Reno Riggins
| Reno Riggins | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Neal Hargrove |
| Born | January 13, 1967 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Reno Riggins |
| Billed height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) |
| Billed weight | 229 lb (104 kg) |
| Trained by | Tojo Yamamoto |
| Debut | 1986 |
| Retired | 2011 |
Neal Hargrove, better known by his
professional wrestler. Riggins has competed in Southeastern independent promotions including the United States Wrestling Association
(USWA) during the 1990s.
Professional wrestling career
Hargrove was the final wrestler to be trained by Tojo Yamamoto before Yamamato's death in 1992.
Hargrove made his
Brian Christopher in August 1992.[3] After a brief stint in Smoky Mountain Wrestling in early 1993, he returned to the WWF and frequently appeared as an enhancement talent (now as a heel putting over numerous faces) on Monday Night Raw
until deciding to retire in early 1995.
Following the close of the USWA in 1997, Hargrove came out of retirement and began teaming with
Showtime All-Star Wrestling.[5]
He retired from wrestling in 2011.
Championships and accomplishments
- Central Wrestling Federation
- CWF Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Krull the Deathstalker[3]
- Music City Wrestling
- MCW North American Tag Team Championship (3 times) - with Steven Dunn
- National Wrestling Alliance1
- NWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Steven Dunn
- NWA North American Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Steven Dunn
- NWA Nashville
- NWA North American Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Steven Dunn
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- PWI ranked him # 189 of the 500 best singles wrestlers in the PWI 500in 1998.
- PWI ranked him # 189 of the 500 best singles wrestlers in the
- Showtime All-Star Wrestling
- SAW International Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[6]
- Spectrum Sports
- Spectrum Sports Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[3]
1His reign as NWA World Tag Team Champion began while wrestling on a card in Saudi Arabia. Records are unclear as for what promotion he wrestled at the time, as they are for when he first became NWA North American Tag Team Champion.
References
- ^ "Reno Riggins: Getting the job done". CANOE SLAM! Sports. Archived from the original on July 14, 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Karlsson, Peter. "Halloween Havoc 1990". American Wrestling Trivia. Retrieved 2007-04-17.
- ^ ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ^ "N.W.A. North American Tag Team Titles". Puroresu Dojo. 2003. Retrieved 2007-04-05.
- ^ "N.W.A. World Tag Team Title". Puroresu Dojo. 2003. Retrieved 2007-04-17.
- ^ "SAW International Heavyweight Title History". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved 2010-02-13.
External links
- Reno Riggins's profile at Cagematch.net , Internet Wrestling Database
- Reno Riggins at *WrestleWiki
- Reno Riggins interview at SLAM! Sports[usurped]
