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278:. After Woodin dominated the match, using non-wrestling moves and blows with his fists, Spurlin bit down on the only thing he could to stop the melee - Woodin’s finger. As Woodin danced around Spurlin in pain and trying to remove his finger from his opponent’s grip, other wrestlers entered the ring and began beating Spurlin. Spurlin’ s friends then joined in with knives in hand to run off the wrestlers. As they did, Spurlin spit Woodin’s finger joint across the ring. The finger was subsequently surgically reattached, but Woodin did not regain full use of it. Later that year, Woodin challenged 1144: 294: 40: 347:
was not broken (at the time, Woods was feuding with Flair and Valentine) and heroes and villains were not known to travel together. Eventually, rumors began circulating that Woods was in fact on the plane. Unwilling to risk the exposure of professional wrestling, he got back in the ring two weeks
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As a senior, Woodin defeated Iowa's Gordon Trapp 6–4 in the heavyweight finals to win his second Big Ten title. At the 1959 NCAAs, the Michigan State Spartan competed in the 191-pound class, making it to the finals for the second year in a row, but lost 9-5 to Syracuse's Art Baker. With his two
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As a junior at Michigan State, Woodin won the 1958 Big Ten 177-pound title by pinning Gary Kurdelmeier of the University of Iowa at 8:21. A couple of weeks later, the two met again in the 177-pound finals of the 1958 NCAAs at the University of Wyoming, where Woodin lost to Kurdelmeier 6-2.
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in the northeast, at the upper end of the preliminary wrestlers. Starting in the Seventies, he would alternate between his masked persona as Mr. Wrestling and wrestling unmasked as Tim Woods, depending on the territory.
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Woodin began his wrestling career at the age of 28 using the name "Tim Woods". He was then given the name "Mr. Wrestling" by Nebraska promotor Joe Dusek, and subsequently adopted both a white
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at his home in Charlotte, North Carolina at the age of 68. Before his death, he was scheduled to be interviewed about the October 1975 plane crash for
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Before becoming a professional wrestler, Woodin was a successful collegiate wrestler. While wrestling for the Michigan State Spartans, Woodin won two
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Woodin retired from professional wrestling in 1983. After retiring, he ran a heating and air conditioning business.
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listed his name as his real name, George Burrell Woodin, and mentioned that he was a promoter. Woodin was the only
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Wrestling Title Histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present
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AWA Midwest Tag Team Championship (3 time) - with Reggie Parks (1 time) Luke Brown (1 time) Ron Reed (1 time)
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which involved pilot Joseph Michael Farkas (he ended up in a coma and died the next year), wrestling legend
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Woodin was an avid collector of motorcycles as well as an accomplished photographer and saxophone player.
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In 1968, Woodin faced street fighter Arnold Spurlin, a former Golden Gloves champion, in a shoot fight in
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World's Strongest Tag Determination League Fighting Spirit Award (1979) - with The Masked Strangler
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runner-up finishes at the national championships, Woodin was a two-time NCAA All-American.
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Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "(Dallas) Texas: NWA American Tag Team Title ".
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after the crash and was obviously in extreme pain. Flair later said in his book
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Will, Gary; Duncan, Royal (2000). "Texas: NWA Texas Heavyweight Title ".
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Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences alumni
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of the top 500 singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003
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George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame
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Woodin received a degree in agricultural engineering from
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titles in 1958 and 1959. He also finished second in the
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NWA Southern Heavyweight Champions (Florida version)
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Index

Mr. Wrestling I

Utica, New York
Charlotte, North Carolina
Myocardial infarction
Cornell University
Michigan State University
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
Supercluster: The Big Dipper Anthology
professional wrestler
ring names
Cornell University
mechanical engineering
Michigan State University
Big Ten
NCAA
wrestling mask
character
Georgia
Florida
Texas
World Wide Wrestling Federation
Columbus, Georgia
NWA World Heavyweight Champion
Gene Kiniski

plane crash
Johnny Valentine
Bob Bruggers

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