Lanny Poffo

Lanny Poffo deserves more credit than the shadow of his brother often allowed. As the high-flying "Leaping" Lanny and later the literate, poem-reciting "Genius," he proved wrestling could be theater of the mind as much as the body. What I find genuinely endearing is his post-ring life as a motivational speaker and poet, turning performance into something gentler and more reflective. A second-generation talent who carved his own lane rather than chasing his sibling's spotlight, he passed in 2023, but I think his playful intelligence is exactly what made him memorable to me.

Name (English)

Lanny Poffo

Name (Japanese)

ラニー・ポッフォ

Reading

らにー・ぽっふぉ

Born

December 28, 1954 – February 2, 2023

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Horse

Origin

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Height

183 cm

Occupation

professional wrestler / author

High school

Downers Grove North High School

• Official sitehttps://www.geniuslannypoffo.com/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanny%20Poffo
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9D%E3%83%83%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1805538

Tags

• Alberta
• professional wrestler
• author

Last updated

2026-06-18

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.