Height: 6' 9"
Weight: 457 lbs
From: Halstead Street, Chicago, IL
Birthday: Feb 12
Pro Debut: 1977
Aliases: Crusher Broomfield, Panama Gang,
Akeem The African Dream
Feds worked for: MSW,
WCCW,
UWF,
WWF,
WCW,
NWA,
ECW,
OPW, International Championship Wrestling (KY), World Wrestling Coucil (PR), Global Wrestling Federation (Korea), Superstars of Wrestling (Australia), WWA, CHIKARA (PA), Interenational Wrestling Cartel (PA)
Finisher: 747 Splash
Signature Moves: Front suplex, Elbow drop
Career Highlights: -GWF (Korea) Tag Team Champion (w/ Jason the Terrible)
-NWA Florida Brass Knuckles Champion
-NWA (Florida) United States Tag Team Champion (w/
Ron Bass)
-NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Champion (w/
Kelly Kiniski)
-SOW Australian Champion
-UWF Champion
-WCCW World 6-
Man Tag Team Champion (w/
Tim Brooks &
Mark Lewin)
-WCW United States Champion
-WWA Champion
-WWC Hardcore Champion (2x)
Affiliates: Randy Savage,
Skandar Akbar, Devestation, Inc.,
Big Bossman, Slick, Full-Blooded Italians, Tim Brooks, Mark Lewin, Kevin Sullivan, Theodore Long, Rockin' Robin,
Gary Hart, Jimmy Hart, Boogaloo Brown, Jim Holliday,
Jim Cornette, James J. Dillon,
Oliver Humperdink, Dungeon of Doom,
Harley Race, The Army of Darkness
Notable Feuds: Blackjack Mulligan,
Bruiser Brody, The
Von Erichs,
Terry Gordy, Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage,
Jim Duggan, El Gigante
Other Facts: -Wrestled his first match at age 19
-Traded by Jim Crockett in the Mid-Atlantic territory to
Jim Barnett in Georgia Championship Wrestling for Ricky Steamboat. Many people consider this trade the beginning of Steamboat's breakout carer.
-Got his name by accident as MSW announcer
Jim Ross didn't know who he was when he made his first appearance and referred to him as "a one-man gang".
-Has a tattoo of a skull on both sides of his head and originally claimed that one was for
Kerry Von Erich and one was for
Kevin Von Erich
-Was the last man eliminated by Jim Duggan when Duggan won the 1st Royal Rumble
-Suffered a heart attack in 2000 and had to cut back his schedule, but he recovered well and lost some weight.
-Was scheduled to compete as Akeem in the gimmick Battle Royal at WM X-7 in 2001, but he had lost so much weight that the costume didn't fit him anymore. He competed as
One Man Gang instead.
-Appeared in the 1992 movie "Stay Tuned"
-Former member of
Devastation, Inc.
-Former member of The Full-Blooded Italians
-Ranked # 114 in the 1991 PWI 500
-Ranked # 102 in the 1992 PWI 500
-Ranked # 371 in the 1993 PWI 500
-Now attending the University of Victoria law school as well working as a death row prison guard at Louisiana State Prison
