Carl Fergie (born April 25, 1953) is an American retired

professional wrestler Professional wrestling, often shortened to either pro wrestling or wrestling,The term "wrestling" is most often widely used to specifically refer to modern scripted professional wrestling, though it is also used to refer to real-life wrest ...

who competed in Memphis in the 1980s for

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Mid-South Mid-South may refer to: Places * Mid-South (region), a region of the United States including portions of Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, Missouri, and Kentucky * East South Central States, a region of the United States * Memphis metropolitan ar ...

and other

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Wrestling career

Made his wrestling debut in 1975. He made his debut for

Mid-South Wrestling The Universal Wrestling Federation was a 1986 re-branding of wrestler-turned-owner Bill Watts' Mid-South Wrestling promotion. Watts' goal was to elevate his promotion from a relatively smaller, regional-level business, to a national-level riv ...

in 1979 and worked on and off for the territory until 1984. He also served as a referee for Mid-South. In 1980, he made his debut for the Memphis-based promotion

where he became a mainstay. Also in 1980, Fergie worked for

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. In 1981, he wrestled in Japan's

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. He won the

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with

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in 1981. Fergie continued to work for Mid-Atlantic and

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in 1982. After leaving Mid-South in 1984, Fergie continued to work for Continental Wrestling Association (CWA). He won their version of the heavyweight title defeating

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on September 9, 1987. A week later on September 14, he lost the title back to Jarrett. CWA folded in 1989 and Fergie took a hiatus from wrestling. In 1994, he returned to wrestling, working for

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losing to The Guardian Angel and

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. He teamed with Reginald Walker losing to the New Blackjacks on ''

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'' on May 21, 1997. In 1998, he worked as Mr. Wrestling for

Power Pro Wrestling Memphis Power Pro Wrestling (Power Pro Wrestling) was a Memphis, Tennessee based professional wrestling promotion that was founded by Randy Hales. It was affiliated with Memphis Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Federation. It was the ...

. He retired from wrestling that year.

Personal life

He is the brother of wrestler Gary Fergie. He is the cousins of

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and

Jerry Lawler Jerry O'Neil Lawler (born November 29, 1949), better known as Jerry "the King" Lawler, is an American retired color commentator and professional wrestler signed to WWE under a Legends contract. Prior to joining the World Wrestling Federati ...

. Fergie currently owns a

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in Jackson, Tennessee.

Championships and accomplishments

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( 1 time) *

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( 1 time) – with

NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Title history
At wrestling-titles.com *

Southern States Wrestling Southern States Wrestling is an American independent professional wrestling promotion based in Kingsport, Tennessee. Founded by wrestler Beau James in early 1991, SSW (along with NWA Bluegrass) succeeded Smoky Mountain Wrestling as the top prom ...

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(Class of 2008)

References

External links

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Professional wrestling record for Carl Fergie from The Internet Wrestling Database
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