History Wrestling / StanHansen

Born '''John Stanley Hansen''' in 1949, '''Stan Hansen''' is a retired American {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er from Texas. He is best known for his long and very successful career in UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}. He started his career in the 1970s in the [[Wrestling/TerryFunk Funk family]]'s Western States Wrestling promotion in Amarillo, TX. He first made his name by [[{{Kayfabe}} breaking]] [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-h.html WWWF World Heavyweight Champion]] Bruno Sammartino's neck with his [[FinishingMove "Lariat" clothesline]][[note]]It actually was the result of a botched bodyslam.[[/note]] Among his many achievements, he is a former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/awa/awa-h.html AWA World Heavyweight Champion]], a former four-time [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/alljapan/tc-h.html All Japan Pro Wrestling Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion]], a former eight-time [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/alljapan/aj-t.html All Japan World Tag Team Champion]], holding the belts 2x w[=/=]Terry Gordy, 3x w[=/=]Wrestling/GenichiroTenryu, 1x w[=/=]Wrestling/DanSpivey, 1x w[=/=][[Wrestling/TedDiBiase Ted [=DiBiase=]]] and 1x w[=/=]Gary Albright, and a former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-us-h.html NWA/WCW United States Heavyweight Champion]]. He is also on the list of wrestlers who bodyslammed Wrestling/AndreTheGiant prior to Wrestling/HulkHogan doing it at ''[[Wrestling/WrestleMania WrestleMania]] III'', doing the deed in Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling in the early [[TheEighties 1980s]].

* {{Badass}}
** BadassMoustache

* WeaponOfChoice: Bullrope
* WrestlingFamily: His nephew, Silas Young, best known for his work in Wrestling/RingOfHonor.

* {{Expy}}: Prior to his transformation into the [[Series/{{Dallas}} J.R. Ewing]][=/=][[Wrestling/TedDiBiase "The Million-Dollar Man" Ted [=DiBiase=]]] combination JBL, [[Wrestling/JohnBradshawLayfield Bradshaw]] wrestled straight out of Hansen, even using the Lariat and doing the "HEWWWWW!"

* {{Megane}}
** BlindWithoutEm: His in-ring stiffness sometime came from the fact that he couldn't wrestle while wearing his glasses and, without them, he couldn't always see where he was going.

* ArchEnemy: Wrestling/BrunoSammartino, Wrestling/TerryFunk and Dory Funk Jr., Wrestling/{{Vader}}, Jumbo Tsuruta, Wrestling/DrDeathSteveWilliams, Wrestling/MitsuharuMisawa, Wrestling/KentaKobashi

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Left Wrestling/{{WCW}} in 1991 because he didn't want any part of the angle of the Desperados (Memphis veteran Dutch Mantell, Black Bart and Deadeye Dick [[[Wrestling/{{Demolition}} Randy "Moondog Rex"[=/=]"Demolition Smash" Culley]]]) searching for him in the Old West.[[note]]This has been inducted into Website/{{WrestleCrap}}.[[/note]] Apart from a few appearances in Wrestling/{{ECW}}, Hansen never returned to the U.S. after this.

* TagTeam: The Miracle Power Combination, with Wrestling/BruiserBrody

Born '''John Stanley Hansen''' in 1949, '''Stan Hansen''' is a retired American [[ProfessionalWrestling professional wrestler]] from Texas. He is best known for his long and very successful career in UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}. He started his career in the 1970s in the [[Wrestling/TerryFunk Funk family]]'s Western States Wrestling promotion in Amarillo, TX. He first made his name by [[{{Kayfabe}} breaking]] [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-h.html WWWF World Heavyweight Champion]] Bruno Sammartino's neck with his [[FinishingMove "Lariat" clothesline]][[note]]It actually was the result of a botched bodyslam.[[/note]] Among his many achievements, he is a former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/awa/awa-h.html AWA World Heavyweight Champion]], a former four-time [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/alljapan/tc-h.html All Japan Pro Wrestling Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion]], a former eight-time [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/alljapan/aj-t.html All Japan World Tag Team Champion]], holding the belts 2x w[=/=]Terry Gordy, 3x w[=/=]Wrestling/GenichiroTenryu, 1x w[=/=]Wrestling/DanSpivey, 1x w[=/=][[Wrestling/TedDiBiase Ted [=DiBiase=]]] and 1x w[=/=]Gary Albright, and a former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-us-h.html NWA/WCW United States Heavyweight Champion]]. He is also on the list of wrestlers who bodyslammed Wrestling/AndreTheGiant prior to Wrestling/HulkHogan doing it at ''[[Wrestling/WrestleMania WrestleMania]] III'', doing the deed in Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling in the early [[TheEighties 1980s]].

* ArchEnemy: Wrestling/BrunoSammartino, Wrestling/TerryFunk and Dory Funk Jr., Wrestling/{{Vader}}, Jumbo Tsuruta, "Dr. Death" Steve Williams, Wrestling/MitsuharuMisawa, Wrestling/KentaKobashi

* WrestlingFamily: His nephew, Silas Young

* BashBrothers: With Wrestling/BruiserBrody, Wrestling/JimmySnuka, Terry Gordy, [[Wrestling/TedDiBiase Ted [=DiBiase=]]], Gary Albright

* {{Cowboy}}: Regularly wore a hat

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Left Wrestling/{{WCW}} in 1991 because he didn't want any part of the angle of the Desperados (Memphis veteran Dutch Mantell, Black Bart and Deadeye Dick [Randy "Moondog Rex"/"Demolition Smash" Culley]) searching for him in the Old West.[[note]]This has been inducted into Website/{{WrestleCrap}}.[[/note]] Apart from a few appearances in Wrestling/{{ECW}}, Hansen never returned to the U.S. after this.

'''John Stanley Hansen''' (b. 1949) is a retired American [[ProfessionalWrestling professional wrestler]] from Texas as '''Stan Hansen'''. He is best known for his long and very successful career in UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}. He started his career in the 1970s in the [[Wrestling/TerryFunk Funk family]]'s Western States Wrestling promotion Amarillo, TX. He first made his name by [[{{Kayfabe}} breaking]] [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-h.html WWWF World Heavyweight Champion]] Bruno Sammartino's neck with his [[FinishingMove "Lariat" clothesline]][[note]]It actually was the result of a botched bodyslam.[[/note]] Among his many achievements, he is a former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/awa/awa-h.html AWA World Heavyweight Champion]], a former four-time [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/alljapan/tc-h.html All Japan Pro Wrestling Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion]], a former eight-time [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/alljapan/aj-t.html All Japan World Tag Team Champion]], holding the belts 2x w[=/=]Terry Gordy, 3x w[=/=]Wrestling/GenichiroTenryu, 1x w[=/=]Wrestling/DanSpivey, 1x w[=/=][[Wrestling/TedDiBiase Ted [=DiBiase=]]] and 1x w[=/=]Gary Albright, and a former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-us-h.html NWA/WCW United States Heavyweight Champion]]. He is also on the list of wrestlers who bodyslammed Wrestling/AndreTheGiant prior to Wrestling/HulkHogan doing it at ''[[Wrestling/WrestleMania WrestleMania]] III'', doing the deed in Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling in the early [[TheEighties 1980s]].

!!! Tropes Associated with STAN HANSEN

* ArchEnemy: Bruno Sammartino, Wrestling/TerryFunk and Dory Funk Jr., Wrestling/{{Vader}}, Jumbo Tsuruta, "Dr. Death" Steve Williams, Wrestling/MitsuharuMisawa, Wrestling/KentaKobashi

* BashBrothers: with Wrestling/BruiserBrody, Wrestling/JimmySnuka, Terry Gordy, [[Wrestling/TedDiBiase Ted [=DiBiase=]]], Gary Albright

* EyeScream: Once punched Vader so hard one of his eyes popped out of its socket. Fortunately for Vader, his face was so swollen it stayed in and he was able to pop it back in.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Left Wrestling/{{WCW}} in 1991 because he didn't want any part of the angle of the Desperados (Memphis veteran Dutch Mantell, Black Bart and Deadeye Dick [Randy "Moondog Rex"/"Demolition Smash" Culley]) searching for him in the Old West.[[note]]This has been inducted into {{WrestleCrap}}.[[/note]] Apart from a few appearances in Wrestling/{{ECW}}, Hansen never returned to the U.S. after this.

'''John Stanley Hansen''' (b. 1949) is a retired American [[ProfessionalWrestling professional wrestler]] from Texas as '''Stan Hansen'''. He is best known for his long and very successful career in UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}. He started his career in the 1970s in the [[Wrestling/TerryFunk Funk family]]'s Western States Wrestling promotion Amarillo, TX. He first made his name by [[{{Kayfabe}} breaking]] [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-h.html WWWF World Heavyweight Champion]] Bruno Sammartino's neck with his [[FinishingMove "Lariat" clothesline]][[note]]It actually was the result of a botched bodyslam.[[/note]] Among his many achievements, he is a former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/awa/awa-h.html AWA World Heavyweight Champion]], a former four-time [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/alljapan/tc-h.html All Japan Pro Wrestling Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion]] a former eight-time [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/alljapan/aj-t.html All Japan World Tag Team Champion]] and a former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-us-h.html NWA/WCW United States Heavyweight Champion]]. He is also on the list of wrestlers who bodyslammed Wrestling/AndreTheGiant prior to Wrestling/HulkHogan doing it at ''[[Wrestling/WrestleMania WrestleMania]] III'', doing the deed in Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling in the early [[TheEighties 1980s]].

** Blatantly screwed over the [[AmericanWrestlingAssociation AWA]] when he was brought in in the late 80s, when attendance was plunging and the company was looking to inject some fresh faces into their main event scene. This despite the fact that he was notoriously unreliable when working for other promotions. He soon won the AWA World Heavyweight title (seen in his picture above), but sure enough, a dispute with Verne Gagne led him to depart for Japan while refusing to drop the belt. He continued to refer to himself as the AWA World Champion in his appearances until the threat of a lawsuit finally convinced him to return the belt. Legend has it that he [[KickTheDog ran over the belt]] with a pickup truck and mailed it back to Gagne, tire treads and all.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Left Wrestling/{{WCW}} in 1991 because he didn't want any part of the angle of the Desperados (Memphis veteran Dutch Mantell, Black Bart and Deadeye Dick [Randy "Moondog Rex"/"the first Demolition Smash" Culley]) searching for him in the Old West[[note]]This has been inducted into {{WrestleCrap}}.[[/note]]. Apart from a few appearances in Wrestling/{{ECW}}, Hansen never returned to the U.S. after this.

* ArchEnemy: Bruno Sammartino, Wrestling/TerryFunk and Dory Funk Jr., Wrestling/{{Vader}}, Jumbo Tsuruta, "Dr. Death" Steve Williams, Wrestling/MitsuharuMisawa, Wrestling/KentaKobashi,

* CatchPhrase: "HEWWWWWWWWW!"

* RedBaron: "The Lariat," (in Japan) "''Fuchinkan''" (Japanese for "unsinkable battleship")

* BashBrothers: with Wrestling/BruiserBrody, Terry Gordy, [[Wrestling/TedDiBiase Ted [=DiBiase=]]], Gary Albright

'''John Stanley Hansen''' (b. 1949) is a retired American [[ProfessionalWrestling professional wrestler]] from Texas as '''Stan Hansen'''. He is best known for his long and very successful career in UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}. He started his career in the 1970s in the [[Wrestling/TerryFunk Funk family]]'s Western States Wrestling promotion Amarillo, TX. He first made his name by [[Kayfabe breaking]] [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-h.html WWWF World Heavyweight Champion]] Bruno Sammartino's neck with his [[FinishingMove "Lariat" clothesline]][[note]]It actually was the result of a botched bodyslam.[[/note]] Among his many achievements, he is a former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/awa/awa-h.html AWA World Heavyweight Champion]], a former four-time [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/alljapan/tc-h.html All Japan Pro Wrestling Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion]], a former eight-time [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/alljapan/aj-t.html All Japan World Tag Team Champion]]. He is also on the list of wrestlers who bodyslammed Wrestling/AndreTheGiant prior to Wrestling/HulkHogan doing it at ''[[Wrestling/WrestleMania WrestleMania]] III'', doing the deed in Wrestling/AllJapanPro Wrestling in the early [[TheEighties 1980s]].

* BlindWithoutEm: His in-ring stiffness sometime came from the fact that he couldn't wrestle while wearing his glasses and, without them, he couldn't always see where he was going.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: [[{{Kayfabe}} breaking Bruno Sammartino's neck]]