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Ricky Steamboat

1953 - Today

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Richard Henry Blood Sr. (born February 28, 1953), better known by his ring name Ricky "the Dragon" Steamboat, is an American retired professional wrestler best known for his work with the American Wrestling Association (AWA), Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). Steamboat is often regarded as one of the best professional wrestlers of all time.In JCP and WCW, he was a one-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion, a four-time United States Heavyweight Champion, a four-time World Television Champion, a 12-time World Tag Team Champion (eight under the WCW banner, one (though unofficial) under the NWA banner, and three under the Mid-Atlantic banner), and a two-time Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Champion. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ricky Steamboat has received more than 2,917,964 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Ricky Steamboat is the 220th most popular wrestler (down from 187th in 2019), the 9,752nd most popular biography from United States (down from 9,348th in 2019) and the 76th most popular American Wrestler.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Ricky Steamboats by language

Over the past year Ricky Steamboat has had the most page views in the with 390,300 views, followed by Japanese (19,127), and Spanish (10,180). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (209.39%), Catalan (52.04%), and Danish (51.50%)

Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Ricky Steamboat ranks 220 out of 1,027. Before him are Lou Albano, Yuji Takada, Roman Dmitriyev, Mitsuo Ikeda, Armen Nazaryan, and Eric Bischoff. After him are George Mehnert, Rikishi, Zakaria Chihab, Soslan Andiyev, Bob Orton Jr., and Kerry Von Erich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Ricky Steamboat ranks 466. Before him are Aleksandr Poleshchuk, Pedro López Quintana, Albert Pyun, Andy Hertzfeld, Desiré Wilson, and Sally Menke. After him are Reneta Indzhova, Paco Herrera, Yuri Gavrilov, Jan Möller, Sayan Sanya, and Pavol Biroš.

Others Born in 1953

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ricky Steamboat ranks 9,752 out of 20,380. Before him are Natalie Talmadge (1896), Leah Remini (1970), Jerome Biffle (1928), Nicholas Katzenbach (1922), Joe Roth (1948), and Stipe Miocic (1982). After him are Jack White (1975), Marilu Henner (1952), George Mehnert (1881), Marguerite Clark (1883), Thomas F. Bayard (1828), and Tom Harrell (1946).

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Among WRESTLERS In United States

Among wrestlers born in United States, Ricky Steamboat ranks 76. Before him are Dave Schultz (1959), William Smith (1928), Lex Luger (1958), Jim Duggan (1954), Don Frye (1965), and Eric Bischoff (1955). After him are George Mehnert (1881), Rikishi (1965), Bob Orton Jr. (1950), Kerry Von Erich (1960), Ken Shamrock (1964), and A.J. Styles (1977).

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