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Karl Kox
Nickname: Killer; The Judge
Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 260 lbs.
From: Baltimore, MD
Birthday: Apr 26th
Pro Debut: 1954
Aliases: Herb Gerwig, Durwood Gerwig, Masked Gaucho #2, The Spirit, Spoiler #2, The Masked Menace
Feds Worked For: MSW, NWA-West, TSW, WCCW, AWA, NWA, Al Haft Sports (IL/OH), All Japan Pro Wrestling (Japan), All Star Wrestling (NE), Big Time Wrestling (MI), Central States Wrestling (IA/KS/MO), Championship Wrestling from Florida (FL), Georgia Championship Wrestling (GA), Gulf Athletic Club (TX), Japan Wrestling Association (Japan), M & M Promotions (NM/TX), Manhattan Wrestling Enterprises (MD/NJ/NY/PA/DC), Maple Leaf Wrestling (Canada), Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling (NC/SC), Mid-Pacific Promotions (HI), Mike London Sports (AZ/CO/NM), National Wrestling Federation (NJ/NY/OH/PA), NWA Big Time Wrestling (TX), NWA Hollywood (CA), NWA New Mexico (NM), Pacific Coast Athletic Club (CA), Southeast Championship Wrestling (AL/GA/TN), Southwest Sports (TX), St. Louis Wrestling Club (MO), Terminal Athletic Club (OH), World Championship Wrestling (Australia), World Wrestling Association (IN), Wrestling Show Classics (OH)
Finisher: Brain Buster
Signature Moves: Pile Driver, Elbow Drop
Career Highlights: -AWA Nebraska Champion
-IWA Champion (5x)
-IWA Tag Team Champion (w/ Skull Murphy)
-JWA All Asia Tag Team Champion (2x; 1 each w/ Joe Carollo and Eddie Graham)
-MSW Tag Team Champion (w/ Junkyard Dog)
-MWCW North American Champion
-NWA (Amarillo) Brass Knuckles Champion (2x)
-NWA American Tag Team Champion (2x; 1 each w/ Great Malenko and Mike York)
-NWA Central States Champion
-NWA (Central States) North American Tag Team Champion (3x; all w/ K. O. Kox)
-NWA Central States Tag Team Champion (w/ Takachiho)
-NWA Florida Brass Knuckles Champion (4x)
-NWA Florida Champion
-NWA (Florida) United States Tag Team Champion (4x; 2 w/ Jimmy Garvin, 1 each w/ Bobby Duncum and Dick Slater)
-NWA Florida Tag Team Champion (2x; 1 each w/ Spoiler #1 and Bobby Duncum)
-NWA Georgia Champion
-NWA Georgia Television Champion
-NWA International Tag team Champion (w/ Ciclon Negro)
-NWA Macon Champion
-NWA Mississippi Champion
-NWA National Champion
-NWA Southeastern Champion (3x)
-NWA Texas Brass Knuckles Champion (3x)
-NWA Texas Tag Team Champion (w/ Boris Malenko)
-NWA (Texas) World Tag Team Champion (w/ Fritz Von Erich)
-NWA-West Champion
-TSW Brass Knuckles Champion
-TSW North American Champion
-TSW United States Tag Team Champion (3x; 1 each w/ Bob Sweetan, Ken Patera, and Jerry Oates)
-WWA Tag Team Champion (w/ Mike DiBiase)
Affiliates: Junkyard Dog, Dick Murdoch, Bob Sweetan/K. O. Kox, Mike DiBiase, Bobby Duncum, Bobby Heenan, Buck Robley, Joe Carollo, Eddie Graham, Great Malenko/Boris Malenko, Mike York, Takachiho, Jimmy Garvin, Dick Slater, Spoiler #1, Ciclon Negro, Fritz Von Erich, Ken Patera, Jerry Oates, Blackjack Lanza, Toru Tanaka, Masked Superstar
Notable Feuds: Eduoard Carpentier, The Grappler, Tony Christie, Dapper Dan, Ricky Romero, Giant Baba, Dick Murdoch, Dory Funk, Jr., Dory Funk, Terry Funk, Wahoo McDaniel, Nick Kozak, Bob Ellis, Dusty Rhodes, Pak Song, Antonio Inoki, Ciclon Negro, Mark Lewin, J. J. Dillon, Michiaki Yoshimura, Duke Keomuka, Steve Keirn, Mike Graham, Johnny Weaver, Kintaro Oki, Stan Hansen, Jerry Brisco, Dan Miller, Ernie Ladd, Jumbo Tsuruta, Gordon Nelson, Bull Curry, Rocky Johnson, Don Slatton, Great Kojika, Jerry Kozak, Billy Red Lyons, Buck Robley, Jim Starr, Alex Pérez, Nelson Royal, Sonny King, Bill Watts, Roy McClarity, André the Giant, Bob Armstrong, The Destroyer, Thunderbolt Patterson
Other Facts: -Father of wrestling TV commentator Kody Kox
-Sometimes billed from Omaha, NE
-As a child, he was suspended from school for hitting a teacher/umpire during a softball game. The umpire had slapped him in the head.
-Served in the United States Marine Corps during the Korean War.
-Worked as a corrections officer in 2004.
-Sometimes talked to an invisible person named "Alex". He said that was the name of someone in the military with who was killed in Korea. Rick Steiner would later do the same thing with an invisible friend of the same name as an homage to Kox.
-Was supposed to be cast as Lt. J. C. Day in Oliver Stone’s “JFK” movie, but they decided to use archive footage of Day instead.
-Was honored at Professional Championship Wrestling's "Heroes To Legends" in November 2005
-Former member of The Heenan Family (Georgia version)
-Former member of Big Bad John's Army
-Trained Dick Murdoch for pro wrestling
-Passed away November 10, 2011 at the age of 80. He had suffered a massive heart attack the week before and never fully recovered from it.
-Posthumously inducted into the Texas Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2013
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Spotlight in History
- 1953 Mike Clancy def. Karl Von Poppenheim for the TSW Oklahoma Junior Heavyweight Champion
- 1968 Danny Hodge & Skandar Akbar became the TSW United States Tag Team Champion
- 1969 Jerry Miller & Jim Osborne def. Danny Little Bear & Frank Dalton for the TSW Louisiana Tag Team Champion
- 1973 Blackjack Mulligan def. Jose Lothario for the WCCW Texas Heavyweight Champion
- 1986 Kerry Von Erich & Lance Von Erich & Steve Simpson def. The Fabulous Freebirds (Terry Gordy, Michael Hayes, & Buddy Roberts) for the WCCW World 6-Man Tag Team Champion
- 1986 The Von Erichs (Kerry Von Erich & Kevin Von Erich & Lance Von Erich) became the WCCW World 6-Man Tag Team Champion
- 1987 The Fantastics (Tommy Rogers & Bobby Fulton) became the WCCW World Tag Team Champion
- 2003 Ichiban [1st]/Rocco Valentino def. El Sufamilico for the TPW Heavyweight Champion
- 2013 Tim Rockwell def. Daemon Storm for the UWE United States Champion
Week of Sun 04-28 to Sat: 05-04
- 04-28 1954 Red Berry def. Whitey Whittler for the TSW Tri-State Champion
- 04-28 1976 Ted DiBiase & Dick Murdoch def. Buck Robley & Bob Slaughter for the TSW United States Tag Team Champion
- 04-28 1980 Kevin Von Erich def. Toru Tanaka for the WCCW American Heavyweight Champion
- 04-28 1989 The Simpson Brothers (Steve Simpson & Shaun Simpson) def. Beauty & The Beast (Terrance M. Garvin & The Beast [2nd]) for the WCCW Texas Tag Team Champion
- 04-28 2000 Heather Savage def. Jenna Love for the OPW Oklahoma Womens Champion
- 04-28 2002 Summer Rain became the OCW Oklahoma Womens Champion
- 04-28 2007 Eric Rose def. Jersey Devil for the UWF06 Light Heavyweight Champion
- 04-28 2007 Joe Herell became the UWF06 Violent Division Champion
- 04-28 2017 Brandon Groom def. Sam Stackhouse for the BPPW Oklahoma Champion
- 04-28 2018 Dusty Gold def. Wesley Crane for the UWE United States Champion
- 04-29 2006 AWOL def. Michael York for the TPW Heavyweight Champion
- 04-29 2006 Natural Born Sinners (Appolyon & El Lotus) def. Pretty Young Things (Cade Sydal & Mitch Carter) for the ACW Tag Team Champions
- 04-29 2006 Rexx Reed def. Carnage for the ACW Hardcore Champion
- 04-29 2006 Carnage def. Rexx Reed for the ACW Hardcore Champion
- 04-29 2007 Aaron Neil def. Tyler Bateman for the MSWA Oklahoma Champion
- 04-29 2007 Brad Michaels def. Ryan Davidson for the MSWA Mid-South Heavyweight Champion
- 04-29 2007 Bad Boy & Outlaw became the MSWA Mid-South Tag Team Champion
- 04-29 2011 The Unknown & Johnny USA def. Michael H & Mr. Big for the NCW Tag Team Champions
- 04-29 2011 Mr. Big became the NCW Heavyweight Champion
- 04-29 2012 Sam Stackhouse def. Prophet for the BYEW Heavyweight Champion
- 04-29 2012 Rage Logan became the MSWA Mid-South Heavyweight Champion
- 04-29 2012 Nemesis (Damien Morte & Damon Windsor) became the MSWA Mid-South Tag Team Champion
- 04-29 2017 Aaron Anders became the ComPro Oklahoma X Division Champion
- 04-30 1954 Frenchy Roy became the TSW Oklahoma Junior Heavyweight Champion
- 04-30 1955 Ricki Starr became the TSW Oklahoma Champion
- 04-30 2004 Shadow of Death def. Terry Montana for the TPW Hardcore Champion
- 04-30 2011 Ryan Reed def. Rolling Thunder for the UWE United States Champion
- 04-30 2011 Ray Martinez def. Ryan Reed for the UWE United States Champion
- 04-30 2016 Ray Martinez became the SRPW Heavyweight Champion
- 04-30 2022 Clayton Bloodstone def. Ky-Ote for the NCWO Choctaw Nation Champion
- 04-30 2023 El Gallardo/El Vaquero def. Cappuccino Jones for the BPW Lion Heart Champion
- 04-30 2023 Heavyweight Grappling (Dan Webber & Morrison) def. Subject To Death (Cade Fite & Leo Fox) for the BPW Oklahoma Tag Team Champion
- 05-01 1981 Super Destroyer def. Jim Garvin for the MSW Louisiana Champion
- 05-01 2016 Skylar Slice def. Nikki Knight for the MSWA Ladies Champion
- 05-01 2021 Fuel def. Derek James for the UWE Heavyweight Champion
- 05-02 1964 Mike Clancy & Al Lovelock def. Karol Krauser & Stan Pulaski for the TSW United States Tag Team Champion
- 05-02 1969 Johnny Valentine def. Fritz Von Erich for the WCCW American Heavyweight Champion
- 05-02 1977 Stan Hansen def. Dick Murdoch for the TSW North American Champion
- 05-02 1984 Krusher Khrushchev became the MSW Television Champion
- 05-02 1984 The Rock-N-Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson) def. The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey) for the MSW Mid-South Tag Team Champion
- 05-02 2009 Ozzy Hendrix def. Shank for the SWCW Luchadore Champion
- 05-02 2015 Gail Kim became the IWR Diamonds Champion
- 05-02 2015 Kareem Sadat became the BCW Independent Hardcore Champion
- 05-02 2021 Drake Gallows def. Blade [2nd] for the AIWF National Champion
- 05-03 1973 Rip Tyler & Eddie Sullivan def. The Hollywood Blondes (Jerry Brown & Dale Valentine) for the TSW United States Tag Team Champion
- 05-03 1985 Ted DiBiase & Steve Williams def. The Rock-N-Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson) for the MSW Mid-South Tag Team Champion
- 05-03 2003 El Sufamilico def. Ichiban [1st] for the TPW Heavyweight Champion
- 05-03 2008 Damon Windsor def. Havoc for the SWCW Heavyweight Champion
- 05-03 2008 Miss Sheila def. Kareem Sadat for the SWCW Hardcore Champion
- 05-03 2014 Sam Stackhouse def. Steven Sterling for the ComPro Showtime Champion
- 05-04 1953 Mike Clancy def. Karl Von Poppenheim for the TSW Oklahoma Junior Heavyweight Champion
- 05-04 1968 Danny Hodge & Skandar Akbar became the TSW United States Tag Team Champion
- 05-04 1969 Jerry Miller & Jim Osborne def. Danny Little Bear & Frank Dalton for the TSW Louisiana Tag Team Champion
- 05-04 1973 Blackjack Mulligan def. Jose Lothario for the WCCW Texas Heavyweight Champion
- 05-04 1986 Kerry Von Erich & Lance Von Erich & Steve Simpson def. The Fabulous Freebirds (Terry Gordy, Michael Hayes, & Buddy Roberts) for the WCCW World 6-Man Tag Team Champion
- 05-04 1986 The Von Erichs (Kerry Von Erich & Kevin Von Erich & Lance Von Erich) became the WCCW World 6-Man Tag Team Champion
- 05-04 1987 The Fantastics (Tommy Rogers & Bobby Fulton) became the WCCW World Tag Team Champion
- 05-04 2003 Ichiban [1st]/Rocco Valentino def. El Sufamilico for the TPW Heavyweight Champion
- 05-04 2013 Tim Rockwell def. Daemon Storm for the UWE United States Champion
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Who held the SRPW Hardcore Title and was named King of Hardcore when he won a "Fans Bring Weapons" Match in SRPW and thus the Hardcore Title was retired?