Professional Wrestling Career
| Jesse Ventura | |
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Poster used in a 1987 education campaign aimed at teens, featuring then professional wrestler Jesse Ventura |
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| Ring name(s) | Jesse "The Body" Ventura |
| Billed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Billed weight | 245 lb (111 kg) |
| Born | (1951-07-15) July 15, 1951 (age 61) Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Billed from | Brooklyn Park, Minnesota San Diego, California |
| Trained by | Eddie Sharkey |
| Debut | October 1975 |
| Retired | 1986 |
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