| George Weingeroff | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | George Weingeroff |
| Born | November 22, 1952 [1] Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) |
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| Billed height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) |
| Billed weight | 233 lb (106 kg) |
| Billed from | Middle East (as Sheik Hussein) |
| Debut | 1975 |
| Retired | 1993 |
George Weingeroff (born November 22, 1952) is an American retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with International Championship Wrestling, Championship Wrestling from Florida, and Mid-South Wrestling during the late 1970s and 1980s.
Weingeroff started amateur wrestling in high school. [3] He would become an amateur and collegiate champion. [4]
Weingeroff began his professional wrestling career in 1975 in Florida. In 1977, he debuted for NWA Mid-America based in Nashville.
In 1979 he started working for Angelo Poffo's International Championship Wrestling in Louisville, Kentucky. [5] [6] He become well known for that promotion. Weingeroff would team with Poffo's son Lanny winning the ICW United States Tag Team Championship four times. He left ICW in 1983.
In 1983, he would work for Mid-South Wrestling and later World Class Championship Wrestling and Championship Wrestling from Florida from 1984 to 1985.
He would work for All Japan Pro Wrestling in 1987.
Later in his career, he would wrestle as Sheik Hussein and Abdul Hassan. Also worked in the early 1990s for Smoky Mountain Wrestling and World Championship Wrestling. [7]
He would retire from wrestling in 1993.
Weingeroff debuted in mixed martial arts in Pancrase in Japan on September 21, 1993, against Kazuo Takahashi. The match ended with a knocked out by Takahashi with a roundhouse kick.
| 1 match | 0 wins | 1 loss |
| By knockout | 0 | 1 |
| By submission | 0 | 0 |
| By decision | 0 | 0 |
| Res. | Record | Opponent | Method | Event | Date | Round | Time | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0-1 |  Kazuo Takahashi | KO (high kick) | Pancrase: Yes, We Are Hybrid Wrestlers 1 | September 21, 1993 | 1 | 1:23 | Tokyo, Japan | [8] |
Weingeroff is visually impaired. [9] He reportedly had most of his sight restored via surgery. [10]
Weingeroff is the son of wrestling manager Saul Weingeroff. [11] He would train Demolition Smash, Lodi, Mike Samples and the California Kid.
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