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Curt Henning

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The son of 2006 Hall of Fame inductee Larry Hennig, Curt was raised in Minnesota and began wrestling as a professional at the age of 22. During the early 1980s, he worked with his father as tag-team partners and they won the NWA Pacific Northwest title. In 1986, he teamed with Scott Hall to win the AWA world title. Curt also was AWA world heavyweight champion.

At 6-3 and 235 pounds of hard muscle, Hennig had a great presence in the ring. After joining the WWF, Curt adopted the nickname "Mr. Perfect" and became one of the biggest names in the game. He had sellout matches with Hulk Hogan, Bret Hart and other WWF stars.

Curt won many titles during his career as a professional wrestler. He was a two-time Intercontinental champion in the WWF as well as the United States Heavyweight champion in the WCW.

Hennig wrestled at Robbinsdale High School in Minnesota and was highly regarded for his wrestling abilities and his in-the-ring skills. Curt passed away on February 10, 2003, prior to a match in Florida, at the age of 44. He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2007.

Great Gama

Born in 1882 in Armistar, British India, Ghulam Muhammad became known as the Great Gama for his incredible wrestling successes. He won the championship of India in 1901 at the age of 19, and reportedly was undefeated his entire career, wrestling in over 5,000 matches.

Standing 5-7 and weighing around 250 at his peak, Gama was known for his incredible endurance routines, including Hindu squats and pushups. He could work out for hours at a time.

Though Gama seldom left his native land, on the occasions that he did he was very successful. He beat many of the top wrestlers from the Western world, usually in a matter of minutes. Only Stanislaus Zbyszko was able to hold him at bay, securing a draw after two hours of ground wrestling, with Gama in control the entire match but unable to score the pin. In a rematch, Gama scored a fast victory.

Nat Fleischher, one of the top sportswriters of the early 20th century, ranked Gama as the third greatest wrestler of all time.

His reputation was such that he could seldom get matches in the latter years of his career. Gama died in Pakistan in 1960, at the age of 78.

Red Bastien

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Rolland "Red" Bastien has certainly enjoyed a long and varied background in his highly successful association with professional wrestling. Raised in Minnesota, Red began his career as a carnival wrestler at the tender age of 16, taking on all comers in both boxing and wrestling and learning the tricks of the trade.

After he joined the Navy, he began his professional ring career, wearing a mask so he couldn't be discovered by Naval authorities. He had learned the craft of carnival wrestling and pro wrestling well, and became a major attraction all around the country. He met the top names of the game in the 1950s and '60s and claimed various singles and tag-team championships. His matches with Johnny Valentine for the Florida Championships are among the all-time classics.

Red served as president of the CAC (Cauliflower Alley Club) for over six years and is the brother-in-law of Jim Morgan, another legendary carnival wrestler. Red is also the uncle of the wrestling and boxing Morgan brothers, all of whom have won either national wrestling or boxing titles.

Red Bastien is considered by his peers as one of the true tough guys of the sport...and one of the nice guys, too.

Bob Roop

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Growing up in Michigan, Bob Roop enjoyed a fine amateur career. He was state high school champion his senior year for East Lansing and then entered Michigan State on a football scholarship. After a year and a half at MSU, he joined the Army and made the All-Service team. He also trained in the Green Berets program as a paratrooper.

After leaving the service, Bob wrestled in college at Southern Illinois-Carbondale and made the 1968 Olympic team, placing eighth in the Games in Mexico City. He captured the national AAU heavyweight championship in Greco-Roman wrestling in 1969 and placed in the nationals in both freestyle and Greco-Roman several times.

He was introduced to the professional wrestling world by Lars Anderson and started out with Eddie Graham in Florida. He worked as a professional for 18 years, and traveled the world, wrestling in Japan, Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, England, Scotland, Germany and Iraq.

Bob reigned as NWA United States Champion and won numerous regional titles, both as a single performer and as part of a tag team. After retiring he worked as a booker. He authored several books and today does volunteer work with scouting and schools.

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