Don Carson

Donald Edward Gaston, better known as Don Carson (November 20, 1934 – March 16, 2013) was a professional wrestler and wrestling manager. Carson was known for his raspy voice and his loaded glove known as "Peanut Butter". He was billed as "Ted Blassie", which was based on Freddie Blassie and was billed as the "Pacific Coast" champion in August 1964 while wrestling in the northeastern United States. There, he feuded with Frank Scarpa and teamed up with Gypsy Joe Gonsalves and Bull Montana.

He captured the AAC World Heavyweight Championship on August 27, 1964 and made his Portland, Maine debut on September 5, 1964. Carson headed to Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling in 1965, capturing the NWA Gulf Coast Heavyweight Title, the NWA United States Junior Heavyweight Championship, the NWA Gulf Coast Tag Team Championship and the NWA Gulf Coast Louisiana Heavyweight Championship. Carson had a long feud with Bobby Fields while in the territory, meeting him in singles title and tag title matches. Don Carson usually teamed up Ron Carson against Fields and his partners Lee Fields and Ken Lucas. Don and Ron left the territory in July 1967 and headed to NWA Mid-America, Carson and Mil Mascaras feuded in late 1969 with Mil beating him in a two out of three falls cage match on Nomvember 6, 1969 then beating him in a two out of three falls no disqualification match on December 5, 1969. Carson then lost his two other titles. Carson beat Blassie by ref's decision on April 9, 1970, then the two fought to a double countout on April 17, 1970. The pair then fought in a gladiator death match on May 1, 1970, where Blassie was victorious. Blassie gained two more wins over Carson via countout on May 7 in a lumberjack two out of three falls match and a regular two out of three falls match on May 9, 1970. The two then fought in another gladiator deathmatch where Blassie was again victorious on May 28, 1970. Carson left the territory during the first half of 1971. Carson defeated Tommy Seigler for the NWA Southeastern Television Title on November 15, 1975, and then began a feud with Robert Fuller soon after. Carson assumed a new identity, competing as "The Tennessee Jawjacker" afterwards and continued with the company.

Final runs

Carson won the AWA Southern Tag Team Championship with Dennis Condrey via forfeit on February 18, 1979, after the previous champs split up. The team lost the titles 8 days later.

Championships and accomplishments Big Time Wrestling BTW World Heavyweight Championship (1 time) Georgia Championship Wrestling NWA United States Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time) Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling NWA Gulf Coast Heavyweight Championship (5 times) NWA Louisiana Heavyweight Championship (3 times) NWA City of Pensacola Heavyweight Championship (1 time) NWA Gulf Coast Tag Team Championship (8 times) – with Ron Carson (3), Dick Dunn (2), Ken Lucas (2), Rocket Monroe (1) and Greg Peterson (1) NWA Gulf Coast Southern Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Maxie York NWA Hollywood Wrestling NWA Americas Heavyweight Championship (1 time) NWA Pacific Coast Heavyweight Championship (1 time) NWA Beat The Champ Television Championship (2 times) NWA Americas Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Fred Blassie and The Great Kojika NWA Americas Six Man Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Karl von Brock and The Great Kojika NWA Mid-America NWA World Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Len Rossi (2) and Ron Carson NWA Southern Tag Team Championship (7 times) – with Dennis Condrey (1) and The Red Shadow (6) NWA United States Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Jackie Fargo Southeastern Championship Wrestling NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Championship (Northern Division) (2 times) NWA Southeastern Television Championship (1 time) NWA Southeastern Tag Team Championship (Northern Division) (2 times) – with The Assassin and Dennis Condrey/Jerry Brown NWA Southeastern Tag Team Championship (Southern Division) (2 times) – with Assassin #1 World Championship Wrestling NWA Austra-Asian Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Dick Dunn