WRESTLER PROFILES

	Wrestler: Sonny King Real Name: Larry Johnson??? Birthday: Hometown: Marital Status: Height & Weight: Trained by: Debut: Previous Names: Finishing Move: Favorite Moves: Notable Feuds: Johnny Valentine Roddy Piper Ric Flair King Curtis Baron Scicluna Johnny Valentine Buddy Landel Professor Tanaka Ox Baker Big Red Tojo Yamamoto Robert Gibson Koko B Ware Jerry Lawler
WWWF Tag Team titles w/Jay Strongbow defeating King Curtis Iaukea & Baron Mikel Scicluna (May 22, 1972); NWA Gulf Coast Tag Team titles w/Eddie Sullivan defeating Afa & Sika (April 5, 1977); NWA (Gulf Coast) Alabama Heavyweight title defeating Rip Tyler (November 3, 1977); NWA Florida Brass Knuckles title defeating Killer Karl Kox (February ??, 1979); AWA Southern Tag Team titles w/Ricky Morton defeating Larry Latham & Wayne Ferris (September 24, 1979); AWA Southern Tag Team titles w/Frank Morrell defeating Eddie & Tommy Gilbert (September 15, 1980);
Sonny King was a boxer before turning to wrestling.. Early-1970s: Sonny King worked for Vince McMahon Sr's World Wide Wrestling Federation.. May 1972: Sonny King & Chief Jay Strongbow defeated Baron Mikel Scicluna & King Curtis to win the WWWF Tag Team titles.. 1974: Sonny King came into Jim Crockett's Mid Atlantic territor as the supposed relative of Bearcat Wright.. 1980: Sonny King & Frank Morrell won the NWA Southern Tag Team titles.. Early 1982: Sonny King suffered a serious injury due to a stabbing incident outside the Charlotte Coliseum.. Late 1982: Sonny King returned to wrestling in Memphis, where he served as manager for The Samoans, Arn Anderson, and others.. Sonny King was recognized as a shooter who would stretch mouthy rookies or those he caught exposing the wrestling world..