Ring name(s) Rufus R. Jones Retired 1987 Role Professional wrestler | Name Rufus Jones Debut 1969 Billed from St. Louis | |
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Born July 4, 1933Dillon, South Carolina, United States ( 1933-07-04 ) Died November 13, 1993, Kansas City, Missouri, United States | ||
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Carey L. Lloyd (July 4, 1933 – November 13, 1993), also known by his ring name Rufus R. "Freight Train" Jones, was an American professional wrestler who competed in the Central States and Mid-Atlantic regional promotions of the National Wrestling Alliance as well as the American Wrestling Association during the 1970s and 1980s.
Contents
- Wwc wild samoans vs jimmy valiant rufus r jones 1988
- Rufus r jones vs butch reed
- Early life
- Early career
- Missouri
- Personal life
- In wrestling
- Championships and accomplishments
- References
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Early life
Lloyd grew up in Dillon, South Carolina and attended South Carolina State University, where he played on the football team. He also got involved with boxing and competed as a Golden Gloves boxer.
Early career
Lloyd trained to become a wrestler at the Tony Santos Boston Wrestling School. At the beginning of his career, he used the ring name Buster Lloyd, the Harlem Hangman. He claimed to have learned how to fight on the corner of Lenox Avenue and 125th Street in Harlem. In this gimmick, he wrestled in Texas and criticized the local wrestlers as being inferior fighters to someone who grew up on the streets. He feuded with Tiger Conway, Sr., who emerged the victor in the feud.
Lloyd later adopted the ring name of Rufus R. Jones, nicknamed "Freight Train". In interviews, he would tell opponents that his middle initial, R, stood for "guts". He formed a tag team with Burrhead Jones, who was billed as his cousin.
Missouri
Jones moved to Missouri to wrestle, where he worked for promoter Sam Muchnick in the St. Louis Wrestling Club. He also competed for Heart of America Sports/Central States Wrestling. In 1971, he won his first championship by teaming with Steve Bolus to win the Central States version of the NWA North American Tag Team Championship in late 1971. He later won the belt twice more, teaming with The Stomper and Bob Geigel. He also had a short stint in Florida briefly feuding with Leroy Brown in the early 80s. During the year of 1989, Jones traveled to Puerto Rico ( In the Caribbean ) to wrestle in the World Wrestling Council ( Capitol Sports Promotion ).
Personal life
Lloyd was married to Brooksie Jones Lloyd. They had three daughters, Melaney, Crystal, and Kendall, as well as a son, Kenneth Johnson, who worked for the World Wrestling Federation for many years as "The Doctor of Style" Slick. After his retirement from wrestling, Carey Lloyd worked with Bob Geigel in security at a dog-racing track in Kansas City Ks. He then opened a restaurant named Rufus' Ringside Restaurant and Bar in Kansas City, Missouri.
On November 13, 1993, Lloyd died of a heart attack while hunting deer in Brunswick, Missouri.