George South
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George South is a professional wrestler who has appeared as a preliminary wrestler in World Championship Wrestling, Jim Crockett Promotions and the World Wrestling Federation.
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[edit] Career
George South started wrestling in 1985 in the NWA's Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP). He was used as enhancement talent but he always got in some offense and was very good at getting heel heat with the fans.
South wrestled in Georgia Championship Wrestling and captured their Junior Heavyweight Title in 1986 in between stops for JCP.
South also wrestled as a preliminary wrestler in the World Wrestling Federation on occasion in the 1980s.
South was the top heel in the Pro Wrestling Federation that ran from 1992 until 1999 in the Carolinas. He mainly feuded with his arch-rival, The Italian Stallion, who promoted the company with some help from South.
In the 1990s, South worked as enhancement talent for World Championship Wrestling.
South is a born-again Christian and says one of his biggest thrills was passing a Christian tract to Hulk Hogan in WCW who told him he needed it.
When the PWF closed in 1999, South opened his own promotion called the Exodus Wrestling Alliance. He still runs shows as of 2005 in the Mid-Atlantic area and participates in Christianity/Wrestling shows with Nikita Koloff and Ted DiBiase.
One of his gimmicks is the fact that he gets heel heat from the fans by sticking his tongue out at them and taunting them about how he is manhandling their hero in the ring. He is pround of the fact that he does not have to get crude, use profanity or become vulgar to get heel heat.
An important part of South's modern day matches are moves and performances intended to pay tribute to the great wrestling stars of the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, including Wahoo McDaniel, Blackjack Mulligan, Brute Bernard, Two Ton Harris, Paul Jones, Ricky Steamboat, Tully Blanchard, the Anderson Brothers, and others.
South's most significant recent match was against Brad Armstrong in Spartanburg, SC at the Wrestling Night of Legends II. It is considered by those who follow the current independent scene and the recent trend of legends reunions to be a textbook look at everything that was right about "old school" wrestling.
George's son, George South Jr., is now also a wrestler.
As of now, George trains up and comers at the Rings wrestling training facility in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Tuesdays
[edit] External links
George can be found online at http://www.GeorgeSouth.com and is featured prominently on the Mid-Atlantic Gateway website at http://www.midatlanticgateway.com, including an online museum of wrestling artifacts.
[edit] Profile
- Height: 6'0"
- Weight: 240 lbs.
- Birthday: September 7, 1962
- Hometown: Zionville, South Carolina
- Trainer: Rusty Roberts
- Other Gimmicks: Mr. #1, Gorgeous George South, Little George South, Gladiator #2, Cruel Connection #2
- Managers: Peggy Lee Leather, Sheik Mohammed Abdul
- Wrestlers Managed: Nelson Knight, Bobby Knight
[edit] Championships and accomplishments
[edit] National Wrestling Alliance
- 1-time NWA Georgia Junior Heavyweight Champion
[edit] Pro Wrestling Federation
- 9-time PWF Heavyweight Champion
- 2-time PWF Junior Heavyweight Champion
- 1-time PWF Eastern States Champion
- 6-time PWF Tag Team Champion (1-time with Terry Austin, 3-time with The Italian Stallion, 1-time with Scotty McKeever, 1-time with The Equalizer)
[edit] Exodus Wrestling Alliance
- 12-time EWA Heavyweight Champion
- 1-time EWA Television Champion
[edit] Other titles
- 1-time APW United States Champion
- 1-time APW Television Champion
- 1-time ICW Tag Team Champion (with Mark Ash)
- 1-time RAW Heavyweight Champion
- 3-time SCW Heavyweight Champion
- 2004 Anderson Brothers Classic Tag Team Tournament winner (with Brad Anderson)
