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Johnny Eagle

Nickname: The Houdini of Wrestling; Man of 1000 Holds

Height: 6' 1"

Weight: 242 lbs.

From: Manchester, England

Aliases: Johnny Eagles, Johnny Eagle Marlin, Johnny Marlin, Ray Boyd

Feds Worked For: TSW, WCCW, NWA, Championship Wrestling from Florida (FL), Championship Wrestling USA (OR), Georgia Championship Wrestling (GA), Grand Prix Wrestling (Canada), Gulas Wrestling Enterprises (TN), Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling (AL/FL/MS), International Wrestling Enterprise (Japan), Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling (NC/SC), Mid-Southern Wrestling (TN), New Japan Pro Wrestling (Japan), NWA Big Time Wrestling (CA), NWA Hollywood (CA), NWA Mid-America (AL/TN), Pacific Coast Athletic Club (CA), Pacific Northwest Wrestling (OR/WA)

Finisher: Flying Dropkick

Career Highlights: -NWA Alabama Champion (2x)
-NWA Mid-America Tag Team Champion (w/ Tojo Yamamoto)
-NWA (Mid-America) Southern Tag Team Champion (2x; both w/ Jerry Jarrett)
-TSW United States Tag Team Champion (w/ Terry Latham)

Affiliates: Terry Latham, Terry Jowett

Notable Feuds: Rip Tyler, Eddie Sullivan, Ken Lucas, Lee Fields, Bad Boy Hines, The Medics, Bull Ramos, Jonathan Boyd, Rene Goulet

Other Facts: -Real name was Roy Nicholas Boyd
-Billed as the cousin of pro wrestlers Eddie Marlin & Tommy Marlin
-Sometimes billed from London, England
-Appeared in the movie "The Wrestling Queen" in 1975
-Passed away on May 12, 1999 at the age of 64.