Well, you've got to hand it to the bookers who gave Willie Farkis (aka Farquas) this gimmick. A native of Hungary who came to North America for a career in soccer, Willie ended up as a wrestler instead. But instead of giving him a stereotypical "foreigner" gimmick, given his accent and look, they gave him a werewolf gimmick

Yep, Willie here was raised by wolves, and came out like a stone age Bruiser Brody. He competed in the WWWF for a while, and used a hanging neckbreaker as his finisher. He liked to bite his opponents, too.

One interesting tidbit. During the '70s a talk-show host named Mike Davis held a wrestling match on his tv show. He teamed with comedy king Jerry Lewis against two mystery wrestlers. The wrestlers turned out to be Andre The Giant and The Wolfman.

 

 

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