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Ray Gunkel

Personal Data

Birthday:

16.02.1924

Birthplace:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Day of death:

01.08.1972 (at the age of 48)

Cause of death:

Herzinfarkt

Gender:

male

Height:

6' 3" (190 cm)

Weight:

260 lbs (118 kg)

Background in sports:

Ringen

Career Data

Alter egos:

Ray Gunkel

Roles:

Singles Wrestler
Promoter

Beginning of in-ring career:

1948

End of in-ring career:

01.08.1972

In-ring experience:

24 years

Trainer:

Billy Thom

Signature moves:

Texas Octopus

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Average rating: 8.50 [2]

Average rating in 2026: 9.00 [1]

Average rating in 2021: 8.00 [1]

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Latest comments of the CAGEMATCH inmates

PEW565 wrote on 24.08.2026:

[9.0] "Ray Gunkel was a top level amateur wrestler who was a top babyface in Texas and Georgia. He was a consistent headliner from 1951-1971 or so"

Rudy Rizzo wrote on 03.04.2021:

[8.0] "Good looking and great wrestler. Gunkel was pretty darn good. He also took a devastating power bomb from Lou Thesz in 1951. Good promoter also, and his death was the catalyst for the Georgia wrestling war."