Paul Christy, who was a mainstay of Dick the Bruiser's Indianapolis territory in the 70s and 80s, passed away today at the age of 82. Christy was the real-life best man at the real-life Randy Savage & Elizabeth wedding before either was in WWF.
He did a magic act on a 1986 Tuesday Night Titans show. His future wife, Bunny Burmeiester was part of his act as manager Miss Bunny Love during the 80s after he turned heel after being a longtime babyface.
He spent some time wrestling in Arizona, Amarillo, Texas — where he was Billy Graham — and in the Gulf Coast territory, where he was billed as Chris Lucas, brother to the established Ken Lucas; the Lucas “brothers” were Southern tag team champions in 1965, 1966 and 1969.
In the Indianapolis-based WWA, Christy was a tag champion with Wilbur Snyder (1971), Moose Cholak (1977) and Roger Kirby (1979).
His friendship with Poffo, another Chicagoan, paid off when Christy won the ICW World title from Randy Savage (Poffo’s son) in November 1983, in the renegade promotion. “The Poffos were very good to me,” told Bill Kociaba in a Cauliflower Alley Club story in 2005. “I became their world champion and I stood as Randy’s best man when he married Liz. Angelo and I still are very close.”
Christy stopped wrestling in 1990.
In 2005, he published his autobiography, The Many Faces of Paul Christy.
Championships and accomplishments
International Championship Wrestling
ICW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
ICW United States Heavyweight Championship (2 times, last)
National Wrestling Alliance
NWA Southern Tag Team Championship (Gulf Coast version) (4 times) - with Ken Lucas
NWA Gulf Coast Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Ken Lucas
World Wrestling Association
WWA World Tag Team Championship (3 times) - with Wilbur Snyder (1), Moose Cholak (1) and Roger Kirby (1)[1]
Cauliflower Alley Club- Other honoree (2005)[3]
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