Dick Slater

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Dick Slater was a professional wrestler in the 1970s and 1980s who often wrestled in the NWA's Mid-Atlantic region. He went by the nicknames Dirty Dick Slater, "Mr. Unpredictable" Dick Slater, and "The Rebel" Dick Slater.

On August 12, 1977 defeated Jack Brisco for the Missouri State Heavyweight Title.

Contents 1 Profile 2 Career 3 Championships and accomplishments 3.1 World Championship Wrestling 3.2 National Wrestling Alliance 3.3 Universal Wrestling Federation & Mid-South 3.4 Florida Championship Wrestling 3.5 Other titles 3.6 Pro Wrestling Illustrated 4 Trivia

[edit] Profile

• Real Name: Van Richard Slater
• Height: 6 ft, 1 in. (1.85 m)
• Weight: 233 lbs
• Birthday: May 19, 1942
• Hometown: Tampa, Florida
• Trainer: Hiro Matsuda, Eddie Graham
• Managers: Gary Hart, Col. Rob Parker, Oliver Humperdink, Curt Hennig, Dark Journey, Paul E. Dangerously, Scotty Ace
• Debut Year: 1970

[edit] Career

[edit] Championships and accomplishments

[edit] World Championship Wrestling

• 1-Time WCW World Tag Team Champion (with Bunkhouse Buck)
• 1-Time WCW United States Tag Team Champion (with The Barbarian)

[edit] National Wrestling Alliance

• 1-Time NWA United States Heavyweight Champion
• 1-Time NWA World Tag Team Champion (with Dusty Rhodes)
• 2-Time NWA Mid-Atlantic Television Champion
• 1-Time NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Champion
• 1-Time NWA Missouri Heavyweight Champion
• 3-Time NWA Southeast Heavyweight Champion
• 2-Time NWA Southeast Tag Team Champion (with Paul Orndorff and Jerry Blackwell)
• 4-Time NWA Georgia Heavyweight Champion
• 1-Time NWA Georgia Tag Team Champion (with Bob Orton, Jr.)

[edit] Universal Wrestling Federation & Mid-South

• 2-Time Mid-South Wrestling North American Champion
• 1-Time UWF Television Champion

[edit] Florida Championship Wrestling

• 1-Time FCW Heavyweight Champion
• 4-Time Florida Southern Heavyweight Champion
• 1-Time Florida Heavyweight Champion
• 1-Time Florida Television Champion
• 2-Time Florida Tag Team Champion (with Dusty Rhodes and Toru Tanaka)
• 1-Time NWA Florida United States Tag Team Champion (with Killer Karl Kox)
• 1-Time Florida Brass Knuckles Champion

[edit] Other titles

• 1-Time USWA Southern Heavyweight Champion
• 1-Time IWA (Japan) Heavyweight Champion
• 1-Time ICWA Florida Champion
• 2-Time Southwest Championship Wrestling Heavyweight Champion
• 2-Time Southwest Championship Wrestling Tag Team Champion (with Bob Sweetan and Bruiser Brody)

[edit] Pro Wrestling Illustrated

• PWI ranked him # 153 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003.

[edit] Trivia

• Dick once dated Luna Vachon.