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Jerry Stubbs

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Jerry Stubbs
Stubbs as Mr. Olympia, circa 1985
Born(1951-09-13)September 13, 1951(age 72)
Georgia,United States
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)A Sheik
Jerry Stubbs[1]
The Matador
Mr. Olympia[1]
Olympian
Mr. Perfect[2]
"Mr. Perfect" Jerry Stubbs[2]
Billed height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[3]
Billed weight112 kg (247 lb; 17 st 9 lb)[3]
Trained byBuddy Fuller
Mr. Wrestling II
Rocky Johnson[3]
Debut1970[3]
Retired1996[3]

Jerry Stubbs(born September 13, 1951) is an American retiredprofessional wrestler.Stubbs wrestled asMr. OlympiainBill Watts's Mid-South wrestling area (Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas) and as thevillainousJerry "Mr. Perfect" Stubbsin Southeast/Continental wrestling promotions. Stubbs won multiple versions of the areas' singles and tag team titles as a member of theStud Stable.

Professional wrestling career[edit]

In the spring of 1976, Stubbs began wrestling matches forGeorgia Championship Wrestling.[3]In one match he put overBob Backlundin the opening match on April 2 of that year at the Atlanta City Auditorium. Stubbs also wrestled such notables asRicky Steamboat,Dean Ho,andRick Martelthat year in Georgia with modest success.

In 1977 and 1978, Stubbs continued spending his Georgia time helping put overStan Hansen,"Dirty"Dick Slater,Randy Savage,andAbdullah the Butcher.Also, in 1978, Stubbs began taking more matches in the Mid-Atlantic territory. Although Stubbs won most his matches for Mid-Atlantic, they were usually against lower card wrestlers, such as Bill White, Bob Marcus, and Frank Monte.

In 1980–81 he was back in the Southeast/Continental area again this time wrestling as the maskedMatadorand winning theNWA Southeastern Continental Tag Team Championshipwith Mike Stallings.[4]He also won theNWA World Junior Heavyweight ChampionshipfromLes Thorntonin January 1981.[5][6]Mid-year he wrestled as the maskedOlympianand won theNWA Southeastern Heavyweight Championship.[7]

Stubbs then returned to the Mid-South promotion in 1982 and began wrestling there asMr. Olympia.He became a baby face and the regular tag team partner of theJunkyard Dog.Olympia and JYD won the area’s tag team title by defeatingThe Wild Samoans(Afa and Sika) in May 1982.[8][9]The tandem lost the title to a team known as "The Rat Pack" (Ted DiBiaseandMatt Borne) in late October 1982.where ether JYD or DiBiase would leave the Mid South territory[8]Olympia turned on JYD and joined DiBiase as a heel to win the Mid-South tag team title fromMr. Wrestling IIandTiger Conway Jr.in April 83 inShreveport, Louisiana.[8]

In 1984 he teamed regularly withArn Andersonas Super Olympia who was there for seasoning before moving to Georgia Championship Wrestling. Together they won the area’s tag team title in a tournament on January 15, 1984 wrestling as Mr. Olympia and Super Olympia.[4]They were managed by Sonny King at the time. Stubbs and Anderson also joined and wrestled for the Stud Stable as themselves. Soon Anderson and Stubbs had a falling out leading to a series of mask versus mask matches. A loss in the first match caused Mr Olympia to unmask revealing himself to be Stubbs. In the next match Super Olympia lost his mask to reveal Anderson, a third match ended in a draw. The pair would make their peace and wrestle as a pair again this time wearing trademark matching Panama hats.[10]

In 1986, Stubbs won the area’s most prestigious title, the new Continental Championship. He traded the title back and forth withBrad Armstrongthroughout much of the year leading to a hot feud with all of the Armstrong brothers during this time.[11]During 1986, Stubbs lost a Mask vs Mask match with "The Bullet"Bob Armstrong.He also teamed regularly withTony Anthony(later the Dirty White Boy). Together they defeated The Nightmares (Danny DavisandKen Wayne) on February 23, 1987. They lost and regained the straps againstRobert FullerandJimmy Golden,members of the Stud Stable.[4]Fuller and Golden turned heel again immediately following the title win, and Stubbs resumed his Mr. Olympia persona and feuded with Anthony.

Also, in 1986 and 1987, Stubbs spent time overseas wrestling for All Japan. There he again donned the mask as Mr. Olympia.[3]He teamed with the AWA'sBrad Rheingansand they won a number of matches together. Another regular partner wasPaul Diamond.Stubbs also wrestled occasionally under the name "A Sheik"during that time (not to be confused withThe Sheik).Curt Hennigand Stubbs would meet in Japan where Stubbs explained the"Mr. Perfect"gimmick to Hennig and gave his OK for Hennig using the gimmick in the WWF.[2]

Championships and accomplishments[edit]

Stubbs with theNWA Southeastern Heavyweight Championship

References[edit]

  1. ^ab"Jerry Stubbs".Online World of Wrestling.RetrievedFebruary 9,2010.
  2. ^abc"Interview with the Original Mr. Perfect: Jerry Stubbs".Archived fromthe originalon 2009-02-21.Retrieved2009-01-28.
  3. ^abcdefgPope, Kristian (2005). "Stubbs, Jerry (1970s–1990s)".Tuff Stuff – Professional wrestling field guide.Iola, Wisconsin: KP Books. p. 252.ISBN0-89689-267-0.
  4. ^abcdefRoyal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "NWA Southeastern Tag Team Title / NWA Continental Tag Team Title / CWF Tag Team Title".Wrestling Title Histories(4th ed.). Archeus Communications. pp. 181–183.ISBN0-9698161-5-4.
  5. ^abRoyal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title".Wrestling Title Histories(4th ed.). Archeus Communications. pp. 12–13.ISBN0-9698161-5-4.
  6. ^Oliver, Greg (February 23, 2005)."Les Thornton: A life on the road".SLAM! Wrestling.Canadian Online Explorer.Archived from the original on July 14, 2012.Retrieved2010-02-07.{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. ^abRoyal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Title (Northern division)".Wrestling Title Histories(4th ed.). Archeus Communications. pp. 180–181.ISBN0-9698161-5-4.
  8. ^abcdRoyal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "Mid-South Tag Team Title / UWF Tag Team Title".Wrestling Title Histories(4th ed.). Archeus Communications. p. 234.ISBN0-9698161-5-4.
  9. ^"Today in Wrestling History, 5/5: WWF Becomes WWE, More".Impact Wrestling. May 5, 2009. Archived fromthe originalon May 7, 2009.Retrieved2010-01-07.
  10. ^Oliver, Greg (2003). "Top 20: 14 Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard".the Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame – The Canadians.ECW Press. pp. 74–76.ISBN1-55022-531-6.
  11. ^abRoyal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "Alabama: CWF Continental Title".Wrestling Title Histories(4th ed.). Archeus Communications. p. 183.ISBN0-9698161-5-4.
  12. ^Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "NWA Louisiana Heavyweight Title".Wrestling Title Histories(4th ed.). Archeus Communications. p. 231.ISBN0-9698161-5-4.
  13. ^Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "NWA Mississippi Heavyweight Title".Wrestling Title Histories(4th ed.). Archeus Communications. p. 229.ISBN0-9698161-5-4.
  14. ^Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "NWA Alabama Heavyweight Title".Wrestling Title Histories(4th ed.). Archeus Communications. pp. 182–183.ISBN0-9698161-5-4.
  15. ^Hoops, Brian (January 15, 2019)."Pro wrestling history (01/15): Big John Studd wins 1989 Royal Rumble".Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online.RetrievedJanuary 18,2019.
  16. ^Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "Alabama: NWA Southeastern Television Title".Wrestling Title Histories(4th ed.). Archeus Communications. p. 184.ISBN0-9698161-5-4.
  17. ^Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "United States Junior Heayvweight Title".Wrestling Title Histories(4th ed.). Archeus Communications. pp. 181–182.ISBN0-9698161-5-4.
  18. ^Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). "WWO U.S. Title".Wrestling Title Histories(4th ed.). Archeus Communications. p. 184.ISBN0-9698161-5-4.

External links[edit]

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