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{{Short description|American professional wrestler (1931–1996)}}
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|names=The Missouri Mauler<br />Rocky Hamilton<br />Thunderbolt<br />Assassin #2<br />The Black Secret
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|birth_place = [[St. Joseph, Missouri]], [[United States]]U.S.
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'''Larry Edward "Rocky" Hamilton'''<ref name=":0"/> (April 1, 1931 – July 20, 1996), better known by his [[ring name]] '''Thethe Missouri Mauler''', was an American professional wrestler who competed in the [[National Wrestling Alliance]] as well as [[Florida Championship Wrestling]] and [[Jim Crockett Promotions]], becoming a mainstay of the latter promotion throughout the 1960s.<ref name=":1"/>
 
One of the earliest professional wrestlers to appear on televised wrestling events, he feuded with many popular wrestlers of the era including [[Jack Brisco]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrestlingmuseum.com/pages/bios/halloffame/briscobio.html |title=The Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame: Jack Brisco |accessdate=2007-06-13 |author=Slagle, Steve |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year=2000 |month= |work= |publisher=Professional Wrestling Online Museum |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref> [[Uncle Elmer|"Plowboy" Stan Frazier]], [[Steve Keirn]], [[Tim Woods]], [[Tarzan Tyler]] and [[Fritz Von Erich]] during his 31-year career.
 
He is also the older brother of wrestler [[Jody Hamilton]] who competed as the masked wrestler Thethe Assassin as well as the uncle of former [[World Championship Wrestling]] official [[Nick HamiltonPatrick (referee)|Nick Patrick]].<ref name=":1"/>
 
==Career==
 
===Early life and career===
Making his debut in the Missouri area during the early 1950s,<ref name=":0"/> he began wrestling for promoter [[Ed Don George]] in [[Buffalo, New York]], where he and his brother began teaming together as the '''Hamilton Brothers''' in 1957<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Mooneyham|first=Mike|date=July 1, 2018|title=Did you know The Missouri Mauler has a famous brother?|url=https://www.postandcourier.com/sports/wrestling/did-you-know-the-missouri-mauler-has-a-famous-brother/article_600c9be8-7ba4-11e8-ab9d-9b76e1d4615c.html|access-date=January 7, 2022|publisher=[[The Post and Courier]]}}</ref> headlining an event at [[Madison Square Garden]] against [[Antonino Rocca]] and [[Miguel Pérez (wrestler)|Miguel Perez]] the following year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.georgiawrestlinghistory.com/host/jodyhamilton/bio.html |title=Official Website for Jody Hamilton, the Assassin - Biography |accessdate=2007-06-13 |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year=2004 |month= |work= |publisher=Georgia Wrestling History, Inc. |pages= |language= |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040603182520/http://www.georgiawrestlinghistory.com/host/jodyhamilton/bio.html |archivedate=2004-06-03 |quote= |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Mooneyham|first=Mike|date=August 11, 1996|title=Larry Hamilton: The Missouri Mauler|url=http://www.mikemooneyham.com/1996/08/11/larry-hamilton-the-missouri-mauler/|access-date=January 7, 2022|website=The Wrestling Gospel According to Mike Mooneyham}}</ref>
 
Splitting up shortly thereafter, Hamilton and his brother went their separate ways leaving New York in October 1958 with Joseph Hamilton leaving for [[San Francisco]] while Larry Hamilton began working for promoter [[Jim Crockett, Sr.]] in the Carolinas.<ref name=":0"/>
 
===Crockett Promotions===
It was during his time in what would later become [[Jim Crockett Promotions]] that Larry Hamilton would find his greatest success becoming a major star in the promotion in only a few years.<ref name=":0"/> Appearing in the earliest televised matches for the promotion, Hamilton teamed with [[Tom Renesto|Thethe Great Bolo]] to win the regional tag team title from [[Mr. Moto]] &and [[Duke Keomuka]] in 1959.
 
The two would remain the top "heel" tag team in the promotion until the early 1960s when Joseph Hamilton was brought into the promotion and began teaming with the Great Bolo in 1961 (the two would continue teaming together as [[The Assassins (wrestling)|Thethe Assassins]] for the next 15 years).<ref name=":1"/>
 
Hamilton and '''Thethe Masked Bolos''' ([[Jody Hamilton]] &and [[Tom Renesto]]) would facefaced [[Haystacks Calhoun]] and '''Thethe Kentuckyians''' ([[John Quinn (wrestler)|John Quinn]] &and [[Grizzly Smith]]) in a series of six-man tag team matches during the next year setting several attendance records in the Carolina-Virginia area including an event held the [[Greenville Memorial Auditorium]] in [[Greenville, South Carolina]].
 
During the early 1970s, Hamilton would formformed a successful tag team with [[Jim Bernard|Jim "Brute" Bernard]] winning the Texas-based NWA America and NWA Atlantic Coast tag team titles between 1971 and 1972.
 
===Later years===
Following his retirement in 1981, Hamilton entered the bail bonding and was involved in the St. James Catholic Church in his hometown St. Joseph, Missouri.<ref Althoughname=":0"/> undergoingIn alater hipyears, replacementHamilton inlived with his laterelderly yearsmother and underwent hip replacement surgery,<ref Hamiltonname=":0"/> but remained in relatively good health until his death from a heart attack on July 20, 1996.<ref name=":1"/>
 
==Championships and accomplishments==
*'''American Wrestling Association'''
**Nebraska Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
*'''[[Heart of America Sports Attractions|Central States Wrestling]]'''
:*[[NWA North American Tag Team Championship (Central States version)|NWA North American Tag Team Championship ''(Central States version)'']] ([[NWA North American Tag Team Championship#Title history|1 time]]) - with [[Dutch Savage]]<ref name=CentraNATagBook>{{cite book | author=Royal Duncan and Gary Will | title=Wrestling Title Histories |chapter= (Kansas and Western Missouri) West Missouri: North American Tag Team Title| page= 253| publisher=Archeus Communications | year= 2006 | isbn=0-9698161-5-4}}</ref><ref name=CentraNATagWeb>{{cite web | url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/centralstates/nwa/cs-na-t.html | title=NWA North American Tag Team Title (Central States version) | publisher= wrestling-titles.com | accessdate=March 24, 2015}}</ref>
:*[[NWA Central States United States Championship|NWA United States Heavyweight Championship ''(Central States version)'']] ([[NWA Central States United States Championship#Title history|2 times]]) <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/centralstates/nwa/cs-us-h.html |title=N.W.A. United States Heavyweight Title |accessdate=2007-06-13 |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year=2003 |month= |work= |publisher=Puroresu Dojo |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref>
 
*'''L&G Promotions'''
:*[[WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Championship|L&G Caribbean Heavyweight Championship]] ([[WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Championship#Title history|1 time]])
 
*'''[[Championship Wrestling from Florida]]'''
:*[[NWA Brass Knuckles Championship (Florida version)|NWA Brass Knuckles Championship ''(Florida version)'']] ([[NWA Brass Knuckles Championship (Florida version)#Title history|2 times]]) <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/fl/fl-bk.html |title=N.W.A. Florida Brass Knuckles Title |accessdate=2007-06-13 |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year=2003 |month= |work= |publisher=Puroresu Dojo |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref>
:*[[NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship]] ([[NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship#Title history|1 time]]) <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/fl/fl-h.html |title=N.W.A. Florida Heavyweight Title |accessdate=2007-06-13 |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year=2003 |month= |work= |publisher=Puroresu Dojo |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref>
:*[[NWA Florida Television Championship]] ([[NWA Florida Television Championship#Title history|1 time]]) <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/fl/fl-tv.html |title=N.W.A. Florida Television Title |accessdate=2007-06-13 |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year=2003 |month= |work= |publisher=Puroresu Dojo |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref>
:*[[NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (Florida version)|NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship ''(Florida version)'']] ([[NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (Florida version)#Title history|6 times]]) <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/fl/nwa/fl-south-h.html |title=N.W.A. Southern Heavyweight Title (Florida) |accessdate=2007-06-13 |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year=2003 |month= |work= |publisher=Puroresu Dojo |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref>
 
*'''[[Jim Crockett Promotions|Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling]]'''
:*[[NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship|NWA Eastern States Heavyweight Championship]] ([[NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship#Title history|2 times]]) <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/midatlantic/nwa/ma-es-h.html |title=N.W.A. Eastern States Heavyweight Title |accessdate=2007-06-13 |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year=2003 |month= |work= |publisher=Puroresu Dojo |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref>
:*[[NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship|NWA Atlantic Coast Tag Team Championship]] ([[NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship#Title history|1 time]]) - with [[Brute Bernard]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/midatlantic/nwa/ac-t.html |title=N.W.A. Atlantic Coast Tag Team Title |accessdate=2007-06-13 |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year=2003 |month= |work= |publisher=Puroresu Dojo |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref>
:*[[NWA Southern Tag Team Championship (Mid-Atlantic version)]] (2 times) - with Great Bolo (1) and [[Pampero Firpo]] (1) <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/midatlantic/nwa/ma-south-t.html |title=N.W.A. Southern Tag Team Title (Mid-Atlantic) |accessdate=2007-06-13 |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year=2003 |month= |work= |publisher=Puroresu Dojo |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref>
 
*'''[[World Class Championship Wrestling|NWA Big Time Wrestling]]'''
:*[[WCWA World Heavyweight Championship|NWA American Heavyweight Championship]] ([[WCWA World Heavyweight Championship#Title history|1 time]]) <ref name=TexAmBook>{{cite book |author=Royal Duncan & Gary Will |title=Wrestling Title Histories | publisher=Archeus Communications |chapter = Texas: NWA / World Class American Heavyweight Title [Von Eric]| pages = 265–266 |year= 2000 |isbn=0-9698161-5-4}}</ref><ref name=US-Am>{{cite web | url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tx/wccw/am-h.html | title=N.W.A.NWA AmericanUnited States Heavyweight Title |accessdate=2007(1967-061968/05) -13 |author=American |authorlink=Heavyweight |coauthors=Title |date=(1968/05-1986/02) |year=2003 |month= |work=Wrestling-Titles |publisher=Puroresu Dojo |pagesaccessdate=December |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote=26, 2019}}</ref>
:*[[WCWA World Tag Team Championship|NWA American Tag Team Championship]] ([[WCWA World Tag Team Championship#Title history|1 time]]) - with Brute Bernard<ref name=WCCWAmTag>{{cite book | author=Royal Duncan & Gary Will | title=Wrestling Title Histories |chapter= (Dallas) Texas: NWA American Tag Team Title [Fritz Von Erich] | publisher=Archeus Communications | year=2006 | isbn=978-0-9698161-5-7}}</ref><ref name="NWAAmericanTag">{{cite web |url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tx/wccw/am-t.html |title=N.W.A. American Tag Team Title | accessdate=2007-06-13January |author=19, |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year=2003 |month=2020 |work= |publisher=Puroresu Dojo |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= Wrestling-Titles.com}}</ref>
:*[[NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship]] ([[NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship#Title history|1 time]])<ref name=TexasBook>{{cite book| last1=Will | first1=Gary | first2=Royal | last2= Duncan | title=Wrestling Title Histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present | publisher=Archeus Communications | year=2000 | location=Pennsylvania | chapter=Texas: NWA Texas Heavyweight Title [Von Erich] | isbn=0-9698161-5-4 | pages=268–269}}</ref><ref name=TexasWeb>{{cite web | url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tx/tx-h.html | title= NWA Texas Heavyweight Title | accessdate=March 30, 2017 | work=Wrestling-Titles}}</ref>
:*[[NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship]] ([[NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship#Title history|1 time]])
 
*'''[[World Championship Wrestling (Australia)]]'''<sup>1</sup>
:*[[NWA Austra-Asian Tag Team Championship]] ([[NWA Austra-Asian Tag Team Championship#Title history|1 time]]) - with [[Steve Rackman]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/australia/aa-t.html |title=N.W.A. Austra-Asian Tag Team Title |accessdate=2007-06-13 |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year=2003 |month= |work= |publisher=Puroresu Dojo |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref>
 
*'''[[Continental Championship Wrestling|Southeastern Championship Wrestling - Continental Championship Wrestling]]'''
:*[[NWA Southeast United States Junior Heavyweight Championship]] ([[NWA Southeast United States Junior Heavyweight Championship#Title history|2 times]]) <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/al/secw/se-us-j.html |title=N.W.A. United States Junior Heavyweight Title |accessdate=2007-06-13 |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year=2003 |month= |work= |publisher=Puroresu Dojo |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref>
 
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==External links==
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*[http://www.mikemooneyham.com/pages/viewfull.cfm?ObjectID=0079E6BE-D514-4369-A4BB1045B6402BA2 Larry Hamilton: The Missouri Mauler] by Mike Mooneyham
*[http://www.1wrestlinglegends.com/column/cain-01.htm In Australia with the Missouri Mauler and Terry Garvin] by Scott Teal
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