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A true crazy heel, he acted like a wild man in the ring, tearing up the turnbuckle with his teeth and using the stuffing as a weapon as well as sticking out his green tongue (an effect accomplished by eating green Clorets breath mints). He was then relegated to a feud with Chief Jay Strongbow, and lost to Edouard Carpentier at the Garden before taking a brief hiatus to reinvent his wildman character. He wrestled Sammartino to an hour-long draw at Madison Square Garden but lost the rematch. He also revealed his teaching background to interviewers that made his in-ring Neanderthal image all the more incongruous. He sold the story by using an array of armlocks on opponents, weakening them for his finisher, the Flying Hammerlock (Steele would lift his opponents off the mat by a hammerlocked arm). He told WWF TV commentator Ray Morgan that he was the nephew of Ray Steele ( kayfabe) and had an extensive amateur background.

Working well with Sammartino, he was invited for a full run in the WWF. The name was taken from Michigan High School Hall of Fame Coach George Steele of Warren, whom Myers coached against. There he dropped the mask, but still looking to hide his real name, adopted the name "George Steele".

Scouted by World Wide Wrestling Federation champion Bruno Sammartino, he began working in Pittsburgh in 1967 on the popular Studio Wrestling TV show broadcast on WIIC-TV (later WPXI-TV) Channel 11. Looking to supplement his income, he got into the world of Detroit-area professional wrestling, but in order to protect his privacy, he wrestled using a mask and the name The Student.

There he would eventually become a member of the Michigan Coaches Hall of Fame. Īfter gaining a bachelor of science degree from Michigan State University and a master's degree from Central Michigan University, Myers became a teacher, amateur wrestling coach, and football coach at Madison High School in Madison Heights, Michigan. In 1956, Myers entered Michigan State University as a football player for the Michigan State Spartans, but his career as a football player was immediately cut short as a result of knee problems. During high school, he found success in track running, baseball, basketball and football. Myers was raised in Madison Heights, Michigan.