Plasee Dennis Conway Jr. (May 18, 1953) is a retired American

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, better known by his ring name, Tiger Conway Jr.. Notable in the Mid-Atlantic and most notably teaming with his father Tiger Conway.

Early life

Born and raised in Houston. Conway grew up playing football in Junior and High school for Kashmere Gardens school. After graduating high school in 1971, Conway refused scholarships from universities and chose to follow his father's foot steps into wrestling.

Professional wrestling career

Conway made his wrestling debut in 1971. He would work in India for a bit during his career. In 1972, he made his debut for

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and won Rookie of the Year from

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. Conway most notable promotion in his career was Mid-Atlantic Wrestling where he worked from 1974 to 1978 and 1987 to 1988. Also worked in

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, Central States Wrestling and

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. From 1979 to 1980 Conway with

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won the

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three times feuding with Mr. Hito and Mr. Sakurada over the titles. In 1981, Conway made his debut

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in Texas where he became two time SCW Southwest Brass Knuckles Champion defeating Tank Patton. Conway and Mr. Wrestling II won the Mid-South Tag Team Championship defeating the Rat Pack (

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and

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). The titles were dropped to DiBiase and Mr. Olympia. He formed a tag team with

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called the Dream Team in 1986 in Texas All-Star Wrestling. The Dream Team won the

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twice feuding with the Golden Brothers. In 1987, Conway returned to the Mid-Atlantic teaming with

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as the Jive Tones. They also worked for

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in 1989. During his career he wrestled in Singapore, Malaysia, Hawaii, Saudi Arabia, and Bahamas. Conway retired from the sport in 1996.

Personal life

After retiring from wrestling, Conway took over his father's business Tiger Conway Fence Company. He coached his sons football team and wrestling team at his former high school Kashmere Gardens. In 2019, he was inducted into the school's Athlete Hall of Fame.

Championships and accomplishments

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** NWA Atlantic Coast Tag Team Championship/NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship ( 2 times) - with

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(1) and

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(1) * NWA Big Time Wrestling **

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( 2 times) – with

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(1),

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(1) and

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(1) **

( 3 times) – with

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( 2 times) **

( 2 times) – with

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** Mid-South Tag Team Championship ( 1 time) – with Mr. Wrestling II

References

External links

*https://www.wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=bios&wrestler=7484 *https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2091959/ *https://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profile/tiger-conway-jr/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Conway, Tiger 1953 births 20th-century African-American sportspeople 21st-century African-American people African-American male professional wrestlers American male professional wrestlers Entertainers from Houston Professional wrestlers from Texas Living people 20th-century professional wrestlers WCWA World Tag Team Champions