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Billed height
  
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)

Name
  
Waldo Erich

Debut
  
1950


Trained by
  
Red Garner

Billed weight
  
265 lb (120 kg)

Retired
  
1979

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Born
  
October 2, 1933Toronto, Ontario, Canada (
1933-10-02
)

Ring name(s)
  
Waldo Von ErichThe Great ZimmMr. MEl TigreWild Man ZimThe Great HornetBlitzkrieg Terror

Died
  
July 5, 2009, Kitchener, Canada

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Walter Paul Sieber (October 2, 1933 – July 5, 2009) was a Canadian professional wrestler under the ring name Waldo Von Erich. He was billed as the brother of Fritz Von Erich, but was not related to Fritz or the rest of the Von Erich family.

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Career

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Walter Paul Sieber was born in Toronto on October 2, 1933, where he trained as a professional wrestler with Red Garner at a local YMCA. He also was into bodybuilding, swimming, and weight training. Sieber became a professional wrestler at the age of 17.

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He began his career in Calgary, wrestling for Stu Hart's Stampede Wrestling. He later met Jack Adkisson (known as Fritz Von Erich, his kayfabe brother), and they held the NWA American Tag Team Championship in 1967. As a von Erich, Sieber's gimmick was that of a German heel. The height of his success was in the 1960s and 1970s.

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Sieber, now using the ringname Waldo Von Erich, also had success as a singles wrestler. He worked in singles matches for the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF). As a part of the WWWF, he wrestled Bruno Sammartino for the WWWF Championship in both the 1960s and the 1970s. He was also co-holder of the U.S. Tag Team Championship with Gene Kiniski. After his WWWF run, he continued to have success as a singles and tag team wrestler, holding championships in various promotions. He also had a memorable feud with Tony Atlas in Georgia in the late 1970s. His last sitnt in WWWF was from 1974 to 1975.

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After attempting a retirement in 1973, Sieber retired in 1979. After his retirement from in-ring action, Sieber became the president of the Ontario-based promotion, ICW, where he trained young professional wrestlers. Two of his star pupils included Tyson Dux and Brian Cannon, who became known as the masked wrestler Kijimuna in Okinawa Pro and New Japan.

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He toured Australia in 1966, 1969, 1973 and 1974.

Family

Sieber was the only child of Paul Sieber Sr. an immigrant from Germany, and his wife, the former Romanian Anna Yost.

He was married for 29 years before divorcing; he has three daughters from that marriage.

Death

Sieber died on July 5, 2009, aged 75, in hospital in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada after falling earlier that day.

In wrestling

  • Finishing and signature moves
  • Blitzkrieg Dive (Diving knee drop)
  • Iron Claw (Clawhold)
  • Prussian Slide (Diving leg drop bulldog)
  • Championships and accomplishments

  • Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling
  • NWA Southern Tag Team Championship (Mid-Atlantic version) (1 time) - with Fritz Von Erich
  • NWA Big Time Wrestling
  • NWA American Tag Team Championship (2 time) - with Fritz Von Erich
  • NWA Brass Knuckles Championship (Texas version) (2 times)
  • NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • NWA Tri-State
  • NWA North American Heavyweight Championship (Tri-State version) (1 time)
  • NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Tri-State version) (1 time) - with Karl Von Brauner
  • National Wrestling Federation
  • NWF North American Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • NWF Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
  • Stampede Wrestling
  • NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship (Calgary version) (1 time)
  • Stampede Wrestling North American Championship (1 time)
  • Stampede Wrestling Hall of Fame
  • World Championship Wrestling (Australia)
  • IWA World Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with The Spoiler
  • NWA Austra-Asian Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • NWA Austra-Asian Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Hiro Tojo
  • World Wide Wrestling Federation
  • WWWF United States Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Gene Kiniski
  • References

    Waldo Von Erich Wikipedia