Steele spent most of his career playing a menacing monster heel, a villain known for his sometimes vicious brawls with the likes of champions Bruno Sammartino, Bob Backlund and Pedro Morales. He enjoyed his greatest fame near the end of his three-decade career as part of the 1980s WWE (then WWF) roster that included stars like Andre the Giant, “Rowdy” Roddy Piper, Hulk Hogan and “Macho Man” Randy Savage.
Portraying a green-tongued, bald-headed wildman, Steele was known for “eating” turnbuckles - ripping them open with his teeth and throwing the shredded padding at opponents. He had been moved into hospice care shortly before his death. Steele, real name Jim Myers, had been battling health problems for years, including kidney failure. Hall of Fame wrestler George “The Animal” Steele has died, according WWE. George ‘The Animal’ Steele was popular the world over.
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