- Morgus the Maniac
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Ring name(s) Morgus the Maniac Billed height 6'3" Billed weight 233 lbs. Born March 1, 1961
Baltimore, Maryland, United StatesBilled from Bellevue State Hospital Trained by Larry Sharpe, Max Thrasher and John Rambo Debut 1984 Morgus the Maniac (born March 1, 1961) is an American professional wrestler who has competed on the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern independent promotions including the Eastern Wrestling Alliance, Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation, National Wrestling League/House of Pain Wrestling Federation and Extreme Championship Wrestling and also wrestled as a preliminary wrestler for World Championship Wrestling during the early 1990s.
While competing in an interpromotional show with Extreme Championship Wrestling (then Eastern Championship Wrestling) which included former WWF wrestlers such as Mr. Hughes, Junkyard Dog, Greg "the Hammer" Valentine and Jake "the Snake" Roberts, he would lose his MEWF Heavyweight title to Lucifer the Knight of the Road on November 14, 1993.
In 2004, he appeared in the National Wrestling League's interpromotional "Lord of the Rings" tournament which included wrestlers from the NWL/HoPWF, NWA UK Hammerlock as well as former WWF, ECW and independent wrestlers.
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Championships and accomplishments
- Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation
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- MEWF Heavyweight Championship (3 times)
- MEWF Mid-Atlantic Championship (3 times)
- National Wrestling League/House of Pain Wrestling Federation
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- NWL/HoPWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- NWL/HoPWF Tag Team Championship (2 times) with "Diamond" Dave Donovan and Nikolai Volkoff
- House of Pain Wrestling Federation
- HoPWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- National Wrestling League
- NWL Tag Team Championship (2 times) with Hard Rock Hamilton and Buzz Stryker/Axl Rotten
- Other titles
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- UWF Hardcore Championship (1 time)
- All-American Wrestling Federation
- AAWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
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- PWI ranked him # 184 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 1993
Further reading
- Powell, Camille. "In This Ring, A Good Cause; Wrestlers Don't Fake Intentions". Washington Post. 30 April 1998
- Berselli, Beth. "Led by Midgets and Maniacs, Pro Wrestlers Grip Patuxent Fans". Washington Post. 10 Dec 1998
References
- Conner, Floyd. Wrestlings Most Wanted: The Top 10 Book of Pro Wrestling's Outrageous Performers, Punishing Piledrivers and Other Oddities. Dulles, Virginia: Brassey's, 2001. ISBN 1-57488-308-9
External links
Categories:- 1961 births
- Living people
- American professional wrestlers
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