Rocky Iaukea

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Rocky Iaukea
BornHawaii, United States
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Abbuda Dein
Mad Dog of Baghdad
Prince Iaukea
Rocky Iaukea
Billed weight248 lb (112 kg)
Debut1981
Retired1996

Rocky Iaukea is a retired

Maunakea Mossman
.

Career

The son of

Eddie Graham Sports Arena in Orlando, Florida.[3][4][5]

Shortly afterwards, Iaukea began wrestling for

Ricky Santana in Portland four months later. He and Miller regained the titles in Longview, Washington the following month before finally losing them to Ricky Santana and Coco Samoa in Portland on January 7, 1987.[6][7][8]

At the end of the year, Iaukea won the

Top Gun on January 14, 1989, but dropped it to Carl Styles a little over two weeks later.[6][10][11]

Iaukea spent his last year in PNW feuding against Pacific Northwest Tag Team Champions

Budokan Hall on August 29, 1988.[12]

In early 1991, Iaukea joined the "Thunder Down Under" tour in

"Dr. Death" Steve Williams, Dan Kroffat, Doug Furnas, Joe Malenko, and Dean Malenko in a tour of Japan with All Japan Pro Wrestling that same year.[15] Iaukea eventually returned to Japan full-time where he wrestled for AJPW and WAR up until his retirement in 1996. He later started a charter boat service and he is the owner and captain of a catamaran boat which tours the beaches of Waikiki. In 2006, he was interviewed by Ken Hirayama and discussed his career and retirement. He also expressed his support for Pro Wrestling Noah.[2]

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. ^ Cameron, Dave (June 2005). "NZ Wrestling & Boxing with Dave Cameron: King Curtis". New Zealand Pro Wrestling History. FightTimes.com. Retrieved 2010-05-04.
  2. ^ a b Hirayama, Ken (November 2006). "Visited Rocky IAUKEA". Honolulu Office Page Archive. Noah-USA.cc. Retrieved 2010-05-04.
  3. ^ "Battle of the Belts II". Championship Wrestling from Florida Battle of the Belts. ProWrestlingHistory.com. Retrieved 2010-05-04.
  4. ^ Cawthon, Graham. "JCP 1986". Jim Crockett Promotions / World Championship Wrestling Ring Results. TheHistoryofWWE.com. Retrieved 2010-05-04.
  5. ^ Championship Wrestling from Florida (Producer) (1986). CWF Battle of the Belts II (DVD). Florida: Savatage.com.
  6. ^
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  7. ^ a b c Duncan, Royal and Gary Will (2009). "NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Title History". Solie's Title Histories. Solie.org. Retrieved 2010-05-04.
  8. ^ a b c "N.W.A. Pacific Northwest Tag Team Title". The Great Hisa's Puroresu Dojo. Wrestling-Titles.com. 2003. Retrieved 2010-05-04.
  9. ^ Woodward, Buck and Ryan Martinez (2009-12-26). "This Day In History: Funk Beats Sabu For The ECW Title, Starrcade Gets Moved And More". PWInsider.com. Retrieved 2010-05-04.
  10. ^ a b Duncan, Royal and Gary Will (2009). "NWA Pacific Northwest Television Title History". Solie's Title Histories. Solie.org. Retrieved 2010-05-04.
  11. ^ a b "N.W.A. Television Tag Team Title". The Great Hisa's Puroresu Dojo. Wrestling-Titles.com. 2003. Retrieved 2010-05-04.
  12. ^ "Budokan Hall 8/88". All Japan Budokan Hall Shows. ProWrestlingHistory.com. Retrieved 2010-05-04.
  13. Wrestling Observer (1991-05-06). "May 6, 1991 Observer Newsletter: WWE vs. WCW building battle, WCW trading cards, SNME, more"
    . Wrestling Observer Newsletter. F4Wonline.com. Retrieved 2010-05-04.
  14. ^ "Wrestling Observer", Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Campbell, CA: Wrestling Observer, May 6, 1991
  15. ^ Horie, Masanori (1999-02-08). "The Wrestlers Formerly Known as the Black Harts". View from the Rising Sun. Rob Moore, Texas Wrestling Announcer. Archived from the original on December 1, 2001. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
  16. ^ Rodgers, Mike (2004). "Regional Territories: PNW #16 Page #2". KayfabeMemories.com.
  17. ^ "WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Title". wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
  18. ^ "WWC World Tag Team Title". wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved May 16, 2015.

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