| Billy Robinson | ||||||||||||
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 Robinson in 1976. | ||||||||||||
| Birth name | William Alfred Robinson | |||||||||||
| Born | 18 September 1938[1] Manchester, Lancashire, England[1] | |||||||||||
| Died | 27 February 2014 (aged 75)[1] Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.[1] | |||||||||||
| Professional wrestling career | ||||||||||||
| Ring name(s) | Billy Robinson[2] | |||||||||||
| Billed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[2] | |||||||||||
| Billed weight | 240 lb (110 kg; 17 st)[2] | |||||||||||
| Trained by | Billy Riley[2] Billy Joyce[3] | |||||||||||
| Debut | 1958 | |||||||||||
| Retired | May 8, 1992 | |||||||||||
| Sports career | ||||||||||||
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William Alfred Robinson (18 September 1938 – 27 February 2014)[1] was an English professional wrestler, amateur wrestler, and coach. Having trained at Billy Riley's gym, better known as "The Snake Pit" in Wigan, Robinson was one of the leading practitioners of catch wrestling, a British national champion in freestyle wrestling, and a professional wrestling world champion. He had a successful career in the UK and internationally, especially in Japan.
Robinson is known for training professional wrestlers and mixed martial artists in the catch wrestling style, including Josh Barnett, Kazushi Sakuraba, Kiyoshi Tamura, and Shayna Baszler. His favourite saying as a coach was "do it again", which came from his trainer Billy Riley. He acted in several movies, including The Wrestler, and inspired the Kinnikuman character Robin Mask.[1][5]
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