Randy Colley had a strange career
Jan 12, 2018 3:19:47 GMT -5
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Post by Joe Neglia on Jan 12, 2018 3:19:47 GMT -5
There's not much on him prior to 1981 (he debuted ten years prior, apparently), but man, what a strange career trajectory.
Has a run as #II in the Assassins in Georgia near the beginning of his career, and won the belts. Does some work in the Gulf Coast, wins some tag gold there - he was billed as The Real Rip Tyler and feuded with Rip Tyler. Somewhere in here works Memphis as the Assassin in tags, holding gold.
Hits the WWF as Moondog Rex of the Moondogs and win the tag titles. Gets a replacement partner while holding the belts, due to previous guy's visa issues. The team uses this to go on to Puerto Rico and Memphis as top draws (holding gold in both), while Rex returns to the WWF to become a jobber in the Rock N Wrestling Connection years.
Then Colley is then brought into the Mid-South promotion as the Nightmare, a singles wrestler, and is inexplicably given the North American title (their top belt) for a run. Kept as a high midcard guy until his unmasking and dropped to complete jobber before the segment even ends. Then, a sudden reversal after weeks of losing complete squashes back to being top tag partner of hot new talent when said talent's original tag partner bails.
Goes back to the WWF as part of the new Demolition team and is quickly shown the door because people still recognize him. Takes his gimmick with him and starts doing indies as Detroit Demolition, a perceived-by-fans rip-off of the team they don't realize he helped create.
Brought to WCW as a solo Moondog Rex and has a JTTS run before being taken off TV and repackaged as Deadeye Dick of the Desperadoes, in a series of comedy skits that never end and never lead to anything because the horse WCW was trying to attach this cart of stupid to - Stan Hansen - split Dodge instead of dealing with it.
He apparently wasn't part of the Moondogs during their infamous 90s Memphis run, though there was a Moondog Rex on the team at some points. It was supposedly a different guy with a recycled name. Wikipedia says otherwise, but I tend to back the former.
Has a run as #II in the Assassins in Georgia near the beginning of his career, and won the belts. Does some work in the Gulf Coast, wins some tag gold there - he was billed as The Real Rip Tyler and feuded with Rip Tyler. Somewhere in here works Memphis as the Assassin in tags, holding gold.
Hits the WWF as Moondog Rex of the Moondogs and win the tag titles. Gets a replacement partner while holding the belts, due to previous guy's visa issues. The team uses this to go on to Puerto Rico and Memphis as top draws (holding gold in both), while Rex returns to the WWF to become a jobber in the Rock N Wrestling Connection years.
Then Colley is then brought into the Mid-South promotion as the Nightmare, a singles wrestler, and is inexplicably given the North American title (their top belt) for a run. Kept as a high midcard guy until his unmasking and dropped to complete jobber before the segment even ends. Then, a sudden reversal after weeks of losing complete squashes back to being top tag partner of hot new talent when said talent's original tag partner bails.
Goes back to the WWF as part of the new Demolition team and is quickly shown the door because people still recognize him. Takes his gimmick with him and starts doing indies as Detroit Demolition, a perceived-by-fans rip-off of the team they don't realize he helped create.
Brought to WCW as a solo Moondog Rex and has a JTTS run before being taken off TV and repackaged as Deadeye Dick of the Desperadoes, in a series of comedy skits that never end and never lead to anything because the horse WCW was trying to attach this cart of stupid to - Stan Hansen - split Dodge instead of dealing with it.
He apparently wasn't part of the Moondogs during their infamous 90s Memphis run, though there was a Moondog Rex on the team at some points. It was supposedly a different guy with a recycled name. Wikipedia says otherwise, but I tend to back the former.
