Morgus Watson (born March 1, 1961), better known by his
ring name
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Morgus the Maniac is an American professional wrestler who has competed on the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern independent promotions including the Eastern Wrestling Alliance,
Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation
The Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation was a Mid-Atlantic independent professional wrestling promotion based in Essex, Maryland. Founded by promoter Dennis Wippercht and wrestler Tim "Lucifer" Burke in 1991, the MEWF was one of the leading independ ...
, National Wrestling League/House of Pain Wrestling Federation and
Extreme Championship Wrestling
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and also wrestled as a preliminary wrestler for
World Championship Wrestling
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during the early 1990s.
While competing in an interpromotional show with Extreme Championship Wrestling, then ''Eastern Championship Wrestling'', which included former WWF wrestlers such as
Mr. Hughes,
Junkyard Dog
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,
Greg "the Hammer" Valentine
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Over five decades, Valentine held more than 40 championships ...
and
Jake "the Snake" Roberts
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, he would lose his MEWF Heavyweight title to
Lucifer the Knight of the Road
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on November 14, 1993.
In 2004, he appeared in the National Wrestling League's interpromotional "Lord of the Rings" tournament which included wrestlers from the NWL/HoPWF, NWA UK Hammerlock as well as former WWF, ECW and independent wrestlers.
Championships and accomplishments
*All-American Wrestling Federation
**AAWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
*Atlantic Terror Championship Wrestling
**ATCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
*
Maryland Championship Wrestling
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History
Maryland Champions ...
**MCW Hall of Fame (Class of 2010)
*
Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation
The Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation was a Mid-Atlantic independent professional wrestling promotion based in Essex, Maryland. Founded by promoter Dennis Wippercht and wrestler Tim "Lucifer" Burke in 1991, the MEWF was one of the leading independ ...
**
MEWF Heavyweight Championship
The Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation (MEWF) Heavyweight Championship is the highest ranking singles title in the Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation, one of three in the promotion.
The title was created when Ricky Blues defeated Agent Orange at an ...
(3 times)
**
MEWF Mid-Atlantic Championship
The Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation (MEWF) Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship was the second highest ranking singles title in the Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation, one of three in the promotion.
The title was created when "Hollywood" Bob Sta ...
(3 times)
*
National Wrestling League
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Common uses
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** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen
Places in the United States
* National, Maryland, ce ...
/
House of Pain Wrestling Federation
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**
HoPWF Heavyweight Championship
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(1 time)
**NWL/HoPWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
**NWL/HoPWF Tag Team Championship (2 times) with "Diamond" Dave Donovan and
Nikolai Volkoff
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**
NWL Tag Team Championship
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(2 times) with Hard Rock Hamilton and Buzz Stryker/
Axl Rotten
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*
Pro Wrestling Illustrated
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**PWI ranked him # 500 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 1992
**PWI ranked him # 184 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 1993
*UWF Hardcore Wrestling
**UWF Hardcore Championship (1 time)
References
;General
*Conner, Floyd. ''Wrestlings Most Wanted: The Top 10 Book of Pro Wrestling's Outrageous Performers, Punishing Piledrivers and Other Oddities''. Dulles, Virginia: Brassey's, 2001.
;Specific
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Further reading
*Powell, Camille. ''"In This Ring, A Good Cause; Wrestlers Don't Fake Intentions"''.
Washington Post. 30 April 1998
*Berselli, Beth. ''"Led by Midgets and Maniacs, Pro Wrestlers Grip Patuxent Fans"''.
Washington Post. 10 Dec 1998
External links
NWL/HoPWF Profile: Morgus the Maniac
1961 births
Living people
American male professional wrestlers
People from Baltimore