| 1 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/edstranglerlewis.jpg]] |
| 2 | [[caption-width-right:350:As the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/world/world-h.html World Heavyweight Champion]]]] |
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| 4 | Robert Herman Julius Friederich (June 30, 1891 – August 8, 1966) was an American {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er as Ed "Strangler" Lewis. He debuted in 1905 and wrestled all over the world. He was a pioneering promoter as part of the Gold Dust Trio with promoters Toots Mondt and Big Billy Sandow. He retired in 1948 and died in 1966. He was a 4x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/world/world-h.html World Heavyweight Champion]], the true and original version of the title, not to be confused with the MediaNotes/BigGoldBelt in Wrestling/{{WWE}}. He was the inaugural and 2x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/newengland/awa/ma-awa-h.html AWA (Massachusetts) World Heavyweight Champion]] (not to be confused with the Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation), a 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ny/nysac-h.html New York State Athletic Commission World Heavyweight Champion]] and a 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/centralstates/mwa/mwa-h.html MWA (Kansas City, KS) World Heavyweight Champion]]. He was inducted into ''Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter'' Hall of Fame in 1996 and the Wrestling/WWEHallOfFame Legacy Wing in 2016. |
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| 6 | !! "Ed Troper Lewis": |
| 7 | * BadassTeacher: Among the wrestlers he trained were ''Wrestling/LouThesz'' and ''Wrestling/{{Gene LeBell}}''. |
| 8 | * CarpetOfVirility: Type 1, as shown above. |
| 9 | * FinishingMove: Sleeper Hold, Headlock |
| 10 | * NamedByDemocracy: The French gave him the RedBaron "Strangler" because that's what they thought he was doing to his opponent when he applied a Sleeper Hold. His ring name is actually a tribute to an earlier wrestling star Evan "Strangler" Lewis, so the name they gave was completely appropriate. |
| 11 | * ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: The Gold Dust Trio created some of the first storylines in wrestling history, including the prototype of a promotional rivalry with Joe Stecher. |
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