1. George South was born on September 7,1962 and is an American professional wrestler.
25 Facts About George South
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George South began wrestling in 1984, having his first match on December 26,1984, in Championship Wrestling from Florida.
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George South next appeared in Mid George South Wrestling, teaming with Rocky King to take on Kamala in a two-on-one match on January 2,1985, in Shreveport, Louisiana.
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George South next appeared in the NWA's Jim Crockett Promotions.
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George South made his debut on the April 6,1985, edition of World Championship Wrestling, the inaugural broadcast of the show after Jim Crockett acquired the TBS time slot.
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George South would become Ric Flair's favorite journeyman to wrestle as Flair considered him a great worker.
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George South was used as enhancement talent but he always got in some offense and was very good at getting heel heat with the fans.
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George South did however gain his first victory September 14,1985, when he defeated Mack Jeffers in Columbus, Georgia.
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George South made appearances in NWA affiliate Central States Wrestling in the fall of 1986.
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George South then returned to Mid Atlantic Wrestling, where he began to frequently team with Gary Royal in the masked jobber tag teams the Cruel Connection, Mexican Twin Devils and the Gladiators.
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George South would have matches with a wide array of WWF performers, including Brutus Beefcake, Hercules, Hillbilly Jim, Jake "the Snake" Roberts, Jim Duggan, Jimmy Snuka, Rhythm and Blues, Sam Houston, The Brain Busters, The British Bulldogs, The Rockers, and The Ultimate Warrior.
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George South's opponents are now regarded as having one of the worst gimmicks of all time.
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George South faced a wave of incoming new talent, including Johnny B Badd, Van Hammer, and Marcus Bagwell as the new decade progressed.
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George South returned for one match at a television taping on March 7,1993, and faced Tatanka in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
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George South made one more WWF appearance in 1996, wrestling Jake "The Snake" Roberts on the June 1 edition of WWF Superstars.
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George South would hold this title for 460 days before finally losing it to Flaming Youth on September 17,1992.
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George South would become the top heel in the PWF, winning the Junior Heavyweight title on multiple occasions.
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George South reformed his Cruel Connection team with Gary Royal when his former partner joined the promotion.
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George South would go on to win that title several times, but his greatest PWF achievement came on September 14,1995, when he beat Star Ryder to win the PWF Heavyweight Championship at an event in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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George South made his debut on their October 15,1994, television program, facing Tracy Smothers, then would wrestle Boo Bradley and Bruiser Bedlam later in the year.
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George South is a born-again Christian and says one of his biggest thrills was passing a Christian tract to Hulk Hogan in WCW who told him he needed it.
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George South is proud of the fact that he does not have to get crude, use profanity, or become vulgar to get heel heat.
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In 2013, George South participated in the Brad Armstrong Memorial Event, in a tag-team match alongside Bob Orton Jr.
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Later that year George South joined the America's Most Liked Wrestling promotion, and on November 25,2018, he defeated Caleb Konley to win the AML Wrestling Championship.
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George South made several successful title defenses in 2019, including beating Konley in a loser leaves AML match on January 27 and defeating Fallah Bahh.