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Norvell Austin


Title History

 

  • NWA (Mid America) Southern Tag Team titles w/Sputnik Monroe defeating ???????? (May ??, 1972);
  • NWA Florida Tag Team titles w/Sputnik Monroe defeating Ron Fuller & Jimmy Golden (October 10, 1972);
  • NWA (Gulf Coast) Mississippi Heavyweight title defeating Ken Lucas (October 1, 1973);
  • NWA (Gulf Coast) United States Tag Team titles w/Rocket Monroe defeating Gunga Din & Kubla Khan (January 15, 1974);
  • NWA Tennessee Tag Team titles w/Butch Malone defeating ????????? (December ??, 1975);
  • NWA (Mid America) Southern Tag Team titles w/Pat Barrett defeating Buddy Roberts & Jerry Brown (August 15, 1977);
  • NWA (Mid America) Southern Tag Team titles w/Pat Barrett defeating Buddy Roberts & Jerry Brown (September 25, 1977);
  • AWA Southern Tag Team titles w/Bill Dundee defeating Phil Hickerson & Dennis Condrey (January 9, 1978);
  • NWA Georgia Tag Team titles w/Rufus R. Jones defeating Ivan Koloff & Ole Anderson (April 25, 1979);
  • NWA Southeastern Tag Team titles w/Jimmy Golden defeating Ron Fuller & Robert Fuller (September ??, 1979);
  • NWA (Southeastern) United States Junior Heavyweight title defeating Jerry Stubbs (????, 1980);
  • NWA Southeastern Tag Team titles w/Paul Orndorff defeating Dennis Condrey & Randy Rose (????, 1980);
  • NWA Southeastern Tag Team titles (as The Shadow) w/Brad Armstrong defeating ??????? (May 4, 1981);
  • NWA (Southeastern) United States Junior Heavyweight title defeating Tommy Wright (August ??, 1981);
  • AWA Southern Tag Team titles w/Dennis Condrey defeating Bill Dundee & Steve Keirn (????, 1982);
  • AWA Southern Tag Team titles w/Dennis Condrey defeating Bill Dundee & Steve Keirn (May 24, 1982);
  • AWA Southern Tag Team titles w/Sweet Brown Sugar (aka Koko Ware) defeating The Zambouie Express (February 6, 1984);
  • NWA (Florida) United States Tag Team titles w/Sweet Brown Sugar defeating Mark & Jay Youngblood (February 26, 1985);
  • AWA Southern Tag Team titles w/Sweet Brown Sugar (aka Koko Ware) defeating Steve Keirn & Stan Lane (April 15, 1985);
  • NWA Southeastern Tag Team titles w/Brickhouse Brown defeating Ken Wayne & Dan Davis (September 23, 1985);
  • NWA Southeastern Heavyweight title defeating Adrian Street (January 6, 1986);

 

Career Highlights

 

  • Norvell Austin was often placed in tag teams with such partners as Rufus R. Jones, Bill Dundee and Pat Barrett..
  • Norvell Austin also wrestled under a mask as The Shadow..
  • Norvell Austin was 1/3 of the original Midnight Express with Randy Rose & Dennis Condrey..
  • Norvell Austin formed a tag team with Koko Ware calling themselves the “Pretty Young Things”..
  • September 25, 2004–Continental Wrestling: Original M.E. (Randy Rose & Norvell Austin) b Texas Roughrider & Luke Goldberg..

 

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Debut

1972

Birthday

Hometown

Pensacola, Florida

Gender

Height

Weight

Finishing Move(s)

Flying Head Dive

Favorite Move(s)

Moonsault

Notable Feuds

Status