A true crazy heel, he acted like a wild man in the ring, tearing up the turnbuckle with his teeth and using the stuffing as a weapon as well as sticking out his green tongue (an effect accomplished by eating green Clorets breath mints). Now George "The Animal" Steele's gimmick was fully established. He was then relegated to a feud with Chief Jay Strongbow, and lost to Edouard Carpentier at the Garden before taking a brief hiatus to reinvent his wildman character. He wrestled Sammartino to an hour-long draw at Madison Square Garden but lost the rematch. He also revealed his teaching background to interviewers that made his in-ring Neanderthal image all the more incongruous. He sold the story by using an array of armlocks on opponents, weakening them for his finisher, the Flying Hammerlock (Steele would lift his opponents off the mat by a hammerlocked arm). He told WWF TV commentator Ray Morgan that he was the nephew of Ray Steele ( kayfabe) and had an extensive amateur background. Working well with Sammartino, he was invited for a full run in the WWF. The name Steele was derived from Pittsburgh's nickname of the "Steel City" and the first name George was suggested by another wrestler. Using the last name Steele was suggested by the popular Jumping Johnny DeFazio.
There he dropped the mask, but still looking to hide his real name, adopted the name George Steele. ] Scouted by World Wide Wrestling Federation champion Bruno Sammartino, he began working in Pittsburgh in 1967 on the popular Studio Wrestling TV show broadcast on WIIC-TV Channel 11. Looking to supplement his income, he got into the world of Detroit-area professional wrestling, but in order to protect his privacy, he wrestled under a mask using the name The Student. There he would eventually become a member of the Michigan Coaches Hall of Fame. Steele's career lasted from 1967 until 1989, though he made occasional wrestling appearances into the 1990s and 2000s.Īfter gaining a bachelor of science degree from Michigan State University and a master's degree from Central Michigan University ], Jim Myers became a teacher and amateur wrestling coach at Madison High School in Madison Heights, Michigan. William James Myers (born Apin Detroit, Michigan), better known by his ring name George "The Animal" Steele is a former American professional wrestler and actor. Birth_place= Detroit, Michigan, United States
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