Widely recognised as the originator of the brawling, bloody style of wrestling that later stars like Adbullah The Butcher, The Sheik and Mad Dog Vachon would capitalise on and nineties audiences would know as hardcore, Fred Koury began wrestling in the circus in 1929 to provide for his family. Never exactly the traditional circus strongman character, the teenaged Koury would instead play the hard man, inviting all comers to scrap with him to win a cash prize. During this early part of his career, he would famously win sixty-five straight fights without any going beyond the first round. In his twenties, Koury would be a policeman, and earned the nickname Wild Bull when he legitimately took down an escaped bull that had run wild in the streets, grabbing the enraged animal by its horns and wrestling it to the ground. Joining the wrestling circuit, Wild Bull Curry would become famous for his unpredictable, violent style, his use of weapons and found objects in matches. His look was a factor, too Curry was blessed with huge, bushy eyebrow and a face capable of the most demented, animalistic expressions. In these early days of professional wrestling, when kayfabe was still the watchword for the business, Curry was so feared and hated that actual riots would break out around his matches: one incident in particular in 1955 saw 140 fans given medical treatment. He would give as good as he got when attacked by fans, breaking one mans jaw and hospitalising others.
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