1. Eddie Golden was one of the top junior heavyweights in the Southeastern territories during the 1990s and won numerous championship titles in the Carolinas, Florida, Georgia, and Tennessee.
50 Facts About Eddie Golden
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Eddie Golden was known for his work in tag teams, specifically as part of The Beautiful Blondes with Stan Lee and the fourth incarnation of The Heavenly Bodies with K C Thunder.
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In 2000, Golden joined NWA Wildside where he was part of Jeff G Bailey's NWA Elite stable with Ruckus, Onyx, and Terry Knight.
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Eddie Golden briefly attended East Tennessee State University during his beginning tenures of professional wrestling.
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Eddie Golden spent the first few years of his career wrestling on the local Tennessee independent circuit.
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Eddie Golden teamed with Big Ox as The Texas Outlaws in Bruce Wren's Southeastern Championship Wrestling.
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Eddie Golden was among several wrestlers who followed Beau James when he founded Southern States Wrestling.
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On March 20,1992, Eddie Golden defeated Jamie Gibson in Banner Elk, North Carolina, to become the first-ever SSW Junior Heavyweight Champion.
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Eddie Golden held onto the title for over a year before losing to Alex Shane in Fall Branch, Tennessee, on April 30,1993.
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Eddie Golden defeated The Alabama Heartthrob for the SSW Junior Heavyweight Championship in Fall Branch that same week.
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On May 3,1996, The Beautiful Blondes wrestled Battering Ram and Ironman at a United Wrestling Alliance show in Hansonville, Virginia; the following night in Nora, Virginia, the two wrestled their opponents in singles matches with Eddie Golden losing to Battering Ram.
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Eddie Golden unsuccessfully challenged Beau James for the SSW Appalachian Heavyweight Championship.
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On January 5,1997, Eddie Golden suffered his first defeat in the promotion at the hands of Chris Powers in Knoxville, Tennessee.
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Eddie Golden formed a short-lived alliance with Chris Steelheart when he began feuding with Ricky Rockett.
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Eddie Golden traveled to Georgia's National Championship Wrestling for the summer where he faced David Jericho and Ricky Rocket.
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Eddie Golden again lost to Rocket in Sylva on October 2,1997.
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Eddie Golden briefly feuded with Stan Lee but would eventually reform The Beautiful Blondes with him.
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Eddie Golden spent much of 1998 in Appalachian Mountain Wrestling where he had standout matches with AMW Heavyweight Champion "Playboy" Bryan Wayne.
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Eddie Golden subsequently won the vacant AMW Junior Heavyweight Championship from Eight-Ball Jones on December 12,1998.
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Several days later in Cornelia, Georgia, Eddie Golden defeated Shane Austin for the NCW United States Heavyweight Championship in a three-way match involving David Jericho.
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Eddie Golden lost the belt to Jesse Taylor three months later.
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Eddie Golden teamed up with his uncle Jimmy Eddie Golden for occasional tag team matches in Kingsport.
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On March 25,2000, Eddie Golden wrestled Big Ox for a Southeastern Championship Wrestling television taping at Bishop Moore High School in Orlando, Florida.
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Eddie Golden lost the belt that same night to Jesse Taylor with whom he would feud with over the title throughout the year.
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Eddie Golden enlisted stablemate Terry Knight in his year-long feud against Jesse Taylor.
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Eddie Golden won it back from Taylor a day later in Sylva, North Carolina.
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Eddie Golden briefly feuded with Brad Hunter in North American Championship Wrestling in early 2002.
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On February 8,2002, Eddie Golden lost Hunter in Newton, North Carolina.
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Eddie Golden took part in a 6-man tag team match with Big Daddy and Big Wood against Hunter, Black Angel, and Reverend Slim in Shelby, North Carolina, the following night.
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On January 11,2003, Eddie Golden wrestled DG 2000 for Ron's Championship Wrestling in Knoxville.
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Eddie Golden lost to Jesse Taylor at NWA Wildside's "Hardcore Hell" in Cornelia, Georgia, a week later.
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That summer, Eddie Golden began feuding with Jeff Tankersfly in Southern States Wrestling and on the independent circuit.
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On July 20,2003, Eddie Golden was defeated by Tankersfly at an SSW show in Kingsport.
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On January 24,2004, Eddie Golden defeated Tankersly by disqualification in Iron Ring Wrestling.
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Four months later, Eddie Golden faced Jeff Tankersly and Sherri Martel at Iron Ring Wrestling's show for Kingsport's annual Funfest event on July 17,2004.
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Eddie Golden ended up winning the match after Martel turned on Tankersly in effect turning Eddie Golden into a "heel" and Tankersly a "babyface".
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On February 12,2005, Eddie Golden defeated Gluteus Maximus and Nick Diamond three-way match for Palmetto Pride Championship Wrestling in Columbia, South Carolina.
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Eddie Golden nearly pinned Thunder with a big splash at the end of the match but was pulled off of his opponent by The Duke of New York when he made the cover.
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October 21,2006, at a Championship Wrestling show in Kingsport, Eddie Golden lost an 8-man tag team match with Chris Richards, Brad Thomas, and Allen King against Tony Givens, Robbie Cassidy, Wayne Adkins, and Nick Hammonds when his team was disqualified.
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That summer, Eddie Golden began wrestling with Thunder as the fourth version of The Heavenly Bodies.
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Eddie Golden did several shows for Tony Givens' Championship Wrestling Alliance during early-2010.
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On March 6, at CWA's 6th Anniversary Show, Eddie Golden wrestled in the 2010 Best of the Best tournament and was eliminated by Robbie Cassidy in the first round.
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Eddie Golden returned to Southern States Wrestling in the summer of 2010.
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On June 26, Eddie Golden wrestled Beau James at "Legends Night 2010" in Kingsport, Tennessee.
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On February 18,2011, Eddie Golden appeared at SSW's 20th Anniversary Show in Kingsport, Tennessee where he lost to Johnny Knievel.
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Eddie Golden was eliminated by NWA Mountain Empire Heavyweight Champion Chase Owens in the opening rounds.
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On June 14,2014, Eddie Golden reunited with Stan Lee at Reborn Wrestling's "Once Bitten, Twice Shy" in Johnson City, a tribute show honoring Jake "The Snake" Roberts, where they lost to Air America.
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On June 16,2018, Eddie Golden was defeated by Jeff Tankersley in a Bunkhouse Match at Innovate Wrestling's Stars for Heroes event.
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Eddie Golden made a return to the ring on April 16,2022, in Elizabethton, Tennessee, in a six-man tag team match, teaming with his son Evan Eddie Golden and Stan Lee.
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Eddie Golden was inducted into the Carter County Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame on April 6,2024 in Elizabethton, Tennessee.