Biography for
Stan Hansen (I) More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

12 October 1949, Borger, Texas, USA

Birth Name

John Stanley Hansen

Nickname

The Lariat
The Bad Man from Borger Texas

Height

6' 3" (1.91 m)

Mini Biography

Refused to drop the American Wrestling Association heavyweight title in 1984, even when told directly by AWA president Verne Gagne. Never officially dropped the title and was stripped of it for failure to defend it in thirty days. When the AWA asked him to return the belt since he wasn't champion anymore, Stan agreed to do so. But not until after he destroyed it by driving over it with his 4X4 pickup countless times. This led to Stan Hansen basically being blackballed from the North American wrestling scene for six years, which was fine with Hansen since he made most of his money in Japan anyway.

IMDb Mini Biography By: Matthew Jones

Spouse

Nina Stone	(2 February 2007 - present)
Ellie Manson	(8 April 1976 - 5 July 1997) (divorced) 3 children

Trade Mark

Wore a cowboy hat, chaps and carried a bulrope and cowbell when active as a professional wrestler.

Liked to chew tobacco on his way to the ring and when wrestling in America, would spit it on his opponents if he didn't like them.

Trivia

Broke Bruno Sammartino's neck in Madison Square Garden in 1976

Former AWA World champion

During his rematch with Bruno Sammartino at Shea's Stadium in June 1976, the "Living Legend" beat him so badly that Hansen fled the ring and was counted out.

Notable Title Wins Include: NWA Tri State US Tag Team titles; NWA Tri State North American Heavyweight title; NWA Georgia Tag Team titles; NWA Georgia Heavyweight title; NWA Mid-Atlantic/Georgia Tag Team titles; NWA International Tag Team titles; AWA International Heavyweight title; PWF (Pacific Wrestling Federation) Tag Team titles; PWF Heavyweight title (4); AWA World title; NWA International Heavyweight title; NWA United National Heavyweight title; All Japan Triple Crown titles (3); All Japan World Tag Team titles (8); NWA United States title

Stan Hansen was the first Gaijin wrestler (foreigner) to have beaten Antonio Inoki and Giant Baba.

Inducted into the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2010.

Where Are They Now

(January 2001) Still wrestles in Japan

(March 2003) Has been figurehead president of the PWF, a group affiliated with All Japan Prowrestling since his retirement from active competition in 2000.