(1945-01-10) January 10, 1945 (age 79)[1] St. Joseph, Missouri, U.S.[1]
Alma mater
Northwest Missouri State University
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
Colonel DeBeers[1] Dereck Draper[1] Mega Maharishi Imed[1] The Polish Prince The General[2]
Billed height
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)[3]
Billed weight
275 lb (125 kg)[3]
Billed from
Buffalo, New York (as Ed Wiskowski) Johannesburg, South Africa (as Colonel DeBeers)[1]
Debut
1972
Retired
2005
Edward Wiskoski (born January 10, 1945) is an American retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances in the American Wrestling Association under the ring name Colonel DeBeers from 1985 to 1990.[1]
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appearances in the American Wrestling Association under the ring name ColonelDeBeers from 1985 to 1990. Wiskoski was the first member of his family to graduate...
After losing the titles that June, he would team with Ed Wiskoski (ColonelDeBeers) to regain them from Lonnie Mayne and Sam Oliver in a "loser leaves...
of Wrestling" tour of Europe in early 1988, Dukes then feuded with ColonelDeBeers in 1989 and lost a "Loser Gets Painted Yellow" match at War in the...
and win the title. Paul Orndorff took on ColonelDeBeers in a Strap match. Near the end of the match, DeBeers tried to release himself by getting out of...
match. Next, Sgt. Slaughter took on ColonelDeBeers in a Boot Camp match. Slaughter put on a helmet and hit DeBeers with it and applied a cobra clutch...
Curt Hennig vs. Doug Somers with Sherri Martel, Larry Zbyszko and ColonelDeBeers for Six Man Tag Team Match. A 1986 main event of Buddy Rose and Doug...
Brody† Jim Brunzell Édouard Carpentier† Hercules Cortez† The Crusher† ColonelDeBeers Derrick Dukes The Destruction Crew (Mike Enos & Wayne Bloom) Bobby...
AWA to put over major stars and veterans, like Superfly Jimmy Snuka, ColonelDeBeers, Jerry Lawler, and The Midnight Rockers. Throughout his career, Stamp...
was modeled after Bart Simpson, and engaged in feuds with Al Madril, ColonelDeBeers, Matt Borne and Buddy Wayne. Sawyer later became a "rulebreaker" himself...
Hero and Skayde. Sweeney also received training from Buddy Rose and ColonelDeBeers in Portland, Oregon, before debuting on May 1, 2004, in Ludlow, Massachusetts...
WrestleReunion, Piper teamed with Jimmy Valiant and Jimmy Snuka against ColonelDeBeers, "Cowboy" Bob Orton, and "Playboy" Buddy Rose. On January 29, 2011...
after WrestleMania VI, and ColonelDeBeers took over as the team captain for the Snipers (the team name was changed to "DeBeers' Diamondcutters" and Slaughter...
the Herb Abrams-owned Universal Wrestling Federation and feuded with ColonelDeBeers over his treatment of African-American referee Larry Sampson, who was...
619 days, defending the belt against Jim Brunzell, Ken Patera, and ColonelDeBeers. After losing the title he continued to make appearances for WCW through...
the standard rule of pro wrestling) on May 17, after interference by ColonelDeBeers. After losing the title, Hall and Hennig soon parted ways. Hall then...
In addition to reigniting his feud with Slaughter and teaming with ColonelDeBeers, his main opponent during this time period was Tony Atlas, with whom...
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and 1987. His most notable feud in the AWA during that time was with ColonelDeBeers, who portrayed a racist and looked down on Snuka because of his skin...
On August 27, 1988, DDP introduced ColonelDeBeers as the new member of his stable. During that short time, DeBeers would try to force his opponent to...
championship reign lasted between 15 and 105 days. The exact date Col. DeBeers lost the championship is uncertain, which means the championship reign...
Wrestling NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with ColonelDeBeers Pro Wrestling Illustrated PWI ranked him #250 of the 500 best wrestlers...
defeated Lord Littlebrook and Little Tokyo Tag team match 10:01 3 ColonelDeBeers defeated Wahoo McDaniel by disqualification Singles match 05:03 4 Buddy...
the following night. On September 19, Lanning teamed with Khan and ColonelDeBeers in a 6-man tag team match losing to Sgt. Slaughter and The Rock 'n'...
Jennifer and Torri). During his time in the AWA, Page also managed ColonelDeBeers, Curt Hennig and Madusa Miceli as the leader of the Diamond Exchange...
1991, Orndorff competed on the UWF's only PPV Beach Brawl, defeating ColonelDeBeers in a Strap match. Orndorff left the UWF sometime in early 1993, vacating...
stable led by Diamond Dallas Page that also included Badd Company and ColonelDeBeers. Hennig would hold the AWA World Heavyweight Title for about 53 weeks...
business for 47 years as a wrestler, manager and a trainer. He trained ColonelDeBeers, as well and Mike George. In the late 1980s, Tovey, as Lord Littlebrook...
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