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Stormy "Big Guns" Granzig's return to heavy weight championship status resembles the classic story of "The Seven
Samurai." Can Stormy "Big Guns" Granzig win an unprecedented seventh heavy weight title in his final bid for glory and
gold? Challengers are coming at him at him from all sides, but the ultimate wrestler is intent on slicing up the opposition.
During his historic career Granzig has held heavy weight championship titles in 6 promotions. Will "Turning Up The Heat!"
TV be his seventh? Who'll Stop The Reign Of Pro-Wrestling's Strong Man? The History of NWA Heat Wave January 19th 2005 two of Florida's premier wrestling promoters found themselves discussing the sad state of "pro-wrestling" today and decided to do something about it. Sitting in the smoke filled Karaoke room of Blarney's Irish Pub in Altamonte, Florida drinking ice cold Bud Lite from bottles, The Eliminator Clyde Benefield and Rick Love decided that it was time to save real old fashioned pro-wrestling. I mean, come on, who really likes that crap that the other shows have been putting on TV these days anyway? But they had one major problem. How do you find enough wrestlers who were really trained the right way??? They would dig far into their past to find the men that they needed to make this happen. But the first step would be to partner with the world's oldest pro-wrestling sanctioning body, The National Wrestling Alliance. So over the next few hours talking between Karaoke singers and downing cold beer among the smoke and noise of this crowded Irish Pub, The Eliminator and Rick Love laid out a plan to give traditional pro-wrestling a rebirth. With Florida being the hot bed of Pro-Wrestling in America they started by televising some of the greatest matches ever put on by NWA Florida in cooperation with promoters Joe Price and Ron Neimi. To order DVDs of these matches visit www.nwaflorida.com .
The Eliminator Clyde Benefield and his coach, Milo Steinborn. The Eliminator was sharing his views on all that was wrong with the late night semi-pornographic shows that had become modern pro-wrestling. The Eliminator wanted a real friggin wrestling show with real friggin wrestlers. A fan and supporter of pro-wrestling for over 40 years, The Eliminator, who had started his early health training with the late Milo Steinborn, wanted to see pro-wrestling make a comeback. He wanted to make it a tribute to his former coach and friend. Henry "Milo" Steinborn. Henry "Milo" Steinborn (1893-1989) was a 5'8" 205 lb German who first started weightlifting as a military prisoner during World War I. It was during this time that he also became the first man to ever squat 500 lbs. After returning to Germany, Steinborn became his country's national weightlifting champion in 1920 and also set a world record in the squat of 553 lbs. This poundage would not be officially exceeded until the early 1950's by Douglas Hepburn. In 1921 he migrated to the United States and was largely responsible for popularizing the deep knee bend as a training adjunct to weightlifting. He taught this at his Orange Avenue Gym starting in 1952. In addition, Steinborn was celebrated as both a professional wrestler and strongman until his retirement in 1963. The Eliminator did not want to see the strong history of weight lifting and pro-wrestling disappear into the garbage that was now being called pro-wrestling. Having been the senior official for NWA Championship Wrestling From Florida, The Eliminator had access to a few very talent wrestlers who were trained in the old school Southern style of pro-wrestling and thought that if they could put together a roster of men who were trained the old school style of pro-wrestling that he and Rick Love could start a promotion that gave the fans something that they had not seen in nearly 25 years. Real, old school pro-wrestling like the original National Wrestling Alliance promoted in the old days. So The Eliminator and Rick Love joined forces to put together a roster of real, pro-wrestlers. These are the guys who train in the dojo and gym to wrestle. They are NOT sports entertainers, has been football players or other so called celebrities who want to jump in a ring do a few moves and call themselves wrestlers.
To start off the roster they would need a man to be a trainer and mentor to these up and coming champions. That man would be today's owner of Milo Steinborn's old gym, Stormy "Big Guns" Granzig. Stormy Granzig is a professional strong man, power lifter and body builder who knows the world of pro-wrestling inside and out. He was trained by Dick "The Bruiser" and became the World Wrestling Association Heavy Weight Champion in the early 1980s by beating pro-wrestling legend, Harley Race. Having forever etched his name in wrestling as a world champion, Stormy took a break from wrestling to become the owner and full time operator of Milo Steinborn's old gym in Orlando, Florida called the Orange Avenue Gym. Although some extraordinary things can happen in the ring and outside of the ring as a match progresses, the real battle is usually won before the bell sounds. A wrestler's success comes from his preparation time in the gym. A well-schooled, hard-working coach can potentially make the difference in pulling together a winning career. Stormy Granzig is the trainer of champions. Future wrestlers can reach Stormy for an interview at 407-654-7300. Stormy "Big Guns" Granzig
The next roster member recruited by The Eliminator and Rick Love was magazine cover model and pro-wrestling superstar Xavier Night. Xavier was trained in the old school style of wrestling and had shown the potential to become a great star. But how do you test someone's potential in pro-wrestling? Well, The Eliminator and Rick Love put him up against the world's largest professional athlete. The 7 foot 2 inch tall, 349 pound monster called TOWER! But on March 26th 2005, Xavier Night showed the world that he was up to the challenge and defeated TOWER to become the "Turning Up The Heat!" TV Heavy Weight Champion.
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