Luther Biggs
Luther Biggs | |
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Born | Pontiac, Michigan, United States[1] |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Big Sexy[1] Burnin' Love Luther Biggs Disgraceland |
Trained by | WCW Power Plant[1] |
Debut | 1988 |
Retired | 2003 |
Luther Biggs is an American professional wrestler, who has competed in North American independent promotions including the United States Wrestling Association (USWA), Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) and had a short stint in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) during the late 1990s, most notably as one half of the tag team Hard Knox with Killer Kyle and manager Coach Buzz Stern. He has also acted in several films, using the stage name Luther Wilson.
Career
Early career
During the mid-1990s, Biggs competed in the Memphis-based United States Wrestling Association (USWA) as part of the stable the Country Boys along with
World Championship Wrestling
Although he had appeared in WCW several years before as "Big Sexy" Luther Biggs losing a match to
After appearing in subsequent vignettes as a somewhat clumsy varsity wrestler training with Stern,
Regularly appearing on WCW Thunder and
Return to the independent circuit
In 2001, he appeared in NWA Wildside defeating his old manager Coach Buzz Stern on March 17. The following night, he appeared at ringside with "Big" Ron Studd in a handicap match against Damien Steele and The Underdoggs and later defeated Romeo Bliss during the event. He also began wrestling for Dusty Rhodes's Florida-based Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling[8] as "Lethal" Luther Biggs losing to Bobby Hayes and, later that night, appeared in a tag team match with Larry Zbyszko against Dusty Rhodes and New Jack in Carrollton, Georgia on June 30.
Defeating Sean Evans in Woodstock, Georgia on December 7, he later lost to Jorge Estrada on December 28. He defeated Steve Madison on December 29 and Jason Sugarman on January 26, 2002.
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
In 2003, Biggs resurfaced in NWA: Total Nonstop Action as Disgraceland
Later career
He also teamed with Ron Reis to defeat Gilligan and Scotty Beach at the Rock N' Shock Benefit Show on September 16, 2006.[12] He also appeared with Lloyd and other celebrities such as musician Mark Wills and comedian Wix Wichman at the Steve Azar St. Cecilia Foundation Benefit Concert in 2007.[13]
References
- ^ a b c "Luther Biggs". Online World of Wrestling profile. Retrieved April 24, 2011.
- ^ "This Week in WCW: WCW {Pro} Wrestling - Sunday, 12/29/96". DDTdigest.com. May 2001.
- ^ "WCW Thunder - Thursday, September 2, 1999". DDTdigest.com. May 2001.
- ^ "WCW Thunder - Thursday, September 23, 1999". DDTdigest.com. October 1999.
- ^ "WCW Thunder - Thursday, September 30, 1999". DDTdigest.com. March 2000.
- ^ "WCW Thunder - Thursday, 14 October 1999". DDTdigest.com. November 1999.
- ^ Brashear, David (May 17, 2006). "Great-ing Gimmicks of the Past: Barry Darsow Goes Nuts". Inside Pulse. Archived from the original on February 5, 2018. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- ^ "Elsewhere: Dusty Wants TV Clearance". WrestlingTribune.com. 2000-10-21. Retrieved 2007-09-18.
- ^ Abreu, Donnie (2003-03-26). "Catching up on NWA-TNA". SLAM! Wrestling. Archived from the original on July 29, 2012. Retrieved 2007-09-18.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Allinson, Gregg (2003-02-20). "PPV Reviews: 2/19 NWA-TNA PPV review". TNAwrestling.com. Archived from the original on 2003-02-21. Retrieved 2007-09-18.
- ^ "Quick Results Archive: Weekly PPV's - 2003". TNAwrestling.com. 2003. Archived from the original on 2006-11-21. Retrieved 2007-09-18.
- ^ Goodman, Larry (2006-09-14). "Writer: Larry Goodman - September 14, 2006". GeorgiaWrestlingHistory.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2007-09-18.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Duke, Jan (2007). "Steve Azar St. Cecilia Foundation Benefit Concert Review". nashville.about.com. Archived from the original on 2011-02-15. Retrieved 2007-09-18.
External links
- Other Superstars: Luther Biggs
- Luther Biggs's profile at Cagematch.net
- Luther Wilson at IMDb