His recent bout with a Russian, Ilia Draganov , is brutal and being raved about all over the show....another great bout is with Brit Peter Dunne. I think these are the sort of matches Rocco, Finlay, Jones etc would love !
If anyone wants to check out a newish Austrian wrestler - lookout for 'Walter' - the Ring General - WWE NXT UK champion - an old school wrestler - Bert Assirati would be proud of his style ! Some of the new stuff on this promotion is actually very good and starting to take UK wrestling back down a road it should nt have left
Adolf Kaiser was Hungarian but often billed as German. Born in Budapest in 1921 but later lived in Vienna and ended up in Hamburg during his successful career as an actor
This link is to talk about the match
Walter is being raved about in the US wrestling fans circles, and as you say, just a genuine big guy, the match with Dragunov is here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKjy6SJNmhQ
His recent bout with a Russian, Ilia Draganov , is brutal and being raved about all over the show....another great bout is with Brit Peter Dunne. I think these are the sort of matches Rocco, Finlay, Jones etc would love !
Apologies for missing earlier comment...
If anyone wants to check out a newish Austrian wrestler - lookout for 'Walter' - the Ring General - WWE NXT UK champion - an old school wrestler - Bert Assirati would be proud of his style ! Some of the new stuff on this promotion is actually very good and starting to take UK wrestling back down a road it should nt have left
August Smisl also fought in MMA
That's an excellent list of Austrian wrestlers.Thanks so much Gernot.
Felix Kerschitz was from Austria not from Germany.
Can add a few names from the past.
Anatol Amadeo (Schober)
Franz Arnold
Karl Bauer
Adi Berber sr.
Adi Berber jr.
Franz Berndt
Biker Mike (Michael Glaser)
Biko Botowamungo (he was born in Zaire)
Georg Blemenschütz
Bo-Ga-Tsi (Ludvig Sesta)
Franz Breihöder
Karl Dauberger
Hans Dillinger
Erich Ecker
Robert Fasser
Peter Fladerer
Kafeder
Hermann Kortanek (Mr. X)
Tony Kosik
Michael Kovac
Alois Kramer
Victor Krüger
Karl Kühnel
Hans LIndmaier
Peter Oprawill
Rudi Pegac sr.
Rudi Pegac jr.
Carlo Piroch
Adi Porizek
Adi Ramoser (Jimmy McKing)
Hermann Reiß
Franz Schlederer
Franz Schuhmann
Rudolf Schultheis
August Smisl
Franz Stammer
Leo Stanzer
Josef Stoffan
Franz Strauch
Albert Strouhal
Helmut Tichy
Wolfgang Trenker
Harry Vargyas
Hermann Vollhofer
Klaus Wallas
Otto Wanz
Joschi Weidinger (former HW Box european champion)
Eugen Wiesberger
This is a nearly complete list of all austrian wrestler compete at the famous Heumarkt in vienna.
Ady Berber
Ernst Weber-Drohl
Current wrestlers:
Chris Colen
Franz Dynamite
Daniel Haas
Tommy Golden
Oliver Gratzer
Martin Heiligenbrunner
Tom Hüttinger
Lexxus (Thomas Hutter)
Mexx
Julian Nero
Bambikiller Chris Raaber
Miguel Ramirez
Robert Ray
Muslim Sultanov
Captain Steve Swallow
Outside the Heritage years but one of today's top wrestlers is the WWE (NXT) United Kingdom Champion, Walter (full name Walter Hahn) from Austria.
Blooming 'eck Bernard. Email received.
]Just let me know how much blood you want. Co-Op milkman will deliver.
Only kidding Berard. There I go again.
Not quite Hack, email to you on it's way.
Okay Bernard, an updated Felix Kerschitz entry. Now you can sleep peacefully.
Felix Kerschitz
Well he should know Bernard. You should have asked him if wrestling was fixed just to check if he was truthful
Time to change the A-Z Hack?
Thanks Ron, I was sure but didn't want to push it.
I asked him where he was born and he said Linz ,Austria.
Otto Wanz.
Good right up in the A-Z section!
Further Information:
Born: 1943 in Graz Austria
Died: 2017
Weighed in at 25 stone
Also known as "Bulldog Otto"
One of only a few to body slam Andre the Giant
Dr Adolf Kaiser.
I am fairly certain he was born Austria in 1908 and had also been a pro boxer before wrestling Bernard. Boxed 1932-1937.
The man who came to my house- European Heavyweight champion-
Felix Kerschitz.
The A-Z states that Felix was German. Any chance that Ron could check that for me please?