(1957-09-07)September 7, 1957 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died
December 22, 2021(2021-12-22) (aged 64) Siler City, North Carolina, U.S.
Spouse(s)
Tina Duke[1]
Children
4[1]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
Axe[3] Colonel Kirchner[3] Corporal Kirchner[4] Freddie Krueger[3] Leatherface[4] RT Reynolds[4] Super Leather[4] Super Leather Face[3]
Billed height
6 ft 2 in (188 cm)[5]
Billed weight
263 lb (119 kg)[5]
Billed from
Fort Bragg, North Carolina (as Corporal Kirchner) Texas (as Leatherface / Super Leather)
Trained by
Verne Gagne[4]
Debut
1980[3]
Retired
January 26, 2010[6]
Military service
Allegiance
United States
Service/branch
United States Army
Unit
82nd Airborne Division
Michael James Penzel (September 7, 1957 – December 22, 2021) was an American professional wrestler and United States Army paratrooper.[2] He was best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation under the ring name Corporal Kirchner in the mid-1980s, as well as his appearances in Japan for New Japan Pro-Wrestling, W*ING, International Wrestling Association Japan, and Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling under the ring name Leatherface.[7][8]
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appearances with the World Wrestling Federation under the ring name CorporalKirchner in the mid-1980s, as well as his appearances in Japan for New Japan...
player Mark Kirchner (1970), German biathlete Michael Kirchner or CorporalKirchner (1957–2021), American professional wrestler Zane Kirchner (1984), South...
flag match between CorporalKirchner and Nikolai Volkoff. Freddie Blassie seconded Volkoff. He threw his cane to Volkoff, but Kirchner caught it and hit...
with Hulk Hogan, Bobby Heenan, Ricky Steamboat, Davey Boy Smith, CorporalKirchner, Dynamite Kid and Big John Studd, appeared on The A-Team. That same...
the tournament, Adrian Adonis (with manager Jimmy Hart) defeated Corp. Kirchner with a DDT. Dynamite Kid then faced Nikolai Volkoff (without manager Freddie...
Adonis and The Missing Link. With Hart in his corner, Adonis defeated CorporalKirchner to advance in The Wrestling Classic pay-per-view tournament in November...
paratrooper CorporalKirchner throughout 1985 and 1986, defeating him in a "peace match" on Saturday Night's Main Event IV. Their feud ended when Kirchner used...
MACW, WCW January 30, 1958 March 27, 2022 Years of health issues 64 CorporalKirchner (Michael Penzel) WWF, NJPW, Stampede Wrestling, IWA Japan, W*ING,...
August 20 – Rip Morgan August 23 – Fumihiro Niikura September 7 – CorporalKirchner(died in 2021) September 9 – Garry Robbins (died in 2013) September...
feud with CorporalKirchner. Blassie's interference at Wrestlemania 2 cost Volkoff his match with Kirchner, when the cane was grabbed by Kirchner instead...
Giant (short hair version) with black strap attire (blue trunks), CorporalKirchner with a painted beard, and the Referee in a white shirt (blue shirt)...
at WrestleMania 2, but not as a team. Volkoff wrestled and lost to CorporalKirchner in a flag vs flag match in the Chicago part of the event. Sheik competed...
one of his arms, breaking the bone. Carl Kirchner's account The following was written by CorporalKirchner sometime after the shootout: We had searched...
me from your list of subscribers." Kipling died in 1936. Michael "Corporal" Kirchner, former professional wrestler, was reported dead in an article at...
1984 1 Paul Pellerin Paul Peller 1981, 1983–1984 Michael Penzel† CorporalKirchner 1985–1986 4 Stephen Petitpas Sheik Ali / Steve Petitpas 1980, 1985–1987...
cancer. Thomas Kinsella, 93, Irish poet, translator, and editor. CorporalKirchner, 64, American professional wrestler (WWF, NJPW, W*ING), heart attack...
(born 1921) Christian Friedrich Penzel (1737–1801), a German musician CorporalKirchner (born Michael Penzel in 1957), an American wrestler Max Penzel (born...
64 July 30, 2008 August 25, 1986 Paul Orndorff (w/Bobby Heenan) vs CorporalKirchner Big John Studd and King Kong Bundy (w/Bobby Heenan) vs. The Machines...
Lanza (born 1935) December 13 – Jimmy Rave (born 1982) December 22 - CorporalKirchner (born 1957) December 27 - Markus Crane (b. 1988) December 31 - Strong...
March 2015. It is 'Juba' the sniper who causes havoc in Iraq and it was Corporal W.I. Ranjith Premasiri alias 'Nero' of SLA who was responsible for the...
pass leading down to the Salerno beachhead.: 136–137 With the help of a corporal, he infiltrated the town, captured the post and took 42 prisoners including...
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