LEW'S WRESTLING ARCHIVE:
JESSE "THE BODY" VENTURA

AKA:
THE BODY

STATS: (AS in 1970'S)

HEIGHT: 6' 5"
WEIGHT: 270 LBS

AWA TAG TEAM CHAMPION WITH ADRIAN STREET (ADRIAN ADONIS)

NOTABLES:
1--FORMER NAVY SEAL DURING THE VIETNAM WAR. HE ENLISTED IN NAVY AT AGE 18. HERE, HE GOT THE NICKNAME "JIM THE DIRTY" HERE TO DISTINGUISH HIM FROM
2--ELECTED GOVERNOR OF MINNESOTA SHOCKING THE NATION AND SHAKING UP POLITICAL BUEOCRACIES
3--JESSE'S BIGGEST WRESTLING INFLUENCE WAS FORMER WWF (THEN KNOWN AS WWWF) HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION SUPERSTAR BILLY GRAHAM.
4--THE STAGE NAME "JESSE VENTURA" CAME FROM HIS DESIRE TO CREATE A SURFER WRESTLING CHARACTER. "VENTURA" IS NAMED AFTER THE TOWN IN CALIFORNIA, AND
5--MANAGED BY BOBBY THE BRAIN HEENAN WITH ADRIAN STREET
6--IN 1984, JESSE WAS FORCED TO STOP WRESTLING BECAUSE OF SEVERE BLOOD CLOTS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN FATAL. THEN HE BECAME A COLOR-COMMENTATOR IN THE WWF AND THEN THE WCW.
7--HOSTED HIS OWN TALK SHOW IN MINNESOTA

MOVIE CREDITS:
RAW DEAL (1986)
PREDATOR (1987)
BATMAN & ROBIN (1997, AS A PRISON GUARD)

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