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Alan Wojcik: For anyone who is not aware, you are a second generation wrestler. Please tell us who your father is and his major contributions to wrestling, plus where did the Stasiak name come from?
Shawn Stasiak: My father wrestled for 27 years. Was one of the pioneers of the wrestling industry and was the fifth wrestler in the WWE to become champion. He was a big hit all over the world namely the in the Pacific Northwest where he was a multiple time champion. The name STASIAK actually came from the original Stan Stasiak who was a wrester back in the 1930’s I believe. He actually passed away from blood poisoning he got from a wrestling match. Years later, my dad came along and was just getting started with the business and a promoter saw that my dad resembled the original Stan Stasiak. Look so much like him and so they gave him that name. Later, my father put the moniker “The Man” to the name and the rest is history.