Morgus Watson (born March 1, 1961), better known by his

ring name A ring name is a type of stage name used by an athlete such as a professional wrestler, mixed martial artist, or boxer whose real name is considered unattractive, dull, difficult to pronounce or spell, amusing for the wrong reasons, or project ...

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 HHG Corporation, doing business as Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), was a professional wrestling promotion and media company that was based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The promotion was founded in 1992 by Tod Gordon as National Wrest ...

and also wrestled as a preliminary wrestler for

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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 Sylvester Ritter (December 13, 1952 – June 1, 1998) was an American professional wrestler and college football player, best known for his work in Mid-South Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation as the Junkyard Dog (or JYD), a nickname ...

Greg "the Hammer" Valentine Jonathan Anthony Wisniski (born September 20, 1951) is a retired American professional wrestler, better known as Greg "The Hammer" Valentine. He is the son of wrestler Johnny Valentine. Over five decades, Valentine held more than 40 championships ...

and

Jake "the Snake" Roberts Aurelian Smith Jr. (born May 30, 1955), better known by the ring name Jake "The Snake" Roberts, is an American professional wrestler and actor currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) where he performs as manager to Lance Archer. He is be ...

, he would lose his MEWF Heavyweight title to Lucifer the Knight of the Road 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 MCW Pro Wrestling (formerly known as Maryland Championship Wrestling) is a regional independent wrestling promotion based in Joppa, Maryland. It has regularly run events in the Mid-Atlantic region since the late 1990s. History Maryland Champion ...

**MCW Hall of Fame (Class of 2010) *

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 (3 times) * National Wrestling League/ House of Pain Wrestling Federation ** HoPWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time) **NWL/HoPWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time) **NWL/HoPWF Tag Team Championship (2 times) with "Diamond" Dave Donovan and

Nikolai Volkoff Josip Hrvoje Peruzović (October 14, 1947 – July 29, 2018), better known by his ring name Nikolai Volkoff, was a Yugoslav-American professional wrestler best known for his time in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). Although Volkoff often p ...

NWL Tag Team Championship The NWL Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling tag team championship in the National Wrestling League promotion. The Brothers Superior ( Neil Superior and Doug Superior) defeated The Cream Team (Dino Casanova and Rip Sawyer) in Moore ...

(2 times) with Hard Rock Hamilton and Buzz Stryker/

Axl Rotten Brian Knighton (April 21, 1971 – February 4, 2016), better known by the ring name Axl Rotten, was an American professional wrestler. In the early 1990s, he was a part of the tag team The Bad Breed with Ian Rotten. He had a short stint with Wor ...

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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 {{Reflist

External links

NWL/HoPWF Profile: Morgus the Maniac
1961 births Living people American male professional wrestlers People from Baltimore

Championships and accomplishments

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