rounds of the 1974 and 1975 New Japan Pro-Wrestling World League Tournaments, both of which he lost to Antonio Inoki. Stateside, Krupp first became a big name in the Texas territory in 1973 before moving on to Portland in 1974 where he feuded with Dutch Savage. He also appeared in CWF Florida in 1975 and then moved on to Dick the Bruiser's WWA in Indiana. There as well as in Detroit, he used the moniker Baron von Krupp. In 1980, Krupp came to Memphis, where he eventually joined Jimmy Hart's First Family of Wrestling stable and tangled with Jerry Lawler. He returned before long, however, to Atlantic, Canada, where he had a memorable run in Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling, holding the European Title and feuding with The Great Malumba and Hercules Cortez. In the mid-1980s, near the end of his career, he feuded with Angelo Mosca around southern Ontario. By the end of March 1983, he began wrestling in the Dallas Texas-based territory for his former All Japan Pro Wrestling tag partner, Fritz Von Erich's World Class Championship Wrestling. Later life George Momberg retired to his adopted home in Atlantic Canada in 1988, working for Midland Trucking Company. He died in Moncton, New Brunswick after contracting hepatitis while wrestling in Japan. Championships and accomplishments All Japan Pro Wrestling NWA International Tag Team Championship (Japan version) (2 times) - with Johnny Valentine (1) and Fritz von Erich (1) Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling AGPW European Championship (1 time) AGPW International Championship (2 times) AGPW North American Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Hans Herman Championship Wrestling from Florida NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (Florida version) (2 times) Continental Wrestling Association AWA Southern Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with El Mongol Eastern Sports Association IW North American Heavyweight Championship (3 times) NWA Big Time Wrestling NWA Brass Knuckles Championship (Texas version) (4 times) NWA Western States Sports NWA Brass Knuckles Championship (Amarillo version) (1 time) Pacific Northwest Wrestling NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship with Kurt von Steiger World Championship Wrestling (Australia) NWA Austra-Asian Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Butcher Brannigan World Wrestling Council WWC North American Heavyweight Championship (1 time) References External links SLAM! Wrestling Bio of Killer Karl Krupp Russian-language profile of Killer Karl Krupp 1934 births 1995 deaths Canadian expatriate professional wrestlers in the United States Canadian male professional wrestlers Dutch emigrants to Canada Faux German professional