George Wagner

George Raymond Wagner, or Gorgeous George (March 24, 1915 - December 26, 1963) was a professional wrestler.

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He was born in Nebraska, but his family moved to Texas while he was a boy.

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Wagner was a wrestler with an undistinguished career until he recreated his professional image in the early 1940s as the flamboyant Gorgeous George. The image was created in part by growing his hair long, dying it blonde, and putting gold-plated bobby pins in it. He had a valet accompany him in his ring appearances, and was also probably the first wrestler to have music, Pomp and Circumstance, played during his appearances. He wore elaborately sequinned robes and the air had to be sprayed with disinfectant before he would start wrestling. Once the match began, he would cheat in every way he could. This flamboyant image and his showman's ability to work a crowd were so successful in the early days of television

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