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Sonny King
Nickname: Showboat
From: Detroit, MI
Feds Worked For: WWWF, MSW, Florida, Gulf Coast Wrestling (AL/FL/LA/MS), Southeast Championship Wrestling (AL/GA/TN), AWA Mid-American (TN)
Career Highlights: -AWA Southern Tag Team Champion (2x; 1 each w/ The Angel & Ricky Morton)
-NWA Alabama Champion
-NWA Florida Brass Knucks Champion
-NWA Gulf Coast Tag Team Champion (w/ Eddie Sullivan)
-WWWF World Tag Team Champion (w/ Jay Strongbow)
Affiliates: Jay Strongbow, Frank Morrell, The Wild Samoans, Arn Anderson, Joe LeDuc, John Louie, The Angel, Ricky Morton, Eddie Sullivan, Pak Song
Notable Feuds: Johnny Valentine, Roddy Piper, Ric Flair, King Curtis, Mikel Scicluna, Buddy Landel, Toru Tanaka, Ox Baker, Big Red, Tojo Yamamoto, Robert Gibson, Koko Ware, Jerry Lawler
Other Facts: -Sometimes billed from McCall, LA
-Billed as the brother of professional wrestler Bearcat Wright
-Was a boxer before turning to wrestling.
-In 1982, he suffered a serious injury due to a stabbing incident outside the Charlotte Coliseum, but returned later in the year as a manager for The Wild Samoans
-Was recognized as a shooter who would stretch mouthy rookies or those he caught exposing the wrestling world
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Upcoming Events
- UWE · May 18 6:00pm · Tahlequah
- EPW · May 18 6:00pm · Midwest City
- TexPro · May 18 7:00pm · Ardmore
- WAH · May 25 6:00pm · Tulsa
- CPW · May 31 7:30pm · Sand Springs
- WFC · Jun 1 7:00pm · Tulsa
- WFC · Jun 2 6:00pm · Tulsa
- WAH · Jun 8 6:00pm · Tulsa
- NAW · Jun 8 6:30pm · Watts (Chewey)
- MHCW · Jun 14 7:00pm · Wetumka
- TIW · Jun 15 6:00pm · Claremore
- UWO · Jun 15 6:00pm · Oklahoma City
- EPW · Jun 15 6:00pm · Oklahoma City
- CPW · May 31 7:30pm · Sand Springs
- EPW · May 18 6:00pm · Midwest City
- EPW · Jun 15 6:00pm · Oklahoma City
- MHCW · Jun 14 7:00pm · Wetumka
- NAW · Jun 8 6:30pm · Watts (Chewey)
- TexPro · May 18 7:00pm · Ardmore
- TIW · Jun 15 6:00pm · Claremore
- UWE · May 18 6:00pm · Tahlequah
- UWO · Jun 15 6:00pm · Oklahoma City
- WAH · May 25 6:00pm · Tulsa
- WAH · Jun 8 6:00pm · Tulsa
- WFC · Jun 1 7:00pm · Tulsa
- WFC · Jun 2 6:00pm · Tulsa
- Jerry Lawler, 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
- Jerry Lawler, Mick Foley, Scott Steiner, Leva Bates, Lex Luger, Matt Hardy, Milo Beasley, and Ron Simmons · May 25 10:00am · Oklahoma City Convention Center · Oklahoma City
- Jerry Lawler, Mick Foley, Scott Steiner, Leva Bates, Lex Luger, Matt Hardy, Milo Beasley, and Ron Simmons · May 26 10:00am · Oklahoma City Convention Center · Oklahoma City
- Jimmy Hart and Matt Riddle · Aug 10 10:00am · Cox Business Convention Center · Tulsa
- Jimmy Hart and Matt Riddle · Aug 11 11:00am · Cox Business Convention Center · Tulsa
- Jake Hager and Jimmy Hart · Oct 5 10:00am · A. J. Horton Event Center · McAlester
- Jake Hager and Jimmy Hart · Oct 6 10:00am · A. J, Horton Event Center · McAlester
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