'Canada's greatest athlete' as a professional wrestler touring the world in the 1960s and 70s. On July 11, 1961, Gene Kiniski beat Verne Gagne to...
Jan 7, 2019 · His legacy as a man wrestling fans the world over loved to hate is being honoured in a new biography, Gene Kiniski: Canadian Wrestling Legend.
A top amateur wrestler in Alberta who also played football for the Edmonton Eskimos, Gene began wrestling professionally while at the University of Arizona after being ruled ineligible to join the NFL’s Los Angeles Rams.
Apr 14, 2010 · The legendary wrestler, who called himself “Canada’s greatest athlete,” died of cancer Wednesday at 81. The Edmonton native gained fame as Big Thunder in the ’50s and ’60s as one of pro ...
On May 24, 1962 and the card previews that preceded the event in Amarillo, Kiniski was billed as the World Heavyweight Champion with his many victories over Buddy Rogers. That night, Kiniski successfully defended his title against Dan Miller at the Sports Arena.
Apr 14, 2010 · Gene Kiniski dead at 81. Posted by Greg Oliver | Apr 14, 2010. Gene Kiniski was so media savvy that he instructed this writer on what to write when the inevitable came, as it did on Wednesday, when cancer claimed the former NWA and AWA World champion. “This is what you say,” he proclaimed.
