Danny McShain
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| Birth name | Danny McShain |
| Born |
October 30, 1912 Little Rock, Arkansas, United States |
| Died | July 14, 1992 (aged 79) Alvin, Texas, United States |
| Spouse(s) | Sallee Lewin |
| Family |
Mark Lewin (brother-in-law) Donn Lewin (brother-in-law) |
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| Ring name(s) | Danny McShain |
| Billed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Billed weight | 205 lb (93 kg; 14.6 st) |
| Debut | October 30, 1930 |
Danny McShain (October 30, 1912 to July 14, 1992) was an American professional wrestler. He competed in the southern United States from the 1930s to the 1960s.
McShain was born on October 30, 1912 in Little Rock, Arkansas. He made his professional wrestling debut in Little Rock, Arkansas on October 30, 1930. McShain later joined the United States Navy, where he excelled as a boxer and won several championships.
McShain's family moved to Glendale, California, where he competed for the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). He won his first championship, the NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship, on October 11, 1937. Over the next ten years, he held the title another nine times.
He later moved to Alvin, Texas, where he continued to compete for the NWA. He won the NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship on ten occasions between in 1948 and 1960 by defeating such wrestlers as Antonino Rocca and Verne Gagne. On November 19, 1951, he also defeated Gagne to win the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship. In 1954, McShain won the MWA American Tag Team Championship with partner Oyama Kato while competing for the Midwest Wrestling Association in Ohio.
After his retirement, McShain worked as a referee in Texas.
McShain wrestled as a "tough guy"; he proudly advertised his list of injuries to demonstrate the amount of punishment his body could take. He was also known for blading, as he often cut his own forehead during matches to draw blood. McShain was a stiff worker, as he put legitimate force behind his punches and made contact with his opponents rather than pretending to hit them. He used a piledriver as one of his ring moves, in which he would hold his opponents upside-down and then drop them head-first to the ring floor. On two occasions, McShain's opponents were killed as a result of injuries from the move.
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