Moondog Splat
| Moondog Splat | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Robert White |
| Born | December 18, 1960 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Moondog Splat[1] Goliath Super Moondog Giant Goliath Bo White[1] |
| Billed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) |
| Billed weight | 419 lb (190 kg) |
| Debut | 1986 |
| Retired | 1997 |
Robert White (December 18, 1960) was an American professional wrestler better known as Moondog Splat. He was best known for his appearances in the United States Wrestling Association as a part of The Moondogs, and Goliath in Continental Wrestling Association.
Professional wrestling career
[edit]White made his wrestling debut in 1986 for Continental Wrestling Association in Memphis as Goliath. He won the CWA Super Heavyweight Championship. Later he teamed with Big Bubba as the Downtown Connection being managed by Downtown Bruno winning the AWA Southern Tag Team Championship. They defeated Jeff Jarrett and Pat Tanaka for the titles. They dropped them to Rocky Johnson and Soul Train Jones.
In 1991, Goliath worked in Puerto Rico and Super World of Sports in Japan.
Then in January 1993 he became Moondog Splat to replaced Moondog Spike to team with Moondog Spot as the Moondogs. They would win the USWA Tag Team Titles four times. August 1993 saw the Moondogs meet one of their noteworthy rivals, The Dogcatchers, which played off of the Moondogs' name. The teams feuded throughout August and September 1993.
From November 1993 to March 1994, the team appeared in Smoky Mountain Wrestling, feuding again with The Harris Brothers and The Rock 'n' Roll Express. Spike and Splat also appeared in W*ING's 1993 Most Dangerous Tag War Tournament, finishing with 0 points.[2]
In 1994, Splat split up with Spot and worked in the independents. In 1996, he returned to Japan for Tokyo Pro Wrestling. In 1997, Spalt retired from wrestling.
Championships and accomplishments
[edit]- Continental Wrestling Association
- United States Wrestling Association
- USWA World Tag Team Championship (4 times) - with Moondog Spot (1)[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Moondog Splat profile". WrestlingData.com. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
- ^ "Moondog Splat". Cagematch. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
- ^ Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2006) [2000.]. "(Memphis, Nashville) Tennessee: Southern Tag Team Title [Roy Welsch & Nick Gulas, Jerry Jarrett from 1977]". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, Ontario: Archeus Communications. pp. 185–189. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ^ "Southern Tag Team Title". Wrestling-Titles. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
- ^ "CWA Super Heavyweight Title". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 2008-02-27.
- ^ "U.S.W.A. World Tag Team Title". Puroresu Dojo. 2003. Retrieved 2007-05-25.