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Jonathan Boyd



Title History

 

  • NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles w/Norman Frederick Charles defeating Big Snuka & Frankie Laine (????, 1971);
  • NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles w/Norman Frederick Charles defeating Kurt & Karl Von Steiger (July 11, 1971);
  • NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight title defeating Kurt Von Steiger (July 31, 1971);
  • NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight title defeating Dutch Savage (November 28, 1971);
  • NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles w/Norman Frederick Charles defeating Beauregard & Dutch Savage (December 17, 1971);
  • NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles w/Norman Frederick Charles defeating Moondog Mayne & Tony Borne (May 9, 1972);
  • NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles w/Norman Frederick Charles defeating Jimmy Snuka & Dutch Savage (Febuary 27, 1975);
  • NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles w/Norman Frederick Charles defeating Bull Ramos & Jesse Ventura (June 5, 1976);
  • Stampede International Tag Team titles w/Norman Frederick Charles defeating Keith Hart & Leo Burke (April 6, 1977);
  • NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight title defeating Ed Wiskoski (August 22, 1978);
  • NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles w/Dutch Savage defeating Ed Wiskoski & Buddy Rose (November 21, 1978);
  • NWA (Los Angeles) Americas Tag Team titles w/Colosso Colosetti defeating Barry Orton & Hector Guerrero (May 18, 1979);
  • NWA Georgia Televison title defeating Ray Candy (September ??, 1979);
  • NWA Southeastern Tag Team titles w/Luke Williams defeating ???????? (December ??, 1981);
  • AWA Southern Tag Team titles w/Luke Williams defeating Stan Lane & Steve Keirn (December 13, 1982);
  • AWA Southern Tag Team titles w/Luke Williams defeating Stan Lane & Steve Keirn (Febuary 7, 1983);
  • SCW Southwest Tag Team titles w/Luke Williams defeating The Grapplers (May ??, 1983);
  • AWA Southern Tag Team titles w/Rip Morgan defeating Stan Lane & Steve Keirn (June 22, 1985);
  • AWA Southern Tag Team titles w/Rip Morgan defeating Stan Lane & Steve Keirn (September ??, 1985);
  • AWA Southern Tag Team titles w/Rip Morgan defeating Stan Lane & Steve Keirn (September 6, 1985);
  • AWA Southern Tag Team titles w/Rip Morgan defeating Stan Lane & Steve Keirn (September 16, 1985);
  • AWA Southern Tag Team titles w/Bigfoot defeating Billy Travis & Jeff Jarrett [Tournament] (November 10, 1986);
  • NWA (Southeastern) Alabama Heavyweight title defeating Ranger Ross (January 11, 1988);
  • ICW (New England) Heavyweight title defeating Joe Savoldi (December 28, 1988);

 

Career Highlights

The Royal Kangaroos:

 

The New Zealand Sheepherders:

  • Jonathan Boyd would become a member of, and later the manager of, The Sheepherders (Luke Williams & Butch Miller)..
  • ~~~The team of Jonathan Boyd & Luke Williams started out as the “Kiwi Sheephearders” and then the “New Zealand Sheepherders”..
  • ~~~Jonathan Boyd had an accident and was replaced by Butch Miller, and the team was then known as “The Sheephearders”..
  • Jonathan Boyd had three different partners as The Sheepherders – Big Foot, Luke Williams, Rip Morgan…The Sheepherders (Southeastern Wrestling):
  • Late 1981: The Sheepherders (Jonathan Boyd & Luke Williams) first entered Southeastern Wrestling in Alabama..
  • ~~~The Sheepherders were managed by Billy Golden, who was said to be the father of Jimmy Golden..
  • ~~~When they turned on Billy Golden, Jimmy Golden joined Robert & Ron Fuller feuding with the Sheepherders..
  • ~~~This is how the famous feud between The Sheepherders and the Welch family all started.
  • Early 1982: Ox Baker briefly managed The Sheepherders (Jonathan Boyd & Luke Williams) in Birmingham, Alabama..Boyd’s Commonwealth Army (Southwest Championship Wrestling):
  • Jonathan Boyd was the manager of a group called “Boyd’s Commonwealth Army” in Southwest Championship Wrestling..
  • ~~~The group consisted of Adrian Street and his valet Linda, The Sheepherders (Luke Williams & Butch Miller) & Eric Embry..Jonathan Boyd (Portland Wrestling):
  • 1987: Jonathan Boyd moved from Memphis to Oregon..
  • Jonathan Boyd was also famous for beating up his opponents with a Boomerang!
  • December 25, 1989: Jonathan Boyd (in his final match) defeated Rex King in Portland, Oregon..
  • http://www.wrestlingclassics.com/fe/fe-jonathanboyd.html – The Strange Life & Times of Jonathan Boyd..

    Greg Kelly wrote: Johnny Boyd is from the apple isle Tasmania originally, he was well known as a militant union official in Australia back in the 60s & made the local Newspaper paper once because of some sort of militant union action that he was in the middle of..

 

Updated: November 2, 2023 @ 10:31 am

Trained By

Al Morgan

Debut

1966

Birthday

October 21, 1944

Hometown

Originally from Sydney, Australia
Moved to Portland, Oregon (1987)

Gender

Male

Height

Weight

Finishing Move(s)

The Neck Breaker

Favorite Move(s)

The Iron Claw

Notable Feuds

Bobby Jaggers
Roddy Piper
Dutch Savage

Status

Living