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Ike Eakins

Nickname: The Clawman; Gentle

Weight: 270 lbs.

From: Harlan, KY

Pro Debut: 1946

Aliases: Masked Destroyer, Rasputin, The Clawman

Feds Worked For: NWA-West, TSW, AWA, NWA, Al Haft Sport (IL/OH), All Star Wrestling (NE), Atlantic Athletic Commission (MA), Big Time Wrestling (Canada), Central States Wrestling (IA/KS/MO), Championship Wrestling from Florida (FL), Eastern Sports Enterprises (CT/NJ/NY), Fred Kohler Enterprises (IL), Georgia Championship Wrestling (GA), Gulf Athletic Club (TX), International Wrestling (Canada), Japan Wrestling Association (Japan), Manhattan Wrestling Enterprise (MD/NJ/NY/PA/DC), Maple Leaf Wrestling (Canada), Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling (NC/SC), Minnesota Boxing & Wrestling Club (MN), NWA Montreal (Canada), P. L. Pinkie George Promotions (IA), Pacific Coast Athletic Commission (CA), San Francisco (CA), St. Louis Wrestling Club (MO), Stampede Wrestling (Canada), Upstate Athletic Club (NY)

Signature Moves: Stomping Headlock, Bodyslam, Clothesline

Career Highlights: -JWA All-Asian Tag Team Champion (w/ Waldo Von Erich)
-NWA (Florida) World Tag Team Champion (w/ Eddie Graham)
-NWA (Georgia) International Tag Team Champion (w/ Fred Atkins)
-NWA (Mid-Atlantic) Southern Tag Team Champion (w/ Tosh Togo)
-NWA (Texas) World Tag Team Champion (w/ Bill Longson)
-Stampede International Tag Team Champion (w/ Jim Wright)

Affiliates: Eddie Graham, Gorilla Marconi, Jim Wright, Fred Atkins, Roberto Pico, Bill Miller, Swede Hanson, Waldo Von Erich, Tosh Togo, Bill Longson

Notable Feuds: The Von Brauners, Samson, George Becker, Nick Adams, Haystacks Muldoon, Daron O' Hara, Ray Gunkle, Johnny Weaver, Abe Jacobs, Rikidozan, Sandy Scott, Toyonobori, George Scott, Ray Villmer, Billy Two Rivers, Enrique Torres, Michiaki Yoshimura, Tex McKenzie, Haystacks Calhoun, Bobby Managoff, Cyclone Anaya, Missouri Mauler

Other Facts: -Real name was Joseph Davis Eakins
-Served in the tank corps in World War II
-Made bit part appearances in some of the Joe Palooka movies.
-Played professional football for the Green Bay Packers and New York Giants
-Was allegedly brought in to the TSW territory to break Jack Donovan’s leg. Donovan and Eakins had known each other from the Carolina territories and Eakins smartened Donovan up to what he was supposed to do and never committed any violence to him.
-Competed under a mask as Rasputin until he was unmasked Dory Funk, Jr. on September 12, 1963
-Wrestled under a mask as The Clawman
-Passed away on October 20, 1968 due to a heart attack after a wrestling match.