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Luke Brown
Nickname: Big Boy; The Kentucky Hillbilly
Height: 6' 8"
Weight: 380 lbs.
From: Hazard, Kentucky
Birthday: Jul 28th
Pro Debut: 1958
Aliases: Big Luke, The Kentuckian, Man Mountain Campbell, The Masked Mauler, Big Boy Brown
Feds Worked For: NWA-West, TSW, AWA, NWA, WCCW, WWWF, Al Haft Sports (IL/OH), All Star Wrestling (Canada), All Star Wrestling (NE/SD), Central States Wrestling (IA/KS/MO), Capitol Wrestling Corporation), Championship Wrestling from Florida (FL), Championship Wrestling USA (OR), Georgia Championship Wrestling (GA), Gulas Wrestling Enterprises (TN), Gulf Athletic Club (TX), International Championship Wrestling (MS), International Wrestling (Canada), International Wrestling Enterprise (Japan), M & M Promotions (NM/TX), Maple Leaf Wrestling (Canada), Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling (NC/SC), Minnesota Boxing & Wrestling Club (MN), Northwest Wrestling Promotions (Canada), NWA Big Time Wrestling (TX), NWA Hollywood (CA), Pacific Coast Athletic Club (CA), San Francisco (CA), Southeast Championship Wrestling (AL/FL), Stampede Wrestling (Canada), Super Pro Wrestling (PA), Superstar Championship Wrestling (WA), Tokyo Pro Wrestling (Japan), Trans-Canada Wrestling (Canada), World Wrestling Association (IN)
Career Highlights: -AWA Midwest Tag Team Champion (2x; 1 each w/ Tim Woods and Jake Smith)
-NWA (Central States) North American Tag Team Champion (3x; 1 each w/ Tor Kamata, Danny Little Bear, and The Ox)
-NWA (Central States) United States Champion
-NWA (Georgia) Southern Tag Team Champion (w/ Jake Smith)
-NWA (San Francisco) World Tag Team Champion (w/ Mr. Kleen)
-NWA (Toronto) International Champion
-NWA (Toronto) International Tag Team Champion (w/ Stan Stasiak)
-SECW Western States Tag Team Champion (2x; 1 each w/ Ray Steele and Eddie Sullivan)
-TSW United States Tag Team Champion (5x; 2 w/ Grizzly Smith, 1 each w/ Dutch Savage, Danny Hodge, and Klondike Bill)
-TCW Maritimes Tag Team Champion (w/ Giles Poisson)
-WWA Tag Team Champion (w/ Jake Smith)
Affiliates: The Ox, Danny Little Bear, Tor Kamata, Dutch Savage, Danny Hodge, Tiny Smith/Tiny Anderson/Jake Smith/Grizzly Smith, Klondike Bill, Tim Woods, Mr. Kleen, Stan Stasiak, Ray Steele, Eddie Sullivan, Dutch Savage, Giles Poisson, Jim Dillon, George Becker
Notable Feuds: Assassin #1, Assassin #2, Aldo Bogni, Bronko Lubich, Brute Bernard, Swede Hanson, Homer O'Dell, The Missouri Mauler, George Harris, Rip Hawk, Karl Von Brauner, Kurt Von Brauner, Jonathan Boyd, Norman Lowndes, Karl Karlsson, Stan Kowalski, Frank Monte, Buddy Roberts, Jerry Brown, Gene Anderson, Joe Soto, The Spoiler, Boris Malenko, Frank Morrell, Matti Suzuki, Umanosuke Ueda, Mike York, Luke Graham, Harley Race, Eric Pomeroy, Bob Sweetan
Other Facts: -Real name was Carl Dennis Campbell, Sr.
-Adopted brother of pro wrestler Dutch Savage, who he trained for pro wrestling
-Trained by Fred Adkins
-As Don Campbell, he used the the nickname "Man Mountain"
-Made an uncredited appearance in the movie "Requiem For a Heavyweight"
-Passed away on November 12, 1997 due to heart failure at the age of 62. He is buried in Elkton, MD.
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