Nickname(s): Killer
Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 260 lbs.
From: Baltimore, MD
Birthday: Apr 26
Pro Debut: 1956
Aliases: Herb Gerwig, Carl Cox, The Masked
Menace
Feds worked for: TSW,
MSW,
NWA,
WCCW, Florida, World Wrestling Association (IN), Southeastern Championship Wrestling (TN/AL/GA)
Finisher: Brain Buster
Signature Moves: Pile Driver
Career Highlights: -All-Japan All-Asian Tag Team Champion (2x, 1 each w/ Eddie Graham & Joe Carrolo)
-Amarillo Brass Knucks Champion
-IWA Champion (3x)
-MSW Mid-South Tag Team Champion (w/
Junkyard Dog)
-MSW Mississippi Champion
-MWCW North American Champion
-NWA Central States Champion
-NWA Central States Tag Team Champion (w/ Takachiho)
-NWA Florida Brass Knucks Champion (3x)
-NWA Florida Champion
-NWA Florida Tag Team Champion (w/ Bobby Duncum, Sr.)
-NWA Georgia Champion
-NWA International Tag Team Champion (w/
Ciclon Negro)
-NWA National Champion
-NWA Southeastern Champion (3x)
-NWA
Texas Brass Knuckles Champion (3x)
-NWA (Texas) World Tag Team Champion (w/
Fritz Von Erich)
-NWA United States Tag Team Champion (4x, 2 w/
Jimmy Garvin, 1 each w/
Dick Slater & Bobby Duncum, Sr.)
-TSW Brass Knucks Champion
-TSW North American Champion
-TSW United States Tag Team Champion (3x; 1 each w/
Bob Sweetan,
Ken Patera &
Jerry Oates)
-WWA Tag Team Champion (w/
Mike DiBiase)
Affiliates: Junkyard Dog,
Dick Murdoch, Bob Sweetan, Mike DiBiase, Bobby Duncum, Sr., Bobby Heenan,
Buck Robley
Notable Feuds: Dory Funk Sr., Eduoard Carpentier, Bob Ellis, The
Grappler, Rocky Johnson, Tony Christie, Dapper Dan, Steve Keirn
Other Facts: -Father of wrestling TV commentator Kody Kox
-As a child, he was suspended from school for hitting a teacher/umpire during a softball game. The umpire had slapped him in the head.
-Served in the Marines during the Korean War.
-Worked as a corrections officer in 2004.
-Was honored at Professional Championship Wrestling's "Heroes To Legends" in November 2005
-Former member of the Heenan
Family (Georgia version)
-Former member of Big Bad John's Army
-Passed away November 10, 2011 at the age of 80. He had suffered a massive heart attack the week before and never fully recovered from it.
