Paul Jones

Early life Frederick was born on June 16, 1942, in Port Arthur, Texas. As a teenager, he boxed, spending seven years as a Golden Gloves boxer and winning the Texas Light Heavyweight Championship and Texas Heavyweight Championship. In September 1970, the duo defeated The Minnesota Wrecking Crew to win the NWA Atlantic Coast Tag Team Championship. They lost the championship to The Blond Bombers in December 1970. Jones also held the NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (Florida version) once, the NWA Brass Knuckles Championship (Florida version) once, and the NWA Florida Television Championship twice – for several days in June 1972 holding the NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship, NWA Florida Television Championship and NWA Brass Knuckles Championship (Florida version) simultaneously – before leaving in 1974. Jones defeated Funk for the championship in a rematch held later that month. He went on to trade the championship with Blackjack Mulligan, holding it on a total of three occasions before his final reign ended in December 1976.

In 1977, Jones wrestled for Georgia Championship Wrestling for several months, feuding with Dick Slater and briefly holding the NWA Georgia Heavyweight Championship. From 1979 to 1984, he appeared sporadically with Maple Leaf Wrestling in Ontario, Canada. He held the NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship twice more in 1982, trading the championship with Jack Brisco.

Paul Jones' Army (1982–1989)

In 1982, Jones became a manager, forming a large stable called Paul Jones' Army. Many of Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling's top heels were members of Jones' stable at one time, among them The Masked Superstar, Superstar Billy Graham, Ivan Koloff, Rick Rude, Manny Fernandez, Abdullah the Butcher, and The Powers of Pain. Jones' character had a "startlingly uncomfortable presence"; at one point, he began wearing khakis and jackboots and cultivated a toothbrush moustache, giving him an appearance reminiscent of Adolf Hitler. Jones' villainous behaviour led fans to mock him with chants of "weasel".

After the Powers of Pain left the NWA for the World Wrestling Federation in the summer of 1988, and with no one to manage, Jones left Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling - which had in the prior year been renamed World Championship Wrestling - in 1989.

Late career (1989–1991) Jones spent the final years of his career competing on the independent circuit for promotions including the Pennsylvania-based Tri-State Wrestling Alliance and the North Carolina–based promotion South Atlantic Pro Wrestling. In 1990, he briefly held the SAPW Heavyweight Championship.

Retirement (1991–2018) Frederick retired from professional wrestling in 1991.

Championships and accomplishments Big Time Promotions Big Time Television Championship (1 time) Cauliflower Alley Club Other honoree (2004) Championship Wrestling from Florida NWA Brass Knuckles Championship (Florida version) (1 time) NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship (4 times) NWA World Tag Team Championship (Mid-Atlantic version) (6 times) - with Ricky Steamboat (1 time), The Masked Superstar (2 times), Baron von Raschke (2 times), and Wahoo McDaniel (1 time)