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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox person Edward Hugh McDaniel<ref name=":0">Template:Cite book</ref> (June 19, 1938 – April 18, 2002) was an American<ref name=":1">Template:Cite magazine</ref> professional football player and professional wrestler better known by his ring name Wahoo McDaniel. He is notable for having held the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship five times. McDaniel was a major star in the American Wrestling Association and prominent National Wrestling Alliance affiliated promotions such as Championship Wrestling from Florida, Georgia Championship Wrestling, NWA Big Time Wrestling and, most notably, Jim Crockett Promotions.

McDaniel is often compared to his contemporary, Chief Jay Strongbow, due to both portraying similar Native American gimmicks.<ref name=":2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Early lifeEdit

McDaniel was born in the small town of Bernice, Louisiana, in 1938. His family was Choctaw-Chickasaw,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and he was a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. His father Hugh, worked in the oil industry and moved to several towns before settling down in Midland, Texas.<ref name=":2" /> He attended Midland High School, where he was a track state champion in the shot put and second in the state in the discus.<ref name=":3">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> One of his baseball coaches, particularly for his Pony League team, was George H. W. Bush.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4">Template:Cite magazine</ref> The name "Wahoo" actually came from his father, who was known as "Big Wahoo".<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":2" /> Though he was a problematic teenager, he was recruited to the University of Oklahoma by Bud Wilkinson.<ref name=":0" /> While attending, he was a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity and also a part of Wilkinson's Sooners football program, where he holds the record for the longest punt at 91 yards.<ref name=":2" />

Professional football careerEdit

McDaniel began his career as a professional football player in 1960 in the American Football League (AFL), playing for the Houston Oilers during their inaugural AFL Championship-winning season.<ref name=":2" /><ref name="mcdanielprofootball">Template:Cite news</ref> He then played for the Denver Broncos between 1961 and 1963.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=mcdanielprofootball /> After he started playing as a linebacker for the New York Jets in 1964, McDaniel started wearing a custom jersey which had the name "Wahoo" sewn on the back above jersey 54, and whenever he made a tackle as a Jet, the public address announcer would ask the crowd WHO made that tackle, in which the crowd would shout, "Wahoo! Wahoo! Wahoo!"<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":8">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> After two seasons with the Jets, McDaniel went to the Miami Dolphins in 1966,<ref name=":0" /> and played with this team until his retirement after the 1968 season.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=mcdanielprofootball /><ref name=":5">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Professional wrestling careerEdit

While with the Houston Oilers, McDaniel also trained with NWA Amarillo wrestling promoter Dory Funk Sr. and became a professional wrestler as a way to supplement his income<ref name=":5" /> by the time he was traded to the Denver Broncos in 1961.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> After he was traded to the New York Jets in 1964,<ref name=":6">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> McDaniel began wrestling for Vincent J. McMahon's World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF). The promoter wanted him to play off his Native American heritage, thus he was given the moniker "Chief" Wahoo McDaniel.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":5" /> After he was traded to the Miami Dolphins in 1966, McDaniel began wrestling for Eddie Graham's Championship Wrestling from Florida (CWF). When his football career ended in 1969, McDaniel became a full-time wrestler; in his first year, McDaniel became involved in NWA Texas and won the NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship.<ref name=":7">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

While wrestling in the American Wrestling Association (AWA), McDaniel engaged in a feud with Superstar Billy Graham. Along with Johnny Valentine, Superstar Billy Graham was regarded as one of McDaniel's earliest and bitter rivals. Between 1973 and 1974, McDaniel and Superstar would engage in numerous wrestling bouts in what was considered one of the AWA's top-drawing feuds of the 1970s. Some of these bouts included Indian Strap Matches and also tag team matches which pitted McDaniel and The Crusher against Superstar and Ivan Koloff.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":7" /> In 1974, McDaniel came to Mid-Atlantic to wrestle for Jim Crockett Promotions and help build up the territory as a singles territory in a feud with a rival from Texas, Johnny Valentine.<ref name=":7" /> The feud evolved into a tag feud with McDaniel and Paul Jones taking on Valentine and Ric Flair, who McDaniel met in the AWA.<ref name=":7" /><ref name=":0" />

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Wahoo McDaniel (left) vs Harley Race (right), circa 1970's

McDaniel and Valentine had a historical feud remembered for the sheer force of their punch/chop exchanges, both men widely known for their hard-hitting style.<ref name=":8" /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> On June 29, 1975, McDaniel won the NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship by defeating Valentine.<ref name=":9" /> In 1977, Johnny Valentine's son Greg Valentine attacked McDaniel and broke his leg in an angle to establish Greg as Johnny's successor.<ref name=":7" /> Valentine originally won the title on June 11, 1977, with McDaniel regaining it two months later.<ref name=":9" /> On September 7, 1977, Valentine regained the title at the WRAL-TV studio tapings, breaking McDaniel's leg in the process. This angle is particularly remembered for a follow-up interview weeks later with Flair and Valentine throwing change at McDaniel, and Valentine asking him if he needed a custom-made wheelchair for his fat body.<ref name=":0" /> Valentine then infuriated fans (thus building up the demand for a rematch) by parading around in T-shirts which read "I Broke Wahoo's Leg" and "No More Wahoo."<ref name=":7" />

McDaniel also worked for World Championship Wrestling's Slamboree 1993: A Legends' Reunion pay-per-view on May 23, 1993, where he teamed with Blackjack Mulligan and Jim Brunzell and fought Dick Murdoch, Don Muraco and Jimmy Snuka to a no-contest.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> At Slamboree on May 23, 1995, he defeated Murdoch.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He also worked in independent shows until retiring in 1996.<ref name=":7" /><ref name=":4" />

Personal lifeEdit

McDaniel was married four times to three different women.<ref name=":4" /> With his first wife, Monta Rae, he had two daughters, Nikki, born in June 1963 and living in Houston and Cindi, born in October 1965 and living in Azle, Texas.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> He also has four grandchildren, from Nikki Rowe (Dustin and Brittany)and from Cindi Blank (twins Morgan and Taylor as well as four great-grandchildren. Dustin has(Vayda and Bo Wayne), Morgan (Monroe) and Taylor (Rory). He was also an avid golfer and hunter.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5" />

McDaniel's health started to deteriorate in the mid-1990s,<ref name=":4" /> which led to his retirement in 1996, and he eventually lost both kidneys in 2000.<ref name=":6" /> He was awaiting a kidney transplant<ref name=":5" /> when he suffered a stroke and died of complications from diabetes and kidney failure on April 18, 2002, in Houston, Texas.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /> His body was cremated and his ashes are with his daughter Nikki in Houston, Texas.<ref name=":0" />

Championships and accomplishmentsEdit

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Wahoo McDaniel c. 1973

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McDaniel (left) and Mark Youngblood (right) as NWA Tag Team Champions, circa 1984

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  • Ultimate Championship Wrestling
    • UCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)<ref name="Titles"/>
  • WWE

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