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Dick Slater was a professional wrestler in the 1970s and 1980s who often wrestled in the NWA's Mid-Atlantic region. He went by the nicknames Dirty Dick Slater, "Mr. Unpredictable" Dick Slater, and "The Rebel" Dick Slater.

Profile

Real Name: Van Richard Slater
Height: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight: 233 lbs.
Birthday: May 19, 1942
Hometown: Tampa, Florida
Trainer: Hiro Matsuda, Eddie Graham
Managers: Gary Hart
, Col. Rob Parker
, Oliver Humperdink, Curt Hennig
, Dark Journey, Paul E. Dangerously, Scotty Ace
Debut Year: 1970

Career

Championships/Accomplishments

World Championship Wrestling

1-Time WCW World Tag Team Champion (with Bunkhouse Buck
)
1-Time WCW United States Tag Team Champion (with The Barbarian)

National Wrestling Alliance

1-Time NWA United States Heavyweight Champion
1-Time NWA World Tag Team Champion (with Dusty Rhodes
)
2-Time NWA Mid-Atlantic Television Champion
1-Time NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Champion
1-Time NWA Missouri Heavyweight Champion
3-Time NWA Southeast Heavyweight Champion
2-Time NWA Southeast Tag Team Champion (with Paul Orndorff
and Jerry Blackwell)

Universal Wrestling Federation & Mid-South

2-Time Mid-South Wrestling North American Champion
1-Time UWF Television Champion

Florida Championship Wrestling

1-Time FCW Heavyweight Champion
4-Time Florida Southern Heavyweight Champion
1-Time Florida Heavyweight Champion
1-Time Florida Television Champion
2-Time Florida Tag Team Champion (with Dusty Rhodes and Toru Tanaka)
1-Time NWA Florida United States Tag Team Champion (with Killer Karl Kox
)
1-Time Florida Brass Knuckles Champion

Other titles

1-Time USWA Southern Heavyweight Champion
1-Time IWA (Japan) Heavyweight Champion
4-Time Georgia Heavyweight Champion
1-Time Georgia Tag Team Champion (with Bob Orton, Jr.
)
1-Time ICWA Florida Champion
2-Time Southwest Championship Wrestling Heavyweight Champion
2-Time Southwest Championship Wrestling Tag Team Champion (with Bob Sweetan and Bruiser Brody
)

Pro Wrestling Illustrated

PWI ranked him # 153 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003.

Trivia

Dick was once married to Luna Vachon.

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