Eldon "Eddie" Lee Whittler (July 7, 1935 – January 29, 2001), better known by his
ring name Smasher Sloan, was an American
professional wrestler
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. He wrestled for the
World Wide Wrestling Federation
Capitol Wrestling Corporation Ltd. was an American sports promotion company. It was run by Vincent J. McMahon from 1953 to 1982. Operating as the Capitol Wrestling Corporation (CWC), the company was originally a professional wrestling and boxing ...
from the 1960s till early 1970s, where he achieved his most success being a 1-time
WWWF United States Tagteam champion along with
Baron Mikel Scicluna
Mikel Scicluna (July 29, 1929 – March 20, 2010) was a Maltese professional wrestler who gained his fame during the 1960s and 1970s. He reached the peak of his success in WWWF where he was 2-time tag-team champion, having held the United S ...
.
Professional career
Whittler was born on July 7, 1935, in
Alton, Illinois
Alton ( ) is a city on the Mississippi River in Madison County, Illinois, Madison County, Illinois, United States, about north of St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri. The population was 25,676 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. It is a p ...
. He was the oldest of three children of Margaret Laura (''née'' Harsh; 1916–1995) and Eldon "Whitey" Lee Whittler (1913–1983), who was also a professional wrestler. He made his debut in 1956 as Don Whittler. He initially competed in
Championship Wrestling from Florida
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.
They challenged the reigning champions,
Johnny Valentine
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and
Tony Parisi on September 22 on a house show in
Washington D.C in a traditional 2-out-of-3 falls match. Valentine and Parisi won the first fall, but then Johnny suddenly turned heel in the second round, when he turned on Parisi and threw him out of the ring.
By 1968, Sloan had left WWWF. He then joined the
NWA Big-time Wrestling based in
Dallas, Texas
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which was then managed by Wrestler and
promoter Fritz Von Erich
Jack Barton Adkisson Sr. (August 16, 1929 – September 10, 1997), better known by his ring name Fritz Von Erich, was an American professional wrestler, wrestling promoter, and the patriarch of the Von Erich family. He was a 3-time world champio ...
. There Sloan (Spoiler #2) teamed up with
Don Jardine
Donald Delbert Jardine (March 24, 1940 – December 16, 2006) was a Canadian professional wrestler best known for his masked gimmick as The Spoiler. Jardine was a major star in various wrestling promotions. He worked in the World Wrestling Federa ...
(Spoiler #1) becoming the team known as the Spoilers. They were managed by
Gary Hart and went on to win the
NWA American Tagteam Championship from the team of Fritz and
Billy Red Lyons
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in 1968.
He was eventually unmasked at a house show and left the territory.
He also went on to win the
NWA Tennessee Tag Team Championship
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in the
NWA Mid-America
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territory with The Spoiler in 1970.
Championships
*
NWA Big Time Wrestling
**
NWA American Tag Team Championship
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(
1 time) – with
The Spoiler
**
NWA Brass Knuckles Championship ''(Texas version)'' (
1 time)
*
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 ...
**
NWA Tennessee Tag Team Championship
The NWA Tennessee Tag Team Championship was a secondary tag team title promoted as the name indicates mainly in the Tennessee region from 1967 until 1977, first by '' Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling'' and occasionally NWA Mid-America from 1967 t ...
(
1 time) - with
Spoiler
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*
World Wide Wrestling Federation
Capitol Wrestling Corporation Ltd. was an American sports promotion company. It was run by Vincent J. McMahon from 1953 to 1982. Operating as the Capitol Wrestling Corporation (CWC), the company was originally a professional wrestling and boxing ...
**
WWWF United States Tag Team Championship
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(
1-Time) - with
Baron Mikel Scicluna
Mikel Scicluna (July 29, 1929 – March 20, 2010) was a Maltese professional wrestler who gained his fame during the 1960s and 1970s. He reached the peak of his success in WWWF where he was 2-time tag-team champion, having held the United S ...
References
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1935 births
2001 deaths
American male professional wrestlers
Professional wrestlers from Illinois
20th-century professional wrestlers
WCWA Brass Knuckles Champions