History Wrestling / GeorgeWagner

* DyeingForYourArt: He became a platinum blonde in order to look more effeminate.

* '''[[FountainOfExpies Iconic Wrestler]]''': To say the least. He was one of the first television stars in ''any'' genre, and his influence extended ''beyond'' the ring, to Music/JamesBrown, Music/ElvisPresley, Music/BobDylan, MuhammadAli, and everyone ''they'' influenced, etc.

* PrejudiceForPecs: His success in professional wrestling was the biggest argument ''against'' this trope during his time period besides maybe Wrestling/ElSanto and definitely among promoters in the United States. Only 5'9 and 215 lbs and not even freakishly athletic. Didn't matter, because despite his apparent sissy persona, he was tough and could wrestle very well. So his lack of physical intimation ended up helping him after his heel turn.

'''George Raymond Wagner''' (1915-1963) was an American {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er as '''Gorgeous George'''. He started his career in 1932 on the carnivals circuit under his own name. He was inspired to develop a flamboyant image by reading an article in ''Vanity Magazine'' about the wrestler Lord Patrick Lansdowne who would come to the ring wearing a velvet robe accompanied by two valets. He started dressing like that and [[LineOfSightName heard some women in the crowd call him "gorgeous."]] He took it and ran with it, creating the first truly great [[TheGimmick gimmick]] in pro wrestling, and the first character who wasn't a generic "athlete," a farmer or a ForeignWrestlingHeel. He helped sell a lot of televisions in that industry's early years. As for his in-ring achievements, he was a 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/newengland/awa/ma-awa-h.html AWA (Boston) World Heavyweight Champion]], a multiple-time [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/pnw/wac/pc-lh.html Pacific Coast (Portland) Light Heavyweight Champion]], a 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/al/gc/gc-h.html Gulf Coast (Alabama) Heavyweight Champion]] and a 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ga/nwa/ga-south-h.html NWA Southern (Georgia) Heavyweight Champion]]. He was inducted into the Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2002, the ''[[Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter Wrestling Observer Newsletter]]'' Hall of Fame in 1996 and into the Wrestling/{{WWE}} Hall of Fame in 2010.

** TheFightingNarcissist: Is responsible for several of these, who (somehow) missed this aspect of his character or did not want to incorporate it into theirs.

* RealSongThemeTune: Music/EdwardElgar's "''Pomp and Circumstance''" later used by RandySavage, making him the UrExample of wrestlers using entrance music. This is often miscredited to TheFabulousFreebirds, though they were the first to use ''rock'' music for their entrance.

* TraumaticHaircut: He lost a hair versus mask match to the destroyer, and had to endure the shaving of his "precious" locks.

* RealSongThemeTune: Music/EdwardElgar's "''Pomp and Circumstance''" later used by RandySavage, making him the UrExample of wrestlers using entrance music.

** TheFightingNarcissist: Is responsible for several of these, who (somehow)missed this aspect of his character or did not want to incorporate it into theirs.

** TheFightingNarcissist: Is responsible for several of these, who missed (or did not want to incorporate) this aspect of his character.

* {{Heel}}: So much so he is the architect of ''two'' different heel archetypes.

* AmbiguouslyGay: Well to be the trope he named, he had to be.

* {{Badass}}[=/=]RatedMForManly: He was known as a genuinely tough guy in RealLife.

* WrestlingFamily: His adopted son Gorgeous George Jr. and his great-nephew Rob Kellum, who wrestled in Memphis as Gorgeous George III, in Wrestling/{{WCW}} as the Maestro and in various independents as the Stro.

* RealMenWearPink: Beyond calling himself gorgeous, he also frequently wore pink bathrobes, dresses and other "girly" outfits.

* RealMenWearPink: Beyond calling himself gorgeous, he also frequently wore pink bathrobes.

* AgentPeacock
* AlliterativeName

* BlondGuysAreEvil

* TheFightingNarcissist

* {{Heel}}

* RealMenWearPink

* RealSongThemeTune: Edward Elgar's "''Pomp and Circumstance''" later used by RandySavage, making him the UrExample of wrestlers using entrance music.

* RealSongThemeTune: Edward Elgar's "''Pomp and Circumstance''", making him the UrExample of wrestlers using entrance music.

He is, of course, the {{Trope Namer|s}} for GorgeousGeorge.

* '''[[FountainOfExpies Iconic Wrestler]''': To say the least. He was one of the first television stars in ''any'' genre, and his influence extended ''beyond'' the ring, to Music/JamesBrown, Music/ElvisPresley and MuhammadAli, and everyone ''they'' influenced, etc.

* RedBaron: "The Human Orchid," "The Toast of the Coast," "The Sensation of the Nation"

* RealMenWearPink