Precious (wrestling)

Precious
Precious
Born	June 4, 1955 (age 68); North Bay, Ontario, Canada
Spouse(s)	Jimmy Garvin (m. 1972)
Children	2
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Precious; Sunshine II
Debut	1983
Retired	1992

Patricia Williams (born June 4, 1955) is a Canadian retired

valet better known by her ring name, Precious. She is the real-life wife of the man she managed for much of her career, Jimmy Garvin

.

Professional wrestling career

World Class Championship Wrestling (1983–1984)

Patti Williams made her professional wrestling debut in 1983 for the Dallas, Texas-based

WCCW Television Championship to Johnny Mantell, while retaining Sunshine II's place, and changing her name to "Precious", the name previously used by Sunshine's predecessor, Garvin's original valet.^{[citation needed}

]

Precious's first big rivalry with Garvin was with Sunshine, who aligned herself with Chris Adams, whom Garvin would feud over the NWA American Heavyweight Championship. She would wrestle three mixed tag team matches in 1984: one with Adams and Sunshine on May 6, and two with Adams and Stella Mae French on June 16, and a steel cage losers leaves town match on July 4.^[3]

American Wrestling Association (1984–1986)

After a tour with

The Fabulous Freebirds. After Garvin and Regal lost the titles to Scott Hall and Curt Hennig

in January 1986, Precious and Garvin left the territory.

Jim Crockett Promotions / World Championship Wrestling (1986–1988, 1992)

Precious and Jimmy Garvin joined the Charlotte, North Carolina-based

NWA United States Tag Team Champions; they defeated Jimmy Valiant and Manny Fernandez in the first round, but lost to The Kansas Jayhawks (Dutch Mantel and Bobby Jaggers

) in the semi-finals.

In February 1987, Precious turned babyface alongside Jimmy Garvin and joined forces with her brother-in-law

NWA World Heavyweight Championship

from Flair.

In 1988, Precious and the Garvins feuded with

Dr. Death Steve Williams won the match, but after the match, Sullivan took the key and locked himself in with Precious, before being saved by Road Warrior Hawk. On the September 3 episode of World Championship Wrestling

, Precious and Jimmy Garvin were scheduled to wrestle Mike Rotunda for the NWA World Television title, but before the match was scheduled to start, Sullivan grabbed Precious, causing Jimmy Garvin to go after Sullivan, before being jumped by Rotunda and Steiner, before Sullivan slammed concrete blocks onto Garvin's leg. It was her last appearance for four years.

Precious briefly returned to WCW in May 1992 at

The Fabulous Freebirds, which consisted of her husband Jimmy Garvin and Michael Hayes, who had just won the WCW United States Tag Team titles from Greg Valentine and Terry Taylor

. She retired after Garvin left WCW later that year.

Personal life

Williams married Jimmy Garvin in 1972. Together, they have two daughters and they are involved in a ministry for the poor and homeless.[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "Precious' Showa Puroresu Profile". Retrieved February 3, 2015.
^ "IMDB - Patti Garvin". IMDb. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
^ "Precious' Cagematch Match History". Retrieved February 3, 2015.
^ "World Class Memories: FAQ: Current Whereabouts and Final Resting Places". Archived from the original on November 8, 2017. Retrieved February 4, 2015.

External links

Patti Williams at
IMDb
Precious's profile at Cagematch.net, Wrestlingdata.com, Internet Wrestling Database

[ShowaPuroresu-1] "Precious' Showa Puroresu Profile". Retrieved February 3, 2015.

[imdb-2] "IMDB - Patti Garvin". IMDb. Retrieved February 3, 2015.

[Cagematch-3] "Precious' Cagematch Match History". Retrieved February 3, 2015.

[WCM-4] "World Class Memories: FAQ: Current Whereabouts and Final Resting Places". Archived from the original on November 8, 2017. Retrieved February 4, 2015.

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