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Lou Newman

Nickname: Shoulders; Iron; Man Eating Wolf; Porky; Porky Pig

Weight: 245 lbs.

From: Saanichton, British Columbia, Canada

Birthday: Dec 13th

Pro Debut: 1937

Aliases: Lou Nyman, Masked Marvel, Masked Medico, Mr. X, Mysterious Mike, Iron Russian #2, Lou Schnabel, Masked Man

Feds Worked For: NWA-West, TSW, NWA, Al Haft Sports (IL/OH), All Star Wrestling (Canada), All Star Wrestling (NE/SD), Big Time Wrestling (Canada), Capitol Wrestling Corporation, Central States Wrestling (IA/KS/MO), Eastern Sports Enterprises (CT/NJ/NY), Fred Kohler Enterprises (IL), Georgia Championship Wrestling (GA), Gulf Athletic Club (TX), International Wrestling (Canada), Japan Wrestling Association (Japan), Klondike Wrestling (Canada), Kola Kwariani Booking Office (NY), Los Angeles Booking Office (CA), M & M Promotions (NM/TX), Maple Leaf Wrestling (Canada), Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling (NC/SC), Mid-Pacific Promotions (HI), Mike London Sports (AZ/CO/NM), Minnesota Boxing & Wrestling Club (MN), Mississippi Valley Sports Club (IN/MO/OH), Montana Sports Enterprises (ID/MT), National Wrestling Federation (NJ/NY/OH/PA), NWA Hollywood (CA), P. L. Pinkie George Promotions (IA), Ray Fabiani Sports, Inc. (CA), Rocky Mountain Sports Enterprises (CO), San Francisco (CA), Southwest Sports (TX), St. Louis Wrestling Club (MO), Stampede Wrestling (Canada), Super Pro Wrestling (PA), Terminal Athletic Club (OH), Tokyo Pro Wrestling (Japan), Upstate Athletic Club (NY), Western Athletic Club, Inc. (WA), Wrestling Promotions, Inc. (AZ)

Career Highlights: -NWA (Calgary) Canadian Champion
-NWA (Chicago/Indianapolis) World Tag Team Champion (w/ Hans Schnabel)
-NWA (Georgia) Southern Champion
-NWA Hawaii Tag Team Champion (5x; 2 each w/ Hans Schnabel and Ted Travis, 1 w/ Tom Rice)
-NWA Idaho Champion (3x)
-NWA (Idaho) Western Champion (4x)
-NWA (Idaho) Western Tag Team Champion (2x; 1 each w/ Reggie Siki and Ox Anderson)
-NWA (Idaho/Utah) World Tag Team Champion (3x; 1 each w/ Reggie Siki, Ox Anderson, and Mighty Milo)
-NWA Montana State Champion
-NWA Ohio Tag Team Champion (w/ Hans Schanbel)
-NWA (Ohio) United States Tag Team Champion (2x; both w/ Iron Russian #1)

Affiliates: Jim Londos, The Masked Manager, Hans Schnabel/Iron Russian #1, Ted Travis, Tom Rice, Reggie Siki, Ox Anderson, Mighty Milo, Mayes McLain

Notable Feuds: Frankie Talaber, Ivan Borbas, Don Stevens, Ray Stevens, Ike Eakins, Great Scott, Prince Maivia/Neff Maivia, Rikidozan, Kokichi Endo, Al Mills, Billy Watson, James Blears, Reggie Siki/Sweet Daddy Siki, Ronnie Etchison, Ray Villmer, Bearcat Wright, Mitsu Arakawa, Pat McGill, Lucky Simunovich, Timothy Geohagen

Other Facts: -Real name was Reino Nyman
-Nephew of professional wrestler Vaino Ketonan
-Competed under a mask as Masked Marvel until he was unmasked by Zebra Kid on August 30, 1951
-Competed under a mask as The Masked Man until he was unmasked by Antonino Rocca on October 3, 1952
-Later 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