William F. Watts Jr. (born May 5, 1939) is a retired American professional wrestler, promoter and former American football player. Watts garnered fame...
21 KB (1,919 words) - 17:54, 8 July 2024
son of wrestler Bill Watts. Watts attended the University of Louisville, where he was a quarterback for the Louisville Cardinals. Watts trained as a wrestler...
15 KB (1,499 words) - 23:48, 17 May 2024
Federation was a 1986 re-branding of wrestler-turned-owner Bill Watts' Mid-South Wrestling promotion. Watts' goal was to elevate his promotion from a relatively...
35 KB (3,471 words) - 21:55, 15 May 2024
group, the Charlie Watts Quintet, and appeared in London at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club with the Charlie Watts Tentet. In 1989, Watts was inducted into the...
50 KB (4,786 words) - 16:37, 11 July 2024
Leroy McGuirk (section Bill Watts)
Rip Tyler, Wayne Martin, and George Scott. Of all those people, Cowboy Bill Watts played a big part in McGuirk's promotion, both positively and negatively...
13 KB (1,506 words) - 04:52, 22 June 2024
early 1980s Ritter moved to Mid-South Wrestling, where booker "Cowboy" Bill Watts gave him the name and gimmick Junkyard Dog, as he would wear a long chain...
21 KB (2,104 words) - 23:40, 30 June 2024
(January 16, 2011). "Sportsnet says goodbye to Bill Watters". The Globe and Mail. "The End Of The Bill Watters Show?". torontosportsmedia.com. July 12, 2011...
5 KB (454 words) - 14:37, 19 October 2023
1977 when he then transitioned to the promotion's broadcast team. After Bill Watts' purchase of NWA Tri-State in 1982 and the subsequent re-branding to Mid-South...
84 KB (8,634 words) - 06:30, 21 June 2024
Jim Cornette (section Watts' style and influence)
November 1983, Mid-South promoter Bill Watts recognized his business was down and was looking to reinvigorate his territory. Watts asked Jerry Jarrett and Jerry...
90 KB (9,617 words) - 16:12, 11 July 2024
entered into a talent exchange with Bill Watts' Mid-South Wrestling promotion. Jarrett and Lawler advised Watts to bring more young performers into his...
22 KB (1,988 words) - 02:09, 20 June 2024
was the premier title in the Universal Wrestling Federation owned by Bill Watts. When Mid-South Wrestling Association changed its name to the UWF, the...
4 KB (185 words) - 23:03, 6 January 2024
Williams, trained for professional wrestling by Bill Watts and Buddy Landel, started wrestling in 1982 in Watts' Mid-South Wrestling. In 1985, he formed a...
55 KB (6,303 words) - 21:56, 9 July 2024
civic activities by residents of Watts include the "Toys for Watts" toy drive, the Watts Christmas parade, and the "Watts Summer Games" athletic tournament...
71 KB (7,470 words) - 08:34, 2 July 2024
with the imposter "Kamala II". In late-1982, Kamala began wrestling for Bill Watts' Mid-South Wrestling promotion. He was managed by Skandor Akbar and Friday...
47 KB (4,562 words) - 19:58, 9 July 2024
Charlie Watts. Wyman mentions that "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" was released as a single only after a 3–2 vote within the band: Wyman, Watts and Jones...
38 KB (3,874 words) - 10:41, 10 July 2024
accuses WWE Hall of Fame inductee Bill Watts of making anti-Semitic statements when he was running WCW". "Heyman on Watts: "It's Shameful That a Racist Should...
76 KB (8,322 words) - 20:02, 12 July 2024
Mutoh wins IWGP belt, Bret wins NA title, Dibiase & Dr. Death, Sheik, Watts, Fargos". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 11,...
13 KB (254 words) - 14:58, 26 February 2024
12, 2007. Retrieved March 7, 2024. Watts, Bill; Williams, Scott (2006). The Cowboy and the Cross: The Bill Watts Story. ECW Press. pp. 115, 181. ISBN 978-1-5502-2708-6...
68 KB (6,690 words) - 01:40, 24 April 2024
The Watts riots, sometimes referred to as the Watts Rebellion or Watts Uprising, took place in the Watts neighborhood and its surrounding areas of Los...
44 KB (5,035 words) - 18:59, 6 July 2024
brought into the Oklahoma-based NWA Tri-State promotion by booker Bill Watts. Watts had intended to create a new tag team comprising Jack Donovan and...
22 KB (2,171 words) - 18:16, 2 May 2024
York: ECW Press. p. 55. ISBN 978-1-55022-761-1. Watts, Bill (2006). The Cowboy and the Cross:The Bill Watts Story: Rebellion, Wrestling and Redemption. New...
49 KB (4,852 words) - 10:46, 28 June 2024
stars Naomi Watts, Bill Murray, Sarah Pidgeon, Constance Wu, Ann Dowd, Noma Dumezweni, Felix Solis, Owen Teague and Carla Gugino. Naomi Watts Bill Murray Sarah...
4 KB (316 words) - 21:56, 6 June 2024
"Alexander the Great"). Akbar led the villainous stable Devastation, Inc. in Bill Watts's Universal Wrestling Federation during the promotion's heyday in the 1980s...
10 KB (842 words) - 14:08, 19 March 2024
1984. Watts, Bill; Williams, Scott (2006). The Cowboy and the Cross: The Bill Watts Story. Toronto: ECW Press. p. 139. ISBN 1-55022-708-4. Watts, Bill (December...
58 KB (5,509 words) - 00:48, 29 June 2024
Countryman. p. 60. ISBN 978-1-4041-0211-8. Watts, Bill; Scott Williams (2006). The Cowboy and the Cross: The Bill Watts Story: Rebellion, Wrestling and Redemption...
20 KB (1,950 words) - 02:58, 15 April 2024
interviewers and referees. General Watts, Bill; Williams, Scott (2006). The Cowboy and the Cross: The Bill Watts Story. Toronto: ECW Press. ISBN 1-55022-708-4...
78 KB (2,374 words) - 07:03, 11 May 2024
Julius Caesar Watts Jr. (born November 18, 1957) is an American politician, clergyman, and former football player. Watts played as a quarterback in college...
47 KB (3,925 words) - 17:21, 25 June 2024
and lamented Watts's performance: "I'm disappointed to report that Hudson and Watts have no chemistry as sisters, perhaps because Watts never seems like...
97 KB (9,426 words) - 16:08, 10 July 2024
February 15, 2009. "PWTorch.com - KELLER'S WWE HALL OF FAME REPORT 4/4: Bill Watts (via Jim Ross) - final webcast segment prior to USA Network special"....
8 KB (241 words) - 15:50, 3 July 2024
Blanchard on August 27. In the fall of 1987, Jim Crockett Promotions acquired Bill Watts' Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF). Dusty Rhodes decided which members...
33 KB (3,833 words) - 16:50, 24 June 2024