Dick Slater

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 and "Mr. Unpredictable" Dick Slater.

Profile

• Real Name: Van Richard Slater
• Height: 6'1"
• 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

UWF & 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 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
• 3-Time Southeast Heavyweight 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

• 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.