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WRESTLER PROFILES
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| Wrestler: |
One Man Gang |
| Real Name: |
George Gray |
| Birthday: |
February 12, 1960 |
| Hometown: |
Spartanburg, South Carolina Billed From Chicago, Illinois |
| Marital Status: |
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| Height & Weight: |
6'9" - 457 lbs |
| Trained by: |
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| Debut: |
1977 |
| Previous Gimmicks: |
Crusher Broomfield (Poffo's ICW) Panama Gang One Man Gang Akeem The African Dream (WWF) |
| Finishing Move: |
747 Splash |
| Favorite Moves: |
Front Suplex Elbow |
| Notable Feuds: |
Blackjack Mulligan Bruiser Brody The von Erichs Kerry Von Erich Terry Gordy Hulk Hogan Macho Man
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[One Man Gang Gallery]
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Mid-Atlantic Tag Team titles w/Kelly Kiniski defeating Jimmy Valient & Bugsy McGraw (May 23, 1983);
NWA Florida United States Tag Team titles w/Ron Bass defeating Dusty Rhodes & Blackjack Mulligan (November 30, 1983);
NWA Florida Brass Knuckles defeating Blackjack Mulligan (November 1984);
World Class Six-Man titles w/Killer Brooks & Mark Lewin defeating Kerry, Kevin & Mike von Erich (July 7, 1985)..
UWF Heavyweight title won by forfiet from Terry Gordy due to injury (November 9, 1986)..
WCW United States title defeating Kensuki Sasaki (December 27, 1995);
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The Early Years
George Gray spent his early years in Angelo Poffo's International Championship Wrestling under the name "Crusher Bloomfield"..
Mid South Wrestling
May 1, 1982--Superdome Extravaganza: One Man Gang & Harley Race beat Andre the Giant & Dick Murdoch by Disqualification..
July 7, 1982--Superdome Extravaganza: Ernie Ladd & Buck Robley defeated One Man Gang & The Assassin
Championship Wrestling from Florida
June 30, 1984--Lords of the Ring: Jerry Lawler defeated One Man Gang by Disqualification..
World Class Championship Wrestling
January 28, 1985--WCCW Star Wars: One Man Gang defeated Jose Lothario..
May 5, 1985--Parade of Champions: Kerry Von Erich defeated One Man Gang in a "Kerry's hair vs Gary Hart's hair" match.
~~~The Freebirds & Von Erichs beat Chris Adams & Gino Hernandez & Rip Oliver & Kamala & One Man Gang & Steve Williams..
July 4, 1985--WCCW Star Wars: Kerry Von Erich defeated One Man Gang in a "Chicago Death Match"..
September 2, 1985--WCCW Star Wars: Bruiser Brody defeated One Man Gang by Disqualification in a 1-on-1 match..
~~~Kerry & Kevin Von Erich & Brian Adias beat One Man Gang & Mark Lewin & Jack Victory to win the 6 Man Tag Titles.
October 1985--Cotton Bowl Extravaganza: Iceman King Parsons defeated One Man Gang ...
November 28, 1985--WCCW Star Wars: One Man Gang beat Gary Hart | One Man Gang vs Kimala was a Double Countout!
December 25, 1985--WCCW Star Wars: Bruiser Brody defeated One Man Gang in a "Chain" match..
May 4, 1986--Parade of Champions: The Missing Link & Iceman King Parsons defeated One Man Gang & Skandar Akbar..
Universal Wrestling Federation
June 14, 1986--Superdome Extravaganza: One Man Gang defeated Brett Sawyer..
November 9, 1986: One Man Gang was awarded the UWF Heavyweight title by forfeit when Terry Gordy was injured..
November 27, 1986--Superdome Extravaganza: Jim Duggan defeated One Man Gang by DQ (OMG retains UWF Title)..
~~~ ~~~ ~~~ Also on the card: UWF Heavyweight Champion One Man Gang won a special "Two Ring Battle Royal"..
April 11, 1987--Superdome Extravaganza: Steve Williams defeated One Man Gang by DQ (OMG retains UWF Title)..
World Wrestling Federation - One Man Gang
May 1987: The One Man Gang signed with the World Wrestling Federation and began a series of Televised squash matches..
August 28, 1987 - Paul Beosch Retirement Show: Hulk Hogan defeated The One Man Gang to retain the WWF title..
January 24, 1988 - Royal Rumble: One Man Gang was the last person Hacksaw Jim Duggan eliminated to win the Rumble..
March 27, 1988 - Wrestlemania IV: One Man Gang competed in the tournament to crown a new WWF Undisputed Champion..
~~~One Man Gang defeated Bam Bam Bigelow (1st Round) and received a bye into the Semi-finals vs. Randy Savage..
~~~Randy Savage w/Elizabeth defeated One Man Gang in the Third round (Savage went on to beat DiBiase in the finals)..
World Wrestling Federation - AKEEM
1988: One Man Gang transformed into "Akeem The African Dream" (an office jab at "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes)..
January 7, 1989 - SNME: Hulk Hogan defeatd Akeem The African Dream w/Slick by Disqualification..
Akeem formed a powerhouse tag team with The Big Bossman known as The Twin Towers..
February 3, 1989 - The Main Event II: Hulk Hogan & Randy Savage defeated Akeem & Big Bossman..
April 2, 1989 - Wrestlemania V: The Twin Towers defeated The Rockers (Shawn Michaels & Marty Jannetty)..
August 28, 1989 - Summerslam: Hacksaw Jim Duggan & Demolition defeated Andre the Giant & The Twin Towers..
Late 1989: The Twin Towers broke up and The Big Bossman turned face. Akeem however was phased out of the WWF..
Global Wrestling Federation
October 11, 1991--Global Wrestling Federation: One Man Gang beat Mike Stetson | The Patriot beat One Man Gang by DQ..
World Championship Wrestling
November 26, 1995 - World War III: One Man Gang participated in the 60-man 3-ring battle royal..
December 27, 1995 - Starrcade: One Man Gang defeated Kensuki Sasaki to win the WCW United States title..
American Wrestling Federation
1996--Episode 30: One Man Gang w/Bugaloo Brown defeated J.D. Lessman..
Extreme Championship Wrestling
One Man Gang had a VERY brief stint in ECW, as a member of the Full Blooded Italians..
Semi-Retirement
George Gray cut back his wrestling schedule after suffering a heart attack..
Heroes of Wrestling PPV: One Man Gang took on Abdullah the Butcher in a Street Fight..
2000: George Gray suffered a heart attack, but recovered well and has lost some weight..
George Gray still does occasional independent wrestling shows and overseas tours..
George Gray (as One Man Gang) appeared at Wrestlemania X-7 in the gimmick battle royal..
~~~George was scheduled to compete as "Akeem" but he lost so much weight the costume didn't fit..
December 14, 2002--American Pro Wrestling: Jay Eagle & One Man Gang vs Steve Stasiak & Bubba Brooks was a Double DQ..
Grorge Gray is also a prison guard at Angola Prison in Louisiana and has made several appearances in IWA Puerto Rico..
~~~The Angola Prison was the subject of a critically acclaimed documentary film a few years ago entitled "The Farm"..
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