1. Curtis Hughes was born on December 7,1964 and is an American professional wrestler, known by the ring name Mr Hughes.
22 Facts About Curtis Hughes
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Curtis Hughes is best known for his stints in World Championship Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation.
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Curtis Hughes worked for the American Wrestling Association, the American Wrestling Federation and Extreme Championship Wrestling.
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Curtis Hughes trained wrestlers at WWA4 wrestling school for more than ten years and wrestles on the independent circuit.
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Curtis Hughes debuted in 1988 for Central States Wrestling, before moving to the American Wrestling Association as a face under the ring name Curtis "The Cat" Hughes.
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Curtis Hughes moved to World Championship Wrestling in November 1990, where he was called Big Cat.
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Curtis Hughes subsequently became known as Mr Hughes, a heel enforcer gimmick with a suit and constant frown.
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Curtis Hughes was a member of The York Foundation faction.
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Curtis Hughes later became bodyguard for Lex Luger and his manager Harley Race, coming down to ringside with Race in the closing moments of Luger's win of the vacant WCW World Heavyweight Championship, distracting opponent Barry Windham so that Luger, under orders from Race, could administer a piledriver to win the match and the championship.
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Champion Luger, manager Race and bodyguard Curtis Hughes formed a heel faction, inflicting beatdowns to Luger's challengers and with Curtis Hughes and Race interfering in Luger's title matches.
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Curtis Hughes stole The Undertaker's urn, but then lost every match between them and relinquished it.
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Curtis Hughes' last televised match was against Tatanka, which he lost via countout when his sunglasses cracked into his eyes.
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Curtis Hughes frequently teamed with Douglas, as well as wrestling in singles matches, nicknamed "The Ruffneck".
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Curtis Hughes was notably smaller in this run having lost a significant amount of weight.
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Curtis Hughes aligned himself with Jericho and Howard Finkel however Jericho turned on him during a tag team match and Hughes lost Finkel in a poker game to the APA.
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In 1999, Curtis Hughes lost a lot of weight and began working on the independent circuit and later became head trainer at the Atlanta-based World Wrestling Alliance's WWA4 Wrestling School.
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In 2006, WWA4 launched a locally-aired professional wrestling program, which Curtis Hughes co-hosted with announcer and the executive producer, Taylor McKnight.
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In 2007, Curtis Hughes began a high-profile Memphis Wrestling feud when he called Jerry Lawler a "sell out" for not showing up for a scheduled match against Hulk Hogan.
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Curtis Hughes shoved Lawler's real life girlfriend, Renee, on an episode of Memphis Primetime, and the two battled three weeks later at Sam's Town River Palace Arena in Tunica, Mississippi.
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The match ended when Curtis Hughes kneeled and apologized to Lawler, before hitting him with a low blow and punching Renee in the face, thus losing by disqualification.
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In March 2011, Curtis Hughes headlined the inaugural Redneck Wrasslin Organization card in Springfield, Illinois, teaming with Pretty Boy Floyd and Beast to defeat Team Dragonfire.
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On February 18,2012, Curtis Hughes won a 34-man battle royal for the vacant Peachstate Wrestling Alliance Heritage Championship.