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Guttural Growler was disambiguated. The replacement trope stalled out in TLP, so there is no more concise term at the moment.


* GutturalGrowler: His rather distinctive voice, which he got after a blow to his larynx during his NFL playing days.

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* ManlyMan: He would drink beer, fight, raise hell, smoke cigars, and let you know about it. And not necessarily in that order.



* RatedMForManly: He would drink beer, fight, raise hell, smoke cigars, and let you know about it. And not necessarily in that order.

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William Afflis (1929-1991) was an American [[UsefulNotes/AmericanFootball football player]] and {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er from Indiana as Dick the Bruiser. He made his name competing primarily in the Midwest, for various Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance territories, for [[Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation the AWA]] and his own World Wrestling Association in Indianapolis from 1954 until he retired in 1985. He is particularly well known for his many years teaming with Wrestling/TheCrusher (Reggie Lisowski). He also competed for Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling and made some appearances for Capitol Wrestling, the precursor to Wrestling/{{WWE}}. The most infamous was on November 19, 1957, which saw a genuine wooden chair throwing riot break out due to Dr. Jerry Graham bloodying Wrestling/AntoninoRocca following Rocca and Edouard Carpentier's win over Bruiser and Graham. After he retired, he worked for Wrestling/{{WCW}} as a talent agent. Among his in-ring achievements, he was a 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/awa/awa-h.html AWA World Heavyweight Champion]], a 5x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/awa/awa-t.html AWA World Tag Team Champion]] with the Crusher, and a 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/alljapan/int-t.html NWA International Tag Team Champion]] with the Crusher. He was inducted into the ''[[Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter Wrestling Observer Newsletter]]'' Hall of Fame in 1996.

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William Afflis (1929-1991) was an American [[UsefulNotes/AmericanFootball football player]] and {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er from Indiana as Dick the Bruiser. He made his name competing primarily in the Midwest, for various Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance territories, for [[Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation the AWA]] and his own World Wrestling Association in Indianapolis from 1954 until he retired in 1985. He is particularly well known for his many years teaming with Wrestling/TheCrusher (Reggie Lisowski). He also competed for Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling and made some appearances for Capitol Wrestling, the precursor to Wrestling/{{WWE}}. The most infamous was on November 19, 1957, which saw a genuine wooden chair throwing riot break out due to Dr. Jerry Graham bloodying Wrestling/AntoninoRocca following Rocca and Edouard Carpentier's win over Bruiser and Graham. After he retired, he worked for Wrestling/{{WCW}} as a talent agent. Among his in-ring achievements, he was a 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/awa/awa-h.html AWA World Heavyweight Champion]], a 5x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/awa/awa-t.html AWA World Tag Team Champion]] with the Crusher, and a 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/alljapan/int-t.html NWA International Tag Team Champion]] with the Crusher. He was inducted into the ''[[Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter Wrestling Observer Newsletter]]'' Hall of Fame in 1996.1996, and the WWE Legacy wing in 2021.



* BashBrothers: With the Crusher, of course, Wilbur Snyder, Wrestling/BrunoSammartino

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* BashBrothers: With the Crusher, of course, Wilbur Snyder, Wrestling/BrunoSammartinoand Wrestling/BrunoSammartino.
* BloodKnight: He and Crusher would beat on each other after the end of a match, just because they weren't done fighting yet. He was also at the center of more than one riot in his life.



* FinishingMove: Top rope kneedrop

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* CigarChomper: He would smoke them almost as often as he smoked his opponents.
* FinishingMove: Top rope kneedropkneedrop and a stomach claw.
* GutturalGrowler: His rather distinctive voice, which he got after a blow to his larynx during his NFL playing days.



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* RedBaron: "The World's Most Dangerous Wrestler"

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* RatedMForManly
RatedMForManly: He would drink beer, fight, raise hell, smoke cigars, and let you know about it. And not necessarily in that order.
* RedBaron: "The World's Most Dangerous Wrestler"Wrestler".



* ShoutOut: Creator/DavidLetterman's band, The World's Most Dangerous Band, got their name from the Bruiser.
* StoutStrength: You look up barrel chested in a dictionary you will find his picture.



** with the Crusher
** Annihilation Inc., with Bruno Sammartino

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** with the Crusher
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** Annihilation Inc., with Bruno SammartinoSammartino.
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As usual, you can find the basics at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_the_Bruiser The Other Wiki]].


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\n\nAs usual, you can find the basics at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_the_Bruiser The Other Wiki]].\n\n----
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