Pioneer Singles Wrestler
Stan Hansen
Height: 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight: 321 lb (146 kg)
Date of birth: October 12, 1949
Town of birth: Borger, Texas
Trained by: Dory Funk
Debut: 1973
Managers: Larry Sharpe, Freddie Blassie
Nickname: The Lariat
Stan Hansen started wrestling in 1973. He wrestled in the World Wide Wrestling Federation and achieved his first amount of infamy by breaking Bruno Sammartino's neck.
In the mid to late 1970's, Hansen wrestled in Georgia Championship Wrestling where he teamed with Tommy Rich and Ole Anderson. He also made forays into New Japan Pro Wrestling, where he feuded with its top star, Antonio Inoki. In 1981, however, Hansen abruptly jumped to All Japan Pro Wrestling, which remained his foreign affiliation until his retirement. Hansen is the only man to pin Inoki and Giant Baba in singles matches for titles.
He wrestled in the American Wrestling Association in 1985 and 1986 and won their World Title. He no-showed a title defense on June 29, 1986 forcing the AWA to default the title to his opponent, Nick Bockwinkel.
He wrestled most of his latter career in All Japan, where he formed teams with Bruiser Brody, Terry Gordy, Ted DiBiase and Genichiro Tenryu.
In 1990, Hansen wrestled in World Championship Wrestling and feuded with Lex Luger over the United States Title while it was still under the banner of the NWA. From there Hansen continued to trade the Triple Crown with Mitsuharu Misawa and others.
In 1993, Stan Hansen wrestled in ECW where he teamed with Terry Funk and won a "Bunkhouse" Match, via DQ, over Kevin Sullivan & Abdullah the Butcher. He also defeated Jimmy Snuka during his ECW reign. Stan Hansen was extreme before extreme even existed.
Hansen's last match was in 2000, during a tournament for the vacant Triple Crown, a semifinal match against the returning Tenryu. He officially retired later in the year and in 2001 he became President (Commissioner) of All Japan's Pacific Wrestling Federation title governing body
Hansens Championships and Acheivements speak for themselves:
4 Time AJPW Triple Crown World Heavyweight Champion
1 Time AJPW International Champion
3 Time PWF Heavyweight Champion
1 Time AJPW United National Champion
4 Time PWF Tag Team Champion (with Ted DiBiase twice, Bruiser Brody once
and Austin Idol once)
1 Time AJPW International Tag Team Champion (with Ron Bass)
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 NWA United States Heavyweight Champion
1 Time NWA World Tag Team Champion (with Ole Anderson)
1 Time AWA World Heavyweight Champion
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 WCCW Texas Tag Team Champion (with Killer Tim Brooks)
1 Time NWF Heavyweight Champion
(Compiled by Brett Schwan)
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