1. Lee Wang-pyo, better known by stage name Super Dragon, was a South Korean professional wrestler and martial artist.
14 Facts About Lee Wang-pyo
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In professional wrestling, Lee was the promoter of the top national promotion, World Wrestling Association; during the 1980s and the 1990s he has been the babyface and the ace of that promotion, which was called at the time Korean Wrestling Association, a position he held until his retirement in 2015.
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Lee Wang-pyo was one of the most famous professional wrestler in Korean wrestling history.
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Lee Wang-pyo was praised by Lou Thesz for his wrestling skills.
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Lee Wang-pyo was born in 1954 in a small village in South Chungcheong province in South Korea, the second of four children.
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Lee Wang-pyo was notable for his tall stature since young age.
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When interviewed about this fact, Lee Wang-pyo claimed "The upperclassman couldn't beat me by force, so he used cowardly means to win".
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Lee Wang-pyo said in an interview that it was in third grade that he decided to practice professional wrestling, inspired by a match involving his future master Kim Il that he saw on television.
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In 1975 he debuted in the Korean Wrestling Association, which was founded in 1961 by his master Kim Il: Lee Wang-pyo is considered his master's successor as the top face of the promotion and his top student.
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Lee Wang-pyo studied different martial art sports, including taekwondo, judo and hapkido.
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Lee Wang-pyo created a legitimate martial art based on his repertoire of wrestling moves, called gyeokgido.
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Lee Wang-pyo was a member and a Grand Master Of Korean Military Arts of Korean Martial Arts Instructors Association.
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On September 4,2018, Lee Wang-pyo died after a five-year battle with gallbladder cancer.
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Lee Wang-pyo was well known in South Korea and he has appeared in various media.