Luther Biggs

Infobox Wrestler
name=Luther Biggs

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Disgraceland
"Big Sexy" Luther Biggs
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Luther Biggs is an American professional wrestler, also known by his ring name Disgraceland, who has competed in North American independent promotions including the United States Wrestling Association, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and had a short stint in World Championship Wrestling during the late 1990s, most notably as one half of the tag team Hard Knox with Killer Kyle and manager Coach Buzz Stern.

Career

Early career

During the mid 1990s, Biggs competed in the Memphis-based United States Wrestling Association as part of the stable the Country Boys along with Billy Joe Travis and Doomsday.

Although he had appeared in WCW several years before as "Big Sexy" Luther Biggs losing a match to Ice Train on WCW Saturday Night on December 14 and WCW Pro on December 29, 1996 [ cite web |url=http://www.ddtdigest.com/updates/19961230.htm |title=This Week in WCW: WCW {Pro} Wrestling - Sunday, 12/29/96 |accessdate= |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year=2001 |month=May |format= |work= |publisher=DDTdigest.com |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= ] , he was later introduced by wrestler turned manager Coach Buzz Stern (who had previously wrestled as Glacier) as his new "protege" during WCW Thunder selecting him as part of his "Winners Club" on September 2, 1999. [ cite web |url=http://www.ddtdigest.com/updates/1999085t.htm |title=WCW Thunder - Thursday, September 2, 1999 |accessdate= |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year=2001 |month=May |format= |work= |publisher=DDTdigest.com |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= ]

After appearing in subsequent vignettes as a somewhat clumsy varsity wrestler training with Stern [ cite web |url=http://www.ddtdigest.com/updates/1999093t.htm |title=WCW Thunder - Thursday, September 23, 1999 |accessdate= |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year=1999 |month=October |format= |work= |publisher=DDTdigest.com |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= ] , he made his debut on WCW Thunder losing to Bobby Eaton on September 30. After losing to Eaton, Stern attacked Eaton applying a full nelson hold on Eaton and then applying the hold on Biggs. [ cite web |url=http://www.ddtdigest.com/updates/1999094t.htm |title=WCW Thunder - Thursday, September 30, 1999 |accessdate= |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year=2000 |month=March |format= |work= |publisher=DDTdigest.com |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= ]

Regularly appearing on WCW Thunder and WCW Worldwide, while he continued to lose to mid-card wrestlers such as Meng [ cite web |url=http://www.ddtdigest.com/updates/1999102t.htm |title=WCW Thunder - Thursday, 10/14/1999 |accessdate= |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year=1999 |month=November |format= |work= |publisher=DDTdigest.com |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= ] , he also had some success while on WCW Worldwide and WCW Saturday Night against the Blacktop Bully on October 23 although his victory was due only to his manager's interference. [ cite web |url=http://www.insidepulse.com/article_v3.php?contentid=48584&rssAuthor=1 |title=Great-ing Gimmicks of the Past: Barry Darsow Goes Nuts - WCW, 1999 |accessdate= |author=Brashear, David |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=2006-05-17 |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher=InsidePulse.com |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= ] He was released along with Stern and many other WCW wrestlers at the end of 1999.

Return to the Indys

In 2001, he appeared in NWA Wildside defeating his old manager Coach Buzz Stern on March 17. The following night, he appeared at ringside with "Big" Ron Studd in a handicap match against Damien Steele and The Underdoggs and later defeated Romeo Bliss during the event. He also began wrestling for Dusty Rhodes's Florida-based Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling [ cite web |url=http://www.wrestlingtribune.com/SampleIssues/10-21-00-351/SI-10-21-00-351-p12.html |title=Elsewhere: Dusty Wants TV Clearance |accessdate=2007-09-18 |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=2000-10-21 |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher=WrestlingTribune.com |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= ] as "Lethal" Luther Biggs losing to Bobby Hayes and, later that night, appeared in a tag team match with Larry Zbyszko against Dusty Rhodes and New Jack in Carrollton, Georgia on June 30.

Defeating Sean Evans in Woodstock, Georgia on December 7, he later lost to Jorge Estrada on December 28. He defeated Steve Madison on December 29 and Jason Sugarman on January 26, 2002.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

In 2003, Biggs resurfaced in NWA: Total Nonstop Action as Disgraceland [ cite web |url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2003/03/26/51425.html |title=Catching up on NWA-TNA |accessdate=2007-09-18 |author=Abreu, Donnie |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=2003-03-26 |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher=SLAM! Wrestling |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= ] who was introduced by Glen Gilberti as the newest member of the stable S.E.X. after his debut defeating Shark Boy in Nashville, Tennessee on February 23, 2003. Following the match, Jorge Estrada of The Flying Elvises confronted Biggs over his Elvis impersonator gimmick and was attacked by Biggs, Gilberti and Mike Samples who later dragged Estrada backstage to the S.E.X. dressing room and flushed his head in a toilet. [ cite web |url=http://www.pwtorch.com/artman/publish/article_2704.shtml |title=PPV Reviews: 2/19 NWA-TNA PPV review |accessdate=2007-09-18 |author=Allinson, Gregg |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=2003-02-20 |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher=TNAwrestling.com |pages= |language= |archiveurl=http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:rdQgiaUtFgMJ:www.pwtorch.com/artman/publish/article_2704.shtml&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=49&gl=us |archivedate=2007-07-15 |quote= ] Two weeks later, he would lose to Estrada after Gilberti and Sanders left ringside on March 5, 2003. [ cite web |url=http://www.tnawrestling.com/info/quickresults/weeklyppv/results/2003.html |title=Quick Results Archive: Weekly PPV's - 2003 |accessdate=2007-09-18 |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year=2003 |month= |format= |work= |publisher=TNAwrestling.com |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= ]

He also teamed with Ron Reis to defeat Gilligan & Scotty Beach at the Rock N' Shock Benefit Show on September 16, 2006. [ cite web |url=http://www.georgiawrestlinghistory.com/writers/larrygoodman/118.html |title=Writer: Larry Goodman - September 14, 2006 |accessdate=2007-09-18 |author=Goodman, Larry |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=2006-09-14 |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher=GeorgiaWrestlingHistory.com |pages= |language= |archiveurl=http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:ZXbDoPEFhGwJ:www.georgiawrestlinghistory.com/writers/larrygoodman/118.html&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=5&gl=us |archivedate=2007-07-07 |quote= ] He also appeared with Lloyd and other celebrities such as musician Mark Wills and comedian Wix Wichman at the Steve Azar St. Cecilia Foundation Benefit Concert in 2007. [ cite web |url=http://nashville.about.com/od/cmafest2007/a/azarcmabenefit.htm |title=Steve Azar St. Cecilia Foundation Benefit Concert Review |accessdate=2007-09-18 |author=Duke, Jan |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year=2007 |month= |format= |work= |publisher=nashville.about.com |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= ]

References

External links

* [http://www.bodyslamming.com/other/lutherbiggs.html Other Superstars: Luther Biggs]
* [http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/l/luther-biggs.html Profile at Online World of Wrestling]
* [http://www.cagematch.de/?id=2&nr=2021&worker=Luther+Biggs Cagematch.de - Luther Biggs] ger