Killer Kowalski

Real Name
Wladek Kowalski

Birthday
October 13, 1926

Hometown
Hometown: Born in Windsor, Ontario
 Billed from Hamtramack, Michigan
 Lives in Salem, Massachusetts

Height
6'7"

Weight
290lbs

Marital Status
Engaged to Theresa

Trained by
Lou Thesz

Debut
1947

Previous Names
Tarzan Kowalski (St Louis)
 The Masked Executioner
 The Masked Destroyer

Finishing Move(s)
The Claw

Favorite Move(s)
Flying Knee Drop

Notable Feuds
 Whipper Watson
 Yukon Eric
 Bruno Sammartino
 John Tolos
 Mad Dog Vachon
 Don Arnold
 Pepper Gomez
 Pedro Morales

Title History

 NWA Texas Heavyweight title defeating Buddy Rogers (????, 1950);
 NWA Texas Tag Team titles defeating Danny Savich & Duke Keomuka in a Handicap Match
 (December 11, 1950);
 NWA (San Francisco) Pacific Coast Tag Team titles w/Hans Hermann defeating ????? (????, 1951);
 NWA (Central States) Heart of America Heavyweight title defeating Bill Longson (January 25, 1951);
 AWA (Montreal) International Heavyweight title defeating Bobby Managoff (April 2, 1952);
 AWA (Montreal) International Heavyweight title defeating Vern Gagne (May 6, 1953);
 AWA (Montreal) International Heavyweight title defeating Yvon Robert (August 19, 1953);
 AWA (Montreal) International Heavyweight title defeating Antonio Rocca via forfeit (May 19, 1954);
 AWA (Montreal) International Heavyweight title defeating Pat O` Connor (November 10, 1954);
 AWA (Montreal) International Heavyweight title defeating Don Leo Jonathan (December 14, 1955);
 AWA (Montreal) International Heavyweight title defeating Yvon Robert (May 30, 1956);
 AWA (Montreal) International Heavyweight title defeating Hard Boiled Haggerty (October ??, 1956);
 AWA (Montreal) International Heavyweight title defeating Gene Kiniski (July 17, 1957);
 ACC (Boston) World Heavyweight title defeating Edouard Carpentier (October ??, 1958);
 AWA (Montreal) International Heavyweight title defeating Buddy Rogers (December 2, 1959);
 AWA (Montreal) International Heavyweight title defeating Buddy Rogers (June 8, 1960);
 NWA Central States Tag Team titles w/Bulldog Austin defeating Medics (????, 1961);
 NWA (Vancouver) Pacific Coast Tag Team titles w/Ox Anderson defeating Guy & Joe Brunetti
 (August 22, 1961);
 NWA (Calgary) Canadian Heavyweight title recognized as champion (November 17, 1961);
 NWA (Vancouver) Pacific Coast Tag Team titles w/Gene Kiniski defeating Roy McClarty & Billy Watson (January 22, 1962);
 NWA (Calgary) Canadian Heavyweight title defeating Czaya Nandor (July 6, 1962);
 AWA (Montreal) International Heavyweight title defeating Johnny Rougeau (July 23, 1962);
 Stampede International Tag Team titles w/Jim Wright defeating Dominic Bravo & Ron Etchison
 (March 22, 1963);
 Stampede International Tag Team titles w/Jim Wright defeating ???? (May 3, 1963);
 WWWF United States Tag Team titles w/Gorilla Monsoon defeating Brute Bernard & Skull Murphy (November 14, 1963);
 IWA (Australia) World Heavyweight title Awarded (October ??, 1964);
 IWA (Australia) World Heavyweight title defeating Hercules Cortez (June ??, 1965);
 NWA (Hawaii) United States Heavyweight title defeating Curtis Iaukea (November 3, 1965);
 IWA (Australia) World Heavyweight title defeating Spiros Arion (December ??, 1965);
 IWA (Australia) World Heavyweight title defeating Billy White Wolf (May ??, 1967);
 IWA (Australia) World Tag Team titles w/Skull Murphy defeating Red Bastien & Mario Milano
 (August 25, 1967);
 IWA (Australia) World Heavyweight title defeating Bearcat Wright (September 1, 1967);
 IWA (Australia) World Tag Team titles w/Skull Murphy defeating Red Bastien & Mario Milano
 (October 25, 1967);
 Iowa Tag Team titles w/Ripper Daniels defeating ???? (September ??, 1968);
 NWA Texas Brass Knuckles title defeating ????? (November ??, 1970);
 IWA (Australia) World Tag Team titles w/Mark Lewin defeating Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch
 (March ??, 1971);
 NWA (Los Angeles) Americas Heavyweight title defeating Frankie Laine (January 31, 1972);
 NWA (Los Angeles) Americas Tag Team titles w/Kinji Shibuya defeating Dory Dixon & Raul Mata (April 25, 1972);
 NWA (Florida) Southern Heavyweight title defeating Jerry Brisco (October ??, 1975);
 WWWF Tag Team titles w/John Studd (as Exacutioners) defeating Louis Cerdan & Tony Parisi
(May 11, 1976)