Charlie Norris

For the American author, see Charles Gilman Norris.

Charles Norris
Ring name(s)	Charlie Norris
Billed height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Billed weight	285 lb (129 kg; 20.4 st)
Born	October 21, 1965 (1965-10-21) (age 46) Red Lake, Minnesota
Resides	Red Lake, Minnesota
Billed from	Red Lake Indian Reservation
Trained by	Eddie Sharkey
Debut	1989
Retired	1996

Charlie Norris (born October 21, 1965) is a retired American professional wrestler who competed in North American promotions as well as the World Championship Wrestling during the early 1990s.

Career

Norris was born in Red Lake, Minnesota, a community located in the Red Lake Indian Reservation. He graduated at Red Lake Senior High School in 1984.

Norris began training with Eddie Sharkey in 1989, and later wrestled for the Pro Wrestling America promotion winning the PWA Heavyweight title and the Tag Team title with Sam Houston and Derrick Dukes.^[1]

In April 1993, he teamed with Masa Saito to defeat The Hater and Nailz at NWA Grandslam, in an interpromotional event between W*ING and the National Wrestling Alliance,^[2] before signing with WCW in mid-1993.

Initially successful against mid-card opponents such as Bobby Eaton and others, he later defeated Big Sky at Fall Brawl 93' as well as teaming with Shockmaster and Ice Train to defeat Harlem Heat and The Equalizer at Halloween Havoc 93'. However, he left the promotion shortly after losing to Cactus Jack and Vader in the opening rounds of the "Lethal Lottery" tag team tournament at WCW Battle Bowl on November 20, 1993. He subsequently filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against World Championship Wrestling the following year.

After leaving WCW, he briefly appeared in the American Wrestling Federation during 1996 teaming with Tito Santana in his feud against Bob Orton, Sr. and the Blacktop Bully.^[3]

He currently resides on the Red Lake Indian Reservation, and works as a personal trainer at the gym in Red Lake.

In wrestling

• Finishing moves
  • Bicycle kick^[4]

• Signature moves
  • Multiple punches with theatrics^[4]
  • Tomahawk Chop (Overhead chop)^[4]

Championships and accomplishments

• Northern Premier Wrestling
  • NPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[1]

• Pro Wrestling America
  • PWA Heavyweight Championship (5 times)^[1]
  • PWA Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Sam Houston (1) and Derrek Dukes (1)^[1]

• Wrestle America 2000
  • WA2K Tag Team Championship (1 time)

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI ranked him #90 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 1993^[5]
  • PWI ranked him # 475 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI Years in 2003

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Royal Duncan & Gary Will (4th Edition 2006). Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4. 
2. ^ "NWA Grandslam". Prowrestlinghistory.com. http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/usa/misc/nwa/miscnwa.html. Retrieved 2007-04-20. 
3. ^ "Independents (1993-Present)". Titosantana.com. http://www.titosantana.net/Independent.html. Retrieved 2007-04-20. 
4. ^ ^{a b c} "Charlie Norris Vs. Big Sky". World Championship Wrestling. WCW Fall Brawl. 1993-09-19.
5. ^ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated Top 500 - 1993". Wrestling Information Archive. http://www.100megsfree4.com/wiawrestling/pages/pwi/pwi50093.htm. Retrieved 2008-07-14. 

External links

• Other Superstars: Charlie Norris
• Profile at OWW

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Name	Norris, Charlie
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Date of birth	1965-10-21
Place of birth	Red Lake, Minnesota
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