Dick Slater

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Dick Slater was a professional wrestler in the 1970s and 1980s who often wrestled in the NWA's Mid-Atlantic region. He went by the nicknames Dirty Dick Slater, "Mr. Unpredictable" Dick Slater, and "The Rebel" Dick Slater.

On August 12, 1977 he defeated Jack Brisco for the Missouri State Heavyweight Title.

Contents 1 Profile 2 Career 3 Championships and accomplishments 4 Trivia

[edit] Profile

• Real Name: Van Richard Slater
• Height: 6 ft, 1 in. (1.85 m)
• Weight: 233 lbs
• Birthday: May 19, 1942
• Hometown: Tampa, Florida
• Trainer: Hiro Matsuda, Eddie Graham
• Managers: Gary Hart, Col. Rob Parker, Oliver Humperdink, Curt Hennig, Dark Journey, Paul E. Dangerously, Scotty Ace
• Debut Year: 1970

[edit] Career

[edit] Championships and accomplishments

• International Wrestling Association of Japan

• IWA World Heavyweight Championship (Japanese version) (1 time)

• National Wrestling Alliance
• World

• NWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Dusty Rhodes

• National

• NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• Regional

• NWA Florida Brass Knuckles Championship (1 time)
• NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
• NWA Florida Southern Heavyweight Championship (4 times)
• NWA Florida Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Dusty Rhodes (1) and Toru Tanaka (1)
• NWA Florida Television Championship (1 time)
• NWA Florida United States Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Killer Karl Kox
• NWA Georgia Heavyweight Championship (4 times)
• NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Bob Orton, Jr.
• NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
• NWA Mid-Atlantic Television Championship (2 times)
• NWA Missouri Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
• NWA Southeast Heavyweight Championship (3 times)
• NWA Southeast Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Paul Orndorff (1) and Jerry Blackwell (1)

Pro Wrestling Illustrated

• PWI ranked him # 153 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003.

• Southwest Championship Wrestling

• SWCW Southwest Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
• SWCW Southwest Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Bob Sweetan
• SWCW World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Bruiser Brody

• United States Wrestling Association

• USWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• Universal Wrestling Federation (Bill Watts) | Mid-South Wrestling

• Mid-South North American Championship (2 times)
• UWF Television Championship (1 time)

• World Championship Wrestling

• WCW United States Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with The Barbarian
• WCW World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Bunkhouse Buck

• Other Titles

• ICWA Florida Championship (1 time)

[edit] Trivia

• Dick once dated Luna Vachon.