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Buddy Rogers

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Overview

  • Born
    February 20, 1921 · Camden, New Jersey, USA
  • Died
    June 22, 1992 · Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA (stroke)
  • Birth name
    Herman Rohde
  • Nickname
    • The Original Nature Boy
  • Height
    1.88 m

Biography

    • Buddy Rogers was born on February 20, 1921 in Camden, New Jersey, USA. He died on June 22, 1992 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.

Trivia

  • The first-ever World Wide Wrestling Federation (now WWE) Champion.
  • Professional wrestler.
  • WWE Hall of Famer.
  • In 1979, Buddy Rogers showed up in Mid Atlantic, where Ric Flair was the top heel, and challenged him to a "Battle Of The Nature Boys". Ric Flair ended up coming out on top of this bitter feud with his childhood hero.
  • Buddy Rogers was hired by the WWWF to do an interview segment called "Rogers' Corner".

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