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Klondike Bill

Height: 6 '0"`

Weight: 365 lbs

From: Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Birthday: Dec 1st

Pro Debut: 1950s

Aliases: Bill Soloweyko, Brute Soloweyko, Kodiak Bear

Feds Worked For: TSW, AWA, NWA, WCW, WWWF, All Star Wrestling (Canada), Big Time Wrestling (Canada), Championship Wrestling from Florida (FL), Georgia Championship Wrestling (GA), Gulf Athletic Club (TX), Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling (AL), International Wrestling Enterprise (Japan), Japan Wrestling Asociation (Japan), 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), NWA Big Time Wrestling (TX), NWA Detroit (MI), Pacific Coast Athletic Club (CA), Provincial Sports Association (Canada), Southwest Sports (TX), Stampede Wrestling (Canada), Super Pro Wrestling (PA), Wolverine Wrestling (MI), World Championship Wrestling (Australia)

Career Highlights: -JWA All Asia Tag Team Champion (w/ Skull Murphy)
-NWA (Central States) North American Tag Team Champion (2x; 1 each w/ Ron Etchison and Bob Geigel)
-NWA Georgia Television Champion
-NWA Hawaii Champion
-NWA (Mid-Atlantic) Southern Champion
-NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Champion (w/ Nelson Royal)
-NWA (Toronto) International Tag Team Champion (w/ Billy Watson)
-Ohio Tag Team Champion (w/ Luke Brown)
-TSW United States Tag Team Champion (w/ Luke Brown)

Affiliates: Luke Brown, Billy Watson, Nelson Royal, Skull Murphy, Ron Etchison, Bob Geigel, Abe Jacobs, Greg Peterson

Notable Feuds: Bulldog Brower, Gene Kiniski, Missouri Mauler, George Harris, Karl Von Stroheim, Frank Morrell, Boris Malenko, Bronko Lubich, Aldo Bogni, Swede Hanson, Frank Monte, Kurt Von Stroheim, Jerry Blackwell, The Spoiler, Jonathan Boyd, Norman Lowndes, Gene Anderson, Jerry Brown, Rip Hawk, Charlie Fulton, Don Leo Jonathan, Homer O'Dell, Bill White, Brute Bernard, Joe Soto, Gene Dundee, Karl Karlsson, Jim Grabmire, Jim Hady

Other Facts: -Real name was William Soloweyko
-Sometimes billed from Fairbanks, AK
-As Bill Soloweyko, he used the nickname "The Brute"
-Was George Steele's first opponent
-His appetite is something of a legend. According to a legendary story told by Trail West Magazine, Amarillo, TX is home to the Big Texan Restaurant and Opry, which offers a 72-ounce steak free of charge to any person who can eat the whole thing and all its accouterments within one hour. Klondike Bill wolfed down TWO of the 72-ouncers in one hour. According to another story, he and fellow wrestler Johnny Heidemann were kicked out of an all-you-can-eat buffet for eating 60 pieces of chicken in one sitting.
-Was hired by Jim Crockett (of Mid-Atlantic) to build guard rails for ringside and building rings.
-Became a Road Agent for WCW in 1987 when Ted Turner bought out Mid-Atlantic. When Eric Bischoff was demoted as president of WCW. he was forced to set up the ring, under the supervision of none other than Klondike Bill
-Passed away on October 3, 2000 due to Bulbar Palsy at the age of 68. The disease, similar to Bell's palsy, had paralyzed his tongue and he was speechless for the last months of his life.