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Oliver Humperdink

Nickname: Sir

Height: 5' 10"

Weight: 251 lbs.

From: Minneapolis, MN

Birthday: Jan 16th

Pro Debut: 1973

Aliases: Red Sutton, The Big Kahuna, Rooster Humperdink, Big Daddy Dink

Feds Worked For: MSW, TSW, AWA, NWA, WCW, WWF, American Wrestling Federation, Canadian Wrestling Federation (Canada), Central States Wrestling (IA/KS/MO), Championship Wrestling from Florida (FL), Grand Prix Wrestling (Canada), M & M Promotions (NM/TX), Maple Leaf Wrestling (Canada), Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling (NC/SC), NWA Hollywood (CA), Professional Wrestling Federation (FL)

Career Highlights: -CWF Tag Team Champion (w/ Christopher Daniels & Kevin Quinn [as a 3-man team])
-NWA Central States Television Champion
-NWA Florida Champion

Affiliates: Kevin Sullivan, Jake Roberts, Fallen Angel, Buzz Sawyer, Purple Haze, Billy Graham, Mike Davis, Maha Singh, Luna Vachon, Kharma, Curtis Iaukea, Incubus, The Lock, Michael Hayes, Jimmy Garvin, Badstreet, Dallas Page, Leroy Brown, Greg Valentine, Paul Jones, Kevin Sullivan, Kareem Muhammad, Hercules Hernandez, Lord Humongous, The Masked Nightmare, Abdullah the Butcher, Gene Anderson, Bruiser Brody, Jos LeDuc, The Great Muta, Ivan Koloff, One Man Gang, Matt Borne, Adrian Adonis, Afa, Sika, The Assassin, Bad News Allen, Bam Bam Bigelow, Bob Orton, Jr., Bob Roop, Brett Sawyer, Chavo Guerrero, Hector Guerrero, Dick Murdoch, Don Muraco, Dick Slater, Dory Funk, Jr., Terry Funk, Eddie Gilbert, Ed Gantner, Fatu, Samu, U. S. Steel, The Mongol, Hacksaw Higgins, Hans Schroeder, Jacques Goulet, Jerry Brown, Buddy Roberts, Kelly Kiniski, Kendall Windham, Kendo Nagasaki, Masked Superstar, Mr. Pogo, Mr. Saito, Nord the Barbarian, Ox Baker, Paul Orndorff, Shaska Whatley, Ron Bass, Steve Strong, Super Destroyer, Teijho Khan

Notable Feuds: Jake Roberts, Eddie Gilbert, Dusty Rhodes, Jimmy Valiant, Taras Bulba, Harley Race, Lex Luger, Roddy Piper

Other Facts: -Real name was John Jay Sutton
-Started managing after a stint as an usher and security guard for the AWA in Minneapolis, MN
-Former leader of The House of Humperdink
-Former member of The First Family
-Voted Manager of the Year by the readers of Pro Wrestling Illustrated in 1980
-Voted Manager of the Year by the readers of Pro Wrestling Illustrated in 1984
-Ranked #447 in the 1993 PWI 500 (as Big Kahuna)
-Was a lifetime member of The Cauliflower Alley Club
-Passed away on March 20, 2011 after a bout with pneumonia and cancer
-Posthumously inducted into the NWA Hall of Heroes in 2011