Sweet Daddy Siki
| Reginald Siki | |
|---|---|
| Ring name(s) | Mr. Irresistible Sweet Daddy Siki |
| Billed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1] |
| Billed weight | 245 lb (111 kg)[1] |
| Born | June 16, 1940 Montgomery, Texas[1] |
| Resides | Toronto, Ontario |
| Trained by | Sandor Szabo Ray Ortega [2] |
| Debut | 1955 |
Reginald Siki (born June 16, 1940) is a former professional wrestler.
Sweet Daddy Siki started wrestling in 1955 in Artesia, New Mexico.[3] He also did some training in Los Angeles with Sandor Szabo and Ray Ortega.[3] He says he was about 180 pounds when he started, but within three years weighed in at 230.[3]
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[edit] Career
He moved to Toronto in 1961 because it was a good central location to travel across North America.[3] He still lives in Toronto today, and uses it as a base for his country & western band and his work as a karaoke DJ at The Duke on Queen Street East.[3] Siki is well known throughout Canada. He was a top draw in the '60s and '70s. He fought in Stampede Wrestling for years, traveled with Bearman McKigney's circuit and was a mainstay of the eastern scene.[3] Siki is best known for his head-hammerin' "coco butt" and "neck breaker" holds.[4]
At his peak, Siki was a main card attraction at Maple Leaf Gardens and drew fans by the busloads.[4] He had made his Maple Leaf Gardens debut in 1962 and wrestled there until 1980.[5]
In his peak at Maple Leaf Gardens, he earned up to $3,000 a bout and got bundles of mail from fans around the world.[4] In the 1970s, Siki wrestled two well-known radio & TV hosts in Toronto—CHUM radio's Terry Steele and CITY-TV's Gene Taylor.[5] He used an airplane spin as a finisher in both matches.[5]
Sweet Daddy Siki made an appearance on WWE Smackdown on September 13th for Edge Appreciation Night, along with several other WWE Legends and former superstars.
[edit] Championships
Along the way, he has accrued six major wrestling belts, including the Austra-Asian championship, the North American championship (3 times), the Texas championship and the tag-team heavyweight crown.[4]
Siki suffered many injuries throughout his career. He suffered from two broken ribs, had his hands broken twice, his ankle and leg broken and half his face paralyzed.[4]
In the 1980s, he wrestled across the Maritimes and in small Northern Ontario towns.[4] Siki actually wrote his own theme song entitled I Am So Proud Of What I see.[4]
During this time, he also started to teach the craft at Sully's Toronto Youth Athletic Club on Sundays.[4] He continued to wrestle into the 1990s. He was also affiliated with a Toronto wrestling school through the 1980s and to the mid-1990s, initially in partnership with Johnny Powers.[5]
Besides Canada, Siki has wrestled across the United States, as well as in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Puerto Rico, the Bahamas, and Trinidad.[3]
[edit] Championships and accomplishments
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- AGPW North American Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Cuban Assassain
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- NWA International Tag Team Championship (Toronto version) (1 time) - with Bulldog Brower[5]
- Midwest Wrestling Association
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- MWA Ohio Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Leon Graham[2]
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- NWA Eastern States Heavyweight Championship (1 time)1
1This title should not be confused with the NWA Eastern States Heavyweight Championship that was defended in Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling in the early to mid 1970s. This title would go on to be renamed the NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship. Finishing move: Airplane Spin
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Shields, Brian; Sullivan, Kevin (2009). WWE Encyclopedia. DK. p. 296. ISBN 978-075664190-0.
- ^ a b Other Superstars - Sweet Daddy Siki
- ^ a b c d e f g SLAM! Wrestling Canadian Hall of Fame: Sweet Daddy Siki
- ^ a b c d e f g h Siki still wonderful…just ask him, By Tom Godfrey, Toronto Sun, June 29, 1986
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j PAGE OF FAME: Sweet Daddy Siki
