Profile
The Patriot |
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Name |
The Patriot |
Real name |
Delbert (Del) Alexander Wilkes Jr. |
Nicknames |
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Name history |
Del Wilkes (debut - 1988 & while jobbing in WWF during 1992), The Trooper (1989 - 1991 ), The Patriot (1991 - 1997) |
Family |
none |
Maestro(s) |
Verne Gagne, The Fabulous Moolah |
Birth date, location |
December 21, 1961 - Columbia, South Carolina |
Obituary date |
June 30, 2021 - Newberry, South Carolina |
Debut, location |
1988 |
Lost mask to |
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Height |
6'5"/196 cms |
Weight |
255 lbs/116 kg |
Signature moves |
Patriot Bomb, The Patriot Missile, Uncle Slam (Full Nelson Slam) |
Titles: |
AJPW All Asia Tag Team Champion (1, W/The Eagle), AWA World Tag Team Champion (1, W/DJ Peterson), GWF North American Champion (2), GWF Television Champion, WCW World Tag Team Champion (2, w/ Marcus Alexander Bagwell) |
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Profile
The Patriot debuted in 1987 under the name of Del Wilkes, before getting The Trooper name in 1989. In 1991 after the closure of the AWA, Del joined the GWF where he got The Patriot name that he would wrestle under for the rest of his career (minus a few WWF enhancement matches.) Most likely The Patriot that wrestled in WWA in the early 1990's (due to the lineage of the name at the time), along with stints in Capitol Sports in Puerto Rico, All Japan Wrestling in Japan and WCW and WWF in America.
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