Eddie (Eddy) Creatchman [1]
BornFebruary 27, 1928[2]
Montreal[2]
DiedMarch 9, 1994[2]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)The Brain[2]
The Boss[2]

Eddie Creatchman (February 27, 1928 – March 9, 1994) was a Canadian professional wrestling manager. He was known as Eddie "The Brain" Creatchman, manager of wrestlers such as The Sheik, The Great Samu and Steve Strong.

Professional wrestling career

Creatchman began his professional wrestling career in the late 1940s. He was first a wrestler, then a referee and later became a wrestling manager.[3][4]

As a manager, Creatchman's character was known for wearing sunglasses, smoking a cigar, and wearing a Star of David.[2] Creatchman helped promote his wrestlers who could not handle themselves in interviews. He is best known for his time on the Quebec independent wrestling circuit, where he managed The Sheik and Abdullah the Butcher.[2] While managing The Sheik in 1970, he caused a riot at the Montreal Forum, and as a result, an impressed Sheik brought Creatchman to Detroit to continue managing him.[2]

In the 1980s, Creatchman served as the manager for Steve Strong in Montreal-based International Wrestling as Strong brawled with the likes of Abdullah the Butcher and Rick Martel. Also in the 1980s, he managed The Great Samu and Sheik Ali.

Creatchman and his son Floyd owned International Wrestling from 1986 to 1987.[5]

Personal life

Aside from wrestling, Creatchman owned a scrap metal business, which he ran with his wife Goldie, who he married in 1949,[2] she died in 1985.[2] His son Floyd Creatchman, who also became a manager, died in 2003 from Crohn's disease.[6] He is survived by daughter Cheryl and grandchildren Joel & Alissa.[2][7]

Wrestlers managed

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Clipped from the Gazette". The Gazette. 10 March 1994. p. 25.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 "Canadian Hall of Fame: Eddie 'The Brain' Creatchman". SLAM! Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-01-26.
  3. ↑ "Eddie Creatchman". 19 January 2017.
  4. ↑ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Edouard Carpentier vs Mike Valentino. YouTube.
  5. ↑ "Federal Corporation Information - 212286-3 - Online Filing Centre - Corporations Canada - Corporations - Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada".
  6. ↑ Oliver, Greg (October 28, 2003). "Floyd Creatchman dead at 46". SLAM! Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-01-26.
  7. ↑ "Clipped from the Gazette". The Gazette. 10 March 1994. p. 25.

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