Edward Hugh McDaniel (June 19, 1938 – April 18, 2002) was an American

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professional

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player and

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better known by his

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Wahoo McDaniel. He is notable for having held the

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five times. McDaniel was a major star in the

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and prominent

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affiliated promotions such as

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, NWA Big Time Wrestling and, most notably,

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. McDaniel is often compared to his contemporary,

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, due to both portraying similar Native American gimmicks. Unlike Strongbow (who was

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), McDaniel was legitimately Native American.

Early life

McDaniel was born in the small town of

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in 1938. His father worked in oil and he moved to several towns before settling down in

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, while McDaniel was in middle school. He attended Midland High School, where he was a track state champion in the shot put and second in the state in the discus. One of his

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coaches, particularly for his Pony League team, was

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. The name "Wahoo" actually came from his father Hugh, who was known as "Big Wahoo". Though he was a problematic teenager, he was accepted to the

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by Bud Wilkinson. He became a member of the

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fraternity and was also a part of Wilkinson's Sooners football program, where he holds the record for the longest punt at 91 yards.

Professional football career

McDaniel began his career as a professional football player in 1960, playing for the Houston Oilers during their inaugural AFL Championship-winning season. He then played for the Denver Broncos between 1961 and 1963. After he started playing as a linebacker for the

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in 1964, McDaniel started wearing a custom jersey which had the name "Wahoo" sewn on the back above jersey 54, and whenever he made a tackle as a Jet, the public address announcer would ask the crowd WHO made that tackle, in which the crowd would shout, "Wahoo! Wahoo! Wahoo!" After two seasons with the Jets, McDaniel went to the Miami Dolphins in 1966, and played with this team until his retirement after the 1968 season.

Professional wrestling career

While with the Houston Oilers, McDaniel also trained with NWA Amarillo wrestling promoter

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and became a professional wrestler as a way to supplement his income by the time he was traded to the Denver Broncos in 1961. After he was traded to the New York Jets in 1964, McDaniel began wrestling for

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(WWWF). The promoter wanted him to play off his Native American heritage, thus he was given the moniker "Chief" Wahoo McDaniel. After he was traded to the Miami Dolphins in 1966, McDaniel began wrestling for

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(CWF). When his football career ended in 1969, McDaniel became a full-time wrestler. In his first year as a full-time wrestler, McDaniel became involved in NWA Texas and won the

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. While wrestling in the

(AWA), McDaniel engaged in a feud with

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. Along with

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, Superstar Billy Graham was regarded as one of McDaniel's earliest and bitter rivals. Between 1973 and 1974, McDaniel And Superstar would engage in numerous wrestling bouts in what was considered one of the AWA's top-drawing feuds of the 1970s. Some of these bouts included Indian Strap Matches and also tag team matches which pitted McDaniel and The Crusher against Superstar and

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. In 1974, McDaniel came to Mid-Atlantic to wrestle for

and help build up the territory as a singles territory in a feud with a rival from

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. The feud evolved into a tag feud with McDaniel and Paul Jones taking on Valentine and

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, who McDaniel met in the AWA. McDaniel and Valentine had a historical feud remembered for the sheer force of their punch/chop exchanges, both men widely known for their hard-hitting style. McDaniel won the Mid-Atlantic title from Valentine on June 29, 1975, in Asheville, North Carolina. In 1977, Johnny Valentine's son

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attacked McDaniel and broke his leg in an angle to establish Greg as Johnny's successor. Valentine originally won the title on June 11, 1977, with McDaniel regaining it in

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two months later. On September 7, 1977, Valentine regained the title at the WRAL-TV studio tapings, breaking McDaniel's leg in the process. This angle is particularly remembered for a follow-up interview weeks later with Flair and Valentine throwing change at McDaniel, and Valentine asking him if he needed a custom-made wheelchair for his fat body. Valentine then infuriated fans (thus building up the demand for a rematch) by parading around in T-shirts which read "I Broke Wahoo's Leg" and "No More Wahoo." McDaniel also worked for

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's Slamboree 1993: A Legends' Reunion on May 23, 1993, where he teamed with

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and

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and fought

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and

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to a no-contest. At

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on May 23, 1995, he defeated Murdoch. He also worked in independent shows until retiring in 1996.

Personal life

McDaniel was married four times to three different women. With his first wife, Monta Rae, he had two daughters, Nikki, born in June 1963 and living in

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and Cindi, born in October 1965 and living in Azle, Texas. He has four grandchildren, and two great grandchildren from Dustin (Vayda and Bo Wayne) and Brittany through Nikki and twins, Morgan and Taylor, through Cindi. He was also an avid golfer and hunter. McDaniel's health started to deteriorate in the mid-1990s, which led to his retirement in 1996, and he eventually lost both kidneys in 2000. He was awaiting a

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when he suffered a stroke and died of complications from diabetes and

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on April 18, 2002 in Houston, Texas. His body was cremated and his ashes were scattered over a lake in

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Championships and accomplishments

*American Championship Wrestling **ACW World Heavyweight Championship (1 time) **ACW United States Championship (1 time) *

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(1 time) - with Crusher Lisowski (1 time) (Title change is not recognized outside of Denver, Co) *

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**Other honoree ( 1996) *

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( 1 time) **

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( 1 time) ** NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship ''(Florida version)'' (

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) ** NWA United States Tag Team Championship ''(Florida version)'' ( 1 time) – with

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** NWA World Tag Team Championship ''(Florida version)'' (

) – with

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(

) **

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( 1 time) – with

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(1 time) *

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** IWA World Heavyweight Championship ( 1 time) * Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling / Jim Crockett Promotions /

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( 7 times) **

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( 1 time) **

( 5 times) ** NWA World Tag Team Championship ''(Mid-Atlantic version)'' ( 4 times) – with

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(2), Rufus R. Jones (1), and Paul Jones (1) **

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(

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) **Cadillac Cup (1976) **NWA United States Championship Tournament (1984) *Mid-Atlantic Wrestling Alliance **MAWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *

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( 1 time) - with Chief White Owl *

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(Class of 2011) * NWA Big Time Wrestling **

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(

) **

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( 3 times) – with

(2), and Thunderbolt Paterson(1) **

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( 1 time) – with Tony Parisi *North American Wrestling Alliance **NAWA Heavyweight Championship (2 times) *

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(1976) **PWI ranked him # 97 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003. *

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** SCW Hall of Fame (Class of 1998) *

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(Class of 2000) *

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(

) ** SCW Southwest Tag Team Championship ( 1 time) – with

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( 1 time) – with

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SCW World Tag Team Title history
At wrestling-titles.com *Ultimate Championship Wrestling **UCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *

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( Class of 2019) *''

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( Class of 2002)

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