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Dusek family

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The Dusek family was a professional wrestling family. Its real surname was Hason.[1] It started with four brothers, Ernie, Emil, Joe and Rudy, often billed as the Dusek Riot Squad and well known in the Omaha, Nebraska territory.

Footage of a tag team match between two of the Dusek brothers against "Moquin and Watson of Canada" in Montreal in 1948
Two brothers of the Dusek Family against Yvon Robert and Laurent "Larry" Moquin, during a tag team wrestling match, June 1945

The family also wrestled in the New York territory. After Emil was injured in a car accident, he was replaced by Wally, a kayfabe cousin (real name Santen); Wally's real son Frank later debuted.

Emil and Ernie were inducted into the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum in 2008. In 2018, Joe was inducted into the Nebraska Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame. In 2021, Ernie, Emil and Rudy joined him.

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Ernie

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Ernie Dusek was born in Omaha, Nebraska on January 26, 1909, to Anton and Maria Hason, Bohemian immigrants. He wrestled with Rudy and Emil in the New York territory from 1933 to 1940. He was the NWA Texas Heavyweight Champion until he was beaten by Lou Thesz in Houston. He wrestled many famous wrestlers, such as Warren Bockwinkel,[2] George Zaharias, Lou Thesz, Wladek Zbyszko, Yvon Robert, Karl Sarpolis, Sandor Szabo, Mike Mazurki, Abe Coleman and Man Mountain Dean. He won the NWA Southern Tag Team Championship (Mid-Atlantic version) two times with Emil. They took the NWA Canadian Open Tag Team Championship from Tiny Mills and Al Mills in Toronto. He died in Omaha, Nebraska, on April 11, 1994.

Emil

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Emil Dusek was born in Omaha, Nebraska on March 31, 1905. He wrestled with Rudy and Ernie in the New York territory from 1934 to 1940. He wrestled legends Danno O'Mahony and Ed Lewis and lost to both. He won the NWA Southern Tag Team Championship Mid-Atlantic version two times with Ernie. He won the NWA Canadian Open Tag Team Championship with Ernie in Toronto from Tiny and Al Mills. He died on July 9, 1986.

Rudy

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Rudy Dusek was born on January 25, 1901, in Omaha, Nebraska. He wrestled with Emil and Ernie in the New York territory from 1933 to 1940. He wrestled for the NYSAC Heavyweight Title against Jim Browning and against George Zaharias to a curfew draw at St. Nicholas Arena. He went over an hour in a draw with Karol Zbyszko and faced many legendary wrestlers in his day, such as Jim Londos, Steve Casey, George Zaharias, Ed Lewis and Sandor Szabo. He was defeated by the Bulgarian Dan Koloff in 1919. He died on October 27, 1971.

Joe

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Joe Dusek was born in Omaha, Nebraska, on December 12, 1910. He wrestled with Rudy, Ernie and Emil in the New York territory from 1935 to 1940. He lost to Ed Lewis and also wrestled French great Yvon Robert to a draw. As a promoter, he gave Tim Woods the name Mr. Wrestling. He died on October 31, 1992, in Omaha, Nebraska.

Kayfabe

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Wally

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Wally Dusek was the stage name of professional wrestler Charlie Santen who was born on August 10, 1909. Though billed as a Dusek brother when they teamed, they were unrelated. He was trained by famed wrestler John Pesek. He was a road agent and an announcer for Jim Crockett's Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling before retiring and died on October 29, 1991.

Frank

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Frank Dusek (sometimes billed as "Captain" Frank Dusek) was the stage name of Frank Santen (Wally's real son). He was a wrestler, television commentator and matchmaker for World Class Championship Wrestling while the company was shown on ESPN. He won the NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship from Barry Windham and commentated for the Universal Wrestling Federation.

Championships and accomplishments

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References

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  1. ^ Hornbaker, Tim (2007). National Wrestling Alliance: The Untold Story of the Monopoly that Strangled Pro Wrestling. ECW Press. ISBN 978-1-55022-741-3.
  2. ^ Luce, Don (April 30, 2006). "Buffalo - 1950". SteelBeltWrestling.com. Archived from the original on February 6, 2012.
  3. ^ "Honorees". Cauliflower Alley Club. Archived from the original on July 6, 2022. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
  4. ^ Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "Texas: NWA World Tag Team Title [Siegel, Boesch and McLemore]". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Pennsylvania: Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  5. ^ "National Wrestling Alliance World Tag Team Title [E. Texas]". Wrestling-Titles. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
  6. ^ *Will, Gary; Duncan, Royal (2000). "Texas: NWA Texas Heavyweight Title [Von Erich]". Wrestling Title Histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Pennsylvania: Archeus Communications. pp. 268–269. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  7. ^ "NWA Texas Heavyweight Title". Wrestling-Titles. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
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