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Bob Sweetan

Nickname: Bruiser; Mr. Piledriver

From: Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Birthday: Jul 4th

Aliases: K.O. Cox, Bob Carsen

Feds Worked For: TSW, MSW, NWA, SoCW, Central States Wrestling (KS/MO), Gulf Coast Wrestling (AL/FL/LA/MS), NWA Hollywood (CA), Stampede Wrestling (Canada), Universal Wrestling Federation International (Japan), World Wrestling Council (Puerto Rico)

Finisher: Piledriver

Career Highlights: -MSW Mid-South Tag Team Champion (w/ Mike George)
-NWA Central States Champion (5x)
-NWA Central States Tag Team Champion (4x; 1 each w/ Mike George, Bob Brown, Terry Gibbs, & Alexis Smirnoff)
-NWA Central States Television Champion
-NWA (Central States) World Tag Team Champion (w/ Bob Brown)
-NWA Gulf Coast Champion
-NWA North American Tag Team Champion (4x; 2 w/ Dick Murdoch; 2 w/ Killer Cox)
-NWA San Francisco United States Champion (2x)
-SoCW Southwest Champion (2x)
-SoCW Southwest Tag Team Champion (w/ Dick Slater)
-Stampede International Tag Team Champion (2x; 1 each w/ The Beast and Fred Sweetan)
-TSW Brass Knuckles Champion (3x)
-TSW Champion
-TSW United States Tag Team Champion (3x; 1 each w/ Seigfried Stanke, Karl Kox, & Tony Rocco)
-WWC Puerto Rican Champion

Affiliates: Seigfried Stanke, Karl Kox, Tony Rocco, Mike George, Bob Brown, Dick Murdoch, Killer, Terry Gibbs, Steve Williams, Alexis Smirnoff, Dick Slater, The Beast, Fred Sweetan/Killer Cox

Notable Feuds: Tully Blanchard, Bill Watts, Buck Robley, Dewey Robertson

Other Facts: -Real name was Robert Beier. At some point he legally changed his name to Robert Carson
-Billed as the brother of Freddie Sweetan aka Killer Cox
-Sometimes billed from Round Rock, TX or Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
-Holds the record as the longest reigning TSW Brass Knucks Champion (almost 2 years)
-During a show in a small Oklahoma town, he beat up the McGuire Twins (who were 600 pounds each) to the point where they were crying in the ring.
-Was involved in a particularly bloody match against Tully Blanchard that was filmed for SoCW's TV show on USA. USA refused to air the match and it was one of the factors involved in USA cancelling SoCW and replacing it with WWF's All American Wrestling.
-In 1990, he was arrested for sexually abusing his 15 year-old daughter. He pled guilty, but stopped checking in with the police in 2000. He was then deported to Canada where he lived for the rest of his life.
-Passed away February 10, 2017 at the age of 76.