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Tony Charles
Nickname: UK Magician
Height: 5' 11"
Weight: 220 lbs.
From: Isle of Man
Pro Debut: 1959
Aliases: Checkmate
Feds Worked For: MSW, WCCW, AWA, NWA, Big Time Wrestling (MI), Bill Best Promotions (England), Championship Wrestling from Florida (FL), Combat Promotions (Scotland), Continental Wrestling Association (TN), Dale Martin Promotions (England), Empresa Mexicana de la Lucha Libre (Mexico), Fédération Française de Lutte Professionnelle (France), Georgia Championship Wrestling (GA), Globe Promotions (England), Gulas Wrestling Enterprises (AL/TN), Gustl Kaiser Promoted Shows (Germany), Houston Wrestling (TX), International Wrestling Enterprise (Japan), Joint Promotions (England), M & M Promotions (TX), New Japan Pro Wrestling (Japan), Nicola Selenkowitsch Promoted Shows (Germany), Norman Morrell Ltd. (England), NWA Big Time Wrestling (TX), NWA Mid-America (AL/TN), Paul Lincoln Managments Ltd. (England/Wales), Relwyskow & Green Promotions (England), Southeastern Championship Wrestling (AL/TN), Twentieth Century Promotions (Scotland), Wryton Promotions Ltd. (England)
Signature Moves: Dropkick, Spinning Toe Hold
Career Highlights: -NWA (Detroit) World Tag Team Champion (w/ Al Costello)
-NWA Fort Myers Champion
-NWA Georgia Tag Team Champion (w/ Les Thornton)
-NWA Mid-America Champion
-NWA Mid-America Tag Team Champion (2x; both w/ Len Rossi)
-NWA (Mid-America) United States Junior Heavyweight Champion
-NWA (Southeastern) United States Junior Heavyweight Champion (3x)
-NWA Southeastern Tag Team Champion (w/ Mr. Knoxville)
-NWA Texas Tag Team Champion (2x; both w/ Les Thornton)
-WCCW Television Champion
Affiliates: Al Costello, Adrian Street, Len Rossi, Les Thornton, Mr. Knoxville, Bob Armstrong, Kevin Sullivan, H & H Limited, Dave Morgan
Notable Feuds: Buddy Roberts, Jerry Brown, Bob Griffin, Les Thornton, Reno Tuufuli, Dick Slater, Randy Culley, Bobby Hart, Gorgeous George, Jr., George McCreary, Masao Ito, Bill Irwin, Roger Smith, Dutch Mantell, Tio, Ted Oates, Danny Davis, Ron Bass, Don Carson, Don Greene, Josef Molnar, Antonio Inoki, Patriot #1, Patriot #2, Alfred Hays
Other Facts: -Real name was Anthony Charles Scott
-Actually from Treorchy, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales
-Wrestled most of his career without a mask as himself. In the early 1980's in WCCW, he donned a mask with a chessboard and chess pieces motif and became Checkmate, so named because he said wrestling was a game of human chess.
-Former member of H & H Limited
-Helped train Terry Orndorff for pro wrestling
-Passed away on February 14, 2015 at the age of 79 from Alzheimer's
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