Talk:Gene Kiniski

His bar & grill in Point Roberts, Washington
I don't think it's "The Breakers", but it's one of the two big ones down there, and still his hangout. I'll re-read the article to see where it would fit, and also to see if any mention is made of his support of collegiate/amateur wrestling - he was a major donor to the SFU wrestling club when his son Nick was on scholarship there; much to the chagrin of the coach, but a buck's a buck... ;-).Skookum1 21:56, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

The original Mean Gene
Mean Gene currently redirects to Gene Okerlund, but AFAIK it was Kiniski who was the original Mean Gene. I'll post a simialr query on Okerlund's page, where IMO there should be a ref to Kiniski's previous use of the nickname before Okerlund used it.Skookum1 21:57, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Hey, whaddya know, a reliable source!
https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/this-week-in-history-1961-gene-kiniski-becomes-the-heavyweight-wrestling-champion-of-the-world Published last week, for anyone who isn't afraid of thinking outside the box of the same tired old fanboy sources. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions 11:36, 13 July 2020 (UTC)

One more thing while I'm here
Kiniski had a match with Giant Baba in Osaka which drew 30,000 people to a baseball stadium, I believe in 1967. Of course this is significant enough to mention. Of course sources exist, even if they're in Japanese. The disconnect in our coverage of many aspects of puroresu is a little obvious. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions 11:45, 13 July 2020 (UTC)