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He was a six foot six war hero and football star, who was poised to take pro wrestling into a new era of box office success. There was just one problem: he couldn't wrestle for real.

He's the most important wrestler that you've never heard of, it's Big Wayne Munn!

 

Printed Sources:

-Library of Congress digital newspaper archive

-Hooker, by Lou Thesz

-Shooters: The Toughest Men in Profession Wrestling, by Jonathan Snowden

-Sean Sweeny's biography of Wayne Munn at http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profile/wayne-munn/