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Jerry Wayne Oates: By the Numbers

Posted: Sep 15th 2026 By: Oklafan Staff

Oklafan recently acknowledged the death of pro wrestler Jerry Wayne Oates. Below is a complete retrospective of his career as far as Oklafan is able to document. We have included a listing of all the Oklahoma matches Jerry is known to have competed in, a win/loss record, a breakdown of singles and tag team matches and a year-by-year documentation of the number of matches he had in Oklahoma.

We hope that this record serves as a small reminder of the legacy that Jerry left behind.
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Name: Jerry Wayne Oates
Ring name(s): 1
Debut: 1970
Last Match: 2004
Oklahoma wrestling federations competed in: 1
Different titles held: 10
Total title reigns: 12
Win/Loss record in Oklahoma - 10-2-2
Singles Matches - 10
Tag Team Matches - 8

Match Results (All matches held in TSW):

1976

December 6 - Jerry Oates def. Pat Barrett

1977

February 26 - Jerry Oates vs. Mr. Sakurada (No result known)

March 14 - Jerry Oates vs. Karl Kox (No result known)

March 28 - Jerry Oates & Bill Watts def. The Spoiler & Karl Kox

April 18 - Jerry Oates def Mr. Sakurada

April 23 - Jerry Oates vs. Karl Kox (No result known)

April 25 - Jerry Oates vs. Mr. Sakurada went to a draw

May 2 - Jerry Oates vs. Pat O'Connor

May 30 - Jerry Oates vs. Gene Lewis

June 6 - Jerry Oates & Karl Kox def. The Medics

June 13 - Jerry Oates & Karl Kox def. TSW United States Tag Team Champions The Medics for the titles

June 20 - TSW United States Tag Team Champions Jerry Oates & Karl Kox vs. The Medics went to a a draw

July 4 - TSW United States Tag Team Champions Jerry Oates & Karl Kox def. The Medics

July 11 - Mike George & TSW United States Tag Team Champion Jerry Oates def. The Medics

July 14 - TSW United States Tag Team Champions Karl Kox & Jerry Oates def. The Medics

November 6 - Dick Murdoch def. TSW North American Champion Jerry Oates for the title

1979

June 24 - Dusty Rhodes, Jerry Oates & Buck Robley def. The Turk, Rock Hunter & TSW United States Tag Team Champion The Assassin by DQ

June 25 - Angel Mosca & Luke Graham def. Jerry Oates & TSW Brass Knucks Champion Mike Sharpe, Jr.