This man had a crazy, versatile influence on history/pop culture. Consider that Muhammad Ali and Bob Dylan both met him around 1960-61, when both were around 20 years old. And both considered their meeting with him, one of the key influences on their life and career.

George had a girl in every port (place where he wrestled) His girl in Oakland was my Mom's best friend, so she got us ring side seats and I got a personalized autograph that said 'Best wishes Bobby', your pal Gorgeous George. I hated being called Bobby at the age of 10, but this was 1950 and no one else had his autograph. I wish I still had it.

It’s been said that Gorgeous George caused more Americans to go out and buy Television Sets in the early 50’s than any other person.

'A couple of days before I fought Sabedong, I did a radio programme with Gorgeous George. First, they asked me about my fight. And I can't say I was humble, but I wasn't too loud. Then they asked Gorgeous George about a wrestling match he was having in the same arena, and he started shouting, 'I'll kill him; I'll tear his arm off. If this bum beats me, I'll crawl across the ring and cut my hair, but it's not gonna happen because I'm the best wrestler in the world.' And all the time, I'm saying to myself, 'Man, I want to see this fight. It don't matter if he wins or loses; I want to be there to see what happens.' And the whole place was sold out when George wrestled. There was thousands of people, including me. And that's when I decided I'd never been shy about talking, but if I talked even more, there was no telling how much money people would pay to see me.' Muhamad Ali

Muhammad Ali said that Gorgeous George was his inspiration. Superstar Billy Graham said that he was influenced by Muhammad Ali. Hulk Hogan said that he was inspired by Superstar Billy Graham. Hulk Hogan influenced a lot of future wrestlers. Not to mention GG influenced Legends like Buddy Rogers, Freddie Blassie, Adrian Street, Ric Flair, etc. What a Legacy.

Never let it be overlooked that under all the schtick, the showmanship, George was a solid wrestler who knew and performed the hard basics of Greco-Roman wrestling.

Angelo Poffo, who you mentioned as paying for George's grave, is the father of Randy Poffo, aka Randy "Macho Man" Savage, who also used "Pomp and Circumstance" as his ring entrance music.

if i could go back in time i would love to see Gorgeous george in person .

He was before my time but my dad met him and spoke highly of him. Apparently he was a really nice guy out of the ring.

This man has inspired people for years.

There should be a film of him

I wish I had it.....My Aunt Betty had an original gold Georgie pin, he threw to the ringside fans....I saw it when I was little and didnt know who Georgie was

My favorite wrestler! He was the original Slick Ric Flair!

I read that Gorgeous George and Liberace helped sell the new invention called the tv set.

The first wrestler with personality

So pretty much this guy started the trend of Bleach Blond Hair, Flashy Robe and Flamboyant attitude that inspired the likes of Buddy Rodgers, Billy Graham, Ric Flair, Hulk Hogan, Dusty Rhodes, etc, etc

Great job with the video. Really enjoyed it. 👍🏼😂

Great video, folks! 🍻🍻

Crazy he influenced Muhammad Ali and Ric flair and laid the blueprint for Floyd’s career and McGregors

Random thought, but he looks like HHH's long lost father 😅

I often wondered if they tried to use adrian adonis as a spin off of gorgeous george

He was world champion for over a year he qas the b ❤

Gorgeous Feorge was in his " Soft guy era "

He was the first TELEVISION superstar, but definitely not the first overall.

wooo

As obnoxious & bellicose as George was in the ring, everything I heard about him claimed he was very nice & friendly outside the ring. There was a Harvey cartoon with Beautiful Bob.

Just saw a clip of Ali and here i am.

I'm a non bianary person and tend to dress very androgynous. I used to get teased a lot before male looking people wearing skirts was cool. Even my family had issues with me. Then I saw an old video of Gorgeous George dressed like I did and kicking ass. He made me feel cool. I was born almost 30 years after he left us in body, but HE WILL NEVER LEAVE US IN SPIRIT! RIP George, you made me and wrestling what it is today!

They should put these wrestlers in the 2k games. Never happened yet...

So, about Velveteen Dream…

Adrian Street

Hey how you doing can you do me a favor and let me know what Gorgeous George moveset is I created him in WWE 2K 22 but I do not know none of your move and I cannot find no information nowhere

What about Muldoon, Strangler Lewis, Gotch, Hackenschmidt

Back when wrestling was real, honest, and BRUTLE!

Adrian Adonis, rick rude ..

Interesting. This was Goldust before ssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh…..GOLDUST!

Not the first wrestling superstar. Look up Frank Gotch. He was the first tv super star

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I think you forgot who else was influenced by him - Donald Trump… Who has turned playing the heel into the political discourse of our country.

Randy Savage used George's music as a tribute and Randy's daddy paid for his graveside