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Amateur Background

As an amateur wrestler, Wojciechowski wrestled for Whitmer High School in Toledo, Ohio, where he won the Ohio state heavyweight championship in 1967 and 1968. He went to college and wrestled for the University of Toledo. In 1971, Wojciechowski won the NCAA heavyweight championship; he was the runner-up in 1970 and 1972 (losing in 1972 to the 415-pound Chris Taylor). He is also a 4-time AAU champion in the heavyweight division, having won the championship in 1970, 1971, 1974, and 1975. He also made the U.S. Olympic wrestling team in 1980, however he was unable to compete as the United States boycotted the 1980 Summer Olympics. He was an alternate on the 1984 and 1988 U.S. Olympic wrestling teams.[1] Nickname: The Glass City Location in the state of Ohio Country United States State Ohio County Lucas Mayor Carty Finkbeiner (D) Area    - City 217. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... The University of Toledo is a public university situated in Toledo, Ohio. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... Runner-up is a term used to denote a participant which finishes in second place in any of a variety of competitive endeavors, most notably sporting events and beauty pageants; in the latter instance, the term is applied to more than one of the highest-ranked non-winning contestants, the... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Chris Taylor (1950 _ June 30, 1979) was an American freestyle wrestler who competed at 1972 Munich Olympics. ... - The Amateur Athletic Union, widely known as the AAU, was formed in United States. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Badge, released in the USSR The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, were held in Moscow in the Soviet Union. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Professional Background

As a professional wrestler, Wojciechowski was trained by William Afflis (who wrestled as "Dick the Bruiser") and mainly wrestled for Afflis' World Wrestling Association promotion. Wojciechowski, who wrestled in the WWA as "The Great Wojo", won his first WWA World Heavyweight Championship in July 1984 from Stormy Granzig. In January 1985, Wojciechowski lost the title to his trainer, Dick the Bruiser; Wojciechowski regained the title from Dick the Buriser in September 1985, ending Dick the Bruiser's final reign as WWA Champion. In the summer of 1986, Wojciechowski lost the title to future wrestling superstar Scott Steiner (who wrestled under the name Scott Rechsteiner), but Wojciechowski regained the title for a final time in May 1987. Wojciechowski went on to lose the title to Calypso Jim. William Richard Afflis (June 27, 1929-November 10, 1991) was an American professional wrestler best known as Dick the Bruiser. ... This is about the wrestling promotion based in Indianapolis. ... The WWA World Heavyweight Championship was the singles championship in the Indianapolis-based World Wrestling Association from the promotions formation in 1964 until the late 1980s. ... Look up July in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Scott Carl Rechsteiner (born July 29, 1962), better known by his ring name Scott Steiner, is an American professional wrestler currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. ...

The $10,000 Challenge

While in the WWA, Wojciechowski offered $10,000 to any person who could pin him in the ring in a "shoot" match. The challengers were always taken out of the audiences. Wojciechowski used his professional wrestling skills and his amateur wrestling skills to remain undefeated; he was never defeated in these challenges. In addition, it is reported that several of the competitors were legitimately injured.[2] In professional wrestling, a shoot refers to any event that is unplanned and spontaneous: that is, it is real, not staged. ...

Post-Career

Wojciechowski has since retired from active competition. During his amateur and pro careers, he was a wrestling coach for Libbey High School and later Bowsher High School (both in Toledo, Ohio). Nickname: The Glass City Location in the state of Ohio Country United States State Ohio County Lucas Mayor Carty Finkbeiner (D) Area    - City 217. ...

Trivia

Wojciechowski was forced to retire from wrestling due to a dissected aorta, the same heart ailment which killed actor John Ritter. John Southworth Ritter (September 17, 1948 – September 11, 2003) was an American actor best known for his role of Jack Tripper in the sitcom Threes Company. ...

Championships and Accomplishments

Amateur

• 2-time Ohio state high school heavyweight champion (1967, 1968)
• 1-time NCAA heavyweight champion (1971)
• 4-time AAU heavyweight champion (1971, 1972, 1974, 1975)
• 1-time U.S. Olympic wrestling team member (1980)
• 2-time U.S. Olympic wrestling team alternate member (1984, 1988)
• University of Toledo Athletics Hall of Fame

Professional

• 3-time WWA World Heavyweight Champion

External links

• University of Toledo Athletics Hall of Fame page

• Toledo Blade article about Wojciechowski

See also

• World Wrestling Association(Indianapolis)