Nickname(s): Cowboy; Big; Bruiser
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 278 lbs
From: Bixby, OK
Birthday: May 5
Pro Debut: October 1962
Aliases: Dr. Scarlet, Bill Watt
Feds worked for: MSW,
UWF,
NWA,
AWA, WWWF, All-Japan, Canada
Finisher: Oklahoma Stampede
Career Highlights: -AWA United States Champion
-MSW Louisiana Tag Team Champion (w/
Buck Robley)
-MSW Mid-South Tag Team Champion (w/ Buck Robley)
-NWA International Tag Team Champion (w/
Tarzan Tyler)
-NWA Florida Champion (2x)
-NWA Georgia Champion (2x)
-NWA (San Francisco) United States Champion
-NWA Southern Champion
-NWA
Texas Champion
-TSW Brass Knuckles Champion (3x)
-TSW North American Champion (5x)
-TSW United States Tag Team Champion (5x; 1 each w/
Jerry Kozak,
Billy Red Lyons,
Greg Valentine,
Billy Robinson, & Buck Robley)
-WWWF United States Tag Team Champion (w/ Gorilla Monsoon)
Affiliates: Buck Robley, Gorilla Monsoon, Bobby Duncum Sr.,
Jim Duggan
Notable Feuds: Bruno Sammartino, Ray Stevens,
Verne Gagne, Gene Kiniski, The
Spoiler, Bob Armstrong,
Dick Murdoch,
Karl Kox,
Waldo Von Erich, The
Hollywood Blonds,
Mike George,
Bob Sweetan,
Devastation, Inc.,
Jim Cornette,
Bill Watts
Official Website: www.cowboybillwatts.com/
Other Facts: -1/4 Chicksaw Indian.
-Born in Oklahoma City, OK and grew up in Warr Acres, OK
-Graduated from Putnam City High School in Oklahoma City, OK
-Brother of pro wrestler
Bob Watts
-Father of pro wrestler
Erik Watts and former pro wrestling announcer
Joel Watts. He adopted Joel when he was married to Joel's mother.
-His sister Barbara Sue Watts was a physical education teacher for Tulsa Public Schools for many years
-Played football and wrestled collegiately at the University of Oklahoma
-Played football professionally for the Houston Oilers of the American Football League and the Indianapolis
Warriors of the United Football League. Was offered a roster spot on the National Football League's Minnesota Vikings while he was wrestling for the AWA, but turned it down when the Vikings wanted him to stop wrestling.
-Wrestled
Dale Lewis in his first professional match
-Was called Bill Watt while wrestling in Canada because the promoter there didn't want the fans to get him confused with "Whipper" Billy Watson
-Was unmasked as Dr. Scarlet in a match against Gene Kiniski in St. Louis, MO
-Former owner of Mid-South Wrestling and Universal Wrestling Federation. He purchased controlling interest in the southern territories of the Tri-State Wrestling company in 1979 and turned that into Mid-South Wrestling, eventually forcing
Leroy McGuirk to give up control of the northern portions (which included Oklahoma). When he divorced his wife Ene, she got the MSW and UWF tape library as part of the divorce settlement. Their son Micah ran the website for Universal Wrestling Archives, an online store for MSW and UWF wrestling videos. The tape library was sold to
WWE in 2012.
-Former part owner of Georgia Championship Wrestling
-Former Vice President of
WCW
-Former Vice President of
WWF
-Appeared in the movie "The Wrestling Queen" in 1975 which is a documentary about The Vachon
Family
-Released his autobiography entitled "The Cowboy and the Cross: The Bill Watts Story:
Rebellion, Wrestling, and Redemption" in 2006.
-Inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2009
