King Curtis Iaukea

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This article is about American professional wrestler and later manager under the name The Wizard. For the Hawaiian diplomat, see Curtis P. Iaukea. For the American musician, see King Curtis. For the earlier WWF manager, similarly named The Grand Wizard, see Ernie Roth.
King Curtis Iaukea
Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
DiedDecember 4, 2010(2010-12-04) (aged 73)
Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)King Curtis Iaukea
Prince Kuhio
The Wizard
Prince Curtis Iaukea
The Master
Billed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[1]
Billed weight290 lb (130 kg)[1]
Debut1955
Retired1980

Curtis Piehau Iaukea III (September 15, 1937 – December 4, 2010) was an American

Dungeon of Doom in World Championship Wrestling (WCW). Under the name "Iau Kea" he appeared in the film The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze with Moe Howard declaring "That's not a man! That's a committee!".[2]

Early life

He was the great grandson of Colonel

tackle for the BC Lions from 1958-1959 and the Montreal Alouettes in 1959.[4] He was also in camp with the Oakland Raiders
in 1960 before being cut.

Professional wrestling career

Wrestling

Iaukea came to Don Owen's Pacific Northwest territory, commonly known as Portland Wrestling in 1961, wrestling under the moniker Prince Kuhio.[5] Teaming with Haru Sasaki, the two would capture the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Titles on January 19, 1962, holding them for two months. A year later, while traveling between Oregon and the Hawaiian Islands, King Curtis would capture the NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Title on September 5, 1963,[6] In Australia, King Curtis was a part of the face tag team known as the People's Army with Mark Lewin and Spiros Arion.[7]

His first sojourns to Australia were in the 1964–1965 season, where he was a

Hito Tojo
) from Japan. King Curtis was also a member of an alliance known as "The People's Army."

Management

After retiring in the mid-1980s, he turned to managing. In ICW, known as King Curtis, he managed Kevin Sullivan and Mark Lewin, taking on the gimmick of a crazed cult leader. His faction feuded with Joe Savoldi and Austin Idol. In the 80's, he also appeared with Sullivan in Championship Wrestling from Florida as "The Chairman of the Board".

Curtis Iaukea re-appeared briefly in the WWF promotion in 1986 as The Wizard, a manager and mouthpiece for

Mr Fuji
.

He also appeared briefly in

WCW as 'The Master' of the Dungeon of Doom stable in the mid-1990s, reuniting with both Kamala and Sullivan (who, as Dungeon leader, would address Iaukea as "my father", and he would address Sullivan as "my son") His role in the Dungeon was to conjure up new Dungeon members for Sullivan's war with Hulk Hogan
.

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 978-0-7566-4190-0
    .
  2. ISBN 0-9711868-0-4
    .
  3. ^ p.176 Oliver, Greg & Johnson, Steven The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: The Heels ECW Press, 2007
  4. ^ Ackles, Bob & Mulgrew, Ian The Water Boy: From the Sidelines to the Owner's Box: Inside the CFL, the XFL, and the NFL 2009 John Wiley and Sons
  5. ^ "Iaukea Reminisces About 50th-State Wrestling".
  6. ^ url=http://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=1302&page=11
  7. ^ "Giant who conquered Aussie hearts". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  8. ^ Hoops, Brian (January 19, 2019). "Pro wrestling history (01/19): Ric Flair wins WWF title in 1992 Royal Rumble". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
  9. ^ "World Brass Knuckles Title (Australia)".
  10. ^ Meltzer, Dave (2011-10-20). "Thurs. update: Brisco, GSP updates, Hall feature, WWE drops announcer, TV show looks to be canceled". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved 2011-10-21.

External links

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