Gary Williams
Statistics
Ring name(s)	Gary Hart "Playboy" Gary Hart
Billed height	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Billed weight	239 lb (108 kg)
Born	January 24, 1942(1942-01-24) Chicago, Illinois
Died	March 16, 2008 (aged 66) Euless, Texas
Debut	1963
Retired	1999

Gary Hart, birthname Gary Richard Williams^[1], (January 24, 1942 – March 16, 2008) was a former professional wrestling manager, as well as a professional wrestler in his early career. Events 41 - Gaius Caesar (Caligula, known for his eccentricity and cruel Despotism, is Assassinated by his disgruntled Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. Events 597 BC - Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Euless is a Suburban city in Tarrant County, Texas, United States. Events 41 - Gaius Caesar (Caligula, known for his eccentricity and cruel Despotism, is Assassinated by his disgruntled Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 597 BC - Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Professional wrestling, or pro wrestling, is a non-competitive professional Sport, where all matches are scripted by the promotion's booking staff In Professional wrestling, a manager is a secondary character paired with a wrestler (or wrestlers for a variety of reasons Professional wrestling, or pro wrestling, is a non-competitive professional Sport, where all matches are scripted by the promotion's booking staff Hart was one of the pivotal driving forces behind what is considered to be World Class Championship Wrestling's "golden years" in the early 1980s. World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW was a popular regional Professional wrestling promotion run out of Dallas and Fort Worth Texas.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 Early career 1.2 World Class Championship Wrestling (1979-1987) 1.3 Hart in the Georgia and Mid-Atlantic regions of the NWA 1.4 Hart looking after all of the wrestlers, face or heel 1.5 Noteworthy interviews 1.6 Fueds with fellow heel managers 1.7 Jim Crockett Promotions 1.8 Later career 1.9 Personal relationship with Chris Adams and Gino Hernandez 2 Death 3 Championships and accomplishments 4 Wrestlers managed by Hart 5 References 6 External links

Career

Early career

Gary Hart started out as a wrestler in 1963 in the Illinois and Wisconsin territories. The State of Illinois ( roughly ill-i-NOY is a state of the United States of America, the 21st to be admitted to the Union. Wisconsin ( or wɪˈskɑnsɨn (French Ouisconsin) is one of the fifty United States of America, located in the north central part of the United States ^[2] In the late 1960s, he became a manager called "Playboy" Gary Hart.

World Class Championship Wrestling (1979-1987)

Gary Hart became the booker for World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW; then known as Big Time Wrestling) in 1979, a position he held on and off until 1987. World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW was a popular regional Professional wrestling promotion run out of Dallas and Fort Worth Texas. Hart is largely credited (alongside Bill Mercer, Fritz and David Von Erich) with the success of WCCW, as 1982-1985 are largely considered to be the "Golden Years" of the promotion. Jack Barton Adkisson ( August 16 1929 - September 10 1997) was an American Professional wrestler under the Ring name David Allen Adkisson ( July 22[[ 958]] – February 10[[ 984]] was an American professional wrestler who competed as "The Yellow Rose of Texas" Hart created the classic feud between the Von Erichs and the Fabulous Freebirds, as well as introducing memorable characters like the Great Kabuki, Great Muta, King Kong Bundy, the One Man Gang and the Samoan Swat Team. The Von Erich family is a Professional wrestling family Their actual birth names are "Adkisson" but every member of the family that went into the wrestling The Fabulous Freebirds were a groundbreaking Professional wrestling Tag team that attained fame in the 1980s performing into the 1990s is a Japanese professional wrestler who first gained international fame in the National Wrestling Alliance. Chris Pallies (born November 7 1957) is an American professional wrestler, and Actor. George Gray (born February 12, 1960) is an American former professional wrestler best known as One Man Gang and Akeem the Hart additionally discovered talent such as Gino Hernandez and Chris Adams. Along with booking, he also managed Nord the Barbarian, Abdullah The Butcher, Al Perez and Jeep Swenson under the stable "New Age Management", and always feuded with the top faces of the promotion. John Nord (born October 18 1959) is a retired American professional wrestler. Larry Shreve (born Lawrence Robert Shreve on January 11 1941) best known as Abdullah the Butcher, and also at times the Madman from Al Perez (born July 23, 1960 in Tampa, Florida) is a retired Professional wrestler. Robert Alexander Swenson Jr, more commonly known as Jeep Swenson ( January 5, 1957 &ndash August 18, 1997) was an American In 1984, Hart managed Gentleman Chris Adams, who turned heel and engaged in a major feud with Kevin and Kerry Von Erich. This article is about the Wrestler, for the Cricketer, see Christopher Adams (cricketer Christopher Adams ( February 10 Kevin Ross Adkisson (born May 15 1957) is a retired Professional wrestler under the Ring name Kevin Von Erich of the Von Kerry Gene Adkisson ( February 3 1960 &ndash February 18, 1993) He is best known for his time with his father's promotion World Class As a result, Adams was propelled to the top of the wrestling world and eventually won the NWA American title in 1985.

Hart in the Georgia and Mid-Atlantic regions of the NWA

During World Class' golden era, Hart was also a manager in the Georgia and Mid-Atlantic regions of the NWA; joining these two areas exclusively in 1983 shortly after the start of the Freebirds-Von Erichs feud, when he left World Class due to a pay dispute. Hart returned to Texas in the summer of 1984 and following a short hiatus in 1986; stayed with the federation until 1988. Hart was also a promoter and manager in San Antonio for Texas All-Star Wrestling, the successor of Joe Blanchard's Southwest Championship Wrestling group; and featured most of the SCW wrestlers, as well as a handful of World Class names (including Chris Adams, Scott Casey and Bruiser Brody). Southwest Championship Wrestling (SCW was a Professional wrestling promotion that was owned by Joseph Blanchard and based in San Antonio Texas, from

Hart looking after all of the wrestlers, face or heel

Despite being a heel manager, Hart always looked after all of the wrestlers, face or heel. During one instance, when Adams smashed a wooden chair onto the head of Kevin Von Erich during the 1984 Cotton Bowl event, he noticed blood coming out of Kevin's head. Hart immediately told Adams to exit the ring and return to the dressing room, and advised ring announcer Ralph Pulley that medical aid may be needed. During another bout in 1985, he revived Iceman King Parsons following a sleeperhold applied on him by Mark Lewin.

Noteworthy interviews

Hart, who was known for delivering excellent ringside interviews, participated in one of World Class' most famous outside the ring interviews, when he sat down with Bill Mercer in a 1985 interview outside of Hart's home to talk about his rift with Chris Adams. The interview, which was done on one take, featured Hart pounding the glass table continously with his fist, calling Adams an egotistical maniac but a very bright young boy, then berating Gino Hernandez calling him a moron and a young punk that is nothing in the wrestling business. As the interview wound down, Hart went on a tirade, vowing revenge against Adams while shoving the tableware and ice tea away and then throwing the table in disgust.

Fueds with fellow heel managers

During his time in World Class, Hart was involved in feuds with fellow heel managers Skandor Akbar and Percy Pringle.

Jim Crockett Promotions

Shortly after the folding of WCCW, Hart continued to manage Al Perez in the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA)'s Jim Crockett Promotions in 1988, along with Larry Zbyszko. The National Wrestling Alliance ( NWA) is the largest governing body for a group of independent Professional wrestling promotions and sanctions various NWA Jim Crockett Promotions was a Professional wrestling promotion owned by Jim Crockett Jr Lawrence (Larry Whistler (born December 5 1953 is a professional wrestler, better known by his Ring name, Larry Zbyszko. In 1989, he managed the stable J-Tex Corporation, which included Terry Funk, Dick Slater, Buzz Sawyer, The Dragonmaster, and The Great Muta. J-Tex Corporation, also known as Gary Hart International, was a heel Professional wrestling stable in World Championship Wrestling Terrence "Terry" Funk (born June 30 1944) is an American professional wrestler and Actor known chiefly for the Richard Van Slater (born May 19 1951 better known by his ring name "Dirty" Dick Slater, was an American professional wrestler who wrestled Buzz Sawyer (born Bruce Woyan October 14, 1959 - February 7, 1992) was a Professional wrestler who went by the better known as Mr Sakurada and as the Japanese version of, is a retired Japanese Professional wrestler. is a Japanese professional wrestler who first gained international fame in the National Wrestling Alliance. They feuded primarily with Ric Flair and Sting, but Ole and Arn Anderson later teamed up with Flair and Sting to even the sides up (and thus bringing back The Four Horseman briefly). Richard Morgan Fliehr According to WWE and PWI Flair is an eight-time National Wrestling Alliance (NWA Champion, six-time WCW Champion Alan Robert Rogowski (born September 22 1942) better known by his Ring name of Ole Anderson, is a retired Professional wrestler Martin Anthony Lunde (born September 20 1958) better known by his Ring name Arn Anderson, is a former American professional wrestler J-Tex disbanded in early 1990.

Later career

During the 1990s, following the demise of the Global Wrestling Federation, Hart and Chris Adams were involved in many Texas-based wrestling promotions, including an ill-fated attempt to revive World Class (billed as World Class II: The Next Generation) at the Dallas Sportatorium. Global Wrestling Federation was a Professional wrestling promotion based in Dallas Texas. The Sportatorium, located in downtown Dallas Texas (not to be confused with the Hollywood Sportatorium in Hollywood Florida or the Tampa Sportatorium Hart retired in 1999, but made a surprise return in Major League Wrestling, during the promotion's Reloaded Tour on January 9-10, 2004. Major League Wrestling (MLW was a Professional wrestling promotion that based its presentation around hybrid wrestling which encompassed and showcased many different Hart appeared following the main event (on January 9) pitting Low-Ki against Homicide, where the three laid out several wrestlers from the locker room, as well as MLW president Court Bauer. Brandon Silvestry (born September 6 1979) better known by his Ring name, Low Ki, is an American professional wrestler Nelson Erazo (born March 20 1977) is an American professional wrestler of Puerto Rican descent better known by his ring Court Bauer is a TV Producer. Most of his work has been in the Professional wrestling industry where he was a Creative Executive and part of the creative team for

During the tour, Hart's son Chad (who was trained by Chris Adams, Skandor Akbar and Gary Hart) debuted and wrestled on both events. Jim Whebbe (born September 29 1934) is a former Professional wrestler and manager better known by his ring name Skandor Akbar which translated On January 10, Chad Hart attacked Terry Funk immediately after his barbed-wire "I Quit" match with Steve Corino. It would prove to be MLW's final show, as the promotion folded in February of the same year.

Personal relationship with Chris Adams and Gino Hernandez

Hart was close to both Adams and Gino Hernandez; and was very strong in encouraging wrestlers and fellow fans alike not to use controlled substances such as cocaine, GHB, marijuana and alcohol; substances that resulted in the deaths of both Adams in 2001 and Hernandez in 1986. Regarding Hernandez, Hart was not able to place a picture of Gino on the wall alongside other wrestlers he managed, due to the failure in encouraging Hernandez to kick the habit.

Death

Hart died on March 16, 2008, following a heart attack at his home in Euless, Texas after returning from an autograph session. Events 597 BC - Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common

On April 5, 2008; Peach State Pandemonium, a internet wrestling program; aired a two-hour tribute program in the memory of Gary Hart. Bill Watts, Jack Brisco, James Beard, Abdullah the Butcher, Michael Hayes, Kevin Sullivan, George Steele, Skandor Akbar and Jim Ross were among those who attended.

Championships and accomplishments

• Big Time Wrestling

• NWA American Tag Team Championship (3 times) - with The Spoiler

Wrestlers managed by Hart

Roddy Piper[2] Low Ki Homicide Great Kabuki[2] Bruiser Brody[2] Brian Adias Chris Adams[2]

Toru Tanaka Don Kernodle Buzz Sawyer Mark Lewin Big John Studd[2] One Man Gang Al Perez

Nord the Barbarian Jeep Swenson Kendo Nagasaki Abdullah the Butcher[2] Ivan Koloff Bob Orton, Jr. Killer Tim Brooks

Dingo Warrior Dick Slater Terry Funk[2] The Great Muta[2] Rod Price John Tatum Ron Garvin

Kevin Sullivan Larry Zbyszko The Spoiler Pak Song Dusty Rhodes[2] The Magic Dragon

Ron Bass Black Bart Dory Funk Jr.

References

External links

• Notice of Hart's death
• TRIBUTE PAGE for Playboy Gary Hart

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