One Man Gang

Happy 60th birthday to the One Man Gang! One Man Gang is one of my favorite wrestling names ever! I first read about the man nicknamed the 747 in The Pictorial History of Wrestling and figured that it was only a matter of time before he came aboard the WWF. He spent the first ten years of his wrestling career in various territories before arriving in the WWF in May of 1987. Wrestling fans knew of him from World Class and the UWF, where he was managed by Gary Hart and Skandor Akbar respectively. One Man Gang would mow down jobbers in quick fashion. He would usually drop them AND the referee with an inverted suplex after the match was over, asserting himself as a force to be reckoned with. One Man Gang was repackaged a year later as Akeem the African Dream, which was a terrible gimmick and an obvious swipe at Dusty Rhodes. George Gray reverted back to the OMG persona upon entering WCW in 1991 and has not looked back since. You can find him making a living as a prison guard at the Louisiana State Penitentiary these days when he is not making the occasional appearance on the independent circuit. I hope that really is how he signed autographs back in the day!