Danny Fargo

Danny Fargo
Birth name Audie Leon Hager
Born (1959-06-13)June 13, 1959[1]
Nicholasville, Kentucky
Died December 26, 2003(2003-12-26) (aged 44)
Nicholasville, Kentucky
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Danny Fargo[1]
Dan Greer[1]
El Momio[1]
Billed height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1]
Billed weight 275 lb (125 kg)[1]
Trained by Dale Mann[1]
The Sheik[1]
Debut 1974
Retired 2001[1]

Audie Leon Hager[1] (June 13, 1959 – December 26, 2003)[1] was an American professional wrestler, best known by his ring names Danny Fargo and Dan Greer. Hager also worked for the World Wrestling Council as El Momio, and also worked in Mexico.

Career

Hager, using the name Dan Greer, began teaming with Eric Embry as the Fabulous Blonds, replacing Ken Timbs in the Southwest Championship Wrestling (SCW) tag team.[1] They won the SCW Southern Tag Team Championship twice. Hager also replaced Ken Timbs, once again, in the Fabulous Fargo tag team in World Organization of Wrestling in 1987. He also formed a long time tag team with Johnny "Bam Bam" Reeves known as The Boogie Woogie Men. The won the Mountain Wrestling Association (MWA) tag titles multiple times.

As a singles star, Hager was one of the most popular in central Kentucky.[1] In 1995, Hager purchased Mountain Wrestling Association (MWA) from Dale Mann, but sold it in 1998. In 1999 Hager got back into the wrestling game by starting Universal Wrestling Alliance (UWA). UWA also never reached the success of the MWA and eventually folded in 2001. Hager retired permanently in 2001.[1]

Personal life

Hager was married to a former professional wrestler, Miss Cricket.[1] Hager had three children, two sons and a daughter.[1] At the time of his death, Hager had five grandchildren.[1]

Hager died from cancer on December 26, 2003.[1]

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 "Danny Fargo". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
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