Also known as

Robert H. Bruns · Bob Leipler

Description

American professional wrestler and trainer. Debuted in the 1930s, wrestling primarily in the Midwestern United States and later for the Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance, Mid Pacific Promotions, and the National Wrestling Alliance. He trained Rikidōzan in professional wrestling during the early 1950s.

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  Rikidōzan

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  Probable

  Rikidōzan trained under Bobby Bruns when transitioning to professional wrestling in Japan; confirmed by Bruns's Wikipedia biography

  The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.

  (1951–1952)

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  Rikidōzan trained under Bobby Bruns when transitioning to professional wrestling in Japan; confirmed by Bruns's Wikipedia biography

  “Trainer: Bobby Bruns, Harold Sakata”

  — Rikidōzan (Wikipedia EN)link history info

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  “In 1951, he became the debut opponent of Rikidozan, the man who built professional wrestling in Japan into a viable spectator sport.”

  — Bobby Bruns (Wikipedia EN)link history info

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