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Mike Diamond was a professional wrestler better known as Kortsia Korchenko or Skull Murphy, Jr..

Career

Mike Diamond started wrestling in 1984 as Skull Murphy, Jr. in Tennessee's Mid-Southern Wrestling.

In 1986, he changed him gimmick to that of the Russian Kortsia Korchenko. He went to Mid-South Wrestling just as it was changing into the Universal Wrestling Federation and started a feud with the patriotic Bill Watts. He joined Eddie Gilbert's "Hot Stuff, Inc." and often teamed with Ivan and Nikita Koloff. When Jim Crockett Promotions purchased the UWF, Diamond went back to the independents.

He died on June 6, 1991 in an auto accident.

Profile

Height: 6'5"
Weight: 320 lbs.
Birthday: 1950
Billed From: Moscow, Russia (as Korchenko)
Died: June 6, 1991
Managers: Eddie Gilbert
Debut: 1984

Championships and accomplishments

1-Time Mid-American Heavyweight Champion

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