WRESTLER PROFILES

	Wrestler: Johnny Rich Real Name: Rod Wilsford Birthday: November 21, 1958 Hometown: Nashville, Tennessee Marital Status: Single Height & Weight: 6'1" - 245 lbs Trained by: Tojo Yamamoto Debut: 1978 Previous Gimmicks: Roy Rogers (Tennessee) The Intern -masked- Johnny Richardson? Johnny "Crash" Rich Finishing Move: The Flying Elbow Favorite Moves: The Oklahoma Roll The Sunset Flip Notable Feuds: Pat Rose Randy Rose The Nightmares Robert Fuller Jimmy Golden Tom Pritchard Jerry Stubbs Dirty White Boy
NWA (Southeastern) United States Junior Heavyweight title defeating Bill Ash (March ??, 1983); NWA (Southeastern) United States Junior Heavyweight title defeating Rip Rogers (March 26, 1984); NWA Southeastern Tag Team titles w/Steve Armstrong defeating Jerry Stubbs & Arn Anderson (June 4, 1984); NWA Southeastern Tag Team titles w/Steve Armstrong defeating Jerry Stubbs & Arn Anderson (August 6, 1984); NWA Southeastern Tag Team titles w/Steve Armstrong defeating Pat Rose & Arn Anderson (October ??, 1984); NWA (Southeastern) Alabama Heavyweight title defeating Lord Humongous (aka Jeff Van Kamp) (????, 1985); NWA Southeastern Tag Team titles w/Tommy Rich defeating Ken Wayne & Dan Davis (February 17, 1986); NWA Southeastern Tag Team titles w/Steve Armstrong defeating Ken Wayne & Dan Davis (????, 1988); CWF (Tennessee) Tag Team titles w/Davey Rich defeating Jerry Stubbs & Dirty White Boy (February 17, 1989);
Johnny Rich is the legitimate cousin of Tommy Rich.. Johnny Rich started out in Tennessee under the name "Roy Rogers".. Johnny Rich had pretty good runs in Georgia and Southeastern/Continental territory.. Late 1985: Johnny Rich formed a tag team with Scott Armstrong & Steve Armstrong & The Tonga Kid called The R.A.T. Patrol.. Early 1986: Johnny Rich formed a tag team with his cousin Tommy Rich and feuded with The Nightmares (Ken Wayne/Danny Davis).. ~~~The Nightmares poured Kayo Syrup on Johnny, dumped feathers on him and dubbed him "The Birmingham Bird"! Johnny Rich lost a "loser-leaves-town" to Robert Fuller & Jimmy Golden, but came back under a mask as "The Intern".. Summer 1986: The Intern, Tommy Rich & Steve Armstrong feuded with Robert Fuller, Jimmy Golden & Dr. Tom Prichard.. September 1986: Both Tommy & Johnny Rich left the Alabama wrestling circuit.. Johnny Rich showed up in the AWA for a while, then came back to Continental in mid 1987.. 1988: Johnny Rich & David Haskins formed the "Party Patrol" and were the primary team in Ron Fuller's USA Wrestling in Knoxville.. ~~Continental bought USA Wrestling, changed it's name to CWF, Johnny & David feuded with Jerry Stubbs & Dirty White Boy.. October 27, 1991 - WCW Halloween Havoc: Big Josh & PN News defeated The Creatures (Joey Maggs & Johnny Rich).. Early-Mid 1990s: Johnny Rich made several appearances on WCW Saturday Night..