Walter ‘Killer’ Kowalski Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Walter 'Killer' Kowalski was born on October 13, 1926 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada as Edward Wladyslaw Spulnik. He was an actor, known for The Wrestling Queen (1973), The Unreal Story of Professional Wrestling (1999) and To a Random (1986). He was married to Theresa Ferrioli. He died on August 30, 2008 in Everett, Massachusetts, USA.
Net Worth
$8 Million
Date Of Birth
October 13, 1926
Place Of Birth
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Height
6' 7" (2.01 m)
Profession
Actor
Star Sign
Libra
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Trademark
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The "kangaroo hop." Jumped up and down on the mat in the middle of wrestling matches.
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Fact
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WWE Hall of Famer.
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Former AAC World Heavyweight Champion.
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Inducted into the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2003.
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In a 1952 match with Yukon Eric (Eric Holmback), an accident occurred in which part of Eric's cauliflower ear was ripped off. The fans, who assumed the incident was deliberate, were horrified. According to Kowalski, the fans began calling him names like "maniac" and "killer." He adopted the ring moniker of "Killer Kowalski," changed his ring persona, and began his career as one of professional wrestling's great heels.
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Notable Title Wins include: NWA Texas Heavyweight title; NWA Texas Tag Team titles - by himself - (1950); NWA Pacific Coast Tag Team titles w/Hans Herman (1951); NWA Central States Heavyweight title; Montreal International title (8 times); NWA (San Francisco) Pacific Coast Heavyweight title; (Vancouver) Pacific Coast Tag Team titles; WWWF United States Tag Team titles w/Gorilla Monsoon; IWA (Australia) World title (6 times); (Hawaii) United States Heavyweight title; IWA (Australia) World Tag titles (4 times); NWA (Los Angeles) Americas title; NWA (Los Angeles) Americas Tag Team titles w/Kinji Shibuya; (Montreal) Grand Prix Heavyweight title; NWA (Florida) Southern Heavyweight title; WWWF World Tag Team titles w/John Studd as the Executioners
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In 1978, he moved to Salem, Massachusetts (near Boston) and opened his own wrestling school. He has trained Perry Saturn, Paul Levesque (Triple H), and Chyna (among others). He closed the school in September 2003 and the name Killer Kowalski's Pro Wrestling School was acquired by the Chaotic Training Center in North Andover, MA. In February 2004, Killer sold his ring (the one Triple H, Chyna and others trained in) on Ebay.
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Debuted in 1947 in the St. Louis territory as "Tarzan Kowalski".
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Professional wrestler from late 1940s to early 1980s.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
No Opportunity Wasted
2004
TV Series
Walter Kowalski
WCW Slamboree 1994
1994
TV Movie
Killer Kowalski
UWF Fury Hour
1990
TV Series 1990
The History of the WWF Heavyweight Championship
1987
Video
Killer Kowalski
To a Random
1986
Short
Wrestling's Living Legend Bruno Sammartino
1986
Video
Killer Kowalski
Best of the WWF Volume 2
1985
Video
Killer Kowalski
WWF Championship Wrestling
1976
TV Series
Executioner #1
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Beyond the Mat
1999
Documentary personal thanks - as Walter Kowalski
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Unreal Story of Professional Wrestling
1999
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Biography
1999
TV Series documentary
Himself
WWF Hall of Fame
1996
TV Special
Himself
Late Night with David Letterman
1982
TV Series
Himself
World Wrestling Federation
1974
TV Series
Himself
WWF All-Star Wrestling
1974
TV Series
Himself
The Wrestling Queen
1973
Documentary
Himself (as Waldek 'Killer' Kowalski)
Archive Footage
Known for movies
The Wrestling Queen (1973) as Himself
The Unreal Story of Professional Wrestling (1999) as Himself