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career and some interesting facts of the famous wrestler Ricky Steamboat.
Richard Henry Blood Sr., better known by his ring name Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat,
is an American retired professional wrestler, who became one of the most well-known professional
wrestlers of the late 1980s and early '90s. He was born on February 28, 1953 in West Point, New York,
United States and is 68 years old as of now. He was well known among wrestling fans as being
one of the few wrestlers who stayed a babyface throughout his lengthy career. He is best known
for his work with American Wrestling Association (AWA), National Wrestling Alliance (NWA),
World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF).
Blood went to high school in New York and graduated in 1971
from Boca Ciega High School in Gulfport, Florida, where he was on the school wrestling team.
He was a two-time New York State wrestling qualifier and a Florida state champion.
The wrestler has been through 5 marriages. He was married to Maureen Powers from 1977
to 1980, to Debra Blood from 1981 to 1985, to Bonny Hastings from 1985 to 2003,
to Claudia Sobieski from 2004 to 2012 and has been married to Sandi McAlister since 2017.
Steamboat's son from his third wife Bonny, Ricky Steamboat, Jr.,
is also a professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Richie Steamboat.
Blood debuted in 1976 as a babyface in the American Wrestling Association (AWA) under his
real name "Rick Blood". In 1977, he went into Jim Crockett Production (JCP) where he would
make the following eight years of his career. In 1985, he entered the World Wrestling Federation
(WWF), where he was given the gimmick of The Dragon. This was the gimmick and nickname he
would use until the end of his wrestling career in 2004. Steamboat returned to the WWE in 2005
as a road agent. On April 15, 2009 he returned for a wrestle in the ring with a team against wrestler
Jericho. Steamboat's last match was teaming with his son Richie at Florida Championship Wrestling's
Father's Day Salute on June 18, 2010. He has since worked as an Ambassador for the company.
In JCP and WCW, he was a one-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion, a four-time United States
Heavyweight Champion, a four-time World Television Champion, a twelve-time World Tag Team Champion
(eight-time under the WCW banner, one-time (though unofficial) under the NWA banner and
three-time under the Mid-Atlantic banner) and a two-time Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Champion.
In the WWF/E, Steamboat was a one-time Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion
and was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2009.
In 2022, Ricky Steamboat's net worth was estimated to be $1 million.
Ricky was born to a Hawaiian father and a Japanese American mother,
from whom he got his Asian features that would be crucial later for his performance as "The Dragon".
He is the older brother of professional wrestler Vic Steamboat.
WWE signing Ricky Steamboat to become a producer seemed like an obvious success on paper. Steamboat
was a genius inside of the ring and got along well with the younger talent who greatly respected him.
That made it more surprising when Steamboat was unable to adapt to the new role.
WWE removed him from the position after one of the shorter trial periods for a producer.
Bruce Prichard claimed that Steamboat’s genius was more natural in the ring,
and he had a hard time trying to explain what to do to those having their own matches.
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