Edward Gossett^[1] (better known as Eddie Graham) (January 15, 1930 – January 21, 1985)^[1] was a professional wrestler. He was also the promoter and booker for Championship Wrestling from Florida. Look up pound in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Kg redirects here. ... is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Chattanooga redirects here. ... is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... ... The following article refers to the commonly misnamed Championship Wrestling from Florida (CWF). ...

Career

Edward F. Gossett started wrestling in 1947^[2] in Texas at the age of 17 after being trained by Cowboy Luttrell. He was sometimes billed as the brother of "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers under the name of Rip Rogers. He lost a loser-leaves-town match to Pepper Gomez in May 1958. For other uses, see Texas (disambiguation). ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

In June 1958, he changed his ring name to Eddie Graham and was billed as the brother of Dr. Jerry Graham and "Crazy" Luke Graham. Jerry and Eddie were a very successful heel tag team on the east coast of the United States.^[2] They had popular feuds with teams such as the Fabulous Kangaroos, the Bastien Brothers, Mark Lewin and Don Curtis, and Antonino Rocca and Miguel Pérez.^[2] They held the NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Northeast version) together in Capitol Wrestling (the forerunner of World Wrestling Entertainment) four times, winning the belts three times in victories over Miguel Perez and Don Curtis, and once against Red and Lou Bastien.^[3] Grady Johnson, better known as professional wrestler Crazy Luke Graham, is a member of the legendary Graham family, a storyline family of wrestlers. ... In professional wrestling, a heel is a villain character. ... A professional wrestling tag-team consists of two or occasionally three wrestlers who are working together as a team. ... Antonino Rocca (born Antonino Biasetton, April 13, 1928 – March 15, 1977) was a professional wrestler from Argentina of Italian descent. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The WWWF United States Tag Team Championship was a major tag team title in the World Wide Wrestling Federation from 1963 until 1967. ... World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. ... World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. ...

In the spring of 1960, Eddie left the team and went to the National Wrestling Alliance's territory in Florida to wrestle. While there, in 1966, he had a famous feud with Professor Boris Malenko.^[4] The National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) is the largest governing body for a group of independent professional wrestling promotions and sanctions various NWA championships. ... This article is about the U.S. State of Florida. ... Lawrence Boris Simon (born 1933), better known by his ring name Boris Malenko, is a former American professional wrestler who wrestled for the AWA and NWA in the 1960s in 1970s. ...

In 1968, Eddie was lacing his boots in the locker room and a 75 pound steel window fell on his head, detaching both of his retinas and causing him an injury that required three hundred stitches.^[4] The Florida State Legislature awarded him $23,000 for the incident. According to Jim Wilson) in his book Chokehold, Graham's eyesight was poor because of blade jobs, and because he needed surgery to correct the problem and could not afford the money, he had some wrestlers tamper with the window in order to pass it off as though it was the responsibility of the building. This allegation is disputed by eyewitnesses. Due to the injury, Graham was unable to wrestle for fifteen months.^[4] Human eye cross-sectional view. ... The Florida Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Florida. ... James Milligan Wilson (1942-) , known as Jim Wilson, was a professional American football player and professional wrestler who is most noted for his attempts at starting a labor union for wrestlers. ...

Eddie took over booking and promoting for Championship Wrestling from Florida in 1971. He wrestled with his son, Mike Graham, until 1977, when he retired from the ring due to health problems. He was the President of the NWA from 1976 to 1978, thanks in part to Gordon Solie and Dusty Rhodes. Graham was absent as NWA President in 1977 and 1978 due to serious health problems he suffered from, and was forced to step down as a result.^[5] Eddie remained as the promoter in Florida until January 21, 1985, when he allegedly committed suicide by a self-inflicted gunshot wound after a lifelong battle with alcoholism.^[4] The following article refers to the commonly misnamed Championship Wrestling from Florida (CWF). ... Michael Gossett was a professional wrestler better known as Mike Graham. ... Gordon Solie Gordon Solie, real name Francis Jonard Labiak (January 26, 1929 – July 27, 2000), was a professional wrestling play-by-play announcer working for World Championship Wrestling. ... Virgil Riley Runnels, Jr. ... is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... Alcoholism is the consumption of, or preoccupation with, alcoholic beverages to the extent that this behavior interferes with the drinkers normal personal, family, social, or work life, and may lead to physical or mental harm. ...

He was inducted to WWE Hall of Fame on March 29, 2008. He was inducted by Dusty Rhodes, while his son, Mike Graham, accepted the honor on behalf of his father. World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. ... is the 88th day of the year (89th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...

Championships and accomplishments

• Championship Wrestling from Florida

• NWA Florida Brass Knuckles Championship (2 times)^[6]
• NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[7]
• NWA Florida Southern Heavyweight Championship (3 times)^[8] (First)
• NWA Florida Southern Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Don Curtis (1) and Lester Welch (1)^[9]
• NWA Florida Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Mike Graham^[10]
• NWA Florida United States Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Dick Steinborn^[11]
• NWA World Tag Team Championship (Florida version) (7 times) - with Ike Eakins (1), Sam Steamboat (3), Bob Orton (2), and Jose Lothario (1)^[12]

• Georgia Championship Wrestling

• NWA Georgia Southern Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[13]
• NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Mike Graham^[14]
• World Heavyweight Championship (Georgia version) (1 time)^[15]

• Japan Wrestling Association

• JWA All Asia Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Killer Karl Kox^[16]

• Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling | World Championship Wrestling

• NWA Mid-Atlantic Southern Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Sam Steamboat^[17]
• WCW Hall of Fame (Class of 1993)^[18]

• Midwest Wrestling Association

• MWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[19]

• National Wrestling Alliance

• NWA Hall of Fame (Class of 2006)^[20]

• NWA Capitol Wrestling

• NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Northeast version) (4 times) - with Jerry Graham^[21]

• NWA Mid-America

• NWA Southern Tag Team Championship (Mid-America version) (2 times) - with Roy Welch^[22]
• NWA World Tag Team Championship (Mid-America version) (1 time) - with Sam Steamboat^[23]

• Southwest Sports, Inc.

• NWA Texas Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Johnny Valentine^[24]

• NWA Western States Sports

• NWA Southwest Tag Team Championship (3 times) - with Art Nelson^[25]

• Wrestling Observer Newsletter

• Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 1996)

• World Wrestling Entertainment

• Hall of Fame (Class of 2008)

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References

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External links

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