Bob Sweetan

Bob Sweetan
Born (1940-07-04) July 4, 1940
Residence British Columbia[1]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Bob Sweetan
Mister Pile Driver[1]
KO Kox[1]
Billed height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Billed weight 271 lb (123 kg) (In his prime)
Debut 1966 (Kansas City)[1]

Bob Sweetan (born July 4, 1940), better known as "Bruiser" Bob Sweetan or "Mr. Piledriver" Bob Sweetan, after his signature finishing maneuver, is a retired American professional wrestler.

Professional wrestling career

Sweetan held numerous titles over his career. He enjoyed tremendous success with the National Wrestling Alliance and wrestled with Freddie Prosser who went under the name Freddie Sweetan in Canada for Stampede Wrestling. Sweetan and Terry Gibbs defeated Fabulous Freebirds for the NWA Central States Tag Team Championship.[2] He also wrestled for the World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico. In the WWC he defeated King Tonga for the WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship.[3] Sweetan was in the first ever WWC Anniversary. He even played himself in the movie The Wrestling Queen in 1975. Sweetan wrestled many notable wrestlers during his career such as Rufus R. Jones, Buzz Tyler, Randy Rose, Ted DiBiase, Bill Watts, Frank Hoy, Butch Reed, Adrian Adonis, Tully Blanchard, and Jesse Ventura. "Dr. Death" Steve Williams described him as "A very, very tough man."[4]

Criticism

On WWE's Legends of Wrestling in 2009, longtime employee Jim Ross stated that he "didn't like" Sweetan and "didn't want to be around him", describing him as a "miserable human being".[5] In his book, Jim Duggan referred to Sweetan as a "bully" and a "real piece of garbage".[6]

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Bob Sweetan profile". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
  2. 1 2 Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2006). "Central States Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  3. 1 2 Duncan, Royal; Gary Will (2006). "(Puerto Rico): WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  4. ↑ Williams, Steve (2007). Steve Williams: How Dr. Death Became Dr. Life. Sports Publishing LLC. ISBN 1596701803.
  5. ↑ Legends of Wrestling: Giants. WWE. 2009.
  6. ↑ Duggan, Jim & Scott E. Williams (2012). Hacksaw: The Jim Duggan Story. Triumph Books. p. 47. ISBN 1600786863.
  7. ↑ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "Central States Heavyweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. p. 254. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  8. ↑ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "Central States Television Title". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. pp. 255–256. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  9. ↑ Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2006). "(Kansas and Western Missouri) West Missouri: North American Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 253. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  10. ↑ "NWA North American Tag Team Title (Central States version)". wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
  11. ↑ Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2006). "(Kansas and Western Missouri) West Missouri: World Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 253. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  12. ↑ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  13. ↑ Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2006). "National Wrestling Alliance Gulf Coast Heavyweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  14. ↑ Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2006). "(California) San Francisco: United States Heavyweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  15. ↑ Duncan, Royal; Gary Will (2006). "(Louisiana & Oklahoma) Louisiana/Oklahoma: US Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 232. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  16. ↑ Duncan, Royal; Gary Will (2006). "(Louisiana & Oklahoma) Louisiana/Oklahoma: Mid-South Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  17. ↑ Duncan, Royal; Gary Will (2006). "(Texas) San Antonio: Southwest Heavyweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  18. ↑ Duncan, Royal; Gary Will (2006). "(Texas) San Antonio: Southwest Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  19. ↑ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "Stampede Wrestling International Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. pp. 340–341. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.

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