WRESTLER PROFILES

	Wrestler: Buddy Bison Real Name: Roger D. (Bud) Kowarko Birthday: October 1, 1940 Hometown: Buffalo, New York Marital Status: Married in 1964 (Miami) Height & Weight: 6'3" - 275 lbs Trained by: Stu Hart Steve Stanlee Debut: 19?? (Nashville) Previous Names: The Executioner Hurricane Chandler Finishing Move: The Backbreaker The Handman Combo Favorite Moves: The Leg Take-down Flying Head-scissors Notable Feuds: The Scufflin' Hillbillies The Russian Wolfmen Don Curtis & Abe Jacobs
(Florida) World Tag Team titles defeating Eddie Graham & Sam Steamboat (1964);
Buddy Bison formed a tag team with Dick Bison (Dick Logalbo of Buffalo, NY) as the "Bison Brothers" in Georgia.. Buddy Bison (as Executioner #1) formed a tag team with Charlie Bruce (Executioner #2) in the Florida territory.. December 10, 1962 - Georgia Championship Wrestling: Derrell Cochran & Rito Carreon versus Dick & Buddy Bison December 11, 1962 - Georgia Championship Wrestling: Derrell Cochran & Chief Little Eagle defeated Dick & Buddy Bison December 12, 1962 - Georgia Championship Wrestling: Derrell Cochran & Rito Carreon defeated Dick & Buddy Bison December 14, 1962 - Georgia Championship Wrestling: Rito Carreon and Buddy Bison wrestled to a draw December 18, 1962 - Georgia Championship Wrestling: Chief Little Eagle defeated Buddy Bison December 19, 1962 - Georgia Championship Wrestling: Bulldog Lawley defeated Buddy Bison.. The Executioners (billed from England) won several tag team tournaments throughout the South in between 1964-66.. October 13, 1964: The Russian Wolfmen defeated The Executioners (who were unmasked after the match) in Tampa, Florida.. October 17, 1964: Sam Steamboat defeated Buddy Bison in Tampa, Florida..