Ricky Lawless

Career

Jim Leon was born in Washington, D.C. in 1959. He worked as a mechanic prior to becoming a professional wrestler and later lived in Charlotte, North Carolina and Baltimore, Maryland. He initially wrestled and trained only twice a week, while still a full-time mechanic, and quit three times due to his financial situation before deciding to fully commit to a career in wrestling. Throughout the 1980s, he wrestled up and down the Eastern United States and eventually became a regular in International Championship Wrestling and the National Wrestling Federation. In 1984, under the ring name Jim Nunna, he became the first heavyweight champion for the American Wrestling Federation in Georgia; while champion he began competing under his real name. Leon's murder, specifically focusing on the aspect of his death at the hands of an irate husband over an alleged extramarital affair, would later appear as an exposé by Hustler ("Shotgun Justice: A Pro Wrestler's Final Fall") in May 1991.

Atlantic Coast Wrestling

ACW Heavyweight Championship (2 times)

ACW Tag Team Championship (1 time, inaugural) - with John Death

Deep South Championship Wrestling / Southern Championship Wrestling

SCW Southern Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Joey Maggs

Star Cavalcade Wrestling

SCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

SCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Axl Rotten