Ox Baker
Ox Baker was born in Sedalia, Missouri, United States on April 19th, 1934 and is the Wrestler. At the age of 80, Ox Baker biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Douglas A. Baker Sr. (April 19, 1934 – October 20, 2014) was an American professional wrestler and actor, better known professionally as Ox Baker.
He was famous for his Machiavellian eyebrows and finishing move, the Heart Punch, sometimes called the "Hurt Punch", after Baker's famous catchphrase "I love to hurt people!".
He appeared in several movies including Blood Circus and Escape from New York.
Early life
Baker was an accomplished high school athlete in his adopted hometown of Waterloo, Iowa, but he quit school. Later he began wrestling to provide financial support to his family, having married and had children at a young age.
Personal life
Baker was married to Peggy Ann Kawa from 1996 to her passing in 2010. He had one son, Garren, who died in 2022, and one daughter, Meghan, two grandchildren, and one great grandchild.
Professional wrestling career
Baker was educated by Buddy Austin, Pat O'Connor, and Bob Geigel, and debuted in 1964. He was winning a majority of his matches due to the Heart Punch's knockout; Stan Stasiak, from whom Baker banned the change, later renamed the Hurt Punch. Baker converted from a simpleton to a villain on his first appearance as a kind of horn-rimmed glasses-wearing nation simpleton. He was known for his unusual appearance, with his shaved head and black bushy mustache and eyebrows, as well as the ability to cut a promo. He was also known for wearing T-shirts to the ring, naming himself "The Great Heart Puncher" after the event.
In 1967 Baker was a member of the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWF) as The Friendly Arkansas Ox. Baker teamed with Armand Hussein in a handicap match against Gorilla Monsoon in his first appearance there. Baker went on to compete in different North America, including Stampede Wrestling in Canada, the World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico, and the American Wrestling Association, which was headquartered in the 1970s. Baker and his partner the Claw were wrestling in an AWA Midwest Tag Team Championship tag team match against Alberto Torres and "Cowboy" Bob Ellis in Verdigre, Nebraska, on June 13, 1971. Torres died shortly after the match, with the cause determining heart disease as a result. This was turned on to Baker's Heart Punch, which was blamed on him for perpetuating Baker's wrestling heel persona. Baker lost to Ray Gunkel on August 1, 1972. Gunkel died after the match; his death has been traced to a blood clot, which led to a heart attack or simply heart disease. Baker's character was woven into Baker's life, and a riot erupted in Cleveland, Ohio, as Baker frequently Heart Punched his opponent Ernie Ladd after the match was concluded.
During his career, he defeated "Cowboy" Bob Ellis for the World Wrestling Association's World Heavyweight Championship in Indianapolis and Carlos Colon for the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship in Puerto Rico's World Wrestling Council. Baker won the Detroit version of the US Heavyweight Championship; he also won the NWA American Heavyweight Championship and the NWA Texas Heavyweight championship several times. Baker, also a multi-time tag team champion, competed with Ole Anderson and Skandor Akbar to capture tag team championships in the National Wrestling Alliance and National Wrestling Federation. In 1976, Baker teammate Chuck O'Connor to win the WWA World Tag Team Championship. Billy Graham, a former NBA footballer, also competed for the NWA Florida Tag Team Championship with Superstar Billy Graham. He is best known for his rivalry with Randy Savage in International Championship Wrestling, the southern promotion that Savage and his brother Lanny Poffo shared with his father Angelo Poffo and his brother Lanny Poffo. Baker appeared with Central States Wrestling as a man and feuded with Rip Rogers late in his career.
He returned to the WWF in 1980 and was named The Grand Wizard as his manager. Baker appeared on television taping in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on March 25, but he was fired soon after and never wrestled for the WWF again.
Baker returned to the AWA in 1988. Baker worked with George Petraski, The Russian Brute of ICW fame, under a deal with The AWA via TRB Sports LLC. He retired from wrestling later this year. He began "Ox Baker's Wrestling School" in the following year, becoming a well-known trainer. His students include The Undertaker, Bryan Clark, and Ox Baker Jr. (Ronald Schell), as well as NWA New England Superstar The Dark Angel and his Kayfabe twin brother Micky Byggs of Wrestling Spotlite Radio/TV. In the early 1990s, he also did commentary for some IWCCW activities. Baker appeared in Ring of Honor in 2004, confronting Dusty Rhodes before the show started and again during the main event in which Rhodes was active. Baker appeared in Combat Zone Wrestling on December 8, 2007, as the guest of Cult Fiction (Halfbreed Billy Gram and Toby Klein). Baker won in two matches against Moonshine McCoy in Florida in June 2008. After being a surprise entrant in a thirteen-man clash royal in Ohio, Baker returned to the ring to be named the CCW Champion in December 2013.
Acting career and other media
Baker appeared in numerous films from time to time, most notable during the late 1970s and early 1980s. In Jackie Chan's The Big Brawl (1980) and as Kurt Russell's gladiatorial adversary in John Carpenter's Escape from New York (1981), he appeared as a fighter in Bob Chan's The Big Brawl (1980) and as Kurt Russell's gladiatorial rival. In addition,, he was cast in the professional wrestling film I Like to Hurt People. Baker appeared on the game show The Price is Right on January 19, 1981. Ox Baker appeared in Chilling Visions: 5 Senses of Fear as The Butcher in 1985, 1985, and in 2013, he appeared in Chilling Visions: 5 Senses of Fear as the Butcher.
In 2005, Halfbreed Billy Gram's documentary based on Baker's life and work was shot, titled "I Love the People I Hurt: The Life and Legend of the Mighty Ox Baker." During this time, a short comedy feature called My Smorgasboard with Ox, co-written and co-starring Baker and Gram was also shot, with both Baker and Gram remaining in post-production status.
The Mountain Goats, a North Carolina-based indie band, released a song titled "Ox Baker Triumphant," in which Baker is confronted by the wrestling community and rises up to strike vengeance on them. During his time in the wrestling industry, Baker self-published his own cookbook, which included recipes and accounts. Veteran Pro Wrestling out of Groton, Connecticut, held the first annual Ox Baker Memorial Cup in 2015. Bad News Walter Swan and US Army Veteran "The Patriot Paul Severe," aka Jared Keefe, was the runner for 2015. Christopher Annino, aka Rescue 911, was the king of 2016.