Eric Pomeroy


Professional wrestling career

Pomeory started his career in 1951 in Toronto. He spent most of his early career in Canada and various National Wrestling Alliance territories. In 1964, he became Igor Kamiloff began teaming with Karol Kamiloff as the Kalmikoffs who were billed from Russia. The team didn't last, however, as Karol died from a fatal heart attack on September 12, 1964 in Salt Lake City after a match.
After Karol's death, Igor went on his own using the Russian gimmick. He was also known as the Mad Russian, Stan Pulaski and Sergei Pulaski working in Oklahoma, Calgary, Florida and Minnesota for the American Wrestling Association. Pulaski won the Nebraska Heavyweight Championship defeating Mighty Igor. He dropped the title to Mad Dog Vachon.
In 1967, he began teaming with Butcher Vachon, the brother of Mad Dog Vachon as Stan Vachon being billed as a brother of the Vachons. They won the tag team titles in Georgia four times feuding with the Torres Brothers for over a year until the titles were discontinued in November 1968. In 1969, he continued working for the American Wrestling Association and Central States in Kansas City.
Then in 1970, he made his debut in Halifax, Nova Scotia for Eastern Sports Association. He won the ESA International Tag Team Championship four times with Buck Robley, The Beast and Freddie Sweetan twice during the early 1970s.
Pulaski made his only tour in Japan in 1973 as the Mad Russian for All Japan Pro Wrestling.
In 1974, he teamed with Inferno #1 and won the NWA Mid-America Southern Tag Team Champion three-times. At the end of 1974, Pulaski was in a car accident with injuries forcing him to retire from wrestling.
In 1976, he wrestled a few more matches for AWA and the Eastern Sports Association before retiring for good.

Personal life

After wrestling he worked as a handyman at the Good Samaritan Home in Osceola, Nebraska for 20 years. He resided in Nebraska until his passing.

Death

Pomeroy died on September 29, 2012, at 79.

Championships and accomplishments