Killer Karl Krupp

George Momberg (May 13, 1934 – August 24, 1995), better known by the ring name Killer Karl Krupp, was a Dutch-born professional wrestler famous during the 1970s and 1980s.

Professional wrestling career

Momberg was interested in amateur wrestling as a youth. At the age of 16, he went to Canada and was involved in many sports, rowing and participating in amateur wrestling at the Hamilton Jewish Centre and in the local YMCA. He made his debut as a professional wrestler in 1957 as "The Flying Dutchman" Dutch Momberg,

On June 10, 1972, Krupp defeated Leo Burke for the ESA's IW North American Heavyweight Championship. Early the next year he went to Japan, where he had many of his early successes, co-holding the NWA International Tag Team Championship twice between February and April 1973 (once with Johnny Valentine and once each with fellow 'evil Germans', Fritz Von Erich and replacement partner Karl von Steiger). He also reached the final rounds of the 1974 and 1975 New Japan Pro-Wrestling World League Tournaments, both of which he lost to Antonio Inoki. Krupp and Von Erich worked as the "Iron Claw Masters" in Japan. He returned before long, however, to Atlantic Canada for a memorable run in Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling. Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling AGPW European Championship (1 time) AGPW International Championship (2 times) AGPW North American Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Hans Herman Championship Wrestling from Florida NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (Florida version) (2 times) Continental Wrestling Association AWA Southern Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with El Mongol Eastern Sports Association IW North American Heavyweight Championship (3 times) NWA Western States Sports NWA Brass Knuckles Championship (Amarillo version) (1 time) Pacific Northwest Wrestling NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship – with Kurt von Steiger (1 time) World Championship Wrestling (Australia) NWA Austra-Asian Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Butcher Brannigan World Wrestling Council WWC North American Heavyweight Championship (1 time)