Billy Robinson | ||||||||||||
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Birth name | William Alfred Robinson | |||||||||||
Born | [1] Manchester, Lancashire, England[1] | 18 September 1938|||||||||||
Died | 27 February 2014[1] Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.[1] | (aged 75)|||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||
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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 Riley's Gym, better known as "the Snake Pit", Robinson was one of the leading practitioners of catch wrestling, a national champion in freestyle wrestling, and a professional wrestling world champion. He had a successful career in Britain and internationally, especially in Japan. He was 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. Robinson acted in several movies including The Wrestler and inspired the fictional manga/anime character Robin Mask.[1][5]
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