King Parsons

King Parsons
Born (1950-06-11) June 11, 1950
Residence Fort Worth, Texas[1]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Iceman Parsons
King Parsons[1]
Billed height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1]
Billed weight 245 lb (111 kg; 17.5 st)[1]
Billed from St. Louis, Missouri[1]
Trained by Nick Kozak[1]
Debut 1979
Retired 2005

King Bailey Parsons Jr. (born June 11, 1950) is a former professional wrestler better known by his ring name Iceman King Parsons.[1]

Professional wrestling career

Parsons started wrestling in 1979 after being trained by Nick Kozak.[2] King started for the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA)'s Paul Boesch Promotion in Houston, Texas.[1] Boesch contacted Don Owen and was successful in landing a job for King in the NWA's Pacific Northwest territory.[1] Both Don and Elton Owen promoted in Washington and Oregon. While in the promotion, he teamed with Rocky Johnson and won the tag team title. King moved to Barling, Arkansas and lived there while working for the Tulsa promotion and Leroy McGuirk circa 1978–79. King moved to Worland, Wyoming and wrestled for the Rocky Mountain Wrestling promotion for about a year, wrestling in Wyoming, Idaho, and Utah. Bill Ash booked all the talent and the matches.

In 1982, he moved on to Jim Crockett Promotions[1] where he teamed with Porkchop Cash and feuded with Don Kernodle and Jim Nelson over the NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship. In 1984, because of talents and booking agent changes in Charlotte, King then moved on to World Class Championship Wrestling. He feuded with the One Man Gang and Chris Adams.[1] Parsons feuded with Freebird Buddy Roberts who cut his hair. They ended the feud with Parsons using the Freebird hair cream to render Roberts bald. He also formed "Rock 'n' Soul" with Buck Zumhofe and they had a big feud with Bill and Scott Irwin.[2] He wrestled briefly in the Texas All-Star Wrestling promotion in 1986 and formed the "Dream Team" with Tiger Conway, Jr. They feuded with Mike and Dizzy Golden.[2]

Iceman then went on to the Universal Wrestling Federation, where he was snubbed out of a tag team title tournament in 1987. Parsons turned heel and feuded mostly with Adams and with Savannah Jack for many months, and his feud with Jack carried over to Ken Mantell's new Wild West Wrestling promotion. In late-1987, he joined Terry Gordy and Buddy Roberts, after Michael Hayes left the Fabulous Freebirds, to help them get revenge on him. Hayes teamed with Kerry and Kevin Von Erich and they had a long feud that eventually saw Gordy side with Hayes and the Von Erich's and Roberts leave the promotion. Parsons was known as the "Blackbird" during this feud and formed a trio called "The Blackbirds" with Perry "Action" Jackson and Harold T. Harris. In 1985, Parsons would win the WCWA American Heavyweight Championship defeating Chris Adams, later losing that title to Ravishing Rick Rude. In March 1988 Parsons defeated Kerry Von Erich for the World Class heavyweight championship in a highly controversial bout that actually saw the lights go out in the Dallas Sportatorium. Winning the title made Iceman Parsons the first black World Heavyweight Champion in any wrestling promotion.

In the early-1990s, he moved over to the Herb Abrams-owned Universal Wrestling Federation and feuded with Colonel DeBeers over his treatment of African-American referee Larry Sampson, who was Parsons's storyline cousin.[2] In 1992, Parsons went to the Global Wrestling Federation with Jackson as the Blackbirds managed by The Witch Dr Baboose and won the tag team title with him and also won the North American title, which was their top title. Parsons and Jackson feuded with The Ebony Experience. He also worked for the United States Wrestling Association where he was managed by Skandor Akbar and Percy Pringle. After the death of friend Chris Adams in 2001 and suffering a serious back injury from a car accident, Parsons cut back on his appearances.[3] He is semi-retired, appearing from time to time with a few independent promotions in Texas.

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "King Parsons". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2010-01-30.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Pope, Kristian (2005). "Parsons, King (1980s–2000s)". Tuff Stuff – Professional wrestling field guide. Iola, Wisconsin: KP Books. p. 343. ISBN 0-89689-267-0.
  3. ↑ "World Class Memories: FAQ: Current Whereabouts and Final Resting Places". Retrieved February 4, 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  5. ↑ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "GWF North American Title". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. p. 280. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  6. ↑ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "GWF Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. p. 280. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  7. ↑ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. p. 115. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  8. ↑ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. pp. 317–320. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  9. ↑ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated 500 – 1991: 69 King Parsons". Pro Wrestling Illustrated (Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, United States: Sports and Entertainment publications LLC). September 23, 1991. p. 38. October 1991.
  10. ↑ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "TASW USA Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. p. 278. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  11. ↑ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "NWA American Title". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. pp. 265–266. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  12. ↑ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "NWA American Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. pp. 267–268. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  13. ↑ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "WCCW Television Title". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. pp. 270–271. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  14. ↑ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "NWA Texas Heavyweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. pp. 268–269. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  15. ↑ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "WCWA World Heavyweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. p. 267. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  16. ↑ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "NWA World Six-Man Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. pp. 271–272. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  17. ↑ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "WCWA World Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. p. 268. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
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