ED WISKOWSKI AKA COL. DEBEERS PASSES AWAY AT 80 YEARS OLD

 

Edward Wiskoski was best known for his appearances in the American Wrestling Association under the ring name Colonel DeBeers from 1985 to 1990Passed Awa in the last few days, he was 80 years old and living in Arizona.

After being trained by Harley Race and Lord Littlebrook, Wiskoski debuted in 1972. Wiskoski primarily wrestled in the Portland, Oregon area during his career. His teaming with "Playboy" Buddy Rose was famous across the West Coast, holding the Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles on multiple occasions, and the NWA World Tag Team titles (San Francisco version). Wiskoski was also the United States Heavyweight champion and Pacific Northwest Heavyweight champion. e held the Central States Heavyweight title in 1975[1] and regularly visited Germany and Austria in the late 1970s and early 1980s

He also wrestled a few matches in the WWF as the Polish Prince in 1983, managed by Fred Blassie. Wiskoski was best known as Colonel DeBeers in the American Wrestling Association (AWA) from 1985 until the organization stopped promoting in late 1990. His interviews and persona were based on a pro-Apartheid mentality and he played on the fragile race relations and political climate of South Africa at the time. He was billed as being from Cape Town, South Africa, though he bore no accent whatsoever. Wiskoski and Rose ran a wrestling school in Portland, Oregon from 2001 until 2006.