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Ripper Collins



Title History

 

  • NWA Hawaii Tag Team titles w/Johnny Barend defeating Bearcat Wright & Luther Lindsay (January 4, 1966);
  • NWA Hawaii Heavyweight title defeating Ron Reed (January 19, 1966);
  • NWA Hawaii Heavyweight title defeating Neff Maivia (October 19, 1966);
  • NWA Hawaii Tag Team titles w/Curtis Iaukea defeating Hans Mortier & Johnny Barend (May 3, 1967);
  • NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight title defeating Tony Borne (May 12, 1967);
  • IWA (Australia) World Heavyweight title defeating Mark Lewin (October ??, 1967);
  • NWA Hawaii Tag Team titles w/Curtis Iaukea defeating Pampero Firpo & Jim Hady (March 15, 1968);
  • NWA Hawaii Tag Team titles w/Curtis Iaukea defeating Peter Maivia & Jim Hady (June 4, 1968);
  • NWA Hawaii Tag Team titles w/Luke Graham defeating Billy White Wolf & Jim Hady (November 6, 1968);
  • NWA Hawaii Tag Team titles w/Buddy Austin defeating Bobby Shane & Nick Bockwinkel (April 16, 1969);
  • NWA Hawaii Tag Team titles w/Curtis Iaukea defeating Karl & Kurt Von Steiger (October 22, 1969);
  • NWA Hawaii Heavyweight title defeating Pampero Firpo (October 29, 1969);
  • NWA Hawaii Heavyweight title defeating Pampero Firpo (Febuary 4, 1970);
  • NWA Hawaii Heavyweight title defeating Sam Steamboat (June 24, 1970);
  • NWA Hawaii Heavyweight title defeating Sam Steamboat (November 4, 1970);
  • NWA Hawaii Heavyweight title defeating Johnny Barend (January 2, 1971);
  • NWA Hawaii Tag Team titles w/Moondog Mayne defeating Ed Francis & Billy Robinson (January 12, 1971);
  • NWA Hawaii Tag Team titles w/Moondog Mayne defeating Steven Little Bear & Suni War Cloud (June 26, 1971);
  • NWA (Los Angeles) Pacific Coast Heavyweight title defeating Ruben Juarez (October 19, 1972);
  • NWA (Los Angeles) Americas Tag Team titles w/Gordon Nelson defeating Tony Rocco & David Morgan (May 4, 1973);
  • NWA Hawaii Tag Team titles w/Ed Francis defeating Peter Maivia & Sam Steamboat (July 25, 1973);
  • NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles w/Bull Ramos defeating Al Madril & Jose Gonzales (August 11, 1973);
  • NWA Hawaii Tag Team titles w/Johnny Valentine defeating Peter Maivia & Sam Steamboat (November 28, 1973);
  • NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight title defeating Jimmy Snuka (????, 1974);
  • NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight title defeating Jimmy Snuka (April 13, 1974);
  • SCW Western States Heavyweight title defeating ????????? (????, 1975);
  • Stampede International Tag Team titles w/Bobby Bass defeating Prince Tapu & Lumberjack Luke (????, 1976);
  • Stampede International Tag Team titles w/Don Gagne defeating Jerry & Ed Morrow (Febuary 20, 1976);
  • Stampede International Tag Team titles w/Larry Sharpe defeating Jerry & Ed Morrow (September 24, 1976);
  • NWA Tennessee Tag Team titles w/Luke Graham defeating Chief Thundercloud & Danny Little Bear (May 22, 1977);
  • NWA Alabama Tag Team titles w/Luke Graham defeating Ricky Fields & Ken Lucas (June 3, 1977);
  • NWA (New Zealand) British Empire/Commonwealth Heavyweight title defeating Rick Martel (May 28, 1979);
  • Polynesican Pacific Tag Team titles w/Super Samoan Sakalia defeating ????????? (????, 1980);
  • Polynesican Pacific Tag Team titles w/Big Bad Mike defeating ??????? (????, 1982);
  • NWA Australasian Tag Team titles w/Larry O` Day defeating ?????? (????, 1983);

 

Career Highlights

 

  • Roy “Ripper” Collins formed a tag team with Phil “Whipper” Watson known as “The Ripper and the Whipper” in Hawaii..
  • Ripper Collins teamed often with Mad Dog (Moondog) Mayne and with Luke Graham and held various tag team titles..
  • “Ravishing” Ripper Collins formed a tag team with “Lucious” Larry Sharpe for Stu Hart’s Stampede Wrestling in Calgary..
  • Ripper Collins was married to ladies wrestler Barbara Baker with two daughters but it was well known that he was homosexual..
  • November 11, 1991: Ripper Collins died from melanoma (skin cancer) obviously from years of exposure in the Hawaii sun..