Paul Frederick (June 16, 1942 – c. April 18, 2018) was an American

professional wrestler Professional wrestling is a form of theater that revolves around staged wrestling matches. The mock combat is performed in a ring similar to the kind used in boxing, and the dramatic aspects of pro wrestling may be performed both in the ring or ...

and

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, better known by his

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, Paul Jones. He is best known for his appearances with

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s in the

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, in particular with

Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling Jim Crockett Promotions Inc. is a family-owned professional wrestling promotion headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, restarted by Jim Crockett's son and Jim Crockett Jr's brother, David Crockett. Founded in 1931, the promot ...

– where he had 23

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reigns and led the

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Paul Jones' Army Paul Jones' Army was a professional wrestling heel stable in the NWA's Jim Crockett Promotions in the mid-1980s led by manager Paul Jones. The group's primary storyline was against "The Boogie Woogie Man" Jimmy Valiant in a long running storyli ...

– and

Championship Wrestling from Florida Championship Wrestling from Florida (CWF) was the corporate and brand name of the Tampa, Florida wrestling office existing from 1961, when Eddie Graham first bought into the promotion, until 1987, when it closed down. It is also referred to as ...

Early life

Frederick was born on June 16, 1942 in

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. He attended Thomas Jefferson High School. As a teenager, he boxed, spending seven years as a

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boxer and winning the Texas Light Heavyweight Championship and Texas Heavyweight Championship. While working in a

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, he met

Paul Boesch Paul Max Boesch (October 2, 1912March 7, 1989) was an American professional wrestler and promoter, most famous for his work as an announcer and promoter for Houston Wrestling. He also spent several stints working with the Universal Wrestling Fed ...

, who suggested he become a professional wrestler and offered to train him.

Professional wrestling career

Early career (1961–1968)

Frederick was trained to wrestle by Paul Boesch and Morris Sigel, debuting in 1961 under the ring name "Paul Jones". During his early career, he competed primarily for promotions in the

Southern United States The Southern United States (sometimes Dixie, also referred to as the Southern States, the American South, the Southland, or simply the South) is a geographic and cultural region of the United States of America. It is between the Atlantic Ocean ...

including the

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-based promotion Big Time Wrestling, the

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-based promotion

NWA Mid-America NWA Mid-America was a professional wrestling promotion territory under the umbrella of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) that promoted shows in Tennessee, Kentucky and Alabama from the 1940s until 1981. The company was founded in the 1940s by ...

and

. He was nicknamed "Young" Paul Jones by promoter

during his stint in Texas to distinguish him from Andrew Lutzi, a Russian-born veteran wrestler who had used the same name. From late-1964 to early-1965, Jones toured Australia with

World Championship Wrestling World Championship Wrestling, Inc. (WCW) was an American professional wrestling promotion founded by Ted Turner in 1988, after Turner Broadcasting System, through a subsidiary named Universal Wrestling Corporation, purchased the assets of Nation ...

, wrestling as "Al Fredericks". After returning to the United States, he competed for the

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-based promotion

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, holding the

NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship The NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling championship sanctioned by the National Wrestling Alliance and defended in its member promotion Pacific Northwest Wrestling, which promoted shows in the U.S. states of ...

on two occasions and the

NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship The NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling championship sanctioned by the National Wrestling Alliance and defended in its member promotion Pacific Northwest Wrestling, which promoted shows in the U.S. states of ...

once, and in Canada for Northwest Wrestling Promotions in

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and Alex Turk Promotions in

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. He returned to the Southern United States in mid-1967. In 1969, Jones appeared with the

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-based promotion

NWA Hollywood Wrestling NWA Hollywood Wrestling (sometimes referred to as NWA Los Angeles) was a professional wrestling promotion headquartered in Los Angeles, California in the United States that promoted professional wrestling matches throughout Southern California. It ...

, briefly holding the

NWA Americas Tag Team Championship The NWA Americas Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling tag team title in the National Wrestling Alliance's NWA Hollywood Wrestling based out of Los Angeles, California. The championship began as the WWA World Tag Team Championship f ...

with

Nelson Royal Nelson Combs (July 21, 1935 – February 3, 2002) was an American professional wrestler, trainer and promoter, better known by his ring name, Nelson Royal. He held the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship on six occasions along with numerou ...

in 1969. In the same year, he toured Japan with the

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, making repeat tours in 1970 and 1971. In 1973, he made a fourth tour of Japan, this time with

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Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling (1968–1972)

Jones first appeared with the

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-based promotion

in 1968, forming a face

tag team Tag team wrestling is a type of professional wrestling in which matches are contested between teams of multiple wrestlers. Tag teams may be made up of wrestlers who normally wrestle in singles competition, but more commonly are made of establish ...

with veteran Nelson Royal. In September 1970, the duo defeated

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to win the NWA Atlantic Coast Tag Team Championship. They lost the championship to The Blond Bombers in December 1970. Jones and Royal continued to team until 1972, when Jones left Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling to compete for Championship Wrestling from Florida.

Championship Wrestling from Florida (1972–1974, 1980)

In 1972, Jones returned to Championship Wrestling from Florida, where he adopted a brash

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persona and the nickname "Number One" Paul Jones. Jones was convinced to become a heel by

Jack Brisco Freddie Joe "Jack" Brisco (September 21, 1941 – February 1, 2010) was an American amateur and professional wrestler. As an amateur for Oklahoma State, Brisco was two-time All-American and won the NCAA Division I national championship. He tu ...

, who wagered him a case of

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that he would earn more money in a year as a heel than he ever had as a face. Jones held the

NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship The NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship was a major title in Championship Wrestling from Florida, USA and is now the major title in NWA Florida Wrestling Alliance. It started in 1937 and was abandoned in 1949. It was picked back up in 1966 by C ...

on four occasions, on one occasion in July 1972 throwing the championship belt off the

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into

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in front of thousands of spectators in a display of arrogance. Jones also held the NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship ''(Florida version)'' once, the NWA Brass Knuckles Championship ''(Florida version)'' once, and the

NWA Florida Television Championship The NWA Florida Television Championship was a secondary title in Championship Wrestling from Florida Championship Wrestling from Florida (CWF) was the corporate and brand name of the Tampa, Florida wrestling office existing from 1961, when ...

twice – for several days in June 1972 holding the NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship, NWA Florida Television Championship and NWA Brass Knuckles Championship ''(Florida version)'' simultaneously – before leaving in 1974. Jones briefly returned to the promotion once more in 1980, performing under a

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as "Mr. Florida" until being unmasked by The Super Destroyer.

Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling / World Championship Wrestling (1974 - 1989)

Championship reigns (1974–1982)

Jones resumed appearing regularly with Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling in early 1974. In April 1974, he and

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defeated

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for the

NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship The NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship was a tag team title defended in the National Wrestling Alliance's NWA Mid-Atlantic territory. The championship was originally created in the summer of 1968 and was originally named the NWA Atlantic Co ...

, losing the championship to

Ric Flair Richard Morgan Fliehr (born February 25, 1949), known professionally as Ric Flair, is an American professional wrestler. Regarded by multiple peers and journalists as the greatest professional wrestler of all time, Flair has had a career spanni ...

and

Rip Hawk Harvey Maurice Evers (June 6, 1930 – December 22, 2012) was an American professional wrestler best known by his ring name, Rip Hawk. He began his wrestling career in the Mid-Western United States before joining Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP) in t ...

in July 1974. Jones won his first NWA Mid-Atlantic Television Championship several days later, defeating

Ivan Koloff Oreal Donald Perras (August 25, 1942 – February 18, 2017) was a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by the ring name "The Russian Bear" Ivan Koloff. He was the third wrestler to hold the WWWF Championship. Early life Perras was b ...

in a

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. He held the championship until October, when Koloff defeated him in a rematch. Jones held the championship on a total of five occasions over the next four years. Jones and Tiger Conway Jr. won the NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship from Flair and Hawk in December 1974, losing to The Andersons in February 1975. Jones began feuding with

Johnny Valentine John Theodore Wisniski (September 22, 1928 – April 24, 2001), better known by his ring name Johnny Valentine, was an American professional wrestler with a career spanning almost three decades. He has been inducted into four halls of fame fo ...

, with a match between them on December 25, 1974 selling out the Park Center. In March 1975, Jones defeated Valentine to win the

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in controversial fashion; he was stripped of the championship 10 days later. In May 1975, Jones and

Wahoo McDaniel Edward Hugh McDaniel (June 19, 1938 – April 18, 2002) was an American Choctaw-Chickasaw professional American football player and professional wrestler better known by his ring name Wahoo McDaniel. He is notable for having held the NWA United S ...

defeated The Andersons to win the NWA World Tag Team Championship ''(Mid-Atlantic version)''. The Andersons regained the championship the next month in a televised rematch known as the "Supreme Sacrifice" match, which saw

Ole Anderson Alan Robert Rogowski (born September 22, 1942), better known by the ring name Ole Anderson (), is an American retired professional wrestler, referee, manager, and promoter. Part of the Anderson family, Anderson was a founding member of the influen ...

ram his brother Gene's head into McDaniel's head with enough force to knock both men unconscious, enabling Ole Anderson to pin McDaniel. After the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship ''(Mid-Atlantic version)'' was vacated when

was injured in a

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, Jones competed in a one-night tournament on November 9, 1975 to crown a new champion, winning four bouts before losing to

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in the final. Jones defeated Funk for the championship in a rematch held later that month. He went on to trade the championship with

Blackjack Mulligan Robert Deroy Windham (November 25, 1942 – April 7, 2016), better known by his ring name Blackjack Mulligan, was an American professional wrestler and American football player. He was the father of wrestlers Barry and Kendall Windham, father-in ...

, holding it on a total of three occasions before his final reign ended in December 1976. In 1975, Jones began teaming with

Ricky Steamboat Richard Henry Blood Sr. (born February 28, 1953), better known by his ring name Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat, is an American retired professional wrestler best known for his work with the American Wrestling Association (AWA), Jim Crockett Promot ...

. They held the NWA World Tag Team Championship ''(Mid-Atlantic version)'' on one occasion and the

on three occasions. Their alliance ended in December 1978 when Jones attacked Steamboat at the end of a

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heel. In 1977, Jones wrestled for

Georgia Championship Wrestling Georgia Championship Wrestling was an American professional wrestling promotion based in Atlanta, Georgia. The promotion was affiliated with what had been the world's top sanctioning body of championship titles for decades before, the National W ...

for several months, feuding with

Dick Slater Richard Van Slater (May 19, 1951 – October 18, 2018) better known by his ring name "Dirty" Dick Slater, was an American professional wrestler who wrestled in the 1970s, 1980s, and mid-1990s for various promotions including Mid-Atlantic Champion ...

and briefly holding the

NWA Georgia Heavyweight Championship The NWA Georgia Heavyweight Championship was the major title in the Georgia Championship Wrestling professional wrestling promotion. It started in 1964 and was unified in 1981 with the NWA National Heavyweight Championship. The title was pick ...

. From 1979 to 1984, he appeared sporadically with

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in Ontario, Canada. After turning heel, Jones formed a new alliance with

Baron von Raschke James Donald Raschke (born July 30, 1940) is an American retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Baron von Raschke. Early life Raschke was a three-year letterman with the University of Nebraska–Lincoln Cornhuskers wrest ...

(whom Jones had had a brief feud with prior), with the duo winning the NWA World Tag Team Championship ''(Mid-Atlantic version)'' twice in 1979 and feuding with tag teams such as Flair and Mulligan and

Jay Youngblood Steven Nicolas Romero (June 21, 1955 – September 2, 1985) was an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name Jay Youngblood. He wrestled in the National Wrestling Alliance's Jim Crockett Promotions in a tag team with Ricky Stea ...

and Steamboat. The team ended when Jones turned on von Raschke. Jones subsequently began teaming with

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(another former foe), winning the NWA World Tag Team Championship ''(Mid-Atlantic version)'' again in 1980 and 1981. In 1982, Sir Oliver Humperdink began

managing Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government body. It is the art and science of managing resources of the business. Management includes the activities o ...

Jones. He held the NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship twice more in 1982, trading the championship with

Paul Jones' Army (1982–1989)

In 1982, Jones became a

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, forming a large

called

. Many of Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling's top

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were members of Jones' stable at one time, among them

Superstar Billy Graham Eldridge Wayne Coleman (born June 7, 1943), better known by his ring name "Superstar" Billy Graham, is an American former professional wrestler. He gained recognition for his tenure as the WWWF Heavyweight Champion in 1977–1978. He is a thre ...

Rick Rude Richard Erwin Rood (December 7, 1958 – April 20, 1999), better known by his ring name "Ravishing" Rick Rude, was an American professional wrestler who performed for many promotions, including World Championship Wrestling (WCW), World Wrestling ...

, Manny Fernandez,

Abdullah the Butcher Lawrence Robert Shreve (born January 11, 1941), better known by the ring name Abdullah the Butcher, is a Canadian retired professional wrestler. He has a reputation for being involved in some of the most violent and bloody hardcore wrestling matc ...

, and

The Powers of Pain The Powers of Pain are a professional wrestling tag team. History Paul Jones had previously managed The Barbarian (Sione Vailahi) in National Wrestling Alliance's (NWA) territories during 1985–1987, while The Warlord (Terry Szopinski) and jo ...

. Jones' character had a "startlingly uncomfortable presence"; at one point, he began wearing

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s and

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and cultivated a

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, giving him an appearance reminiscent of

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. Jones' villainous behaviour led fans to mock him with chants of "weasel". By 1983, Jones had largely retired from in-ring competition due to accumulated back injuries. That year, Jones developed a gimmick of wearing

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s, and created an angle in which he held a contest in which a large poster of himself dressed in a white tuxedo would be awarded as a prize to the winner. This led to a memorable episode of ''

'', in which the winner of the poster was revealed to be a young, attractive woman. As she walked onto the ringside set to claim her prize, she attempted to embrace Jones with a kiss as her way of thanking him; but Jones backed away quickly and proceeded to berate her violently. Rufus R. Jones then came to the lady's rescue, and was attacked by Paul. Paul then shoved the terrified young lady between himself and Rufus to block Rufus' defensive attack. This angle led to a brief feud between Paul Jones and Rufus R. Jones. In the mid-1980s, Jones began a lengthy (and perhaps his most famous) feud with

Jimmy Valiant James Harold Fanning (born August 6, 1942) is an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name Jimmy Valiant. Early life Fanning was born in Tullahoma as the youngest of five children of James and Effie Fanning. He later incorpo ...

. The feud culminated in a hair versus hair match in November 1986 that was won by Valiant. Jones then began wearing a cowboy hat until his hair grew back to conceal his baldness. In 1988, The Powers of Pain began feuding with

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, with Jones claiming that The Powers of Pain were stronger than their opponents. In a memorable

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that aired on ''

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'', The Powers of Pain faced The Road Warriors in a weightlifting contest with $50,000 on the line. The contest ended abruptly when Ivan Koloff blinded

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using chalk dust, enabling The Powers of Pain to beat down The Road Warriors. Jones left Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling - which had in the prior year been renamed

- in 1989.

Late career (1989–1991)

Jones spent the final years of his career competing on the

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for promotions including the

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-based

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and the

-based promotion

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. In 1990, he briefly held the SAPW Heavyweight Championship.

Retirement (1991–2018)

Frederick retired from professional wrestling in 1991. After retiring, he opened a

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, later relocating to Georgia.

Death

Frederick died in the week of April 18, 2018, at his home near Atlanta.

Championships and accomplishments

*Big Time Promotions **Big Time Television Championship (1 time) *

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**Other honoree (

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) *

** NWA Brass Knuckles Championship ''(Florida version)'' ( 1 time) **

( 4 times) **

(

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) ** NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship ''(Florida version)'' ( 1 time) *

( 1 time) *

** NWA Atlantic Coast Tag Team Championship/NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship ( 6 times) - with

(1 time),

(3 times), Tiger Conway Jr. (1 time), and

(1 time) **

( 3 times) ** NWA Mid-Atlantic Television Championship/NWA Television Championship ( 5 times) ** NWA United States Heavyweight Championship ''(Mid-Atlantic version)'' ( 3 times) ** NWA World Tag Team Championship ''(Mid-Atlantic version)'' ( 6 times) - with Ricky Steamboat (1 time),

(2 times),

(2 times), and

(1 time) *

( 1 time) - with Nelson Royal *

(

) **

( 1 time) *''

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'' **

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(1978) - with Ricky Steamboat *

** SAPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *''

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'' ** Worst Manager (1986)

References

External links

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Early life

Professional wrestling career

Early career (1961–1968)

Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling (1968–1972)

Championship Wrestling from Florida (1972–1974, 1980)

Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling / World Championship Wrestling (1974 - 1989)

Championship reigns (1974–1982)

Paul Jones' Army (1982–1989)

Late career (1989–1991)

Retirement (1991–2018)

Death

Championships and accomplishments

See also

References

External links