Ray Candy

Title History

 

• ASWA (Georgia) Tag Team titles w/El Mongol won a tournament (????, 1973);
• NWA Western States Heavyweight title defeating Bobby Jaggers (July 30, 1975);
• NWA Western States Tag Team titles w/Dory Funk Jr. defeating Interns (September ??, 1975);
• NWA Mid America Tag Team titles w/Pez Whatley defeating Tio & Tapu (June ??, 1977);
• NWA Mid America Tag Team titles w/Pez Whatley defeating Tio & Tapu (August 6, 1977);
• NWA Louisiana Tag Team titles w/Steven Little Bear defeating ??????? (????, 1978);
• NWA (Tri State) United States Tag Team titles w/Steven Little Bear defeating The Brute & Dr. X (February 22, 1978);
• NWA (Tri State) United States Tag Team titles w/Steven Little Bear defeating The Assassin & Ernie Ladd (April 23, 1978);
• NWA Arkansas Heavyweight title defeating Ernie Ladd (November 2, 1978);
• NWA (Tri State) North American Heavyweight title defeating Ernie Ladd (November 17, 1978);
• NWA Georgia Television title defeating Blackjack Lanza (July 30, 1979);
• NWA (All Japan) International Tag Team titles w/Abdullah the Butcher defeating Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta (October 12, 1979);
• NWA Southeastern Heavyweight title defeating Jimmy Golden (June 29, 1981);
• NWA (Southeastern) Alabama Heavyweight title defeating Jimmy Golden (August ??, 1981);
• NWA (Florida) Global Tag Team titles (as Kareem Mohammad) w/Elijah Akeem (aka Leroy Brown) defeating Scott McGhee & Mike Graham (July 31, 1983);
• NWA (Florida) United States Tag Team titles (as Kareem Mohammad) w/Elijah Akeem won a tournament (September ??, 1983);
• AWA Southern Tag Team titles (as Kareem Mohammad) w/Elijah Akeem defeating Sweet Brown Sugar & Norvell Austin (February 6, 1984);
• AWA Southern Tag Team titles (as Kareem Mohammad) w/Elijah Akeem defeating Sweet Brown Sugar & Norvell Austin (February 14, 1984);
• NWA Florida Heavyweight title (as Kareem Mohammad) defeating Barry Windham (November 25, 1986);
• NWA (Florida) United States Tag Team titles (as Kareem Mohammad) w/Hacksaw Higgins defeating Steve Keirn & Stan Lane via forfeit (December 16, 1986);
• WWC (World Wrestling Council) Puerto Rican Heavyweight title defeating Mighty Igor (June 6, 1987);

 

Career Highlights

 

• 1973: Ray Candy debuted in Georgia’s All South Wrestling Alliance run by Ann Gunkel..
• ~~~Ray Candy was moved to main events in the All South Wrestling Alliance almost immediately.
• ~~~Ray Candy defeated Assassin #2 (Hamilton) for the ASWA Georgia Heavyweight title in Atlanta..
• ~~~The Missouri Mauler defeated Ray Candy for the ASWA Georgia Heavyweight title still in ’73..
• ~~~~~Ray Candy & El Mongol won a Tournament to become ASWA Tag Team Champions..
• ~~~~~The Royal Kangaroos beat Ray Candy & El Mongol for the ASWA Tag Team titles on ASWA TV..
• 1977: Ray Candy teamed with Pez Whatley to win the Mid-America Tag Team titles..
• 1980s: Ray Candy wrestled as “Kareem Mohammad” as a member of the Zambaui Express with “Elijah Akeem” (aka Leroy Brown)..
• 1982: Ray Candy (under a mask as The Superfly) wrestled in World Class Championship Wrestling as a member of H&H Limited..
• August 15, 1982 – Star Wars: The Masked Superfly (Kamala under a mask) defeated Brian Adias..
• Ray Candy formed a tag team with a wrestled named Commando Boone known as “The Commandos”..
• 1987: Ray Candy won the WWC Puerto Rican title..
• Ray Candy eventually retired to Decatur, Georgia..
• May 23, 1994: Ray Candy passed away in Decatur..
  

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  Jay Ambler wrote: In 1982 or 83 Kareem Muhammed (Ray Candy) and Blackjack Mulligan engaged in a vicious brass knucks match that was televised. Mulligan was the Florida brass knucks champion. The match ended up going outside where both competitors used an old parked pick up truck, complete with rope and barbed wire in the back, as a battering ram against each other. Holiday was at the match displaying his hyperactivity that was part of his angle.