- Born
- Birth nameJohn Stanley Hansen
- Nicknames
- The Lariat
- The Bad Man from Borger Texas
- Height6′ 3″ (1.91 m)
- Refused to drop the American Wrestling Association heavyweight title in 1984, even when told directly by AWA president Verne Gagne. Never officially dropped the title and was stripped of it for failure to defend it in thirty days. When the AWA asked him to return the belt since he wasn't champion anymore, Stan agreed to do so. But not until after he destroyed it by driving over it with his 4X4 pickup countless times. This led to Stan Hansen basically being blackballed from the North American wrestling scene for six years, which was fine with Hansen since he made most of his money in Japan anyway.
- IMDb mini biography by: Matthew Jones
- Wore a cowboy hat, chaps and carried a bulrope and cowbell when active as a professional wrestler.
- Liked to chew tobacco on his way to the ring and when wrestling in America, would spit it on his opponents if he didn't like them.
- Broke Bruno Sammartino's neck in Madison Square Garden in 1976
- During his rematch with Bruno Sammartino at Shea's Stadium in June 1976, the "Living Legend" beat him so badly that Hansen fled the ring and was counted out.
- Stan Hansen was the first Gaijin wrestler (foreigner) to have beaten Antonio Inoki and Giant Baba.
- Still wrestles in Japan
- WWE Hall of Famer.
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