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Was the Sheik the first wrestler to throw fire? Did he originate the gimmick?
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I asked that question a few years back ... someone said Saul Weingeroff MAY have used fire earlier
http://www.infinitecore.ca/superstar/index.php?threadid=70157&page=0#pager
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That was my thought as well as I know that "Gentlemen" Saul was doing it as well in the same era.
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The first time I had seen it was with J.C. Dykes and the Masked Infernos in Georgia in the '60s.
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We had a great thread about this topic a few years ago. Even if he wasn't the originator, The Sheik burnt more people than anyone else. And when he burned you, you stayed burnt! 
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This message was edited by Blakedel on November 10th, 2014 00:14 GMT
Delete duplicate post....
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| There's no excuse for that kind of brutality in this sport !!!!
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How would you have liked to have been the opponent when the first person had the idea of the fire gimmick? "So I'll throw a big ball of fire at your face...."
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Lawler got to the point where he threw the fire also.
However, seems like there was an art to throwing fire and the Sheik was the best at it. He made it look natural, almost a surprise it was coming. Other guys, including Lawler, you could tell he was using the lighter.
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Quoted from: old school dude, November 13th, 2014 21:24 GMT
The Sheik was the first person I saw throw fire and I thought it was cool then and I still think it's cool now. I think what remains so appealing about throwing fire is that it is not over done. Only certain guys do it but not all the time.
I agree. I loved throwing fire. What was so cool about it was that it was always played as some kind of mysterious secret art that only a small handful of guys knew.
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Quoted from: ultimate stinger, November 10th, 2014 03:27 GMTHow would you have liked to have been the opponent when the first person had the idea of the fire gimmick? "So I'll throw a big ball of fire at your face...."
Legend has it it was Wilbur Snyder in Cincy circa 1960. May not be true, but that was a story I once heard or read.
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Quoted from: Mike DuPree, November 27th, 2014 09:49 GMTQuoted from: ultimate stinger, November 10th, 2014 03:27 GMTHow would you have liked to have been the opponent when the first person had the idea of the fire gimmick? "So I'll throw a big ball of fire at your face...."
Legend has it it was Wilbur Snyder in Cincy circa 1960. May not be true, but that was a story I once heard or read.
Wow, if that's true, what an odd legend....the least gimmicky of all wrestlers, Wilbur Snyder, "The World's Most Scientific Wrestler".
(search John Watanabe at www.imdb.com--
Internet Movie Database)
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