Kurt and Karl Von Steiger
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| The von Steigers | |
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| Members | Kurt von Steiger (Arnold Pastricks) Karl von Steiger (Lorne Corlett) |
| Name(s) | The von Steigers The von Steigers brothers |
| Hometown | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Billed from | Germany |
| Debut | 1960s |
Lorne Corlett and Arnold Pastrick were a professional wrestling tag team from Winnipeg, Manitoba who used a German heel gimmick and went by the ring names Kurt Von Steiger (Pastrick) and Karl Von Steiger (Corlett). The Von Steigers are best known for competing in Pacific Northwest Wrestling in Portland, Oregon between 1968 and 1973.
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[edit] Career history
Going by their given names, Corlett and Pastrick started out in the 1960s with Winnipeg's Madison Wrestling Club, where Corlett would win the promotion's heavyweight championship in 1965. Corlett and Pastrick later formed a tag team and, after the Madison Club folded in 1968, they headed to PNW and adopted their famous ring names and gimmick.
While competing in Portland, the Von Steigers engaged in feuds with the Royal Kangaroos (Lord Jonathan Boyd & Norman Frederick Charles III) and the team of Tony Borne and Moondog Mayne. As a solo competitor, Kurt Von Steiger also had feuds with the likes of Mayne, Dutch Savage, Jimmy Snuka and Stan Stasiak.
The Von Steigers' greatest accomplishments as a team would be winning the AWA World Tag Team Championship (while competing in PNW), the San Francisco version of the NWA World Tag Team title, and seven Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles.
[edit] Championships and accomplishments
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- NWA Hawaii Tag Team Championship (1 time)
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- ESA International Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Fred Sweetan
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- NWA Western States Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Tito Montez
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- NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
- NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship (9 times) - with Karl Von Steiger (7), Killer Karl Krupp (1), and Mati Suzuki (1)
- Universal Wrestling Federation (Arizona)
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- UWF Arizona Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
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- AWA Southern Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Otto von Heller
- Madison Wrestling Club
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- MWC Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
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- NWA Mid-America Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Otto von Heller
- NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Mid-America version) (1 time) - with Otto von Heller
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- NWA Western States Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
- NWA Western States Tag Team Championship (2 times) - Ciclón Negro (1) and Siegfried Steinke (1)
[edit] Further Reading
Kurt and Karl Von Steier’s history is covered in a chapter dedicated to the team in the book The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: The Tag Teams
- Greg Oliver and Steve Johnson (2005). "The Evil Foreigners: Kurt and Karl Von Steiger", The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: The Tag Teams. ECW Press. ISBN 978-1-5502-2683-6.
[edit] External links
- Kurt & Karl von Steiger profile at Online World of Wrestling
