Height: 6'1"

Weight: 245 lbs

Born: April 11th 1943

Hometown: Quitman, Missouri

Pro Debut: 1960

Trained By: Buddy Austin, Ray Gordon,
Gus Karras

Promotions Worked For:
American Wrestling Association,
National Wrestling Alliance,
World Wrestling Entertainment,
World Championship Wrestling,
World League Wrestling


Titles Held:
Pacific Wrestling Federation title 1982,
Central States Heavyweight title (x7)
Mid Atlantic United States title 1975,
NWA United Nations Heavyweight title 1982,
NWA Southern Heavyweight title 1975,
NWA Georgia Heavyweight title 1974,
NWA Mid-America Heavyweight title 1985,
Stampede North American Heavyweight title 1974,
WWC Caribbean Heavyweight title 1990,
AWA World Tag Team titles (x5)
International Wrestling Alliance Tag Team titles 1966,
Central States Tag Team titles 1972,
NWA Florida Tag Team titles 1975 (x2)
Missouri Heavyweight title.
WWA Heavyweight title,
NWA World Heavyweight title (x8),
WWF King of the Ring 1986

In 1994 he was inducted into the WCW Hall Of Fame and the Stampede Wrestling Hall Of Fame,

In 1999 he was inducted into the Professional Wrestling Hall Of Fame

In 2004 he was inducted into the WWE Hall Of Fame