| 词条 | Rufus R. Jones |
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| name = Rufus R. Jones | image = Rufus R. Jones.jpg | caption = | names = Rufus R. Jones | height = {{height|ft=6|in=1}}[1] | birth_name = Carey L. Lloyd | weight = {{convert|273|lb|kg|abbr=on}}[1] | birth_date = {{birth date|1933|7|4}} | death_date = {{death date and age|1993|11|13|1933|7|4}} | birth_place = Dillon, South Carolina, United States | death_place = Kansas City, Missouri, US | billed = St. Louis, Missouri | trainer = | debut = 1969 | retired = 1988 }} Carey L. Lloyd (July 4, 1933 – November 13, 1993), also known by his ring name Rufus R. "Freight Train" Jones, was an American professional wrestler who competed in the Central States and Mid-Atlantic regional promotions of the National Wrestling Alliance as well as the American Wrestling Association during the 1970s and 1980s. Early lifeLloyd grew up in Dillon, South Carolina and attended South Carolina State University, where he played on the football team. He also got involved with boxing and competed as a Golden Gloves boxer.[2] CareerEarly careerLloyd trained to become a wrestler at the Tony Santos Boston Wrestling School.[3] At the beginning of his career, he used the ring name Buster Lloyd, the Harlem Hangman. He claimed to have learned how to fight on the corner of Lenox Avenue and 125th Street in Harlem.[4] In this gimmick, he wrestled in Texas and criticized the local wrestlers as being inferior fighters to someone who grew up on the streets. He feuded with Tiger Conway, Sr., who emerged the victor in the feud.[4] Lloyd later adopted the ring name of Rufus R. Jones, nicknamed "Freight Train". In interviews, he would tell opponents that his middle initial, R, stood for "guts".[5][6] He formed a tag team with Burrhead Jones, who was billed as his cousin.[2] MissouriJones moved to Missouri to wrestle, where he worked for promoter Sam Muchnick in the St. Louis Wrestling Club.[2] He also competed for Heart of America Sports/Central States Wrestling. In 1971, he won his first championship by teaming with Steve Bolus to win the Central States version of the NWA North American Tag Team Championship in late 1971.[7][8] He later won the belt twice more, teaming with The Stomper and Bob Geigel.[7][8] He also had a short stint in Florida briefly feuding with Leroy Brown in the early 80s. During the year of 1989, Jones traveled to Puerto Rico to wrestle in the World Wrestling Council ( Capitol Sports Promotion ). Personal lifeLloyd was married to Brooksie Jones Lloyd. They had three daughters, Melaney, Crystal, and Kendall, as well as a son, Kenneth Johnson, who worked for the World Wrestling Federation for many years as "The Doctor of Style" Slick.[9] After his retirement from wrestling, Carey Lloyd worked with Bob Geigel in security at a dog-racing track in Kansas City, Kansas. He then opened a restaurant named Rufus' Ringside Restaurant and Bar in Kansas City, Missouri.[9] On November 13, 1993, Lloyd died of a heart attack while hunting deer in Brunswick, Missouri.[10][11] Championships and accomplishments
References1. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://kuro.pinoko.jp/pro/w848.htm|title=ルーファス・ジョーンズ / レスラーノート (Rufus R. Jones / Wrestler Notes) |accessdate=2019-02-11|publisher=ダークロHP}} 2. ^1 2 {{cite web|title=Rufus R. Jones : The 'R' Stood For 'Guts'|first=Mike|last=Mooneyham|work=The Wrestling Gospel According to Mike Mooneyham|url=http://www.mikemooneyham.com/pages/viewfull.cfm?ObjectID=B5BF374A-88C0-41ED-A732FB5B91606D73|accessdate=2009-01-09|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081114082131/http://www.mikemooneyham.com/pages/viewfull.cfm?ObjectID=B5BF374A-88C0-41ED-A732FB5B91606D73|archivedate=November 14, 2008}} 3. ^{{cite web|title=HWA supplies WWF with future talent|first=Greg|last=Oliver|work=SLAM! Wrestling|url=http://www.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingCAC/02_thatcher-can.html|accessdate=2009-01-09}} 4. ^1 {{cite web|title=Friday Night in the Coliseum|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/flashbks/extreme/martin.htm|work=The Atlantic Online|first=William C.|last=Martin|accessdate=2009-01-09}} 5. ^{{cite web|title=Lobby|work=Mid-Atlantic Gateway|url=http://www.midatlanticgateway.com/Lobby.htm|accessdate=2009-01-09}} 6. ^{{cite web|title=About Us |work=The Wrestling Gospel According to Mike Mooneyham |url=http://www.mikemooneyham.com/pages/about.html |accessdate=2009-01-09 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081112115841/http://www.mikemooneyham.com/pages/about.html |archivedate=November 12, 2008 }} 7. ^1 2 {{cite book | author=Royal Duncan and Gary Will | title=Wrestling Title Histories |chapter= (Kansas and Western Missouri) West Missouri: North American Tag Team Title| page= 253| publisher=Archeus Communications | year= 2006 | isbn=0-9698161-5-4}} 8. ^1 2 {{cite web | url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/centralstates/nwa/cs-na-t.html | title=NWA North American Tag Team Title (Central States version) | publisher= wrestling-titles.com | accessdate=March 24, 2015}} 9. ^1 {{cite web|title=Rufus Was the King of Wrestling (article from Charleston Post and Courier)|work=WrestlingClassics.com|accessdate=2009-01-09|date=1993-11-27|url=http://www.wrestlingclassics.com/wawli/New001-010.html}} 10. ^{{cite web|title=Rufus R. Jones (article from Kansas City Star)|work=WrestlingClassics.com|accessdate=2009-01-09|date=1993-11-17|url=http://www.wrestlingclassics.com/wawli/New001-010.html}} 11. ^{{cite book|title=Black Stars of Professional Wrestling|publisher=Awesome Records|first=Julian L. D.|last=Shabazz|page=54|year=1999|isbn=1-893680-03-7}} 12. ^http://www.wrestling-titles.com/world/world-negro-h.html 13. ^{{Cite episode |title=Pro Wrestling This Week |url= |access-date= |series=Superstars of Wrestling |first=Joe |last=Pedicino |authorlink=Joe Pedicino |first2=Gordon (hosts) |last2=Solie |author2link=Gordon Solie |network=Syndicated |station=WATL |location=Atlanta, Georgia |date=November 7, 1987 |season= |number= |minutes= |transcript= |quote= |language=}} Further reading
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