Trivia

Inducted into the WCW Hall of Fame May 22nd, 1994.

Dick the Bruiser was the original beer guzzling, cigar smoking, toughguy in the wrestling industry.

Notable Title Wins include: NWA United States Heavyweight title (5); NWA (Chicago) World Tag Team titles with Gene Kiniski; AWA World Tag Team titles with Crusher Lisowski (5); AWA World Heavyweight title; WWA World Heavyweight title (9); WWA World Tag Team titles with Crusher (6); WWA World Tag Team titles with Bruno Sammartino.

The Bruiser actually gave Bobby Heenan the nickname "The Weasel".

Inducted into the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2005 with his tag team partner, The Crusher (Reginald Lisowski).

Inducted into the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2011 as a solo.

In November 1957, while performing in a tag team match in Madison Square Garden, a riot broke out. He stood in the ring and tossed as many people as he could back into the stands. The New York State Boxing and Wrestling Commission banned him for life from ever wrestling in the state of New York.

WWE Hall of Famer.