Guy Larose better known by his ring name of Hans Schmidt, was a Canadian professional wrestler famous in the 1950s and 1960s. Larose used a background in amateur wrestling to break into the pro business after World War II, wrestling as a babyface under his own name with modest success early on. Then in 1951 the Boston-area promoter Paul Bowser, who thought the tall, naturally balding Franco-Québécois looked like a German, renamed him Hans Schmidt. Playing the character of an 'evil German', Schmidt became one of the first great heels of televised wrestling in the 1950s, drawing the hatred of fans as he battled their American babyface heroes of the squared circle. Schmidt wrestled Lou Thesz several times for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, and faced many other legends of the era such as Verne Gagne, Antonino Rocca and Whipper Billy Watson. Guy Larose spent his retirement years in the Laurentians north of Montreal until his death on May 26, 2012.
Buffalo n.y. greatest man to ever hold a mic in the ring. Also my honored friend The Great Chuck Burr color. One on my dads rings. Baron Gattoni. That bell is in my dads halluburton suitcase now. I was probably in the dressing room with my old friend the late Ronnie Martinez promotor Pedro Martinez's son. Moscato a notable boxer the ref! I wonder who came over to our house for dinner and laughs. War Memorial Auditorium. Hans was a big Chrysler guy and a good hockey player. As a kid I played goaly before they cover the ice in the "aud" to get ready for the wrestling shot.
When Wrestling Was Fun & Magical Not The Trash Today On Tv & Pay Preview.They Won't Get My Money For Pay Reviews,"It Will Never Be The Same Again".......
Max Davis I bet his strength came from his enormous meat-slab in his trunks.....he just intimidated his "tiny" male opponents into being losers before the match even began....by just standing there!
Well, they billed Fritz Von Erich from Germany as well (by way of Jewett Texas). Pro Wrestling has never had a problem pushing whatever buttons it took to make money. Goose stepping, unrepetant Germans made the best heels. Jack Adkisson (Fritz), Walter Sieber (Waldo), and Guy Larose (Hans Schmidt) played it for all it was worth. Wrestling played whatever sterotype (race, Nazi, money, etc.)it took to make money in the perpetual battle of good (face) v evil (heel) in a wrestling ring. Those were the days.......long live the noble, exalted Shiek !!!
Two absolute legends in the ring. Schmidt was a distant cousin of Fritz and Waldo von Erich. All three men moved to North America about the same time in the early 1960s. Always good to see Bobo.
bollocks1ist especially between his legs....and Hans knew it too....talk about humiliating intimidation....in a ring, in basically a pair of briefs, crowd able to blatantly "see" who's the alpha male.....and you have to wrestle him.....public emasculation....even if you win, you're still the "lesser" man in everyone's eyes, even his own
