Big John Studd
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| Birth name | John William Minton |
| Born |
February 19, 1948 Butler, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Died | March 20, 1995 (aged 47) Burke, Virginia, United States |
| Cause of death | Combination of liver cancer and Hodgkin's disease |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Big John Studd Captain USA Chuck O'Connor Executioner #2 The Mighty Minton |
| Billed height | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) |
| Billed weight | 363 lb (165 kg) |
| Billed from | Los Angeles, California |
| Trained by | Killer Kowalski |
| Debut | 1972 |
| Retired | 1993 |
John William Minton (February 19, 1948 – March 20, 1995) was an American professional wrestler and actor, better known by his ring name, Big John Studd. Studd is best known for his appearances with the World Wide Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Federation in the 1970s and 1980s.
Studd held a number of championships over his career, including the NWA American Heavyweight Championship, NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship, and WWWF World Tag Team Championship, and was the winner of the 1989 Royal Rumble. He was posthumously inducted into the WCW Hall of Fame in 1995 and the WWE Hall of Fame in 2004.
Studd was trained by Killer Kowalski. He debuted in 1972 under the ring name "The Mighty Minton", wrestling on the Los Angeles independent circuit, where he formed a tag team with "Superstar" Billy Graham.
In mid-1972, Studd joined the World Wide Wrestling Federation under the ring name "Chuck O'Connor", facing wrestlers such as Chief Jay Strongbow and Gorilla Monsoon. On September 12, 1972, Studd unsuccessfully challenged Pedro Morales for the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship. Later that month at Showdown at Shea, Studd lost to El Olympico by disqualification. He left the WWWF in February 1973.
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