PROMOTER PROFILES

	Wrestler: Roy Shire Real Name: Roy P. Shropshire Birthday: January 1, 1922 Hometown: Georgetown, Kentucky Marital Status: Married to Dorothy Height & Weight: Trained by: Debut: Previous Names: Silver Adonis Finishing Move: Favorite Moves: Notable Feuds: The Great Scott Dory Funk Jr.
MWA (Ohio) World Junior Heavyweight title defeating Jackie Nichols (March 15, 1951); MWA (Ohio) World Junior Heavyweight title defeating Marvin Mercer (March 18, 1952); NWA Southwest Junior Heavyweight title defeating Roger Mackay (????, 1953); NWA Southwest Tag Team titles w/Bobby Wallace defeating Karol Krauser & Ivan Kalmikoff (Febuary ??, 1954); NWA Southwest Junior Heavyweight title defeating Dory Funk Sr. (May ??, 1954); NWA Texas Tag Team titles w/The Great Scott defeating George Drake & Rito Romero (October 12, 1954); NWA (Amarillo) North American Heavyweight title defeating Dory Funk Sr. (April 11, 1957);
Late 1950: Roy Shire teamed with Ray Shire (aka Ray Stevens) and appeared as "The Shire Brothers" in Indianapolis.. Roy Shire was the promoter of the popular San Francisco territory of the National Wrestling Alliance for twenty years.. Roy Shire retired from wrestling to relax at his Toe Hold Ranch in Sebastopol, California.. September 24, 1992: Roy Shire passed away after suffering a heart attack at the age of 70.. John Perin wrote: met Archie Moore in a boxing match on September 8, 1956 in Ogden, Utah, losing on a third-round TKO due to a cut. The two later were a part of a boxer -vs- wrestler match in Indianapolis in 1960 in connection with the wrestling promotion. Following his days as a wrestler, Shire was a wrestling promoter in San Francisco.