Stan "The Man" Stasiak won the WWWF Championship on December 1, 1973, defeating Pedro Morales. Stasiak was used as a transition champion, defeating Morales for the belt and holding it for just nine days before losing it to Sammartino on December 10, 1973.
For several years he was the tag team partner of The Gladiator and wrestled primarily out of the Cow Palace in San Francisco. Stasiak and The Gladiator maintained a fairly long term rivalry with the team of Ray Stevens and Peter Maivia.
Stan Stasiak also had a WWWF title shot against "Superstar" Billy Graham in 1977.
In 1997, he died of heart failure.