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Les Wolff
Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 260 lbs.
From: St. Cloud, MN
Birthday: Apr 11th
Pro Debut: 1968
Aliases: Buddy Wolff, Buddy Wolfe, Lester Wolff, Les Wolfe, The Hackensack Hammer, The Blue Demon, Spoiler #2
Feds Worked For: TSW, AWA, NWA, WWWF, All Japan Pro Wrestling (Japan), All Star Wrestling (NE/SD), Central States Wrestling (IA/KS/MO), Championship Wrestling from Florida (FL), Championship Wrestling USA (OR), Georgia Championship Wrestling (GA), Gulas Wrestling Enterprises (TN), Gulf Athletic Club (TX), Hawaii Championship Wrestling (HI), International Wrestling Enterprise (Japan), Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling (NC/SC), Mid-Pacific Promotions (HI), NWA Big Time Wrestling (TX), NWA Mid-America (AL), Pacific Northwest Wrestling (OR/WA), St. Louis Wrestling Club (MO)
Finisher: Reverse Neckbreaker
Signature Moves: Boston Crab, Swinging Neckbreaker
Career Highlights: -AWA Midwest Champion (2x)
-NWA Florida Champion
-NWA Texas Champion
Affiliates: Abe Jacobs, Kim Duk, Larry Heiniemi
Notable Feuds: Paul Demarco, The Assassins, Johnny Valentine, Stan Pulaski, Swede Hanson, Rock Hunter, Juan Sebastian, Oki Shikina, The Missouri Mauler, Rip Hawk, Jerry Brisco, Greg Gagne, Dusty Rhodes, Wahoo McDaniel, Billy Robinson, Jim Brunzell, Geoff Portz, Jos LeDuc, André the Giant, The Great Kusatsu, Reggie Parks, Gene Anderson, Ole Anderson, Chris Taylor, Jack Brisco, Lee Henning, Ken Patera, Pancho Valdez
Other Facts: -Real name was Lester Wolff
-Former husband of pro wrestler Vivian Vachon.
-Former Brother-in-law of pro wrestlers Paul Vachon & Maurice Vachon
-Former Uncle of pro wrestlers Luna Vachon & Mike Vachon
-Billed as the former Brother-in-Law of pro wrestler Stan Vachon
-Former Uncle by marriage of pro wrestlers Gangrel, Dick Slater, and Tom Nash
-Was considered as a possible competitor in wrestling at the 1964 Olympics
-Played football professionally. He was named Rookie of the Year in his first year, but quit after that to become a pro wrestler.
-Trained for pro wrestling by Verne Gagne
-As Buddy Wolff, he used the nicknames "Beautiful" and "Golden Boy"
-Was André the Giant's opponent in André's Madison Square Garden debut. He lost to André in less than a minute.
-As part of the build up to his famous match with Antonio Inoki, Muhammad Ali faced 3 wrestlers prior to that in Boxer-vs-Wrestler matches. The 2nd of those was Wolff.
-After retiring from wrestling, he designed, patented and marketed several body building devices.
-Formed a successful company, Banner Saver Pro 2000, which manufactures special custom brackets to keep banners from falling off signs in strong winds. He came up with the idea while watching the 2002 Winter Olympics and saw some of the banners being blown off signs.
-Passed away July 11, 2017 due to complications from dementia
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