Hans Schmidt passes away

[DLVH84]

I just heard that Hans Schimdt passed away this past Saturday.

http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2012/05/28/19806356.html

[James Steele]

Out of respect for the passed on, I will simply roll my eyes at you.

[Xero]

http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2012/05/28/obit_DaveBurzynski.jpg

[Xero]

He should have feuded with Goldberg.

[Damndirty]

One of the first Super Heels! RIP

[James Steele]

Were German/Nazi gimmicks the first successful "evil foreigner" gimmick?

[DLVH84]

Were German/Nazi gimmicks the first successful "evil foreigner" gimmick?

Yes, they were.

[Rammsteinmad]

This is really sad. This guy is like a hero to German people, and is a wrestling legend over here. A lot of the newspapers have covered it and a lot of people are truly saddened by this.

Nah, just kidding. No one's ever heard of this guy except DLVH.

[Theo Dious]

I can't believe this guy was still alive.

[Theo Dious]

Were German/Nazi gimmicks the first successful "evil foreigner" gimmick?

I think they were the first evil foreigner gimmick, period, weren't they?

[Skippord]

there really needs to be fundamental change in wrestling so these people stop dying young

[DLVH84]

I think they were the first evil foreigner gimmick, period, weren't they?

The Nazi Germans were the very first evil foreigner gimmick, long before the Japanese and Russians.

[Shisen Kopf]

RIP Hans, if I were around back in the day I woulda cheered him.

[James Steele]

I always thought evil Mexicans would have been a hot heel gimmick back during TR's run as the anti-hero babyface.

[Ruien]

The Nazi Germans were the very first evil foreigner gimmick, long before the Japanese and Russians.

What about those damn Canadians?

[Seth82]

I've heard of Hans Schmidt

RIP Hans Schmidt


Hans Schmidt vs Antonino Rocca from 1954
-Joe Louis is the special guest referee
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[Seth82]

from 1955

Hans Schmidt vs Lou Thesz

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[KIRA]

Is Joe Louis the ref because of the whole Max Shmeling thing

[Seth82]

Hans Schmidt is really Guy LaRose

he was from Joliet Quebec

http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/pictures/h/hansschmidt/01.jpg

http://www.sabotagetimes.com/wp-content/uploads/hans_schmidt.jpg

[James Steele]

WWE should bring back Norman Rockwell style posters.

[DLVH84]

What about those damn Canadians?

They didn't do that until the late 1990s with The Hart Foundation.

[Kapoutman]

The guy was pretty big in Montreal. My father told me a lot about him.