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Friday, May 15, 2009

Jimmy "Jam" Garvin


James Williams was born on September 25, 1952 in Tampa, Florida.
He is a retired pro wrestler better known under his ring name Jimmy "Jam" Garvin as a member of the legendary Fabulous Freebirds.

Jimmy debuted in 1968 as Beau James, but he soon took the name "Gorgeous" Jimmy Garvin.
He had two "brothers", Terry and Ron Garvin (actually Jimmy was Ron's stepson in real life) who he managed for awhile.

When Jimmy went to World Class Championship Wrestling, he brought along his real life cousin Valerie French, better known as Sunshine.
After awhile, Jimmy brought in his real life wife Patti Williams as Precious.

Jimmy left WCCW with Precious and went to American Wrestling Association (AWA).

Then he went to the Jim Crockett Promotions/World Championship Wrestling, and feuded with Wahoo McDaniel, Brad Armstrong and Magnum T.A., Ric Flair, Kevin Sullivan and others.

In 1989 he joined the Fabulous Freebirds.
Actually Jimmy had wrestled with Micheal Hayes, Buddy Roberts and Terry Gordy back in WCCW and was always considered "The fourth Freebird".

In 1993, Jimmy left WCW and went to Global Wrestling Federation.

Jimmy did go back to the WCW one more time though in 1994 at Superbrawl IV when he replaced the "injured" Michael Hayes.

He is retired now, and is an accomplished pilot and flight instructor.

Monday, February 23, 2009

Mike Enos


Mike Enos was born on June 11, 1963 in Tampa, Florida.
He is a pro wrestler probably best known for his time wrestling with World Championship Wrestling (WCW), the American Wrestling Association (AWA) and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF).
Mike was trained by "The Trainer of Champions" Eddie Sharkey and made his pro wrestling debut in 1989.
He wrestled as “Mean” Mike Enos in the AWA, Blake Beverly in the WWF and The Mauler and his real name in WCW.

Mike wrestled as the The Masked Superstar at Wrestlewar 1990.
And Mike and his tag team partner Wayne Bloom also wrestled masked as the "Minnesota Wrecking Crew" managed by Ole Anderson.
Mike Enos retired from wrestling in 2000.

Saturday, January 20, 2007

WCW: The Minotaur

The Minotaur
Born: Boston, Massachusetts
Resides: Edina, Minnesota
Height and Weight: 6'2" - 310 lbs
Previous Gimmicks: Billy Jack Strong, Steve DiSalvo, Steve Strong, Sadistic Steve, Minotaur, Indian Warrior

Steve DiSalvo was a pro wrestler, best known for his appearances with the WCW as The Minotaur and his short run in WWF as Sadistic Steve.
Steve DiSalvo was trained by Billy Anderson, the man who also had a hand in training future superstars such as Sting and The Ultimate Warrior. DiSalvo's career has taken him to the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada. Fighting as Steve Strong in the 1980s, he was a main-event perfomer in Montreal-based International Wrestling, managed by Eddie Creatchman and brawling with the likes of Abdullah the Butcher (who was managed by Deepak Singh), and Rick Martel. At a time when Abdullah was destroying his opponents, DiSalvo battered him in a televised match, giving as good as he got.

Moving on to Stampede Wrestling, he was known as "Strangler" Steve DiSalvo, one of the most hated men in the company's history. Here, he feuded with Phil LaFleur over who had the better physique. DiSalvo would end up smashing a trophy over LaFleur's skull on TV, leading to several matches between the two.

In time though, the Stampede fans would rally behind DiSalvo in his battles against the hated Mahkan Singh, and when Don Muraco arrived at Stampede, DiSalvo would help Muraco win the Stampede North American Title from Singh.

DiSalvo moved onto the WWC (World Wrestling Council) promotion in Puerto Rico, where he again was known as Steve Strong. Again, he had bloody brawls with Abdullah the Butcher, as well as company owner (and father of current WWE superstar Carlito), Carlos Colón. Strong would win the WWC Universal Championship from Colón, only to lose it back to him soon after.

Strong returned back to the United States, this time for WCW, where he was named The Minotaur. Despite his intimidating look and brawling style, he was phased out in a matter of weeks.

He became Steve DiSalvo again and drifted around the independent circuit before retiring.

Steve DiSalvo has also had brief stays with the WWF, where he was seemingly lost in the shuffle due to his style being similar to so many other superstars of the time, and also in the AWA, where he wrestled as Billy Jack Strong, an utterly forgettable Native American gimmick.

WCW:"Mean" Mike


Mike Moran is a professional wrestler, who competes on the independent wrestling scene as "Mean" Mike .
He has also wrestled in WCW and the American Wrestling Association.
In IWA he wrestled with Bull Pain under the name Killer as "The Texas Hangmen".
In AWA, he wrestled under the name "Mike Richards."
In WCW, he wrestled alongside his partner, Tough Tom (Tom Benninghaus), in a jobber team called Disorderly Conduct.
He has wrestled under the ring names The Mighty Kodiak and Masked Grayskull.

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