Jonathan Boyd

Kiwi Sheepherders (1985–1986)

In 1985, Boyd once again began wrestling as a Sheepherder, but this time he did not team up with Luke Williams but instead teamed with Rip Morgan (a former flag bearer for the Sheepherders) and continued the Sheepherder legacy of violence as the "Kiwi Sheepherders". Wrestling in the Continental Wrestling Association, Boyd and Morgan quickly made a mark on Memphis by beating their long-time opposition the Fabulous Ones for the AWA Southern Tag Team Championship on 17 June 1985. The team was soon stripped of the titles due to excessive cheating, but had the titles returned to them when Boyd and Morgan threatened to sue CWA management. Instead of taking the titles from the Sheepherders by stripping them, the Fabulous Ones took the AWA Southern Tag Team Championship from them the old fashioned way – four times in a row between 5 September and 12 October. with no side gaining a clear advantage in their feud. In January 1986, the Kiwi Sheepherders defeated the teams of Koko Ware and Rick Casey and also the team of Tojo Yamamoto and Dirty Rhodes to reach the finals of a tournament to crown new Southern Tag Team Champions, but in the finals they fell to the Fantastics. The loss to the Fantastics only intensified the Sheepherders' anger, bringing the feud to its high point as the two teams clashed in a "No DQ Loser Leaves Town" match on 20 January 1986. The Kiwi Sheepherders lost and left Memphis while the Fantastics rode a wave of popularity thanks to the feud. and won a fourth Southern Tag Team championship when they beat Billy Joe Travis and Jeff Jarrett in a tournament to crown new tag team champions. Their run with the titles was brief as Jarrett and Travis won the titles a week later He returned to wrestling on March 11, 1991 for World Championship Wrestling's television tapings, teaming in a six-man tag team match with Mark Kyle and Joe Cruz in a loss to Dustin Rhodes and the Young Pistols. His final match took place on August 10, 1991 in Portland, Oregon, in Pacific Northwest Wrestling where he went to a double count-out against The Grappler under the ring name "Johnny Miller". He was married and divorced three times.

Boyd died on 7 August 1999, aged 54, of a heart attack.

Championships and accomplishments

All-South Wrestling Alliance ASWA Georgia Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Norman Frederick Charles III Big Time Wrestling NWA World Tag Team Championship (San Francisco version) (1 times) – with Norman Frederick Charles III Continental Wrestling Association AWA Southern Tag Team Championship (7 times) – with Luke Williams (2) and Rip Morgan (5) Georgia Championship Wrestling NWA Georgia Television Championship (1 time) International World Class Championship Wrestling IWCCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling NWA Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Norman Frederick Charles III NWA Hollywood Wrestling NWA Americas Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Coloso Colosetti Pacific Northwest Wrestling NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship (3 times) NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship (7 times) – with Norman Frederick Charles III (6) and Dutch Savage (1) Ring Around The Northwest Newsletter Wrestler of the Year (1971) Tag Team of the Year (1975) with Norman Frederick Charles III