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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