Background
Walter Paul Sieber was born in Toronto on October 2, 1933, where he trained as a professional wrestler with Red Garner at a local Young Men’s Christian Association.
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Waldo Paul Sieber
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He was billed as the brother of Fritz Von Erich, but was not actually related to Fritz or the rest of the Von Erich family. He also was into bodybuilding, swimming, and weight training. Sieber became a professional wrestler at the age of 17.
He began his career in Calgary, wrestling for Stu Hart"s Stampede Wrestling.
As a von Erich, Sieber"s gimmick was that of a German heel. The height of his success was in the 1960s and 1970s.
Sieber, now using the ringname Waldo Von Erich, also had success as a singles wrestler. He worked in singles matches for the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF).
As a part of the WWWF, he wrestled Bruno Sammartino for the WWWF Championship in both the 1960s and the 1970s.
He was also co-holder of the United States. Tag Team Championship with Gene Kiniski. After his WWWF run, he continued to have success as a singles and tag team wrestler, holding championships in various promotions. He also had a memorable feud with Tony Atlas in Georgia in the late 1970s.
After attempting a retirement in 1973, Sieber retired in 1979.
After his retirement from in-ring action, Sieber became the president of the Ontario-based promotion, ICW, where he trained young professional wrestlers. Two of his star pupils included Tyson Dux and Brian Cannon, who became known as the masked wrestler Kijimuna in Okinawa and New Japan.
Sieber died on July 5, 2009, aged 75, in hospital in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada after falling earlier that day. Finishing and signature moves
Blitzkrieg Dive (High angle diving knee drop)
Iron Claw (Clawhold)
Prussian Slide (Diving leg drop bulldog)
Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling
NWA Southern Tag Team Championship (Mid-Atlantic version) (1 time) - with Fritz Von Erich
NWA Big Time Wrestling
NWA American Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Fritz Von Erich
NWA Brass Knuckles Championship (Texas version) (2 times)
NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
NWA Tri-State
NWA North American Heavyweight Championship (Tri-State version) (1 time)
NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Tri-State version) (1 time) - with Karl Von Brauner
National Wrestling Federation
NWF North American Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
NWF Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
Stampede Wrestling
NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship (Calgary version) (1 time)
Stampede Wrestling North American Championship (1 time)
Stampede Wrestling Hall of Fame
World Championship Wrestling (Australia)
International Water Association World Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with The Spoiler
NWA Austra-Asian Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
NWA Austra-Asian Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Hiro Tojo
World Wide Wrestling Federation
WWWF United States Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Gene Kiniski.
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July 5, 2009 (aged 75) -
Nationality
Canadian