The Grand Wizard, Captain Lou, Classy Freddy Blassie, and even the evil Mr. Over this twenty year span George not only went at it by himself, but at different times was managed by some of the best in the business. Yes, later it was even the great Hulk Hogan and George was waiting in the wings. Next it was Bobby Backland, and George Steele was there. When Bruno dropped the title and Pedro Morales became the WWF champion George was there challenging Pedro. George kept going back to battle Bruno for his title just about every summer. George battled Bruno for the WWF title in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Providence, Springfield, Portland, Pittsburgh and many other cities in the great Northeast. The word traveled fast and it was not long before George invaded the WWF with vengeance. The Pittsburgh Civic Arena was rocking with packed crowds that just could not get enough of the wild brawls that Steele and Bruno were having. Steele and Miller tagged up against Bruno Sammartino and the Batman in main events. George was in a couple of tag matches with the great Dr. They did not want a masked man in Pittsburgh so The Student became George Steele. The Student was spotted by Bruno’s entourage that night in Cobo Hall and was shortly invited to wrestle in Pittsburgh. This gave The Student a chance to watch and learn from one of the greatest wild brawling super stars of all time.īruno Sammartino, the WWF champion, and his entourage came to Detroit’s Cobo Arena for a big match with Bulldog Brower. The Sheik came back to the Detroit area to wrestle in 1965. As The Student, (George) had the opportunity to learn his trade while wrestling with many of the top talents of the time, under the watchful eye of Burt Ruby. Overnight, The Student became a main event star in Burt’s local promotions. The Student started his career being managed by Gary Hart. George started his wrestling career in 1962 wearing a mask and wrestling as The Student.

Burt was the mentor of many super stars including The Sheik, Killer Kowalski, Bobo Brazil, Abdula The Butcher, Leaping Larry Chene, Ricky The Crusher Cortez and Igor.

The Biography of George “The Animal” Steeleīurt Ruby, the wrestling promoter in Michigan during the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s, was the mentor of George The Animal Steele.

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