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4	Edward [=McDaniel=] (June 19, 1938 – April 18, 2002) was a Native American football player turned {{Professional Wrestl\|ing}}er as '''Chief Wahoo [=McDaniel=].''' He started his football career in the 1960s and would wrestle in the off-season, until he turned full-time by the end of the decade. He regularly competed in various Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance territories, particularly in Texas, Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas, as well as for the [[Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation AWA]], Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling, [[Wrestling/{{WWE}} the WWWF]], Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling and various independent promotions. He made his [=PPV=] debut defeating Manny Fernandez in an Indian Strap Match at ''AWA [=SuperClash=] III.'' Among his in-ring achievements, he was a 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/awa/awa-t.html AWA World Tag Team Champion]] with Wrestling/TheCrusher, a 5x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-us-h.html NWA United States Heavyweight Champion]], a 2x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tx/wccw/am-h.html NWA American (World Class) Heavyweight Champion]] and a multiple-time [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/midatlantic/ma-h.html NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Champion]]. He passed away from complications from diabetes and renal failure on April 18, 2002. He was inducted into the ''[[Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter Wrestling Observer Newsletter]]'' Hall of Fame in 2002.
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6	!! "Indian Strap Tropes":
7	* ArchEnemy: Wrestling/GregValentine
8	* BadassNative: He was part Choctaw- Chickasaw Native American.
9	* BashBrothers: with Wrestling/PaulJones, Jose Lothario, Rufus R. Jones, the Crusher, Wrestling/DustyRhodes, Mark Youngblood.
10	* BoringButPractical: His FinishingMove, a chop to the skull. He once had a SquashMatch in the AWA where his ''entire'' offense was chops. It worked.
11	* UsefulNotes/CollegiateAmericanFootball: At the University of Oklahoma.
12	** UsefulNotes/AmericanFootball: For the Houston Oilers, Denver Broncos, New York Jets and Miami Dolphins
13	* EverythingIsBigInTexas: Born in Louisiana and later played football at the University of Oklahoma, but he was billed from Midland, TX, and was a huge name in the greater Houston area.
14	* FaceHeelTurn: In 1984 against Wrestling/RickySteamboat, aligning himself with Tully Blanchard and winning his fourth United States Heavyweight Title in the process.
15	* InconsistebtSpelling: His last name is sometimes misspelled as ''[=McDaniels=]''.
16	* RedBaron: 'Chief'
17	* RingOldies: He started in the 1960s and competed until 1996.
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