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Bugsy McGraw
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 280 lbs
From: Central Florida
Birthday: Nov 1st
Pro Debut: 1969
Aliases: Mike Davis [1st], The Big O, Beautiful Brutus, The Skull, The Mighty Brutus, The Brute, Spoiler #2
Feds Worked For: TSW, MSW, NWA, TNA, USWA, UWF, WCCW, AWA, WWWF, All Japan Pro Wrestling (Japan), Big Time Wrestling (MI/OH), Championship Wrestling from Florida (FL), Continental Wrestling Association (TN), Georgia Championship Wrestling (GA), Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling (NC/SC), Mid-Pacific Promotions (HI), Montreal (Canada), New Japan Pro Wrestling (Japan), NWA Big Time Wrestling (CA), NWA Hollywood (CA), NWA Western States Sports (TX), Northwest Wrestling Promotions (Canada), Pacific Northwest Wrestling (OR), Professional Wrestling Federation (FL), Stampede Wrestling (Canada), Ward Family Promotions (VA), World Championship Wrestling (Australia), World Wrestling Association (IN)
Finisher: The Splash
Career Highlights: -Austa-Asian Tag Team Champion (2x; 1 each w/ Butcher Brannigan and Mario Milano)
-AWA Mid-American Champion
-AWA Midwest Champion
-Maritimes Provinces North American Champion (2x)
-Montreal International Tag Team Champion
-NWA Alabama Champion
-NWA American Champion
-NWA American Tag Team Champion (w/ King Kong Bundy)
-NWA Florida Brass Knuckles Champion
-NWA Florida Champion
-NWA Florida Tag Team Champion (2x; 1 each w/ Pak Song and Thor the Viking)
-NWA Florida Television Champion (3x)
-NWA (Florida) United States Tag Team Champion (w/ Dusty Rhodes)
-NWA Mid-America Champion
-NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Champion (w/ Rufus R. Jones)
-NWA Pacific Coast Champion (2x)
-NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Champion (w/ Tony Borne)
-NWA (San Francisco) United States Champion
-MWA Texas Brass Knuckles Champion (3x)
-NWA Texas Tag Team Champion (w/ Alfred Hayes)
-NWA (Texas) World Tag Team Champion (w/ Bill Irwin)
-NWA (Vancouver) Canadian Tag Team Champion (3x; 1 each w/ Mike Webster, Gene Kiniski, and Mr. X)
-TSW North American Champion
-TSW United States Tag Team Champion (2x; 1 each w/ Spoiler 1 & Dr. X)
-WCCW Television Champion
-World Brass Knuckles Champion
Affiliates: The Great Malenko, Mr. X, Dr. X, H & H Limited, Skandar Akbar, Thor the Viking, Lou Albano, Tony Borne, Alfred Hayes, Bill Irwin, Mike Webster, Gene Kiniski, Rufus R. Jones, King Kong Bundy, Pak Song, Dusty Rhodes, Butcher Brannigan, Mario Milano, Jimmy Valiant, Scott Irwin, Mike Graham, Manny Fernandez, Guy Mitchell, Dick Murdoch, Moondog Mayne, Bull Ramos, Barry Windham
Notable Feuds: Joe Scarpa, The Great Malenko, H & H Limited, Nikolai Volkoff, The Assassin, Dick Slater, Dutch Savage, Bobby Jaggers, Don Muraco, Ivan Koloff, Steve Keirn, The Spoiler, Tony Parisi, Peter Maivia, Moondog Mayne, Ivan Putski, Randy Rice, The Great Kabuki, John Quinn, Mike Graham, Dean Ho, Sean Regan, One Man Gang, Scott Irwin, Manny Fernandez, Al Madril, Jimmy Garvin, Vince Bryant, Jerry Brisco, Magic Dragon, Cyclone Negro, Dusty Rhodes, Skip Young
Other Facts: -Formerly wrestled as Mike Davis. Later, he was Head of Security for TNA using the Mike Davis name as well. Not to be confused with "Maniac" Mike Davis, who was 1/2 of the Rock-N-Roll RPMs tag team..
-Started his career in 1969 in Florida under a mask as The Big O. Later lost a Mask vs. Hair Match to Joe Scarpa.
-Wrestled for a time as Beautiful Brutus. He is not to be confused with the wrestler who competed in Oklahoma under that name.
-Wore a mask and teamed with Don Jardine as Spoiler #2 in 1976. After Jardine finished up this run in TSW, McGraw unmasked and began his run as "The Brute"
-Sometimes billed from New York City, NY
-Was Terry Taylor's first opponent.
-Holds the record for the longest WCCW Texas Brass Knucks Title reign (10 1/2 months)
-Worked for a time in central Florida working as a nurse
-Released his autobiography, "Brute Power" in 2019
-Ranked # 409 in the 1995 PWI 500
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Spotlight in History
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- 1986 Eddie Gilbert & Sting def. The Fantastics (Tommy Rogers & Bobby Fulton) for the UWF Tag Team Titles
- 1987 Ted Arcidi became the WCCW Texas Heavyweight Champion
- 1998 T. C. Gold def. J. J. Mustang for the OPW Turnpike Title
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- 09-03 1984 Gino Hernandez def. Mike Von Erich for the WCCW American Heavyweight Title
- 09-03 1984 Chris Adams def. Jake Roberts for the WCCW Television Title
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- 09-04 1972 Duke Myers & Terry Garvin [1st] became the TSW United States Tag Team Champions
- 09-04 1978 The Von Erichs (David Von Erich & Kevin Von Erich) def. Gino Hernandez & Bruiser Brody for the WCCW Texas Tag Team Titles
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- 09-05 1979 Mike George def. Mr. Wrestling II for the MSW North American Heavyweight Title
- 09-05 1979 Mike Sharpe, Jr. def. Mike George for the MSW Louisiana Title
- 09-05 1982 Kevin Von Erich def. King Kong Bundy for the WCCW American Heavyweight Title
- 09-05 1988 John Tatum & Jimmy Jack Funk def. Steve Simpson & Shaun Simpson for the WCCW Texas Tag Team Titles
- 09-05 2008 Tim Rockwell became the MWA Heavyweight Champion
- 09-05 2009 Cold Blooded Chris def. The Canadian Red Devil for the ComPro Showtime Title
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