| Anthony Wilkes | |
|---|---|
| Statistics | |
| Ring name(s) | Dream Weaver The Trooper The Patriot |
| Billed height | 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) |
| Billed weight | 287 lb (125 kg) |
| Born | December 21, 1961 Columbia, South Carolina |
| Trained by | Brad Rheingans The Fabulous Moolah |
| Debut | 1988 |
Del Wilkes (born December 21, 1961 in Columbia, South Carolina) was a masked professional wrestler best known as The Patriot. Events 69 - The end of the Year of the four emperors: Following Galba, Otho and Vitellius, Vespasian Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Columbia is the state capital and largest city in the US state of South Carolina. Brad Rheingans is a former Greco-Roman and professional wrestler Mary Lillian Ellison ( July 22 1923 &ndash November 2 2007) better known by her Ring name The Fabulous Moolah, was Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Events 69 - The end of the Year of the four emperors: Following Galba, Otho and Vitellius, Vespasian Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Columbia is the state capital and largest city in the US state of South Carolina. Professional wrestling, or pro wrestling, is a non-competitive professional Sport, where all matches are scripted by the promotion's booking staff
Del Wilkes began his athletic career as an offensive guard for the University of South Carolina Gamecocks football team. The University of South Carolina 's 19 varsity sports teams are known as the Gamecocks, and USC is the only Division I school to use this nickname/mascot Football is the word given to a number of similar Team sports all of which involve (to varying degrees kicking a Ball with the foot in an attempt to score a He started wrestling in 1988 in the American Wrestling Association as The Trooper, where he wrote out tickets for his opponents after defeating them. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) The American Wrestling Association (AWA was an American Professional wrestling promotion based in Minneapolis Minnesota that ran from 1960 He formed a tag team with D. This article refers to the band For the wrestling term see Tag team. J. Peterson and they won the World Tag Team Titles in a feud with Mike Enos and Wayne Bloom. Mike Enos (born June 11, 1963) is a retired Professional wrestler who wrestled mainly as a tag-team wrestler in World Championship Wrestling Wayne Bloom (born March 22, 1958) was a professional wrestler who wrestled in World Championship Wrestling, the American Wrestling Wilkes went to the Global Wrestling Federation as The Patriot after the AWA folded in 1991 and quickly became the top face there by winning both the North American Title and the Television Title. Global Wrestling Federation was a Professional wrestling promotion based in Dallas Texas. He feuded with Al Perez, Eddie Gilbert and The Dark Patriot while there. A Professional wrestling feud is a staged rivalry between multiple wrestlers or factions of wrestlers Al Perez (born July 23, 1960 in Tampa, Florida) is a retired Professional wrestler. Thomas Edward (Eddie Gilbert Jr ( August 14, 1961 &ndash February 18, 1995) was an American professional wrestler Doug Gilbert (born January 5, 1969) is a Professional wrestler from Memphis Tennessee who wrestles the Independent circuit. In early 1993, Wilkes went to wrestle in All Japan Pro Wrestling after the GWF folded and he had success with Jackie Fulton who wrestled as "The Eagle" to Wilkes' Patriot gimmick. ( AJPW) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion established in 1972 George Hines is a semi-retired American professional wrestler best known by his ringname Jackie Fulton, who competed in regional and independent promotions including the
In 1994, Wilkes signed with World Championship Wrestling to form a team with Marcus Bagwell called Stars N Stripes. Marcus Alexander Bagwell (born January 10 1970) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his Ring name, Buff Stars N Stripes was a Professional wrestling Tag team in World Championship Wrestling comprised of The Patriot and Marcus Alexander They feuded with Paul Orndorff and Paul Roma and won the World Tag Team Titles twice. Paul Orndorff (born October 29, 1949) is a retired professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation Paul Roma (born Paul Centopani April 29 1960 is a Professional wrestler who is most known for his work in the World Wrestling Federation and World In 1997, Wilkes wrestled in the World Wrestling Federation and feuded with Bret Hart. World Wrestling Entertainment Inc ( WWE) is a publicly traded privately controlled integrated media (focusing in Television, Internet, Bret Sergeant Hart (born July 2 1957 is a retired Canadian professional wrestler and Actor. The premise of this feud was that Hart had just started his anti-American Hart Foundation, and the Patriot was, as the name implied, a man who stood up for America. Anti-Americanism, often anti-American sentiment, is opposition or hostility to the people culture or policies of the United States. This article is about the Hart Foundation in professional wrestling He defeated Hart on television in a match on July 28, 1997 after interference from Shawn Michaels, but never won the WWF title from Hart when it was on the line (at IYH: Ground Zero). Events 1540 - Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of Treason. Michael Shawn Hickenbottom (born July 22 1965 better known by his Ring name Shawn Michaels, is an American professional wrestler. This article is about the championship that is currently defended on the SmackDown brand of WWE In Your House was a Pay-per-view series created by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF
After leaving the WWF, Wilkes wrestled in the independent circuit before retiring in 2002. Since leaving the business, Wilkes admitted that he had used steroids and cocaine during his career, starting with his college football days. Anabolic steroids, or anabolic-androgenic steroids ( AAS) are a class of Steroid hormones related to the hormone Testosterone. He spent 9 months in prison in 2002 for forging a prescription due to his addiction to painkillers. As of July 2007, Wilkes has since quit drugs and is a car salesman in Columbia, South Carolina. Columbia is the state capital and largest city in the US state of South Carolina. He was sued by Ric Flair for using his saying "To be the man, you gotta beat the man" in a Suzuki dealership commercial without permission, but Flair later dropped the charges. Richard Morgan Fliehr According to WWE and PWI Flair is an eight-time National Wrestling Alliance (NWA Champion, six-time WCW Champion
In a July 25, 2007 interview with WACH reporter Justin Kier, Wilkes talked about his career, steroid use, the Chris Benoit tragedy and various other topics. Events 285 - Diocletian appoints Maximian as Caesar, co-ruler Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. On June 25 2007, professional wrestler Chris Benoit, his wife Nancy, and their seven-year-old son Daniel were found dead in their Fayetteville Kier's last two questions involved saying goodbye to the fans and giving advice to youngsters in the wrestling business. Wilkes urged young wrestlers to "learn from our mistakes. " He says that 50 people who he once worked with in the wrestling business were dead. To the fans, Wilkes thanked them for their longtime support, and admitted without the fans he wouldn't have been able to live his dream.