Title History
- NWA (Chicago) United States Heavyweight title defeating Wilbur Snyder (October 19, 1956);
- NWA (Florida) World Televison title (November 1956);
- NWA (Los Angeles) World Tag Team titles w/Hans Herman (October 1957);
- BTW (Big Time Wrestling) United States Heavyweight title (1959);
- BTW (Big Time Wrestling) United States Heavyweight title defeating Frank Scarpa (1961);
- MAC (Montreal) International Heavyweight title defeating Edouard Carpentier (July 20, 1961);
- NWA (Chicago) United States Heavyweight title defeating Pat O` Connor (July 5, 1962);
- BTW (Big Time Wrestling) United States Heavyweight title defeating Frank Scarpa (March 1963);
- IWA (Montreal) International Heavyweight title won a tournament (October 1, 1965);
- IWA (Montreal) International Heavyweight title defeating Edouard Carpentier (July 6, 1966);
- IWA (Montreal) International Heavyweight title defeating Edouard Carpentier (November 16, 1966);
- NWA (Georgia) Southern Tag Team titles w/El Mongol defeating Alberto & Enrique Torres (April 26, 1968);
Career Highlights
- Guy Larose (A canadian) started wrestling after the war in the 1950s using a german heel gimmick..
- Hans Schmidt was one the most hated wrestlers alive, playing an evil German..
- Hans Schmidt formed tag teams with Dick ‘The Bulldog’ Brower, Hans Hermann and Fritz von Erich..
- Hans Schmidt would often use his World War II helmet, which he wore to the ring, as a weapon against his opponents..
- One of the 1950s wrestling magazines refused to list Schmidt in their top ten..
- ~~~They claimed he was “too rough for ratings” they listed him in “a catagory of his own”..
- October 1954: Hans Schmidt squared off with Buddy Rogers at the Akron Armory in Ohio..
- ~~~Schmidt was so hated he actuially turned Rogers into a babyface with no corresponding angle..
- ~~~This encounter saw them trading falls and in the third fall, the ring broke!
- Hans Schmidt was still wrestling in Montreal in the 70s — billed from Chicago, ironically where he had the most success..
- Guy Larose is now rumored to be somewhat of a hermit, living in the woods somewhere in the province of Quebec..