Title History
Career Highlights
- Jimmy Banks did occasional undercard work for the World Wrestling Federation and was also seen on some house shows..
- Jimmy Banks wrestled as “Kasavubu” for Stu Hart’s Stampede Wrestling – billed from Ugana – managed by J.R. Foley..
- July 27, 1982: Jimmy Banks died on the operating table from heart failure. He was only in his late 20s..
- Summer 1982: A memorial fundraiser card was held in Akron, to raise money for the family..
- ~~~Wrestlers from five states worked for free and paid their own expenses to the event, including:
- ~~~~~Tom Lynch, Brady Howard, Larry Winters, Marcial Bovee (The Time Traveler), The North American Madman;
- ~~~~~The Convicts, Zebra Boy, Gentleman Jim, Ed Bonzo, Malcolm Monroe, Zoltan the Great, and several others;