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Please help improve this article by adding reliable references. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (April 2007) | Thomas Edward (Eddie) Gilbert, Jr. (August 14, 1961 – February 18, 1995) was an American professional wrestler and booker, better known as "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ...
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A booker, as the term is used in professional wrestling, is a person who puts matches together and determines basics about their content, such as relative overall length, who the eventual victor will be, and many of the moves which will be made during the match; in other words, the...
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Early career "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert started wrestling in 1979 as Tommy Gilbert Jr. in honor of his father, Tommy Gilbert. Eddie absolutely loved pro wrestling and his idol was Jerry Lawler because he wrestled and booked at the same time. His mother said he used to make up matches and booking sheets while he was still in school. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...
Mid-South Wrestling / Universal Wrestling Federation He spent a little bit of time wrestling in the World Wrestling Federation as a jobber in 1982, before making a name for himself as Eddie Gilbert in Mid-South Wrestling in Memphis, Tennessee. He teamed with his father and Ricky Morton in those years. In addition, he formed a team with Tommy Rich as "Fargo's Fabulous Ones", an attempt by Mid-South to bury and still cash in on the fame attained by the previous incarnation of the Fabulous Ones, Steve Keirn and Stan Lane, who walked out of the territory after a dispute. They held the AWA Southern Tag Team titles in 1984 until dropping them to Phil Hickerson and the Spoiler (Frank Morrell). The duo would break up soon after, with Gilbert turning heel. The two had a brief but intense feud, which memorably began on television when the two were presented with a "Tag Team of the Year" award by announcer Lance Russell and two guests. Gilbert, unaware his former partner was at the taping, badmouthed Rich, then the International Heavyweight Champion, until Rich came out to confront him. Rich immediately got the upper hand, running Gibert into the steel ringpost several times, bloodying him in the process before the cameras went to a commercial. After the commercial break, Gilbert told Russell he wanted Rich to come back out so he could apologize to him in person, stating he was wrong for still being bitter about the break-up of the team, and was fueled by jealousy of Rich's championship title reign and new found star status. When Rich accepted Gilbert's apology, Gilbert suddenly turned on him and, in front of a stunned audience and a speechless Russell, rammed Rich's head into the ringpost, just as Rich had done to him moments earlier. World Wrestling Entertainment, or WWE, is a professional wrestling organization. ...
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In 1986, when Mid-South Wrestling became the Universal Wrestling Federation, Eddie added the "Hot Stuff" to his name. He started a heel stable of wrestlers called "Hot Stuff International, Inc." and he managed it and wrestled. His stable included Sting and Rick Steiner before they were stars. He was always a ladies' man and he stole Missy Hyatt from John Tatum in 1987, with his stable being re-named "H & H International, Inc." He married Hyatt in 1988. The name Universal Wrestling Federation may refer to: An American professional wrestling promotion, forerunner to the WCW. See Universal Wrestling Federation (United States). ...
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Eddie also worked as a booker, who came up with the famous Battle of New Orleans angle in late-1987 involving Chris Adams, Terry Taylor, Sting, and himself. Following a match in which Taylor defeated Shane Douglas due to interference by both Gilbert and Rick Steiner, Adams told referee Randy Anderson of the interference. As Adams pleaded his case with Anderson, Gilbert and Taylor attacked him, and Sting eventually even the sides. The angle eventually spilled outside of the ring into the stands, and near the concession area, featuring a huge brawl involving beer kegs, chairs, trash cans, tables, popcorn machines and other objects. Gilbert was awarded Best Booker of 1988 by the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Troy Shane Martin (born November 21, 1964) is an American semi-retired professional wrestler who is better known by his ring name, Shane Douglas. ...
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Continental Wrestling Federation From there, Gilbert worked in Alabama's Continental Wrestling Federation (CWF), where he reformed Hot Stuff Inc. Gilbert also served as booker, with Paul Heyman as his assistant. The CWF was broadcast nationally on the Financial News Network, and Gilbert's creative work was widely praised by wrestling journalists.[2] However, Gilbert left due to conflicts with management. The Continental Championship Wrestling promotion, based out of Knoxville and managed by Ron Fuller, Southeastern Championship Wrestling was a chief NWA territory during the 1970’s and early 1980’s while operating out of Tennessee and Alabama. ...
Paul Heyman (born September 11, 1965 in Scarsdale, New York) is a professional wrestling manager, on-air talent, and former promoter formerly employed by World Wrestling Entertainment. ...
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Jim Crockett Promotions / World Championship Wrestling Gilbert went to the NWA's Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP) -- which had purchased the UWF -- and brought Hyatt, Heyman and his brother Doug Gilbert with him. Eddie teamed with Rick Steiner to feud with Kevin Sullivan and his Varsity Club. He also became involved in a feud with Ric Flair and Barry Windham in which he teamed with Ricky Steamboat and Lex Luger. Near the end of his stint there, JCP was renamed World Championship Wrestling, and Gilbert was featured in the first WCW video game. The National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) is the largest governing body for a group of independent professional wrestling promotions and sanctions various NWA championships. ...
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The Varsity Club was a professional wrestling heel stable in the NWAs Jim Crockett Promotions and World Championship Wrestling. ...
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Independent circuit Eddie left WCW in late 1989 and also divorced Hyatt. He went back to the independents where he could book again. He worked for the United States Wrestling Association (USWA) in Memphis (where he feuded with Jerry Lawler) and the Global Wrestling Federation (GWF), as well as Philadelphia's Tri-State Wrestling Alliance promotion. Gilbert was also briefly married to Madusa at this time. The United States Wrestling Association or USWA was a professional wrestling promotional organization based in Memphis, Tennessee. ...
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Gilbert's most famous feud in the Memphis territory involved an angle between himself and Lawler in 1990 where Eddie and his brother Doug Gilbert were fired from the promotion, but in retaliation hit Lawler with their car, and then fleeing the scene, prompting some fans in Memphis to call the police and report what they had just seen as a legitimate vehicular assault. Lawler had to inform the police what was going on and Lawler was forced to appear on television (while selling his "injuries") sooner than intended out of concern that Gilbert would have been legitimately arrested if he didn't show on TV that he was all right."The King" Eddie Gilbert on Uswa was awesome he was crown by his wrestling family and his brother Doug Gilbert. Doug Gilbert is a professional wrestler from Memphis, Tennessee who wrestles the Independent circuit. ...
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Due to a pay dispute, Gilbert, along with his brother Doug (who wrestled under a mask as the Dark Patriot) left the GWF in 1992. Eddie Gilbert took with him the GWF North American Heavyweight Championship belt. He made a few defenses of the title in the USWA as the GWF World Heavyweight champion, despite being stripped of the belt and not being recognized as such by the GWF. The GWF North American Heavyweight Championship was the major title in the Global Wrestling Federation in Texas. ...
He wrestled in (and booked) the successor to Tri-State Wrestling, NWA Eastern Championship Wrestling, in 1993 where he again teamed with Doug. He also served as head booker, but gave up his position in September 1993 to Paul Heyman, who eventually took the company national under the name Extreme Championship Wrestling. ECW logo from 1994-2001. ...
Gilbert then returned to the USWA until early 1995 when he worked one night for Smoky Mountain Wrestling before traveling to World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico to wrestle & book. On his last night, he wrestled a bear. Smoky Mountain Wrestling Logo Smoky Mountain Wrestling was an organization staging professional wrestling in the Appalachian area of the United States from October 1991 to December 1995, when it was run by Jim Cornette. ...
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Death On February 18, 1995, Gilbert died from a heart attack.[1] He had used steroids and cocaine in his life, so either of these things could have contributed to the weakened state of his heart. His father, Tommy Gilbert, stated that injuries to his chest and heart muscle that occurred in a serious auto accident in 1983 could have been a factor. Eddie's alleged use of painkillers since the accident also could have contributed to his heart condition. is the 49th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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The AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship was a major title in the Tennessee area during the 1970s and 1980s. ...
The AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship was a major title in the Tennessee area during the 1970s and 1980s. ...
The AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship was a major title in the Tennessee area during the 1970s and 1980s. ...
The AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship was a major title in the Tennessee area during the 1970s and 1980s. ...
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References - ^ a b c Power Slam Staff. "Power Slam", This Month in History: February, SW Publishing, January 1999, p. 28. 55. Retrieved on 2007-07-14. (English)
- ^ Profile of Eddie Gilbert, part 1. EddieGilbert.com
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