Nickname(s): The Wonder Boy
From: St. Joseph, MO
Feds worked for: TSW, Central States Wrestling (KS/MO), Championship Wrestling From Florida (FL), Georgia Championship Wrestling (GA),
NWA Hollywood (CA), Stampede Wrestling (Canada)
Finisher: Giant Swing
Career Highlights: -Missouri Champion (2x)
-Montana Champion
-NWA Central States Champion (2x)
-NWA (Central States) North American Tag Team Champion (3x; 2 w/
Sonny Myers, 1 w/
Klondike Bill)
-NWA (Central States) United States Champion
-NWA (Florida) World Tag Team Champion (w/ Sam Steamboat)
-NWA (Georgia) International Tag Team Champion (w/ Ray Gunkel)
-NWA (San Francisco) Pacific Coast Champion
-NWA (San Francisco) Pacific Coast Tag Team Champion (3x; 2 w/ Enrique Torres, 1 w/ Sandor Szabo)
-NWA (San Francisco) World Tag Team Champion (5x; 1 each w/ Sandor Szabo, Ray Stern, Enrique Torres, Buddy Rogers &
Alberto Torres)
-Stampede International Tag Team Champion (3x; 2 w/ Dominic Bravo, 1 w/ Dan Miller)
Affiliates: Sonny Myers, Enrique Torres, Sandor Szabo, Dominic Bravo
Notable Feuds: Bulldog Bob Brown, Bob Geigel, Dick the Bruiser, Roger Kirby,
Harley Race, KP Kox, Kenji Kimura, Orosh Bob Hamby
Other Facts: -Held the Central States title so often he was given the belt for his personal posession.
-Was a regular referee in the Central States area after his wrestling career was over.
-Trained
Butch Reed,
Col. DeBeers,
Mike George &
D. J. Peterson
-After retiring from wrestling, he worked as a bartender in St. Joe, MO
-March 4, 1994: Etchison passed away due to complications from Alzheimer's Disease at the age of 73.