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Rip Hawk
Nickname: The Profile, The Blonde Adonis, The Southern Gentleman
Height: 5' 9"
Weight: 240 lbs.
From: Charlotte, NC
Birthday: Jun 6th
Pro Debut: 1963
Aliases: Harvey Evers
Feds Worked For: NWA, NWA-West, TSW, WCCW, Championship Wrestling From Florida (FL), International Wrestling Alliance (SC)
Finisher: Piledriver
Career Highlights: -IWA Tag Team Champion (w/ Swede Hansen)
-NWA Atlantic Coast Tag Team Champion (4x, w/ Swede Hanson)
-NWA Eastern States Champion
-NWA Florida Tag Team Champion (w/ Roger Kirby)
-NWA (Florida) World Tag Team Champion (w/ Swede Hanson)
-NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Champion (w/ Ric Flair)
-NWA (Texas) World Tag Team Champion (w/ Rock Hunter)
-NWA-West Western States Tag Team Champion (3x, w/ Swede Hansen)
-Rocky Mountain Champion
-WCCW Texas Champion
Notable Feuds: Nelson Royal, Jerry Brisco , Paul Jones, Thunderbolt Patterson
Other Facts: -Real name was Harvey Evers
-Billed as the uncle of pro wrestler Ric Flair
-Served in the United States Marine Corps
-Worked as a booker for Jim Crocket Promotions in the 1970s.
-Competed all over the United States, but made his last regular run in Tulsa. After his final match in the area, he threw his boots out of his car on the Will Rogers Turnpike to assure that he would not change his mind about retiring.
-Invented microwave popcorn on the cob.
-Coached wrestling at the YMCA in Hereford, TX
-Inducted into the NWA Hall of Heroes in 2007
-Passed away December 22, 2012 at the age of 82. He's been suffering from a series of heart ailments.
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- EDW · May 5 6:00pm · Tulsa
- NAW · May 10 6:30pm · Salina
- WAH · May 11 6:00pm · Tulsa
- UWO · May 11 6:00pm · Tuttle
- NAW · May 11 6:30pm · Watts (Chewey)
- MHCW · May 17 7:00pm · Seminole
- UWE · May 18 6:00pm · Tahlequah
- EPW · May 18 6:00pm · Midwest City
- WAH · May 25 6:00pm · Tulsa
- CPW · May 31 7:30pm · Sand Springs
- WFC · Jun 1 7:00pm · Tulsa
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- CPW · May 31 7:30pm · Sand Springs
- EPW · May 18 6:00pm · Midwest City
- MHCW · May 17 7:00pm · Seminole
- NAW · May 10 6:30pm · Salina
- NAW · May 11 6:30pm · Watts (Chewey)
- UWE · May 18 6:00pm · Tahlequah
- UWO · May 11 6:00pm · Tuttle
- WAH · May 11 6:00pm · Tulsa
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- WFC · Jun 1 7:00pm · Tulsa
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- Mick Foley, Scott Steiner, Leva Bates, Lex Luger, Matt Hardy, Milo Beasley, and Ron Simmons · May 24 2:00pm · Oklahoma City Convention Center · Oklahoma City
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- Jimmy Hart and Matt Riddle · Aug 10 10:00am · Cox Business Convention Center · Tulsa
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- Jake Hager and Jimmy Hart · Oct 5 10:00am · A. J. Horton Event Center · McAlester
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