Dick Slater
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| Van Richard Slater | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 19, 1951 Tampa, Florida, United States |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | "Dirty" Dick Slater Mr. Unpredictable "The Rebel" Dick Slater |
| Billed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Billed weight | 233 lb (106 kg; 16.6 st) |
| Trained by | Hiro Matsuda Eddie Graham |
| Debut | 1972 |
Dick Slater (born May 19 1951) was a professional wrestler in the 1970s, 1980s, and up through the mid 1990s for WCW who often wrestled in the NWA's Mid-Atlantic region. He is also a former boyfriend of Luna Vachon.
Championships and accomplishments
- NWA Florida Brass Knuckles Championship (1 time)
- NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- NWA Florida Southern Heavyweight Championship (4 times)
- NWA Florida Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Dusty Rhodes (1) and Toru Tanaka (1)
- NWA Florida Television Championship (1 time)
- NWA Florida United States Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Killer Karl Kox
- IWA World Heavyweight Championship (IWA Japan version) (1 time)
- NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- NWA Television Championship (2 times)
- NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- NWA World Tag Team Championship (Mid-Atlantic version) (1 time) - with Dusty Rhodes
- WCW United States Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with The Barbarian
- WCW World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Bunkhouse Buck
- SCW Southwest Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
- SWCW Southwest Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Bob Sweetan
- SCW World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Bruiser Brody
- PWI ranked him # 153 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003.
1NWA records aren't clear as to which promotion Slater was wrestling for when any of his three reigns with the championship began. While usually defended in Southeastern Championship Wrestling, the title was occasionally used in other NWA affiliated promotions. The same situation applies to the NWA Southeastern Tag Team Championship. Records don't show where he and Orndorff were working when they won the titles.
Managers
Bearcat Brown (on Georgia Championship Wrestling)
References
- ^ On August 12, 1977 he defeated Jack Brisco for the Missouri State Heavyweight Title.