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George Raymond Wagner (March 24, 1915 – December 26, 1963) was an American professional wrestler best known by his ring name Gorgeous George. In the United States, during the First Golden Age of Professional Wrestling in the 1940s-1950s, Gorgeous George gained mainstream popularity and became one of the biggest stars of this period, gaining media attention for his outrageous character, which was described as flamboyant and charismatic. He was inducted into Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2002 and the WWE Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2010.
George Raymond Wagner was born March 24, 1915 in Butte, Nebraska. For a time, he and his parents lived on a farm near the village of Phoenix in Holt County and probably in Seward County before they moved to Waterloo, Iowa and later Sioux City. When George was age seven, his family moved to Houston, Texas, where he associated with kids from a tough neighborhood. As a child, he trained at the local YMCA and often staged matches against his friends. In 1929, Wagner dropped out of Milby High School at age 14, and worked odd jobs to help support his family. At this time, he competed at carnivals, where he could earn 35 cents for a win. By age 17, he was getting booked by the region’s top promoter, Morris Siegel, and in 1938, he won his first title by defeating Buck Lipscomb for Northwest Middleweight crown. Moreover, on May 19, 1939, he captured the Pacific Coast Light Heavyweight Championship.
Jesse Woodson James (September 5, 1847 – April 3, 1882) was an American outlaw, gang leader, bank robber, train robber and murderer from the state of Missouri and the most famous member of the James-Younger Gang. Already a celebrity when he was alive, he became a legendary figure of the Wild West after his death. Some recent scholars place him in the context of regional insurgencies of ex-Confederates following the American Civil War rather than a manifestation of frontier lawlessness or alleged economic justice.
Jesse and his brother Frank James were Confederate guerrillas during the Civil War. They were accused of participating in atrocities committed against Union soldiers. After the war, as members of one gang or another, they robbed banks, stagecoaches and trains. Despite popular portrayals of James as a kind of Robin Hood, robbing from the rich and giving to the poor, there is no evidence that he and his gang used their robbery gains for anyone but themselves.
The James brothers were most active with their gang from about 1866 until 1876, when their attempted robbery of a bank in Northfield, Minnesota, resulted in the capture or deaths of several members. They continued in crime for several years, recruiting new members, but were under increasing pressure from law enforcement. On April 3, 1882, Jesse James was killed by Robert Ford, who was a member of the gang living in the James house and who was hoping to collect a state reward on James' head.
The incomparable Gorgeous George
Gorgeous George VS. Jesse James
George Wagner fica em pé em cima da garupa da moto, cai e morre na BR 110
LSC reads George Wagner comment (Concave Earth)
Ringelnatz: Zu Dir, Musik George Wagner , Ensemble lilienfeld
May 2011 Legend - George Wagner
Wagner - Siegfried's Funeral Music (George Szell - Cleveland Orchestra)
Lilienfeld , Der Werwolf-Morgenstern, Musik George Wagner , Ensemble Lilienfeld
Betty Wagner speaks on behalf of Gorgeous George at the WWE
Wagner - Dawn & Siegfried's Rhine Journey (George Szell - Cleveland Orchestra)
How to pronounce Gorgeous George Wagner (American English/US) - PronounceNames.com
George Szell & The Cleveland Orchestra - Tannhauser Overture (Wagner) (Stereo)
Actors: Wade Boteler (actor), Herman Bing (actor), Charles Coleman (actor), Frank Darien (actor), Truman Bradley (actor), James Donlan (actor), Wallace Ford (actor), Charley Grapewin (actor), William Haines (actor), Ben Hall (actor), Neil Hamilton (actor), Jean Hersholt (actor), Murray Kinnell (actor), Lucien Littlefield (actor), Hank Mann (actor),
Genres: Drama,