He kicked him in the groin and, still holding on to the guy’s hair with one hand, began firing a rapid series of punches to the head. Sheik at one point seemed to bite right through the guy’s nose.
The Original Sheik from Lansing, The Steiner Brothers from Bay City, RVD from Battle Creek. Plus 20 more pro wrestlers you might be surprised to know were from the Great Lakes State.
What a night for wrestling fans to have been at Wings Stadium in Kalamazoo as a TV taping of Superstars featured Ric Flair vs Randy Savage in the main event and Roddy Piper doing a Pipers Pit segment.
The wrestling world was saddened with the news of the passing of long time WWE commentator Mean Gene Okerlund. Let's take a look back at a few legendary moments in his career that happened in Michigan.