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Chief Big Heart

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There will be a six-man tag team elimination match between Seigfried Steinke, Professor Lewis, 260-pound Atlanta rebel, Masa Saito 245-pound Japanese hatchetman against Tiger Jeet Singh, 250-pound East Indian star, Dennis Stamp, and Chief Big Heart, 265-pound Osage veteran. The winner is determined
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along with Kit Fox by defeating the team of Karl Von Stroheim & Treach Phillips in January 1969. They dropped the titles back to them in February. Around this time, he and Kit fox were involved in a car accident which ultimately ended both their careers.
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to challenge the champions Jerry Graham and Johnny Valentine but was again unsuccessful in winning the title. After failing to beat Jerry for the championship he set his eyes on Georgia and left the northeast territory in 1963.
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in a November house show. They held the championship for about a month, until January 1964. The team of Chief and Eagle lost the titles under unknown circumstances, after which the titles were next seen with
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Rip Hawk back in action after a stint as a bouncer in Vegas for a while. Chief Big Heart continues to work in that position in Vegas and is also a referee when the boys come to town once a month
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when all members of an opposing team have been eliminated by being pinned, disqualified, given up, counted out of the ring or thrown out over the top of the ropes.
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Chief Big Heart and Red McIntyre defeated Ike Eakins and Fred Atkins in a 21-minute match for the international tag team championship.
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After this, he continued to feud with his old rival Jerry Graham and unsuccessfully challenged him and Eddie Graham for the
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He returned to Georgia Championship Wrestling in 1963 along with Little Eagle, where he went on to win the
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In his 24-year career, Vest wrestled for extended periods of time for various wrestling promotions: the
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on April 22, 1993, at age 66. Vest was survived by his wife Terri and an aunt. Vest was interred at
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During this same time Vest also won his first singles championship in January 1957 when he defeated
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during a tour of Australia, however, it is unclear which version of the title was on the line.
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During the early 1950s, Vest decided to become a pro wrestler and made his debut in 1951 in
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in November 1951. Within a year, Vest was headlining shows at Brock Arena in the NWA's
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were among the promotion's biggest drawing cards of the era and regarded as one of the
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into the early-1980s. He died from complications of diabetes at Desert Hospital in
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with McIntyre on December 7, 1956, by defeating inaugural champions Ike Eakens and
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in April 1951. This match was a time limit draw. Soon after that, he moved to the
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from the team of Andre Bollet & Frank Valois on April 7, 1959, at a show in
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between 1956 and 1963. His famous "bow and arrow" submission hold was a feared
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After this Chief wrestled sporadically for NWA. His last-known match was at a
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Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). "ATLANTA: International Tag Team Title".
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where he went on to form a team with Red McIntyre. They went on to win the
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Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). "TEXAS: NWA Texas Tag Team Title".
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Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). "ATLANTA: World Tag Team Title".
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Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). "ATLANTA: NWA Southern Title ".
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Chief Little Eagle formed a popular tag team with Chief Big Heart.
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in 1981, and occasionally worked on local wrestling shows as a
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During this time Chief Big Heart wrestled extensively for
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NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (Georgia version)
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Chief Big Heart's bow and arrow submission was feared.
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Pawhuska, Oklahoma
Palm Springs, California
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
professional wrestler
ring name
TV wrestling star of the 1950s
National Wrestling Alliance
territories
finishing maneuver
Dr. Jerry Graham
Georgia Championship Wrestling
bloodiest feuds
pro wrestling history
Chief Little Eagle
Dallas
Tri-State territories
Johnny Weaver
Abe Jacobs
Haystacks Calhoun
American Wrestling Alliance
Capitol Wrestling Corporation
Championship Wrestling From Florida
International Wrestling Association
Jim Crockett Promotions
Kola Kwariani Booking Office
Maple Leaf Wrestling
Stampede Wrestling
St. Louis Wrestling Club

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