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name "Kareem Muhammad" while Brown was billed as "Elijah Akeem". Together they formed "the Zambuie Express", which was at times billed as "The Muslim Connection" in some promotions. The duo began to wear camouflage pants and shirts to the ring, adopting militaristic Muslim in ring characters, based
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when the Fabulous Ones failed to show up for a match, but the titles were declared vacant instead of giving them to Akeem and Muhammad. The CWA held a tournament for the vacant championship, a tournament won by the Zambuie Express as they defeated the Pretty Young Things
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After his retirement from professional wrestling in 1990, Canty returned to Decatur to work as a dispatcher and supervisor for a local transport firm. He was also responsible for training
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In 1988 he took the ring name "Commando Ray", teaming with "Commando Boone" (AKA Grizzly Boone) to for a team known as "The Commandos. Candy's last major match was at the 1988
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In 1983 the Florida bookers came up with the idea to team up Candy with the 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m), 310 lb (140 kg; 22 st),
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on July 31, 1983. The duo held the championship until September of that year, when it was replaced by the Florida version of the
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than a 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m), 410 lb (190 kg) African American wrestler. In 1987 he travelled to
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and was part of the "House of Humperdink". In Florida the duo defeated Mike Graham and Scott McGhee to win the
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who worked for a variety of different wrestling promotions in the United States, Japan and Puerto Rico such as
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Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). "(Alabama_ NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Title (Northern division)".
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Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "(Memphis, Nashville) Tennessee: Southern Tag Team Title ".
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under the ring name "Super Mario Man", a moniker that seemed more appropriate for an
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and "The Commandos" with Commando Boone. Canty was responsible for training
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and Rocky Hata to earn a total of eight points, enough for eight place.
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Ray Canty was trained for his professional wrestling career by former
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before making his in-ring debut in 1973. Starting out he adopted the
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On May 23, 1994, he died at his home in Decatur, after suffering a
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and Valiant's friends. The Express competed on the 1984 version of
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based in the Carolinas by the summer of 1984. The team sided with
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From Florida the team traveled to Memphis to compete for the
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NWA United States Tag Team Champions (Florida version)
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Index


Decatur, Georgia
Myocardial infarction
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
Dory Funk Jr.
ring name
professional wrestler
Jim Crockett Promotions
All Japan Pro Wrestling
World Wrestling Council
Elijah Akeem
tag team
Skandor Akbar
Ed Gantner
New Jack
NWA World Heavyweight Championship
Dory Funk Jr.
ring name
Atlanta, Georgia
Dory Funk Sr.
National Wrestling Alliance
Western States Sports
NWA Western States Heavyweight Championship
NWA Western States Tag Team Championship
Championship Wrestling from Florida
NWA Mid-America
NWA Mid-America Tag Team Championship
Pez Whatley
All Japan Pro Wrestling

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