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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