Karl Pojello (born Karolis Požėla, February 13, 1893 – September 4, 1954) was a Lithuanian and later American professional wrestler and promoter. Pojello...
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Tillet met Karl Pojello in Singapore; Pojello was a Lithuanian professional wrestler, and persuaded Tillet to enter the business. Tillet and Pojello moved...
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was a competitive chess player. Poffo started wrestling in 1948 at Karl Pojello's gym in Illinois. His first match was in 1949 against Ruffy Silverstein...
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professional wrestling. His initial trainers were Ali Pasha and Karl Pojello. Pojello convinced Osborne to shorten his ring name to Borne. In the 1950s...
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surname that may refer to Juras Požela (1982–2016), Lithuanian politician Karl Pojello (Karolis Požėla, 1893–1954), Lithuanian professional wrestler Karolis...
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before 1947. Bholu also defeated wrestlers from the West, including Karl Pojello, George Zbisko, Zbisko-II, Emil Koroshenko, Baron Von Heckzey, and Jeji...
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birthday, and later moved to Chicago, where he trained for a year with Karl Pojello. He also briefly wrestled in New York City. Hawk was soon drafted to...
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to Chicago, where he was given the ring name Don Sparrow by promoter Karl Pojello, who thought that Stansauk "moved like a bird". He was later given the...
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coach amateur wrestlers in New Zealand, which saw him working alongside Karl Pojello. Pazandak also trained Verne Gagne. Pazandak died on December 2, 1983...
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also featured Ed "Strangler" Lewis, Frank Sexton, Jack Spellman, and Karl Pojello. During the main event, a spectator suffered a heart attack and died...
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