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Before coming to professional wrestling, Junkyard Dog played football at the Fayetteville State University, earning mention in the All-American team twice. He started his career in wrestling working under Jerry Jarrett and then Stu Hart's Stampede Wrestling before coming to NWA Mid South Wrestling where he got the name Junkyard Dog in 1980. While there, he was involved in feuds with Ted Dibiase, King Kong Bundy and others for 4 years before coming to the WWE, then known as WWF
Junkyard Dog was a huge face in WWE but was a mid card wrestler at best. He was best known for his chain and dog collar, his entry music of Queen’s Another One Bites the Dust and his trademark bodyslam, known as ‘thump’ which he used against the likes of One Man Gang, King Kong Bundy and Kamala.
He was also known for interacting with young people in the audience and often calling them to the ring to dance with him after matches. Junkyard Dog won the Wrestling Classic tournament by defeating legend Randy Savage by count out. He left WWE in 1988.
After the chapter of WWE was closed, Junkyard Dog went to NWA World Championship Wrestling where he stayed till 1993. Here, he notably defeated the Undertaken when he was yet to become the Dead Man and was wrestling as Mean Mark Callous, in a record 39 seconds in 1990. Junkyard Dog passed away in a car accident in 1988 while returning from his daughter’s graduation.
1977
Big Daddy Ritter, Junkyard Dog, Leroy Rochester, Stagger Lee
280 lb (130 kg)
Wadesboro, North Carolina, U.S.
Thump (Standing scoop powerslam or front powerslam)
Shoulderbreaker, Dog-like antics, including biting the air, barking at his opponent, and crawling on all fours, repeatedly headbutting his opponent
Sonny King, Hart family
1993
June 1, 1998 (aged 45)
Automobile accident
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Junkyard Dog died in a single-car accident around 11:40 a.m. on Interstate 20 near Forest, Mississippi, as he was returning home from his daughter's high school graduation in Wadesboro, North Carolina.
1 June 1998
45 years (1952–1998)
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