Pezavan Whatley
Born: January 10, 1951
Died: January 18, 2005
in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
Died: January 18, 2005
in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
Pezavan Whatley was a professional wrestler in the 1980s up until the mid-1990s. Whatley played football and wrestled for Notre Dame High School in Chattanooga, Tennessee and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC). He was UTC's first African-American wrestler. Whatley was also a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. Whatley started wrestling in 1973 after a brief career as a power lifter. He wrestled with The Sheik's 'Big Time Wrestling', after which he wrestled primarily in Alabama and Tennessee before going to Florida Championship Wrestling in 1984. He won the Southern Title twice while there. He was one-third of the "Convertible Blondes" with Rip Rogers and Gary Royal in the Angelo Poffo-promoted ICW, even though he didn't dye his hair blonde. One of Whatley's best-known moments in ICW was the "Mop Head" angle where Whatley had to wear a mop wig after losing a match to Ron Garvin. The match stipulation also required him to keep wearing it until he won another match. This led to not only a lengthy feud with Garvin but also to a long losing streak for Whatley. Most of Whatley's losses were by disqualification due to outside interference when Garvin would attack Whatley's opponent. The angle lasted for several months until Whatley finally won a match. He went to the NWA's Jim Crockett Promotions in 1985 and often teamed with "The Boogie-Woogie Man" Jimmy Valiant against members of Paul Jones' Army. In 1986, after Valiant called Whatley "the best black athlete in professional wrestling", Whatley turned on Valiant and cut some of Valiant's hair, thinking Valiant's comment was racist. Whatley then became a "Heel", joined Jones' Army and renamed himself "Shaska Whatley". He frequently teamed with The Barbarian and Baron von Raschke in their war against Valiant, and would frequently spit on his opponents during matches. He eventually lost a hair vs. hair match to Valiant and was shaved bald. In 1986, during a short stint when Dusty Rhodes was NWA Champion, Whatley appeared to freelance during a TV interview and made the announcers visibly uncomfortable when he said that he wanted to become the first black NWA World Heavyweight Champion. In late 1987, Whatley had left Jones and started teaming with Tiger Conway Jr. as "The Jive Tones". They did not have much success, and Whatley left for Florida in 1988. He was part of Kevin Sullivan's goon squad in Florida and departed for Alabama shortly after his arrival. In Alabama's Southeast Championship Wrestling, Whatley became "Willie B. Hert" and was one of the top faces for the company. In the early 1990s Pez Whatley had a short stint in Japan's UWFi. He also worked for the World Wrestling Federation as an enhancement talent on their weekly television programs from January 1990 until April 1991, putting over many of the WWF's top stars. He also picked up a few victories on house shows, most notably over Paul Diamond and The Genius. Whatley then made sporadic appearances in World Championship Wrestling throughout the 90's as an enhancement talent as well as appearances at the 1995 and 1996 World War 3 Battle Royale events until his in-ring retirement in 1998, becoming a backstage worker for WCW and an assistant trainer at the WCW Power Plant.
Movies for Pezavan Whatley...
Title: Ric Flair & The Four Horsemen
Character: Himself
Released: April 10, 2007
Type: Movie
One of the first and coolest, factions in Sports Entertainment was The Four Horsemen. This stable was a powerful group that ran roughshod over WCW and lasted for the better part of a decade with its various members, including 16-time World Champion "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair (the constant among the Four Horsemen) as well as other members: Arn Anderson, Ole Anderson, Tully Blanchard, Barry Windham, Sting, Lex Luger, Brian Pillman, Chris Benoit, Dean Malenko, and more.
Title: WCW World War 3 1996
Character: "Pistol" Pez Whatley
Released: November 24, 1996
Type: Movie
A future opportunity at the WCW World Heavyweight Championship is on the line in a 60-Man Three Ring Battle Royale. The Outsiders defend the WCW World Tag Team Championship against The Faces of Fear and The Nasty Boys. Plus, The Giant faces Jeff Jarrett, Dean Malenko battles Psychosis, and much more!
Title: WCW World War 3 1995
Character: "Pistol" Pez Whatley
Released: November 26, 1995
Type: Movie
Sixty men fill three rings for one gigantic Battle Royal for the vacant WCW World Heavyweight Championship. Participants include Lex Luger, "Diamond" Dallas Page, "The Macho Man" Randy Savage and many more. Plus, Sting battles Ric Flair and much more action!
Title: WWE SummerSlam Fever
Character: Pez Whatley
Released: August 19, 1990
Type: Movie
The Summer heats up as the Superstars of WWE hit the ring for some rope-meltingly hot action in the lead up to WWE SummerSlam '90!
Title: WWC Aniversario '88: One Hot Night in Bayamón
Character: Pez Whatley
Released: September 10, 1988
Type: Movie
The World Wrestling Council presents its annual anniversary celebration with WWW Aniversario '88!
Title: The Third Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
Character: Shaska Whatley
Released: April 23, 1988
Type: Movie
The third and final Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament was held over two nights, April 22 and 23, 1988. Scheduled to feature 24 teams, the tournament included a few changes to the original lineup.
Title: The Second Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
Character: Shaska Whatley
Released: April 11, 1987
Type: Movie
The second Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament was held over two nights, April 10 and 11, 1987. The tournament included 24 tag teams.
Title: NWA Starrcade '86: The Night of The Sky-Walkers
Character: Shaska Whatley
Released: November 27, 1986
Type: Movie
Only one team will survive the "Night of The Skywalkers" as The Road Warriors and The Midnight Express clash high atop a 25 foot scaffold! Ric Flair defends the NWA World Heavyweight Championship against The Russian Nightmare Nikita Koloff. The Rock 'n' Roll Express defend the NWA Tag Team Championship against Ole & Arn Anderson in a Steel Cage Match and so much more!
Title: WWF Wrestling Challenge
Character: Pez Whatley
Released: September 6, 1986
Type: TV
WWF Wrestling Challenge was a professional wrestling television program produced by the World Wrestling Federation. It was syndicated weekly and aired from 1986 to 1995. The show became simply known as WWF Challenge in 1995. The show featured matches, pre-match interviews, and occasionally, summarized weekly events in WWF programming. Matches primarily saw top tier and mid-level talent versus jobbers. At times, there was a "feature" match between main WWF talent. As with other syndicated WWF programming, the show promoted WWF event dates and house shows in local media markets.
Title: NWA Great American Bash '86 Tour: Charlotte
Character: Shaska Whatley
Released: July 5, 1986
Type: Movie
The Bash rolls into Charlotte's Memorial Stadium for a red-hot night of action!
Title: The First Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
Character: Pez Whatley
Released: April 19, 1986
Type: Movie
The first Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament was held on April 19, 1986. The tournament featured 24 tag teams.
Title: NWA Night of Champions
Character: Pez Whatley
Released: May 30, 1984
Type: Movie
The National Wrestling Alliance invades the 'Big Apple' with an all-star card featuring a main event of Ricky Steamboat coming out of retirement for one last shot at the NWA World's Heavyweight Championship, held by old rival "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair!
Title: GCW at The Omni (December '83)
Character: Pez Whatley
Released: December 4, 1983
Type: Movie
GCW December 4, 1983 from The Omni in Atlanta, Georgia
Title: NWA The Last Battle of Atlanta
Character: Pez Whatley
Released: October 23, 1983
Type: Movie
Within the grizzly confines of a completely enclosed steel cage, and Paul Ellering hanging above the ring, the blood feud between "Mad Dog" Buzz Sawyer and "Wildfire" Tommy Rich comes to an end. and if Rich can manage to win, then Ole Anderson gets "Precious" Paul to himself for 5 minutes inside the cage!
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