George The Animal Steele

Wwe Legend George 'the Animal' Steele Dies At Age 79

... a heated rivalry with WWE Champion Bruno Sammartino. For nearly 20 years, Steele was a reviled villain, managed by the likes of fellow WWE Hall of Famers The Grand Wizard, 'Classy' Freddie Blassie, Capt. Lou Albano and Mr. Fuji. Classic: Steele, pictured throwing out the first pitch at a Boston Red Sox game main evented against the likes of Hulk Hogan, Bruno Sammartino and Bob Backlund. RELATED ARTICLES. 1.8 k shares. Hulk Hogan, who fought 'The Animal' during his career, shared his condolences on Twitter. For nearly 20 years, Steele was a reviled villain, managed by the likes of fellow WWE Hall of Famers The Grand Wizard, 'Classy' Freddie Blassie, Capt. Lou Albano and Mr. Fuji. His classic main events against Sammartino, Pedro Morales and Bob Backlund saw him come close to winning the WWE Championship on many occasions. In 1985, however, Steele was embraced by the WWE Universe and changed the course of his career. After The Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff abandoned him during a match, Steele fell back under the tutelage of the then-beloved Albano. His transformation was remarkable, as one of the most hated men in the sport became one of its most loveable figures. Long ...

Jim Myers' Double Life As George The Animal Steele

... hate you," said Myers. "When you become a cartoon character, then they love you. I put my whole spirit and lifestyle into being the nasty, brawling heel - the guy who people resented - and I put it all into the business of later being the crazy, wild cartoon character. Those were different times. In the 1960's, '70 s, '80 s, they were selling wrestling, and later, they were selling lunch buckets, action figures and t-shirts. Different.". In the 1960 s and '70 s, Myers said that wrestlers had more time to tell the story, to weave and massage the narrative. "The television matches were 8 to 12 minutes," said Myers. "But the house shows when I was a heel, they would last 35, 40 minutes, or even an hour. In wrestling, you are telling a story, and it takes a lot of time to tell a story correctly. There are not a lot of guys who know how to tell a story now. And they don't ...