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Paul "Pinkie" George (born Paul Lloyd Georgeacopoulos; January 22, 1905 – November 1, 1993) was an American professional wrestling promoter, boxer and businessman best known as the visionary behind, and first president of, the National Wrestling Alliance.
“Pinkie” George and one of the original founding members of the National Wrestling Alliance. The Des Moines promoter, along with his brother Andrew, brought a new era of wrestling to Iowa from Des Moines to Waterloo. From the NWA’s inception in 1948 until 1950, Paul served as the President of the organization as it grew
The Des Moines Boxing Club, headed by Pinkie George and Dave Fidler, announced their first wrestling show to be held on 1931-02-17 at the Coliseum with Joe Savoldi and Jack Kanoche facing each other in the main event. However, the show was cancelled when fewer than 400 persons were in the building.
Nov 1, 1993 · Full wrestling profile of Pinkie George, with Career History, Real Name, Height, Weight, Age, Face/Heel Turns, Titles Won, Finishers, Theme Songs, Tag Teams, appearance changes, and more.
By mid-1940s, Pinkie George of Des Moines, IA was promoting his world titles as the “National Wrestling Alliance” championships. On 1948-07-18, George met with four other promoters from the Midwest to form the expanded version of the NWA:
Paul "Pinkie" George (born Paul Lloyd Georgeacopoulos; January 22, 1905 – November 1, 1993) was an American professional wrestling promoter, boxer and businessman best known as the visionary behind, and first president of, the National Wrestling Alliance.
Pinkie (or Pinky) George was an American boxing promoter and manager out of the state of Iowa. George was the promoter of boxing programs at Electric Park in Waterloo during the early 1930s, before he started promoting in Des Moines in 1933.
