Boulware, using the ring name Rocky King, started wrestling in 1984 in the National Wrestling Alliance's Jim Crockett Promotions in North Carolina.
11 Facts About Rocky King
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Rocky King began his career in the promotion as a jobber.
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Rocky King quickly improved and was often allowed a lot of offense during his jobber matches.
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Rocky King was a frequent opponent of the Four Horsemen.
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Rocky King was loosely associated with the Dudes With Attitudes in early 1990 during their feud with the Four Horsemen.
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In late 1990, after Crockett was purchased and renamed World Championship Wrestling, Rocky King got a gimmick change and became Little Richard Marley, manager of Michael Hayes and Jimmy Garvin, the Fabulous Freebirds.
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Rocky King helped them in their feud with the Southern Boys for a couple of months.
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Rocky King then went back to wrestling as Rocky King.
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Rocky King formed Boulware Enterprises, Inc to run his promotion Boulware Wrestling Association.
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Rocky King partnered with Bill Heard III of Bill Heard Chevrolet in Atlanta, Georgia to operate Kids Nite Out, a program to keep kids off the streets.
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Rocky King partnered with Frank Aldridge's World Wrestling Alliance 4 - WWA4, and together they ran hundreds of wrestling shows every year.