Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 150 lbs
From: New York
Birthday: Jun 17
Pro Debut: Early 1950s
Aliases: Butch Boyette, The Masked Flash, The Super
Manager
Feds worked for: TSW,
NWA Mid-America (TN)
Finisher: Hangman's Neckbreaker
Career Highlights: -NWA (Alabama/Tennessee) World Tag Team Champion (w/
Lee Fields)
-NWA Georgia Champion (2x)
-NWA (Georgia) Southern Tag Team Title (4x, 1 each w/
Buddy Fuller,
Al Galento &
Bobby Shane &
Dutch Savage)
-NWA Gulf Coast Champion (6x)
-NWA (Gulf Coast) Southern Tag Team Champion (2x; 1 each w/ Red Robert and Lee Fields)
-NWA Mississippi Champion
-NWA Southern Junior Heavyweight Champion
-NWA Tennessee Tag Team Champion (w/
Alex Perez)
-NWA United States Junior Heavyweight Champion
Affiliates: Smokey, The Super
Assassins
Notable Feuds: Lee Fields, Yvon Roberre, Billy Hines,
Eduardo Perez, Buddy Fuller,
Dale Lewis, Al Costello,
Louie Tillet, Pancho Villa,
Chin Lee
Other Facts: -Husband of pro wrestling valet Smokey
-Father of pro wrestler
Barbara Galento
-Though billed from New York, he was born in Alamo, TN
-Always loved listening to Johnny Cash - especially "Boy Named Sue"!
-Real name was "Bonnie Lee Boyette" but he went by "Butch" because he worked as a butcher. His siblings called him Big Bud.
-Given the name
Mario Galento by "Spider" Al Galento. It's unknown if they claimed to be related or not.
-Knew and practiced self hypnosis.
-Often took a hand towel to the ring and tied it in his corner. At a time when it looked like he was losing his match, he would grab that towel, wrap it around his fist and pummel his opponent. He would also clip a clothes pin under his long hair and use that like brass knucks.
-Had sizable co-starring roles in two films, Frontier Woman in the mid 50s and Natchez Trace in 1960.
-Owned Mario's Pizza & Italian Food restaurant in Marietta, Georgia.
-Stated that he had been through rehab and wanted to make inspirational films to be shown in churches.
-Had an Autobiography of sorts for sale titled "The Gentle
Brute."
-Died on January 6 ,1989 at the age of 74 as a result of liver disease.
