Johnny Valiant leads his charges, Brutus Beefcake and Greg Valentine, to battle in the squared circle. This dominant team held the tag team titles of the biggest company in the land for nearly 8 months and engaged in some of the best tag team action in the Northeast. Their partnership may have only lasted 2
Hall of Famer Brutus Beefcake is coming to Promoter Prime as a part of the Q1 releases! Before he was struttin’ and cuttin’, Beefcake had a lengthy run as a tag team champion in the biggest territory of the 80s. His outlandish outfits, bad guy attitude, and rulebreaking ways helped keep his team at the
Evan Lewis is the next pioneer added to Legends Expansion VII. The original holder of the "Strangler" moniker, Lewis was the first to perfect the stranglehold modernly known as the sleeper. He is also recognized as the first American Heavyweight Champion. Lewis was known as a brutal competitor and engaged in multiple bone-breaking, bloody bouts
In a career spanning over 30 years, Henry Irslinger was a true pioneer of professional wrestling. Though born in Austria, Irslinger relocated to England at a young age and had a huge impact on the British wrestling scene. He spent his years globe-trotting and picking up skills wherever he could. His style of catch-as-catch-can wrestling
Five thousand Hindu squats. Two thousand Hindu pushups. Ten liters of milk. Six pounds of chicken. That's just a portion of The Great Gama's training and diet. He was described as being "strong as an ox and quick as a cat" and trained from the time he was five to be a wrestler. Born in
Yusuf Ismail stood 6'2" and weighed in at over 250 lbs at a time when most wrestlers barely broke 6 foot and weighed under 200 pounds. To say his strength and size were intimidating would be an understatement. His mere presence caused crowds and wrestler's alike to cower in fear. In one instance, a wrestler
“Lightning” Rod Fenton is a rough and tough rambler from the Great White North. An early adopter of the spectacular dropkick, the Lightning Rod also generated plenty of heat from fans during his career from the late ’30s through the ’40s. Hailing from Edmonton, Alberta, Fenton spent plenty of time touring the US, especially in
The first recognized world heavyweight champion, “the Russian Lion” George Hackenschmidt, is the next name announced for Legends Expansion VII! President Theodore Roosevelt once remarked, “If I wasn’t President of the United States, I’d like to be George Hackenschmidt,” and with good reason. This dominant grappler was one of the strongest men in the world
The next wrestler to join the Legends Expansion Set VI line is Bob Orton Jr., who was one of wrestling’s great heels of the 1980s. Part of a famous wrestling family, Orton made a name for himself as a rough and tough wrestler who was not above resorting to certain “tactics” to win his matches. Tasting
This holiday season marks the release of the 6th color expansion set to the Legends of Wrestling game. And there are few wrestlers more colorful than the Birdman himself, Koko B Ware! In the late 80's Koko would come to the ring with his bird Frankie, flapping his own arms like a bird while dancing
