"Classy" Freddie Blassie
Real name: Fredrick Blassie
Hometown: St. Louis, MO
Membership: Partners with Buddy Austin, Mr. Moto. Managed Adrian Adonis, Big John Studd, Blackjack Mulligan, George Steele, Hercules, Hulk Hogan, Ivan Koloff, Jesse Ventura, Kamala, Killer Khan, Mr. Fuji, Nikolai Volkoff, and the Iron Sheik
A.K.A.: Fred McDaniel, the Vampire, the King of Men, the Ayatollah
Finisher: Nerve pinch
Background: Old school and the only school that mattered.
Fred served with distinction during World War II but when the battle was over, he was lost. He tried his hand at the hero game but had little luck. Crime, however, came very easy to him.
Soon Fred was running most of the West Coast. Dubbed the Vampire for the blood that flowed in his wake, Fred slowed down in the 70s, taking a more manager like role.
By the 80's, Vince Jr. approached him with his idea about the Superstars and Freddie agreed. So, for a small piece of the action, Freddie guided things from behind the scenes and only occasionally in public.
Eventually he stopped guiding and tried his hands at a few legit enterprises but by the 90s he had fully retired.
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