Porkchop Cash

Bobby Cash (born October 22, 1947) is an American retired professional wrestler better known by his ring name Porkchop Cash. He competed primarily in professional wrestling promotions aligned with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), including the Continental Wrestling Association and Georgia Championship Wrestling.

Professional wrestling career

Championship Wrestling from Florida (1967–1968) Cash made his wrestling debut in 1967, competing for the National Wrestling Alliance affiliated Championship Wrestling from Florida. He wrestled both as a singles competitor and in tag team matches with partner Frank Hester.

NWA Hollywood Wrestling (1968–1976) The following year, he began wrestling for a Los Angeles, California-based territory known as NWA Hollywood Wrestling. He soon won the NWA Americas Heavyweight Championship by defeating John Tolos on March 22, 1974. and he teamed with Victor Rivera to regain the NWA Americas Tag Team Championship on September 14 by defeating Brannigan and Man Mountain Mike. they held the AWA Southern Tag Team Championship twice. The Bruise Brothers were in the First Family stable of Jimmy Hart. Their main rivals were The Sheepherders, a tag team from New Zealand. The Bruise Brothers avenged their loss one week later by regaining the championship. Shortly thereafter, Cash replaced Graham with Maddog Boyd. Cash and Boyd initiated a feud with Eddie Gilbert by stealing a portrait of Gilbert that he had been showing off every week and offering to award to the winner of a draw.

Southeastern Championship Wrestling Cash next moved to Ron Fuller's Southeastern Championship Wrestling, which operated throughout Alabama and the eastern half of Tennessee. He won his first singles title since 1974 when he defeated Boris Zhukov for the NWA Alabama Heavyweight Championship in September 1984.

World Wrestling Federation (1988) Cash worked as enhancement talent for WWF between July and October 1988.

Universal Championship Wrestling Not long after his stint in the Central States area, Cash remained close to the area working for Bert Prentice's Universal Championship Wrestling out of Wichita, KS. He would enter the territory to begin a feud with his former Central States tag-team partner Ric McCord over McCord's recently won North American Heavyweight title. Porkchop would also feud with Rufus R. Jones and his nephew Boogaloo Jones, sometimes teaming up with fellow heel, and Dusty Rhodes lookalike Randy Rhodes. Porkchop would win the North American Championship from Ric McCord in November 1990, losing it back to McCord a few weeks later.

Retirement Several years later, Porkchop Cash came out of retirement to do a special three-way tag match with the Rock and Roll Express and the Midnight Express. His tag team partner was former rival Koko B. Ware, and the pair formed the PYT Express.

Porkchop Cash is now retired.

Legacy Floyd Womack of the National Football League's Seattle Seahawks received the nickname "Pork Chop Womack" from his mother because she thought that her son looked like Porkchop Cash.

Championships and accomplishments Central States Wrestling NWA Central States Heavyweight Championship (1 time) NWA Central States Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Ken Timbs (1) and Rick McCord (1) Georgia Championship Wrestling NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Tom Jones International Championship Wrestling ICW United States Heavyweight Championship (1 time) ICW Mississippi Heavyweight Championship (1 time) ICW Southern Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with King Cobra (1) and The Missouri Mauler (1) Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Jay Youngblood (1) and Iceman King Parsons (1) Missouri Wrestling Federation / Midwest Wrestling Federation MWF Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Nemesis NWA Battlezone NWA Mississippi Cruiserweight Championship (1 time) NWA Hollywood Wrestling NWA Americas Heavyweight Championship (2 times) NWA Americas Tag Team Championship (4 times) - with Manny Soto (1), Victor Rivera (1), S.D. Jones (1), and Frank Monte (1) NWA Mid-America - Continental Wrestling Association NWA Southern Tag Team Championship (Mid-America version) (1 time) - with Gorgeous George, Jr. AWA Southern Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Dream Machine NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Tri-State version) (2 time) - with Mike George (1) and Dr. X (1) Southeastern Championship Wrestling NWA Alabama Heavyweight Championship (1 time) NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Championship (Northern Division) (1 time)