Trivia / George Wagner

• Affectionate Parody: "Ravishing Ronno the Denatured Boy" in the Bugs Bunny wrestling cartoon "Bunny Hugged."
• Dyeing for Your Art: He became a platinum blonde in order to look more effeminate.
• Fountain of Expies: To say the least. He was one of the first television stars in any genre, and his influence extended beyond the ring, to James Brown, Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, Muhammad Ali, and everyone they influenced, etc. Ali later admitted that he mistook Freddie Blassie for George when he decided to fight Antonio Inoki with Blassie as his manager, but Blassie himself had borrowed elements of George's look and heel work, so this merely makes the inspiration less direct.