1. Ricky Hunter was best known for his title-winning success in Championship Wrestling from Florida in the late 1960s, and for his stint from the mid-1980s in the World Wrestling Federation.
10 Facts About Ricky Hunter
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Ricky Hunter wrestled throughout the United States and Canada, and internationally, including in Australia, Japan, and England.
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Ricky Hunter won his first championship, the Atlas Wrestling Club junior heavyweight title, by defeating Ray Lasko in September 1958 in Lockport, Manitoba.
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Ricky Hunter went to train with Verne Gagne of the American Wrestling Association in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Don Owen of the Pacific Northwest Wrestling promotion in Portland, Oregon.
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Ricky Hunter then wrestled with Ed Francis' promotion in Hawaii and Worldwide Wrestling Associates in Los Angeles run by Mike and Gene LeBell under the name Rocky Hunter, in the Pacific Northwest as Ricky Hunter, as well as still appearing in Manitoba as Buddy Sprott.
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Ricky Hunter became one of the first wrestlers to employ the inverted suplex manoeuvre, and it was in this promotion that he had his greatest success, winning multiple titles over the next year.
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Ricky Hunter returned to the Hawaii and California territories through to 1972, wrestling again as Ricky Hunter.
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Ricky Hunter then spent several months in the American Wrestling Association in Minneapolis, and from mid-1980 divided his time between the AWA and the NWA Pacific Northwest, as well as spending some time overseas, including in England.
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Ricky Hunter was reported to have been a firefighter with the Winnipeg Fire Department from the mid-1950s to the early 1960s, when he quit to take up wrestling full-time.
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Ricky Hunter died on February 8,2022, at the age of 85.