Hans Schmidt passes away
 

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

http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/.../19806356.html

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

He should have feuded with Goldberg.

One of the first Super Heels! RIP

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

Yes, they were.

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.

I can't believe this guy was still alive.

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

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

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

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

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

What about those damn Canadians?

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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from 1955

Hans Schmidt vs Lou Thesz

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

Hans Schmidt is really Guy LaRose

he was from Joliet Quebec

http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.co...schmidt/01.jpg

http://www.sabotagetimes.com/wp-cont...ns_schmidt.jpg

WWE should bring back Norman Rockwell style posters.

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

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