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| George Wells | |
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| Born | October 30, 1947 Oakland, California, U.S. |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | George Wells Master Gee Master G |
| Billed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Billed weight | 240 lb (110 kg) |
| Debut | 1974 |
| Retired | 1992 |
| No. 53 (TOR), 64, 69 (SASK) | |
| Career information | |
|---|---|
| CFL status | American |
| Position(s) | Defensive end |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) |
| Weight | 233 lb (106 kg) |
| College | New Mexico State |
| NFL draft | 1971, round: 5, pick: 122 |
| Drafted by | San Francisco 49ers |
| Career history | |
| As player | |
| 1971–1972 | Toronto Argonauts |
| 1972–1973 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
| 1974–1978 | Saskatchewan Roughriders |
| 1978 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| CFL All-Star | 1974 |
| CFL East All-Star | 1972 |
| CFL West All-Star | 1974, 1975, 1976 |
George Wells (born October 30, 1947) is a retired American professional wrestler and Canadian Football League player who competed in North American regional promotions during the early 1970s and 1980s including the Continental Wrestling Association (CWA), Pacific Northwest Wrestling (PNW), Stampede Wrestling, and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE), most notably as the opponent of Jake "The Snake" Roberts at WrestleMania 2. It was during this live PPV match that Roberts, after having defeated Wells, had placed his pet snake "Damien" on Wells causing him to foam at the mouth.[1][2]
A popular star in the San Francisco-area during the late 1970s, he is also credited as being the only African-American to hold the now defunct San Francisco version of the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship.
- ^ Powell, John (July 2002). "Wrestlemania 2: Caged Heat". SLAM! Wrestling. Archived from the original on July 14, 2012. Retrieved December 9, 2007.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Gutschmidt, Adam (October 23, 2003). "Wrestlemania 2: Bigger, Badder…Better?". OnlineOnslaught.com. Archived from the original on October 3, 2011. Retrieved December 9, 2007.