Nickname(s): Shoulders
Weight: 245 lbs.
From: Saanichton, British Columbia, Canada
Birthday: Dec 13
Pro Debut: 1937
Aliases: Lou Nyman, The
Masked Marvel, Masked Medico, Mr. X, Mysterious Mike, The Iron
Russian, Lou Schnabel
Feds worked for: NWA, Ohio, Hawaii
Career Highlights: -Hawaii Tag Team Champion (5x, 2 each w/ Hans Scrabnel &
Ted Travis, 1 w/ Tim Rice)
-Montana Champion
-NWA Canadian Champion
-NWA (Idaho/Utah) World Tag Team Champion (w/ Reggie Siki)
-NWA Western Champion (2x)
-NWA Western Tag Team Champion (w/ Reggie Seki)
-Ohio Tag Team Champion (w/ Hans Schnabel)
-NWA (Georgia) Southern Champion
Affiliates: Jim Londos, The Masked
Manager
Notable Feuds: Frankie Talaber, Ivan Borbas, Don & Ray Stevens,
Ike Eakins, Great Scott
Other Facts: -Real name was Reino Nyman
-Nephew of professional wrestler Vaino Ketonan
-In the 1950s, Newman competed under a mask as 1/2 of the Iron Russians.
-He quit wrestling full-time in 1967, and became an auto and truck salesman in Honolulu. Newman moved to Bellingham in 1987, and continued, for a time, in the truck sales business before retiring altogether.
-Passed away March 29, 2001 of complications from a stroke
