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Terrible Ted (born 1949 or 1950〔("Wrestlers? I eat them", from Windsor Star, August 20, 1969 )〕) was an American black bear Canadian, known as a professional wrestler. He wrestled for various North American promotions from the 1950s into the 1970s. ==Professional wrestling career== ''All dates and results from (WrestlingData.com )'' Ted debuted on April 1, 1950, defeating Tony Galento in Asbury Park, New Jersey. A rematch on May 3, for Clarence Luttral's Florida territory (which later became Championship Wrestling from Florida) in Coral Gables, ended without a winner. A third and final match happened on June 11, in Marion, Ohio; the result is unknown. There is a strong possibility that these matches involved a different, similarly named bear.〔McKigney says Ted is 19 on August 20, 1969. This would make him six months old, at most, in the first Galeno match, and less than 100 pounds. Not likely an intriguing battle. But not impossible.〕 Ted then took a long hiatus from wrestling. During this time, he met Dave McKigney (also known as Gene/Jean DeBois/DuBois, The Beast and The Canadian Wildman), who adopted and trained him. On Boxing Day in 1958, before 8,250 fans, "Terrible" Ted, as he was now known, defeated his mentor at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto. He wrestled three more matches for Maple Leaf Wrestling to start 1959, then headed to Stampede Wrestling, working across Alberta and Saskatchewan. He also had a couple of matches for Tri-State Sports in Idaho. In 1959, ''The Leader-Post'' reported Ted had won all of over 500 matches in his five-year career to that point.〔 In 1960-61, Ted wrestled primarily in the southern United States, losing only twice in 24 matches, to Gypsy Joe and Man Mountain Managoff. On May 6, 1960, he won an 8-on-1 handicap match over a team including NWA Hall of Famer Angelo Savoldi and Don Kent. After a hiatus, Ted returned to Maple Leaf Gardens on August 13, 1964, again defeating his trainer, Gene DeBois. He wrestled twice more at The Gardens in December, first winning a rematch with DeBois, then pinning Skunkman on New Year's Eve. After winning a couple of battle royales in 1965 for Georgia Championship Wrestling, Ted wrestled for most of the rest of the sixties in Ontario and Alberta. On Christmas Day in 1969, he returned to the United States to wrestle an exhibition match with Debois in Cleveland, Ohio. On October 15, 1971, Ted made his WWWF debut against The Beast at the Pittsburgh Civic Arena. Earlier that year, he wrestled for the first time in the Maritimes (Halifax) and California (where he defeated future WWWF Champion, Superstar Billy Graham). In 1972, during his stint in Roy Shire's San Francisco territory, Ted teamed with future WWF Tag Team Champion and Hall of Famer, Rocky Johnson, to defeat Luke Graham and Fritz von Goering. In December, he defeated Bobby Heenan (another WWE Hall of Famer) and Baron von Raschke (a St. Louis Hall of Famer) in a handicap match for the World Wrestling Association (WWA). He continued wrestling for the WWA and San Francisco in 1973, during which time he faced his first female opponent, Tanya West. He defeated her by countout on November 12 then, four days later, beat her team in a six-person mixed tag match. In December, he returned to the Mid-America territory, defeating Tony Santos in Nashville, Tennessee on December 26. After defeating Sam Bass in Nashville in January 1974, Ted was retired from professional wrestling. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Terrible Ted」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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