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Chuck Karbo
Nickname: Crazy
Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 240 lbs
From: Seattle, WA
Pro Debut: 1962
Aliases: Chuck Carbo, Charles Campbell
Feds Worked For: TSW, NWA, All Star Wrestling (Canada), Championship Wrestling USA (OR), Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling (AL), International Wrestling Enterprises (Japan), M & M Promotions (NM/TX), Mid-Pacific Promotions (HI), Northwest Wrestling Promotions (OR), NWA Hollywood (CA), Pacific Coast Athletic Club (CA), Wrestling Promotions, Inc. (AZ)
Finisher: Karbo Clutch (Modified Camel Clutch)
Signature Moves: The Boot Stomp, The Backbreaker, The Power Slam
Career Highlights: -NWA Arizona Champion (3x)
-NWA (Arizona) Western States Tag Team Champion (w/ Don Kent)
-TSW North American Champion (3x)
-TSW United States Tag Team Champion (2x; both w/ Chati Yokouchi)
Affiliates: Chati Yokouchi, Kentucky Butcher, Don Kent
Notable Feuds: The Kentuckians, Bobby Anderson, David Rose, Argentina Apollo, Johnny Kostas, Ricky Thompson, Donny Anderson, Bill Dromo, Danny Hodge, Mr. Wrestling, Mr. Bones, Dory Funk, Sr., Benny Mendeblis, Eddie Lopez, Navajo Frank, Tony Bernardi, Al Seneceros, Al Madril, Billy Anderson, Logger Larson, Jack Brisco, Mr. Kleen, Tito Montez, Pancho Pico, Ray Gordon, Cowboy Bob Ellis, Bob Yuma, Tony Hernandez, Skandor Akbar, Jack Donavan, Ron Reed, Pepe Romero, Luis Martinez, Jerry Kozak
Other Facts: -Sometimes billed from Muleshoe, TX or Amarillo, TX
-Wrestled alligators. One of his favorite moves on opponents was to try and pry their mouths open.
-Though often on the move, he always seemed to return to Arizona for love of the winter climate. He took to working in one of the copper mines there, where he lost an eye in a freak accident when an electric mine cart hit him in the face. This ended his wrestling career
-He later opened a bar in Casa Grande, AZ where he almost died at the hands of a knife-toting drunken customer.
-While an exact death date has never been confirmed, rumors of his passing have existed since the early 1990s
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