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| John Stanley "Stan" Hansen | |||
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| Ring Names | Stan Hansen | ||
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| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
| Weight | 306 lbs (139 kg) | ||
| Born | October 12, 1949 | ||
| Knox City, Texas | |||
| Died | |||
| Resides | |||
| Billed | Borger, Texas | ||
| Trained by | Dory Funk | ||
| Debut | 1973 | ||
| Retired | 2001 | ||
John Stanley "Stan" Hansen (born October 12, 1949 in Knox City, Texas) is a retired American professional wrestler. Hansen, who spent much of his career wrestling in Japan, currently works for All Japan Pro Wrestling. He is perhaps best known for his "cowboy" gimmick - complete with cowboy hat and chewing tobacco - and his stiffness.
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In wrestling
- Finishing and signature moves
- Western Lariat (Lariat)
- Brazos Valley Backbreaker (Boston crab)
- Elbow drop
- Managers
- Nicknames
- The Lariat
- The Man
- The Bad Man From Borger
Championships and accomplishments
- 1-Time AJPW International Tag Team Champion (with Ron Bass)
- 4-Time AJPW Triple Crown World Heavyweight Champion
- 9-Time AJPW Unified Tag Team Champion (with Gary Albright once, Dan Spivey once, Terry Gordy 3 times, Genichiro Tenryu 3 times and Ted DiBiase once)
- 1-Time AJPW United National Champion
- 1-Time NWA International Heavyweight Champion
- 3-Time PWF Heavyweight Champion
- 4-Time PWF Tag Team Champion (with Ted DiBiase twice, Bruiser Brody once and Austin Idol once)
- 2-Time NWA Georgia Heavyweight Champion
- 3-Time NWA Georgia Tag Team Champion (with Tommy Rich twice and Ole Anderson once)
- 1-Time Mid-Southern International Champion
- 1-Time NWA Tri-State North American Champion
- 1-Time NWA United States Heavyweight Champion
- 1-Time NWA World Tag Team Champion (with Ole Anderson)
- NWF
- 1-Time NWF Heavyweight Champion
- PWI ranked him # 16 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI Years in 2003.
- PWI ranked him # 7 with Bruiser Brody, # 24 with Ted DiBiase, # 34 with Terry Gordy and # 66 with Ole Anderson of the 100 best tag teams of the PWI Years.
- PWI Most Hated Wrestler Award (1976)
- PWI Match of the Year (1976; versus Bruno Sammartino)
- 1-Time WCCW Texas Tag Team Champion (with Killer Tim Brooks)
- He is a member of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (inducted in 1996)
- 1982 Tag Team of the Year (with Ole Anderson)
- 1985 Best Brawler
- 1990 Best Brawler
Trivia
- Hansen appeared in the 1989 movie No Holds Barred that starred Hulk Hogan. At the time there had been a rumor that Hansen would join the WWF, but as that would imply having to vacate the PWF and United National titles (and interrupt the Triple Crown unification process) and permanently burning bridges with AJPW promoter Giant Baba, nothing came out of it.
- Hansen formed a tag team with Riki Chōshū called "The Lariat Combo" due to them both using a lariat clothesline as a finisher.
- Hansen has a nephew who wrestles named Silas Young.
- Hansen is one of the most famous users of the lariat in Japan. The lariat is a very respected finisher in Japanese Puroresu, largely due to Hansen.
- Hansen first teamed with Bruiser Brody (then wrestling under his real name, Frank Goodish) in 1975 in Leroy McGuirk's Tri-State territory.
- Japanese wrestling commentators would often yell "LARIATO!" when Stan Hansen performed his finisher. They often do the same for other wrestlers who perform the Lariat.
- His legendary in-ring stiffness met its greatest victim in Big Van Vader in All-Japan Pro Wrestling. Hansen punched Vader in the head, which caused his eye, unsevered, to pop out of his head. Vader pushed his eye back in the socket and continued the match.
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