Aurelian Smith
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Aurelian Smith was a professional wrestler better known as Grizzly Smith. Aurelian Smith is the father of Jake "The Snake" Roberts with whom he has a strained relationship. In wrestling documentary Beyond the Mat, Roberts claimed that he was conceived when Smith raped his future grandmother (who he was dating at the time)'s daughter, who was at the time just 13 years old.[1] He has another son Michael (Sam Houston) and a daughter Robin (Rockin' Robin) from another relationship, who also became wrestlers.
[edit] Profile
- Trained by: "Tiny" Smith
- Debut: 1958
- Previous Gimmicks: Grizzly Smith, The Kentuckian, Sky-Hi Jones, Tiny Anderson
- Signiature Moves: The Bearhug, The Stump Puller
[edit] Championships and accomplishments
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- NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship (Vancouver version) (with Don Leo Jonathan)
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- Won from The Spoiler in June 1968
- Lost to The Spoiler on August 20, 1968 in Dallas, Texas
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- NWA American Tag Team Championship (with Fritz Von Erich)
- Won on July 19, 1968 in Houston, Texas
- Lost to The Spoiler and Gary Hart on September 10, 1968 in Dallas, Texas
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- NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Tri-State version) (with Luke Brown)
- Won from Waldo Von Erich and Karl Von Brauner in April 1971
- Stripped of the titles later in the month
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- NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Tri-State version) (2) (with Luke Brown)
- Won in April 1971
- Lost to The Spoilers later in the year
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- WWA World Tag Team Championship (with Luke Brown)
- Won from The Assassins on August 8, 1965 in Los Angeles, California
- Lost to Gorilla Monsoon and Luke Graham in January 1966 in Los Angeles, California
