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Frankie Cain

Height: 5' 9"

Weight: 250 lbs.

From: Toledo, OH

Birthday: Aug 13th

Aliases: Jimmy Ault, Kid McCoy, Mephisto, The Great Mephisto, Inferno #1, Mr. Smith, Jimmy Martin, Schoolboy Martin, El Diablo

Feds Worked For: TSW, AWA, NWA, Al Haft Sports (IL/OH), All Japan Pro Wrestling (Japan), Big Time Wrestling (MI), Central States Wrestling (IA/KS/MO), Championship Wrestling from Florida (FL), Continental Wrestling Association (TN), Georgia Championship Wrestling (GA), Gulas Wrestling Enterpriaes (TN), Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling (AL), International Championship Wrestling (MS), International Wrestling (Canada), M & M Promotions (NM/TX), Maple Leaf Wrestling (Canada), Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling (NC/SC), NWA Big Time Wrestling (CA), NWA Big Time Wrestling (TX), NWA Hollywood (CA), NWA Mid-America (AL/TN), NWA Vancouver (Canada), Pacific Coast Athletic Club (CA), Pacific Northwest Wrestling (OR), Southeast Championship Wrestling (TN), St. Louis Wrestling Club (MO), War Zone Wrestling Alliance, Western States Alliance (CA), World Championship Wrestling (Australia), Wrestling Promotions, Inc. (AZ)

Finisher: Bodyslam; Fireball to the face

Signature Moves: Boot to the Face

Career Highlights: -IWA United States Champion
-NWA (Amarillo) World Tag Team Champion (w/ Inferno #2)
-NWA Americas Champion
-NWA (Australia) World Light Heavyweight Champion
-NWA Florida Champion
-NWA Florida Television Champion
-NWA (Florida) Southern Champion (2x)
-NWA (Florida) Southern Tag Team Champion (w/ Dante)
-NWA Florida Tag Team Champion (w/ Inferno #2)
-NWA (Florida) World Tag Team Champion (4x; all w/ Inferno #2)
-NWA (Georgia) Southern Tag Team Champion (w/ Inferno #2)
-NWA (Georgia) World Tag Team Champion (2x; both w/ Inferno #2)
-NWA Mid-America Champion
-NWA (Mid-America) Southern Tag Team Champion (w/ Mike Clancy)
-NWA (Mid-America) World Tag Team Champion (4x; 3 w/ Dante, 1 w/ Dennis Hall)
-NWA (San Francisco) United States Champion
-NWA (San Francisco) World Tag Team Champion (w/ Kinji Shibuya)
-NWA Southern Junior Heavyweight Champion
-NWA Southern Tag Team Champion (w/ Inferno #2)
-NWA Texas Champion
-NWA (Texas) World Tag Team Champion (w/ Inferno #2)
-NWA Western States Tag Team Champion (w/ Inferno #2)
-World Championship Wrestling Austra-Asian Champion (2x)
-World Championship Wrestling Brass Knuckles Champion (2x)
-WZWA Tag Team Champion (w/ Inferno #2)
-WP Arizona Champion

Affiliates: Princess Shelina, Tor Kamata, Inferno #2, J. C. Dykes, Dante, Luke Graham, Mike Clancy, Abdullah the Butcher, Saul Weingeroff, The Manchurians

Notable Feuds: Joe Turco, Jim Osborne, Chuck Karbo, Don Kent, Jess Duran, José Lothario, Sam Steamboat, Nelson Royal, Pat Patterson, George Scott, Sandy Scott, Pepper Gómez, Ricky Romero, George Becker, Dory Funk, Jr., Amazing Zuma, Terry Funk, Johnny Weaver, Louis Tillet, Grizzly Smith, Little Eagle, Rocky Johnson, Dick Steinborn, Mr. Wrestling II, Jack Brisco, Mario Galento, Hiro Matsuda, Paul Jones, Bob Roop, Mr. Wrestling, Greg Peterson, Tex McKenzie, Donald Lortie, Tony González, Chati Yokouchi, Umanosuke Ueda, Bill Wright, Dan Miller, Luther Lindsay

Other Facts: -Real name was James Ault
-Husband of pro wrestling valet Princess Shelina
-Nephew of pro wrestler Sheik Ben-Ali
-Cousin of pro wrestler Skandar Akbar
-As Great Mephisto, he was billed from Saudi Arabia
-While competing as one of the Infernos, they were billed as the "European Tag Team Champions". No validation of those titles has ever been presented.
-First white wrestler to wrestle a black wrestler in Alabama
-Suffered from an odd ailment that could never be diagnosed by any doctor, causing him to have constant excessive dry mouth. When competing as one of the Infernos, his manager, J. C. Dykes, would carry a water thermos to ringside with him and Frankie would drink from it during matches to keep hydrated (and the thermos also served as a weapon on occasion).
-Was the 1st person to team Michael Hayes & Terry Gordy together. He also gave Kamala & Percy Pringle their starts in the pro wrestling.
-He gained lots of fame by wrestling as "The Great Mephisto", however, he started his career in the 1960s under the name, Frankie Cain. Therefore, it is impossible for him to be The Great Mephisto that competed in Oklahoma in the 1940s & 1950s.
-Voted Most Hated Wrestling by the readers of Pro Wrestling Illustrated in 1974 (as The Great Mephisto)
-His autobiography "Raising Cain: From Jimmy Ault to Kid McCoy" was released in 2020.
-Passed away February 2, 2026 at the age of 93.